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4.2 There Are No Missions Operations: "We can take all the precautions in the world, but this is Michael we're dealing with." Michael vs. Section, and it was just as much fun as it could possibly be. I loved seeing Michael as the romantic superspy, using all of Section's tricks against them, breaking in, manipulating everyone, and even stealing a woman in cryofreeze. He brought Section to a standstill. James Bond couldn't have done any better. I didn't think Section could be worse that it was already was, but the thought of Operations and Madeline using the Gelman process on all of their operatives just made my skin crawl. And Michael was absolutely right: that is exactly what they would do if they could. That kind of conditioning would be a living death. Nikita showed her true robot girl colors: kissing Michael while trying to reach for her gun, so determined to kill him that she ran out into the street with her coat open and her bra showing. (Nikita shopping for black clothes at the black clothing store had me in stitches. Pun intended.) There were mirrors everywhere in that scene. Very appropriate, since Nikita was just a cold reflection of her former self. It's hard to watch Nikita without a soul. Her emotions, her zest for life, her kindness and compassion for others, and her all-encompassing love for Michael have always defined her as a character. Okay, I want the real Nikita back now. I thought at first that the rebellious Dori was just going to be a new sexual playmate for Birkoff, but her role turned out to be a lot more poignant. What happened to her was meant to show us that Section is still omnipotent and inescapable. Ironic, considering she was watching them try to track Michael, who had clearly succeeded in escaping. It made perfect plotty sense for the initial Gelman subject to be Adrian. Poor Adrian was a blank, though. Not a vegetable, perhaps, but still edging into the broccoli family. So now what? Bits and pieces: -- This was (I think) the first mention of level 20. And it was a hologram. -- As soon as I saw the cryo units, I knew someone was going to die a horrible freezy death. And sure enough. -- Michael has not only recruited Birkoff and Walter, he also has Mick doing his bidding as well. I thought for a moment we were going to lose the ubiquitous Mick, and I thought, No! Don't kill Mick! I never thought I'd say that. -- So much for Michael's car. But he appears to have another. Maybe he's stealing them. -- Davenport was back. I used to like Davenport. Bad Davenport, no biscuit. -- This week's wardrobe note: Madeline's black suit had an oddly inappropriate fuzzy collar. And we found out that Nikita wears a size six. -- Cancelled scene: Nikita looks at the information on a disk that Madeline gave her. This clearly has something to do with maintaining the Gelman process. The screen shows a street scene (which was never filmed, so the computer screen just has words on it saying "street scene"). Madeline and the female Devo change the screen Nikita is watching to images of Michael (also never filmed, too bad) in order to set a "baseline." Quotes: Nikita: "You want me to kill Michael?" Madeline: "Is that a problem?" Nikita: "No." Michael: "Adrian is alive." Birkoff: (freaked out) "I don't want to know this." Mick: "Is it that time of the month? They've got these marvelous blue pills." Madeline: "Good luck." Dori (under her breath): "Bitch." Omigod, so much fun. Four out of four stars, Billie |
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