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| 205 - New Regime |
| Writer/Director |
Robert Cochran / Jon Cassar |
| Michael's POV Onscreen:
13 minutes
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When Operations is shot by a
rogue Section operative, Petrosian is brought in to take his place. He makes Nikita his
second-in-command, and treats Michael as very much her inferior, as he did in Rescue.
Nikita even endangers Michael’s life to ensure success of the library mission, which
impresses Petrosian but not Michael. Nikita becomes Petrosian’s personal spy within
Section, and as a reward he engineers a date for her with Michael and a promise of an
opportunity to have a full life. Michael, however, rejects Nikita’s advances. Miss
Popular smugly accuses him of being resentful that she now has more power than he does, to
which Michael replies with a convincing ‘No’ . |
| Michael Moments |
Crossing from one rooftop to
another, amidst falling snowflakes
Abseiling from the roof and shooting the guard.
Firing from the car
Mikey move with the gun from the box when he captures the scientist.
The unique Michael way of disagreeing with security when a guard tries to stop him leaving
the laboratories. |
| Words of Wisdom |
"Am I under orders to please
you?" |
Performance Rating
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Roy gets to echo Michael’s
new role, that is, he plays support to the leading female. In what is essentially a Peta
Wilson episode, Roy still manages to steal the odd scene or two. In the confrontation in
the bar, it’s not Peta’s portrayal of an ego-boosted Nikita that catches the
eye, it’s Roy’s underplaying of Michael’s reaction to her boasts and
taunts. He resists the temptation to be ‘showy’ with his sparse lines of
dialogue, finding a facial expression of faint disgust instead, and once again proves to
be the performer to watch. |
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