What I’m Watching: Nikita

Nikita: Season 2, Episode 15 “Origins” (B-)

This is an exciting, action-packed hour, but I have to take issue with the way that some of these plotlines are heading. The sudden insertion of Carla into the story truly changes things, and I guess it does make sense that Division was originally founded as a way to help those headed down a dark path to find a second chance in life. Her faith in Percy, however, is a big problem, and there’s so much treachery going on that it’s hard to find any two characters that actually fully trust each other on this show. It’s also not clear to me whether Amanda is fully aware that Alex is working with Nikita since she so blatantly gave the phone to Ari with Nikita on the other end. Either way, putting out a hit on Carla because she happened to run into Amanda while she was with Ari seems silly, particularly because Carla had to put so much effort into deducing what secret it was that she knew. Alex’s coming out as Alexandra was heavily over-dramatic, and it puzzles me that Ari felt he couldn’t use his video recording of Semak ordering Alex to be killed since Alex was still alive. Attempted murder is still a difficult charge to skirt, and this web is much more complicated than it needs to be. There are so many parties in play now that things can only become wilder and more unpredictable, thanks to the fact that no one can be honest with anyone else.