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| 218 - Off Profile |
| Writer/Director |
David Ehrman / John Fawcett |
| Michael's POV Onscreen:
22 minutes |
Returning from an unsuccessful
mission, Michael blames a faulty profile, causing him to cross swords with Section’s
new profiler, Andrea. Andrea is assigned to Michael’s team, and allows herself to be
seduced by him. Michael acknowledges to Andrea that he did once love Nikita but now
"there’s you." Later it transpires that his seduction of Andrea was on
Operations’ orders, as she was suspected of treason. Michael is warned by Nikita that
Andrea wants revenge, and on a subsequent mission is targeted by her, with Nikita coming
to his rescue. Back at Section Nikita asks Michael what he intends to do about Andrea, but
we learn from Operations that Andrea has already been cancelled, that she was actually being tested for emotional instability, which
she demonstrated by becoming unhinged by Michael’s betrayal. |
| Michael Moments |
Firing the electric taser arrow
at the security guard to disable him
Jamming the bad guy behind the door then shooting him through it!
When met with Andrea’s initial refusal to join him for dinner because, she says, no
amends are necessary, his counter of ‘No amends then, just pleasure.’
Michael and Andrea dancing whilst Nikita watches, fascinated
The love scene with Andrea, those curls on the loose again! |
| Words of Wisdom |
"First time under fire’s
never simple."
"I had a great time
last night."
"Everything is as real
as we make it, no more, no less."
"Make sure the
secondary egress has adequate coverage."
"I didn’t toy with
you."
"We need a
heartbeat. See if any technicians are still alive." |
Performance Rating
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Joined by real-life love,
Céline Bonnier, in the role of Andrea, Roy goes to town on Michael in full seduction
mode. Interestingly, we get to see one of Roy’s own mannerisms, the one-handed coat
unbuttoning, demonstrated for us by Ms Bonnier on her own coat! A tightly-written
self-contained episode that allowed Roy and Ms Bonnier to throw themselves whole-heartedly
into a for once believable script, although two consecutive weeks of Michael ‘playing
away from home’ enraged the HRs. |
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