REVIEWIt's like watching a revised version of NAKED WEAPON .The show is really unique in some ways that made their viewers hold on to them for another season maintaining it's popularity on the show. When it comes to good shows,sure there are a lot of interesting shows on TV .Sure the competition on TV these days is pretty intense but NIKITA displayed a rare combination of badasness and breath taking stunts by a female lead character.Not to mention how the writers of the show came up with a good twist on every episode.The Pilot is very impressive because it has left deep desire of wanting more.I think the PILOT episode was really something to look forward to. Sure,there were also a lot of incredible shows out there who can pull breath taking stunts too but the difference with NIKITA is she can make the stunts and the actions look like real.It felt like she's a pro in real life whether she's pulling a trigger or whether she's kicking someone's ass.It's like being her and there's no moment of dullness when ever she's doing a fight or she's running for her life in any of the scenes.Her character is really interesting because she's so feminine on the outside but she's tough inside.She's not someone to mess up with .She has build a character where her stare may mean a lot.It can be a stare of compassion or a stare as a means of saying back out!.It's really "astig or hanep" for MAGGIE Q in portraying her character here.I have watched her before on NAKED WEAPON and I was in love with her character the first time.I thought she's really well trained in real life not until I found out that she's a model who can't even touch her toes when stretching out.I got fooled in believing she's a pro.Though I don't admire her physically because she's skinny. I just love her in her roles and I think she's a stand out when it comes to action movies along with Angelina Jolie. Well,what do I know.I'm just saying all these because obviously I love her show.People might not agree with me but we have all our favorites and we all have our say,and in my world I write whatever I want to say and that's the beauty. SELECTED ONLINE REVIEWSWhen it comes to espionage stories or action-adventure in general, originality isn't as crucial as a good execution of the basics, and in that regard, the first hour of Nikita delivers MAIN CASTSSeason 1 is more of introduction of each character and their personal life story before joining DIVISION.It also gives a few background about DIVISION and how it operates. Let's start with NIKITA the main character who's gone ROUGE after DIVISION double crossed her by killing her boyfriend.The same Division who train them to be assassins.And Nikita will do everything in her power to stop DIVISION even if it means sacrificing her own life. Carla found her and gave her new life.She sheltered her and help her recover from drugs.It should have been perfect not until a group of agents came into Carla's house They were discussing something that Nikita don't understand at all,then she ended killing a man in self defense.Carla served her time in prison.When she got out,she hid for a long time thinking Nikita never made it.Division took her,trained her and made her one of their best agents.She started mostly covering as an escort as part of her mission.During one of their operations in Russia,they were ordered to kill the whole UDINOV family but she let Alex escaped.I guess,she's not made to kill mercilessly after all.Her calling started that day,when she let that little girl escaped,the same girl she took responsible off until Alex was able to pull herself all together.Until,that little girl is ready to be on her own. She also was believed to have violated one of Division's most important protocol-not to fall in love with an outsider.She was in love with Daniel Monroe so when division found out about it,Percy ordered one of the guardians to kill him.She was a haunted enemy of Division (a secret U.S agency) while she is a secret savior to those innocent targets of Division. The team was lead by Michael,the same man who trained and equip her to be the best fighter.It was revealed on the later episodes that the man she considered as her father was actually hired by Division as well to cover the lie and use her .She ended killing him after his failed attempt to report her to Divisions. ALEXANDRA UDINOV,the only daughter of a wealthy businessman.The man who founded Zetrov,one of Russia's biggest company.Her father was betrayed by his very own body guard Samak.He hired Division to kill Alex' father and then eventually married Alex' mother so he can own and run the company.All those years,Alex thought her parents were both dead but she was surprised when she discovered the truth.That her mom is still alive but the worst part was she was married to Samak,the man who killed her father. Thanks to Nikita who helped her live.Determined to find her father's killer,she joined Nikita in her quest to bring down division.At first,all she knew was Division was behind the killing of her parents that's why she entered Division as a secret spy for Nikita.Alex was trained well inside the division.When Amanda suspects she's hiding something,she tried all possible options to squeeze her out.It pointed to one truth-her dad.Due to Alex impressive performance,she graduated and was given her first assignment.It is when she realized she can't actually kill but Nikita got her back.Together,they work hand in hand determined to bring down division.Alex