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4.12 Hell Hath No Fury Leon: "For us, it's the thrill of the game that makes our hearts pound." We appear to be in the middle-of-the-season Michael/Nikita relationship hiatus, so what did we get? Proof that Michael and Nikita aren't the only ones who can screw for Section. This was a particularly intense episode, a Madeline emotional tour-de-force. And Alberta Watson was just terrific. For that matter, so was Colm Feore as Leon, Red Cell's chief strategist and Madeline's opposite number. I thought all of their scenes together were excellent; they played off each other like the pros they are. Bravo. This kind of twisty, plotty, what's-really-going-on thing is what LFN does best. I kept wondering throughout what Madeline was truly feeling, and how far she would go. When Madeline actually shot Operations, I thought, aha! it was a ploy. (I'm clever that way.) But it turned out that she was out of control and really did shoot Operations. But then it turned out that she was in control all along and shot Operations for real, on purpose, for cover. Layers within layers. Covert times ten. In other news, there was a twin confrontation cliffhanger. (I knew we'd be meeting Jason at some point.) We didn't get much, but Jason appears to have slightly more hair, an interesting accent, an important job, and a pretty girlfriend. Stay tuned. Bits and pieces: -- When Madeline was sobbing over Leon, Operations had a strange expression on his face. Distaste? Concern? A mixture of both? -- Michael and Nikita had a way too brief discussion in Michael's office on the nature of love. Of course, I wanted more. -- Did we finally see Madeline's apartment? Was it in Section? -- The Devos were back, and we almost got to see how those lines on the cheeks were actually inflicted. Almost. -- It was mentioned that gene coding was abandoned four years ago. Adrian gene-coded that message for Michael at the beginning of season four, so that works. -- Nikita was wearing blue in Section again. -- In this week's hair report, Madeline's finally came down. She looked fabulous, too. Quotes: Madeline: "Take him to processing." Operative: "He's dead." Madeline: "That's his problem." Leon: "It's hard to imagine, looking at you, that you have any superiors." Madeline: "Have you seen my recommendation for the Crystal Sky project?" Unless I'm mistaken, that was last week's project. Did these episodes air out of order? Walter: "That's the way the cookie crumbled." Birkoff: "He got the cookie. And I got the crumbs." Another good one. Three out of four stars, Billie |
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