| Michael's POV Onscreen:
22 minutes |
Michael, hawk-like from an
overhead gantry, watches Nikita arrive in Section ready for a briefing. The audience are
let into the secret that Nikita is planning to escape from Section with the aid of another
operative, the lovelorn Eric. Michael tells Nikita he’d like to spend more time with
her outside Section, causing her to feel conflicted about escaping. Female audience
members suffer Thud burnout as the now infamous ‘Hand Dance’ takes place in
Nikita’s apartment, Michael’s attempted seduction of Nikita interrupted only by
a timely call from Section. After a successful mission, Nikita decides she cannot leave
Section and Michael. To her dismay, however, Michael later reveals that Section knew of
the escape plan all along, and that his seduction was a trick to keep her from being
hunted down and cancelled. At a later briefing Michael witnesses Nikita slamming down the
surveillance equipment from her apartment and refusing ever again to be watched in this
way. |
