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4.16 Catch a Falling Star Nikita: "So Dingman's Hollow is..." Michael: "Section Six." The initial crash felt like the precursor of an alien invasion, and at first, I was worried that we were getting another sci-fi plot. I was relieved that it was a downed satellite and a terrorist sleeper base instead of the Section version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." This assignment was yet another friendly attempt by Operations to bump Michael and Nikita off, something that has happened a lot this season. Operations was planning to sacrifice them to make the operation look good, but unfortunately for him, they were too competent. With bosses like him, who needs enemies? What I enjoyed most about this episode was seeing dazzling urbanites Michael and Nikita sticking out like sore thumbs in Nowhere, USA. Not that Dingman's Hollow was the typical South, though. Momma's Bed and Breakfast felt like the Bates Motel, and the townies were so obviously Not Quite Right. That whole fried chicken thing in the opening scene went too far into stereotype. Were they just teasing the outsiders? Maybe they were overacting, since they were only pretending to be southerners. It was almost an anticlimax, having them turn out to be Russian terrorists. Birkoff was replaced on the job, but only briefly. Corman figured out that Operations was sacrificing Michael and Nikita on purpose. Poor guy. Corman, we hardly knew ye. And Matthew Ferguson sure wasn't gone for long, as Section used Birkoff's body to conceal that they'd kidnapped Jason. Man, that was cold. (Pun intended.) The final scene where Jason walked out into Section and shocked everyone was fun. My favorite Michael moment was the love scene at the bed and breakfast. Yes, we could have guessed that Michael had a lot going on inside, but I enjoyed the revelation that he goes to a safe place inside himself, that he has a fantasy life. And that it includes Nikita. Bits and pieces: -- Black Storm, huh? Why are terrorist groups always either red or black, or some sort of weather pattern? -- Jason has something of an accent. He called his girlfriend Naomi "Sugar buns." Too bad that Naomi was in league with Section. Not so sweet after all. -- When Corman was introduced to Michael and Nikita, Nikita smiled and said, "I'm sure you'll do just fine." Michael said curtly, "We'll need our panels in twenty minutes." Very in character. -- Michael said that he and Nikita were from the "Universal Geological Survey." I could swear I heard United States Geological Survey the first time. -- Mamma's Bed and Breakfast didn't appear to serve breakfast. There were beds, though. -- Davenport was back to foil Michael once again, but didn't succeed. "There's just one problem." "What's that?" "I didn't fail." -- So I'm guessing that Operations didn't get George's job, after all. -- Michael and Nikita got to wear jeans. It's always fun to see them in something other than black. -- Nikita: "It's beautiful here." Michael: "You're beautiful." -- Townie: "He's got big ones. I'll give him that." Another season four departure, and I enjoyed it. Three out of four stars, Billie |
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