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- Not Was (aka The One Where the Hopeless Romantics Died
and Went to Heaven) |
| Writer/Director |
Michael Loceff / René Bonniere |
| Michael's POV Onscreen:
29 minutes |
The episode opens with Nikita
retrieving a gun from Michael’s waistband, and of course he’s pleased to see
her! Michael is captured by the SOTW, Perez, is drugged and interrogated, and we learn
that his full name is Michael Samuelle. He is rescued by Nikita, but has lost his memory
and remembers nothing about his life in Section. After a rest at Nikita’s apartment
he worries about his family and his future. Sent on a mission in this state he messes up
completely and is shot (his third bullet wound this season). He tells Nikita that he loves
her just before she gives him a drug to restore his Section persona, knowing that he will
be killed if the ‘real’ Michael doesn’t re-appear. When the drug is
successful, Michael has forgotten everything that happened. |
| Michael Moments |
The gun exchange on the dance
floor
Asking Nikita ‘What’s this for?’ when she gives him a gun during the rescue
from Perez
Adopting almost a Homer Simpson ‘doh!’ style when laughingly contradicting
Nikita that he is an anti-terrorist operative
The ‘just a little bit’ hand gesture when he’s trying to persuade Nikita to
dance with him, and the way he puts his head on shoulder during the dance
Having to be shown where his office is by Nikita |
| Words of Wisdom |
"Why do you keep calling me
Michael?"
"Just need a leedle
bit of rest."
"I must be a real jerk."
"What will happen if
my mmmmemory doesn’t return?"
"I’ll never be
treated like… like a caged animal."
"Did we ever dance?"
"Have I ever told you
that I love you?" |
Performance Rating
 |
One of Roy’s best outings
as he allows us to see ‘parallel universe’ Michael, gentle, accepting of help,
afraid of the world he finds himself in, and almost childlike in his desire to please. His
body language free from restraint and his facial expressions open, Roy manages somehow to
look in his early 20s not mid-30s. He uses wide open eyes, not Michael’s
expressionless blank stare, a quizzical tilt of the head, and doesn’t hold eye
contact as long as the challenging Michael normally does. His hair is not so controlled,
the tendrils hanging free in their full glory. Roy even changes his voice pattern,
adopting a looser and more earnest tone, not the monosyllabic Michael we have come to
know. He also changes his way of walking, the Michael strut replaced by young
Michael’s hesitant walk. Even lying prone in the MediLab, the difference before and
after the drug is striking. An on-set in joke: at the club, Michael is greeted as ‘Mr
Bonniere’, a tribute to the director of this episode. |
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