Monday, October 31, 2011

What I’m Watching: Nikita

Nikita: Season 2, Episode 6 “343 Walnut Lane” (B)

For a guy in jail, Percy sure has a lot of cards to play, and he knows how to play them, and other people. Alex’s situation is becoming increasingly precarious as Percy becomes fully aware of her allegiance to Nikita and now holds the fact that she warned Birkhoff of Richard’s true identity over her head. The introduction of Nikita’s birth father was a rather speedy and sudden event, especially since her lack of parentage and anger with being called an orphan had not previously been explored. David Keith, fresh off playing a devilish dad on “Lone Star,” was a strong choice to play Nikita’s supposed father, though she should have thought twice before opening up to him right away and telling him the secret of Michael’s fatherhood. Shooting him in the head following his betrayal and near-murder of Birkhoff did prove satisfying, even if it was to protect Michael rather than for revenge purposes. As has been the case all season, everyone is now on the run, with their main sanctuary now penetrated and destroyed. None of the good guys are any closer to unveiling the truth or taking down Division, and the only one making any progress, sunshine aside, is Percy, who continues to manipulate things from the comfort of his cell. Nikita’s bombshell revelation to Michael is sure to haunt and distract him, and I feel like it will be an episode or two before things get back to normal and the team sets up camp again, ready to focus and get serious.

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