position as an inside spy is very risky but no one can stop her from taking her revenge.Part of her cover plan is being forced to kill someone important to her as not to compromised their plan.She was forced to kill a good friend inside to keep her secret.Everything was going smoothly as planned not until they discovered Alex's secret.Percy revealed to Alex that Nikita was the one who killed her father and this truth had shattered her trust .She work instead with DIVISIONS by hunting Nikita to retrieve the black box from her that Michael had stolen.Unknown to her,she was being manipulated by Amanda and Percy so she can give her service to them.When she found out she's being tricked,she turned her head against Division by secretly joining Nikita again.While Nikita is trying stop Division,Alex is pursuing the man who ordered the killing of her father-Semak.Her life was really a real chaos since her childhood days.She remember living on the streets wishing she could just die.Then she has to be part of a bigger mission,to over throw all those people who went behind her family.When she realized she's the rightful heir of the family business,she made a sudden appearance that shocked the world specially Semak.All she wanted is to save her mom and to kill Samek.With charm and grace she learned from Division,she took it to her advantage.She formally introduced herself to the world as the only Udinov alive,the rightful heir to her fathers fortune. When she found out that Ari was all behind the killing of Semak,she found a way of putting him down along with Amanda who had been using her all along.At the end of season 2, Percy took over Division once more.Ari was fired and together with Amanda they fled and hid with the "black box" stolen by Ari. Michael is Percy's right hand.He has the highest rank in Divisions.He spent most of Season 1 pursuing Nikita.On season two,romance blossomed.Michael is very loyal to Percy not until he discovered one truth during one of those operations.He wanted to get back to the man who killed his family years ago then he discovered Percy lied on him.The man who killed his family confessed he is also working with divisions and he was given the task so he just followed orders.Michael lost trust in Percy and had joined Nikita's side instead.After all,he must have loved Nikita because he always let her escape despite the multiple times that they have cross lines.Nikita almost sacrificed herself in joining Michael in this operation. He still reported to Division,this time as a spy.His timing is perfect because Alex and Nikita where not in good terms.Alex was currently held as a prisoner in Percy's office when Michael went looking for her.He and Nikita where working together not until Alex was caught when she killed one of her co agents who was bugged by Amanda to prove Percy her suspicion.ALex was calling Nikita asking what to do and so the truth was revealed.As for Michael,they have him locked in the basement while Nikita was recovering from being shot by Alex.When Birkhof discovered that Nikita was alive,he secretly freed Michael.He went straight to Percy's office,knocked him unconscious,stole the most important black box of Percy's.He went to Nikita and together they fled to hide.They were on a secured hotel when Amanda used Alex as a bait to track Michael and Nikita.Division was able to find them and have them surrounded when Birkhof surprised them.He just came in time like super hero guy.He used one of his private plane and rescued the two and brought him to his new house. Birkhof is the computer geek guy who do all the researches and hacking and etc.He is responsible for the tracing of targets and as well as the other important stuff of Division.His job might be limited to staring at the whole computer all the time but I think he has the most important role in operations.With a guy like him,Percy was able to get confidential data against their enemies.He left Division right after Michael left,used the money he extracted from Percy's account and run his own.At first,he don't want to be recognized working with Michael and Nikita but in the end,he worked with them and even offered his home as their safe house. AMANDA was the secret brain of Division.She deals with the behaviors of the recruit.But her ambitiousness destroyed her.She's good in bitching the recruits to follow her orders blindly.Before,Division was purposely created for a nobler purpose.But Percy and Amanda had turned it into an evil haven.It was revealed that the program was created by Carla,the woman who served as Nikita's foster mom.Amanda had her executed but when she learned that Carla was alive,she was threatened.Birkhof and Carla ended in a heated argument and Birkhof ended shooting her.Amanda on the other hand had Percy imprisoned and had run Division for a short time not until Percy came back and snatch it away from her. PERCY is the big boss of DIVISION.He used to be working with CIA.He use to be a good man but then again his greed and ambitiousness made him evil.Together with Carla,they created DIVISION with the goal of helping the government.It expanded until he became powerful.The wealthiest businessmen and politicians come to him for protection.He was able to control the biggest government organizations including the senator,Gogol company and some well known individuals.He is very intelligent and he never seem to run out of plan.At the mid part of season 2,Amanda had him imprisoned and had taken over DIVISION for quite sometime but he have it back after he escaped.Percy kept "black boxes" scattered and appointed a guardian to protect it.It contains all the sensitive information of DIVISION including all the secret and dirty work operations.it's the thing that keeps him alive.They can't kill Percy without destroying first all the black boxes. So far,these are the main character for the last 2 seasons.What'interesting is they have different guess per episode and as the season goes on,they are expanding.I was so surprise to see ZOOEY PALMER guess on the show .She's one of my favorite actress on the Canadian TV series "lost girl" and so with Kzenia Solo.I was thinking of going back because I can' t remember her scene at all.It was a cool-incident to finally see them ! Excited to watch season 3! SEASON 3 PLOT
