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2.17 Inside Out Madeline: "The pain is bad enough. Don't go poetic on me." If Section is a dysfunctional family, then Operations and Madeline are Daddy and Mommy. Daddy and Mommy began the episode with a serious argument (serious, because people die when Daddy and Mommy argue). But when Madeline was endangered, Operations was ready to batter down doors -- literally -- to be by her side. Yet again, our theme was the needs of the many, and the sacrifice of innocents. This time, Scientist-guy's family was sacrificed to Red Cell in order to save most of Section. And this time, it was definitely Michael's doing. Maybe Michael did know about Danielle, after all. Michael and Nikita got to spent a lot of time alone together in a van, not making love. Nikita still wasn't ready to give up on getting Michael back in bed, though, and her realization that Operations and Madeline were once lovers gave her ammunition. What was Michael's reaction? "A lot of things can be done. Doesn't mean they should be." Why was Michael continuing to say no to Nikita? It is pretty clear at this point that he cares deeply about her, and possibly even loves her. It's also clear that he's far from impotent. He must have a reason. Yeah, I know, I've said it before. In our B plot, 21-year-old Birkoff was more of a man than most. He showed maturity, courage, and self-esteem, and was even praised for his cool head by Operations (who, thankfully, wasn't pissed about the whole locked door thing.) Gail ended up looking childish by dumping Birkoff for an older man. Will he take her back? We shall see. Bits and pieces: -- The segmentation-compartmentalization thingy was all well and good, but they had a whole bunch of sick people locked up, and it didn't appear as if any of them had access to a bathroom. This should have led to an extremely messy Section. -- Poor Mowen felt like a red shirt from the moment he was introduced. Not a fun way to die. -- Operations had another acrimonious phone call with George. -- Most of the people in Section assumed that the worst wouldn't happen to them... except Walter. Walter always assumes the worst. He's a realist. -- I didn't see one of the "twins" in this episode. This was the first episode in a long time without one. -- Nineteen people died, or were there more? How many people are there in Section? Several hundred? Where are they keeping them all? -- European license plates on the mission this time. -- We had silly hair again; Nikita's bun had a big lock of hair sticking straight out of it. And Michael had "mission hair" during most of the episode. -- Operations: "I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for you." Madeline: "You always exaggerate that incident. You would have made it." Okay, I'm curious. And what does Operations regret that he didn't do? -- Madeline: "It looks like we had a fair amount of panic and emotion." Eh. Two stars, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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