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5.5 The Man Behind the Curtain Nikita: "You think you can just pass this along like a family business?" Jones: "Why not?" Michael showed up at the end of the episode looking like an extra in a biker movie. Have we ever seen him looking that shaggy? Who cares? Damn, I was glad to see him. Casting Edward Woodward as "Jones" was a good move. You look at him and believe he's a powerful man. Too bad Jones is such an outrageously bad father. I mean, think about it. Nikita was left with alcoholic mother who neglected her. Homeless, death row, railroaded into Section? Nikita has every right to be royally pissed off about being abandoned and manipulated for her entire life. I don't see a lot of Father's Day cards in their future, even if Nikita did consent in the end to go out to dinner with him. And there's a mole in Section. Again. For such a powerful, covert organization, they get breached way too often. With a choice of two, it felt like it should have been O'Brien. (I never believed it was Operations.) I was somewhat sorry to see O'Brien meet his Jurgen-like death. But I'm basically okay with the departure of O'Brien, because we have Michael back now. Has Michael really turned this time? No, I just don't believe it. Sure, he told them that they could take out everyone in Section but Nikita, and that's consistent with Michael as a character, but I still don't believe it. He's up to something else. We got several scenes at the Collective in order to set up Michael's return. I'm not impressed with the Collective. It appears to be a bunch of nondescript guys in khakis lurking around in a basement. Maybe I was expecting a bunch of strange people with Russian accents and eye patches sitting around a table holding Persian cats on their laps. Bits and pieces: -- During the scene in O'Brien's apartment, I started thinking that Michael was hiding in plain sight, masquerading as O'Brien just as Nikita masqueraded as Quinn. I'm sort of sorry it didn't turn out that way. Wouldn't that have been cool? -- So Michelle really is Nikita's sister? It seems unfair that Michelle gets to lounge about the pool drinking wine while Nikita keeps risking her life in Section. -- The extreme scar on Michael's left cheek was gone. -- O'Brien was doing favors for Nikita. I think he really was hot for her. Too bad we'll never know for sure. -- Nikita said "I won't bite" just before she kissed O'Brien into unconsciousness. So, technically, she did bite. Sort of. -- Does Nikita have a last name now? No, I don't think so. "Mr. Jones" seems to be a pseudonym, like "Alias Smith and Jones." -- Jones: "You belonged in Section." Nikita: "Nobody belongs in Section." -- Nikita: "Do you want me to tell you how much I admire your sacrifices?" Jones: "No. Just pout because Daddy never took you to the zoo." Oh, come on. Seven years in Section can't really be compared to not taking your kid on an outing. Two out of four stars, Billie |
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