Season 3 is all about relationships and the ups and downs of Division.In the previous season,we learned about the background of Division and how missions are being carried.In this season,it's more of finding love and how they dealt with their personal relationships in and outside Division. Episode 1 started with a set up mission were Nikita and Michael ended captured but was able to escape.At the end of the episode,Michael proposed to Nikita.During one of the missions, Michael is pinned under the car and Nikita is forced to cut off his hand.They manage to escape but Michael's situation has affected his relationship with Niki.Nikita mostly went on missions with Owen after the accident.Birkhof improvised a temporary metal hand for Michael but it was an inconvenience.When Niki heard about a surgeon who can perform surgery for Michael,she went against all odds to get him.To her surprise,they have a condition in return of Mikey's hand . Birkhof,the computer geek finally fell in love with Sonya.He started to express his affections from time to time.The writers didn't focus much on their love story.They were stuck with manning the computers.I know their characters on the show is geeky that most people would like to possess in real life but acting wise,it could be the most boring one.His dialogue is limited and also unlike the others,they move from one place to another.AS for him,he has the most important job but he is the less exposed one because he is limited to the four walls of the Division office.That's Birkhof and Sonya.They might be limited in terms of acting but their character on the show is one of the most essential and powerful.On the last few episodes when Ryan was accidentally shot by Alex.Only Sonya,Michael and Birkhof were manning ops.They almost lost everything they have that includes the agents escaped.But Birkhof being the geek and most resourceful had reformat the system and had it up and running despite the ruins.The Birkhof power! Yeah! With Percy dead and Amanada escaped,Ryan Fletcher took over division.He is the most pressured of all because he is working for the President and same time harboring rogue agents.At times he is torn between how to be on both sides.It's really a tough situation but Ryan was like the big boss as he is the only person in Division that the outside word recognizes.He had been into a lot of hellish situation but being Ryan,he is used to work under pressure.He is willing to sacrifice himself just to protect everyone at Division.In fact,during Divisions darkest moment,he was shot by Alex that led him into a temporary coma.When he woke up,Division is already ruined.He still tried his best to work for the President and then things got complicated.Before he even knew,the President committed suicide.Well Amanda used Nikita as the front cover assassin and Ryan is willing to do everything he can to clear her out. As for Alex ,she was the trouble maker for this whole season.She played the secret villain and she created a big mess that can't be undone-she destroyed Division for good.Well,technically,it's not totally her.It was Amanda who manipulated her unconsciously.On the first few episodes,her relationship with Sean was tested.Sean confronted her about leaving Division for good as they both have lives outside Division to which Alex protested.Sean made up his mind to leave Division without her which hurts her so much.With no one to talk about it as Nikita is also having issues with Michael,she started using drugs.When they found out ,she was temporarily suspended from joining the operations.In one of Division's mission to rescue Ari's son,Amanda captured Alex and planted a false image on her brain.She was rescued by Nikita but she was a completely different person after that mission.She's a bit tough and seems to disagree with Nikita most of the time.Alex was planning a secret plan to help all the agents escape Division.It was done on the day when Nikita was captured by Amanda.She was turn over by Owen.Ryan was in coma and that was the day Sean returned to Division to win back Alex,too bad he was the one who found at Alex's secret.And things got out of control,the agents were divided into two and they started killing each other.Alex can't take control as Michael and Birkhof were held captive.And Sean was shot.That brought her to her senses.She fled and went to a suicide mission out of guilt.She almost got herself killed but Nikita went to her rescue.Niki brought her back to Division and explain to her that Amanda did something to her to help appease her guilt.She gave her commitment with Division again.This is the part that seemed blurry to me.It was not clear how