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3.12 Threshold of Pain Nikita: "I got the impression that they inflict pain and death for the sheer fun of it." Michael again broke the rules for Nikita. And I just never get tired of that. He started out by suspending standard protocol when she was captured. Then he changed a mission profile at the last minute to capture Crachek instead of killing him. And finally, he came up with that wonderful hoax at the end. Crachek said at the start that he was sensitive to lovers, and he proved it. How else could he have guessed that Michael wasn't an uninterested interrogator? Michael doesn't exactly wear his heart on his impeccable black sleeve, after all. I'm starting to wonder if Nikita's compassion will ever not get her into trouble. Poor Mark. I can understand him giving up the substation to stop Crachek torturing Angela. But deliberately betraying Nikita, after all she did for him? What a jerk. I was confused about Angela and Mark, too. If they could be lovers and live together and still work for Section, why can't Nikita have Michael? It doesn't make sense. The B plot was fun. Walter, as usual, held up his end of the comic relief. Was Walter really losing it, or was he just having a bad week? Again, Operations made an exception for Walter. "All right. I'll stop by and ... pat him on the back." I loved Eugene Glazer's face as he said that, as if he had just tasted something extremely unpleasant. Walter's grouchy reception of Operations' attempt to praise him was also pretty funny. Bits and pieces: -- I had a favorite Michael moment: when he told Nikita, "I'll have Crachek brought here alive. Just tell me what you want him to say." That was love, Section style. -- How did Mark beat the machine? They never said. -- The Devos were back, but unsuccessful with Crachek. -- I hope Madeline wasn't lying to Nikita about not being able to use Crachek. He and Caroline were just too creepy. I don't want to see him turn up in a future episode. -- Michael was having an exceptionally human week because he was also kind to Walter, telling him that the sights being high didn't affect the Black March mission, that a lot of stuff went wrong. -- Nikita wore a long, brown hairpiece in the nightclub scene that practically screamed "wig." The ice blue dress she used to attract Caroline didn't fit all that well, either. -- Everyone in Section wore black or dark colors. Nikita wore a grey sports-like outfit that made her eyes look grey, and followed it up with a gorgeous grey suit. It sort of matched the whole shades-of-grey, who's-guilty-and-who's-not plot. -- Cancelled scene: Mark and Angela, acting very couple-y, are having dinner at Nikita's apartment. Mick stops by and flirts with Angela. As he's leaving, Mark introduces himself: "I'm Mark." Mick says, "Of course you are." Angela asks Nikita about her own love life, and we can tell Nikita is thinking of Michael. Nikita, Angela, and Mark get simultaneous phone calls from Section, which is just fun. Quotes: Walter: "It'll end badly, sooner or later. It always does in this place." Yes, he was talking about Mark and Angela, but I couldn't help thinking of Michael and Nikita. Mick: "And what... is in it... for me?" Nikita: "I won't break every bone in your body." They're so cute together. The way she threatens him has become a fun tradition. Madeline: "Out of the goodness of your heart?" Nikita: "Out of a thing called friendship. You should look it up." It takes nerve to smartmouth Madeline, and I'm always impressed when Nikita does it. Walter: "Don't patronize me. All of a sudden, out of a clear, blue sky, you come down here and say, thanks for the good work? What do you want me to do, wag my tail?" Two out of four stars, Billie |
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