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| 107 - Mother |
| Writer/Director |
Naomi Janzen / Guy Magar |
| Michael's POV Onscreen:
13 minutes |
The episode opens with a rare
sight of Michael engaging in workplace banter with a colleague, the soon-to-be late
lamented Chuck. When Nikita is undercover in the Wickes’ household, Michael is forced
by Operations to face up to the fact that, for the sake of the mission, Nikita may have to
be sacrificed, while Madeline also tells him to prepare himself for this eventuality.
Michael then goes undercover as a policeman, kidnapping Nikita and her ‘mother.’
In a ruse to force Nikita’s ‘mother’ to confess, Michael orders Nikita to
be beaten up. Later, Michael visits Nikita in the MediLab to check up on her and to
apologise for what he had to do. |
| Michael Moments |
Taking the insults about his
hairstyle from Chuck without cancelling him.
His undercover role as Detective Lewis - who wouldn’t want to be arrested by this
man?!
Looking away as Nikita is beaten up.
Caressing Nikita’s eyebrow whilst she’s in the MediLab. |
| Words of Wisdom |
"Chuck …….. Chuck, are you
there?"
"I'm sorry it had to come to
that." |
Performance Rating
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Here Roy gets to play the Tom
Cruise part in one of early LFN’s many rip-offs from Mission Impossible. Powerless to
prevent their friend being killed, they have practically identical lines … "Jack
…. Jack, do you copy?" but the sorrow in Michael’s voice is much more
moving. Roy then jumps into the role of Detective Lewis, and carries off the illusion of
the difficulty of breaking bad news to perfection (or maybe it’s his embarrassment at
having to wear the famous Ugly Tie). Back in ‘true’ character, he shows us, very
subtly, an insight into Michael’s realisation that Nikita is becoming important to
him. |
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