Alex got back to her old self.They didn't do something about it.But yeah,she suddenly became loyal again just like that.How can they be sure Amanda's not manipulating her? Oh well....Anyway,Alex later on found out that she can be part of something greater.That is to help child and women trafficking. Owen was changed by Amanda by altering his memory too.On the later part,he led Nikita to Amanda with the promise of paying him largely.Turns out he was paid the black box but it was kept in Ryan's safe.Owen went to Division stealing it.He then had the black box for bidding.Season 16 is one of the most intense and heart breaking episode .There were secrets revealed like Alex plot to let the agents escape.Friendship restored.There were people to protect and the game of skepticism started.In seasons 21&22, all the agents escaped.Blood painted Division .It was a total mess.Ryan woke up from his long coma.Alex run away.Nikita went looking for her and stop her from doing suicide mission .While everything was in chaos, Nikita.,Alex and Mikey were on a mission to save the President by retrieving the black box which Owen had for bidding.Amanda was held captive by Owen after she traded the black box to Owen as her payment.Germany won the bidding to which later he found out those were Amanda's agents.Owen went in pursue of Amanda and caught them in the airport.Amanda fled but the man carrying the black box was dead.Owen was debating whether to take it or destroy it.He had it destroyed before Nikita and Mikey showed up. They were celebrating at the end of the episode because they thought they were all done for good.They can now shut down Division and move on with their lives when it was revealed there was a bigger threat going on.Again,Nikita convinced Michael to allow her to do this as one final mission.She discovered that it was a trap from Amanda.That mission led her to Amanda's haven to which she made a bargain.One final mission,assassinate the President or Michael will die.Another big revelation,when Michael got back his hand,it was done by one of Amanda's surgeons but he was injected with virus that's being controlled by Amanda.She was willing to do the mission but the team figure out what she was trying to do.Birkhof intercepted the signal so Amanda can't hear the conversation.Mikey tried stopping Nikita from killing the President by finding the antidote to which she agreed by buying sometime.Michael falsely informed her that they have the antidote when they don't have because Amanda killed the surgeon.Nikita tried to warn the President but instead the President killed herself.Amanda use one of her brain stuff I guess.Nikita was able to escape but she was hunted as she's accused as the President's assassin.To save Mikey,they have to kill him for at least 20 minutes so that the virus will die.Meanwhile,while Sonya was performing the process,Division was attacked by rouge agents as instructed by Amanda.Nikita as usual arrived for their rescue.After Michael was retrieved,they have destroyed division totally and fled somewhere safe. REVIEW It was said that this would be the final season and that they will be only adding six episodes probably next year.Well,Too bad !The story got a bit tiring.In the end,Amanda was winning.And for this season it got somehow intense.But does Alex have to play the bad cop? How could Amanda got suddenly powerful then from time to time helpless?The transition between the scenes where not clear.They killed Ari and revealed he has a son and then what happens after that? Also,when Owen captured Amanda,what took the men so long to rescue her considering they are in the perimeters?The black box was the main thing they usually use to blackmail the President but why keep it?If it's risky why not destroy it once and for all.Also,there's nothing much revealed about Mikey or Birkhof's background. Amanda,the genius was always ahead.She was almost winning every game.The thing is there were times the transition of the story is confusing.There was a bit fo revelation about her background.She was the product of her father's experiment.She ended killing her sister and her father and carry on her father's work.There were lots of vague moments like the writers were jumpy in between the stories.But over all,her role is impressive like she was really convincing.It's easy to hate her character and kudos to her acting skill. Anyway,the stunts are impressive.I like it.I like the femme badasness of the leading ladies.I don't think Lucy and Shane has an onscreen romantic chemistry though.Even if they have relationship,their tandem is not the best.Lyndsay Fonseca is beautiful and impressive too.I still can't believe she was one of Ted Mosby's children in HIMYM. I really don't have much to say as I feel disappointed they are ending it too soon .I feel like there were really too many things to tell on each character's perspective.I am disappointed the writers were not that creative to come up with real catchy stories.It was okay but it has the tendency to be boring.But the latest episodes were quite intense. Anyway,I'll be missing Birkhof the genius hacker or Nikita the best female assassin.I'll be missing Alex's story.I think she has the most interesting background of all the characters.And also,the only character who can really have an influence in the outside world as it was shown on more than once occasions. Well,I wish them well in their next career path.
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