The Last Mission is Never the Last on Nikita (My Ep. 21 Thoughts)

May 10, 2013 21:51

GREAT NEWS!! "Nikita" got renewed by the CW for 6 more episodes...I'm sad to see it not be picked up for at least 13 episodes BUT 6 is better than none and it gives the show a chance to 'tie up loose ends'.

Once again, I apologize for the messed up formatting...I know that it ticks me off. -_-
Not many pictures tonight.

**MAJOR SPOILER ALERT**
"Nikita" - ep. 3x21 ("Invisible Hand") [promo]

Synopsis: AT LAST...? - Before becoming engaged, Nikita (Maggie Q) said, "There's always gonna be another mission." Now, after barely surviving harrowing recent events, Michael (Shane West) questions his fiancee's commitment to a life beyond Division's web of deceit, double-crosses and murder - and he's not the only one with doubts. Still, the remaining threat of Amanda (Melinda Clarke) looms large over the team, particularly since she's now allied herself with mysterious new partners that furnish her with a terrifying new weapon. Meanwhile, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) considers an intriguing offer from the Nobel Prize winner (guest star Raven Dauda) she's defending.
        - Noah Bean (RYAN), Dillon Casey (SEAN), Aaron Stanford (BIRKHOFF) and Devon Sawa (OWEN/SAM) also star.

THEN:
      - Amanda's escape thanks to 'The Shop'
NOW:
Empty Parking Lot
        - Nikita makes a meeting with Henry (inside a secure vehicle)
                - Henry can't find anything on the man that helped Amanda escape
                        - Henry is shot during their meeting
        - The Shooter (the man Nikita is looking for...named Smith) takes control of Nikita's car
                - Nikita escapes the car through the sun roof
                        - The car crashes
TITLE CARD
Division
        - Michael reprimands Nikita on her need to find Amanda
                - Michael reports that Ryan is in DC to get signed pardons from the President
                        - Michael wants out
                                - Nikita won't give up on finding Amanda
                                        - Michael questions Nikita's inability to stop going on missions
        - Birkhoff walks in (he finished taking the car apart)
      - I sense the phrase "this is the last mission" or something like it being the tagline for this episode
Michigan (The Shop Location)
       

- Amanda is pleased with the work
                - The Shop Agent comments on the 'Nikita variable'
                        - Nikita was Amanda's only term in joining the Shop
                                - Amanda declined their offer a year ago
      - It's been awhile but does that 'Agent' seem familiar to anyone? Did Percy meet with him in S2?
Division (Garage)
        - Birkhoff works on the car (with Sonya)
                - Birkhoff and Sonya find a device in the car (a microchip?)
        - Sonya puts the device in the Division mainframe
Birkhoff's Office
       

- Birkhoff gains access to The Shop's satellite system
                - The Shop has a 'black bird' (non-registered satellite) active in space
        - Birkhoff accesses a phone call between Smith and Shop Agent
                - Smith reports that Nikita and the car are not at the crash site
                        - Shop Agent tells Smith to forget about Nikita and get to New York for the mission
                                - Sonya reports on the Shop's target (a Nobel Prize winner)
                                        - Nikita concludes that the Shop want to eliminate the prize winner
        - Nikita wants details about the New York mission
                - Birkhoff questions the added mission
                        - "This is the last one." -Nikita
      - Where is Alex?
COMMERCIAL
New York
        - Press conference in session in front of a shelter (Nobel Prize Winner addresses everyone)
                - Nikita has sights on the Nobel Prize Winner (Mrs. Hasan)
                - Michael meets with Alex (she's getting involved as Alexandra Udinov)
                        - Michael debriefs Alex about Smith
        - Mrs. Hasan (Nobel Prize Winner) is pleased when she spots Alex
                - Mrs. Hasan has wanted to contact Alexandra for a long time (she's an inspiration) to make her an offer
        - Smith attacks
                - Smith cuts Mrs. Hasan (Alex had diverted his aim)
       


- Nikita goes after Smith
                - Nikita fights with Smith in the alleyway
                        - Nikita kills Smith
                                - Smith's phone gets texts from the Shop
                                        - Nikita believes that Amanda is behind the texts
Birkhoff's Office
        - Birkhoff gets a location on the text messages' location (thanks to the 'black bird')
                - Nikita rushes to go
        - Michael tells her no (the 'last mission' was to stop the assassination against Mrs. Hasan)
                - Michael thinks that Amanda messed with Nikita's head
                      - I think he may be right on some level...Nikita seems obsessed to take Amanda down
      - Nikita rushes off to get ready
                - Birkhoff reassures Michael that he'll watch Nikita's back from Division
Alex's Room (at Division)
        - Alex confides in Sonya about Mrs. Hasan's offer
                - Sonya reminds Alex that she's the only one that has a life outside of Division
                      - Sonya does have a point...I hadn't thought of it like that
                        - Then again Alex is a unique agent since she made it so that she could be recruited
Birkhoff's Office
        - Sonya enters
                - Birkhoff only has 25% access to the Shop's system
                        - Birkhoff's freaked about his limited access to the Shop's system
        - Birkhoff questions Sonya about their future after Division
                - Sonya says they have one
                        - Birkhoff is relieved
                - Sonya kisses Birkhoff
                      - Aww...that is such a lovely moment!
      - Computers beep
                - Michael and Nikita have reached the perimeter
                        - Michael sees no one on patrol
        - Birkhoff uses the 'black bird' as a guide
                - Pressure pads all over the area
                        - Birkhoff guides Michael/Nikita around
                                - Sonya gets more data on the situation
Inside Facility
        - Michael and Nikita come across empty holding cells
                - They take cover when they noticed a doctor working on a patient
        - Nikita runs to help the patient
                - Doctor sets a machine gun onto Nikita/Michael
                        - Birkhoff takes control
        - Guns are pointed at the Doctor
                - Doctor kills the patient
        - Nikita demands for Amanda's location
                - Birkhoff is locked out of the system
                        - Machine gun starts shooting while the doors lock them inside
                                - Doctor reveals that the system knows that its been compromised
                                        - Michael gets shot in the shoulder
        - Birkhoff unlocks the doors in time for Nikita/Michael/Doctor to escape
                - Birkhoff/Sonya are relieved (yet on edge)
                      - I don't blame them...that was intense
COMMERCIAL
Medical Bay
        - Sonya cleans and stitches Michael up
Interrogation Room
        - Nikita questions the Doctor about the experiments and Amanda
                - Doctor doesn't know anything about Amanda
        - Michael walks in
                - Michael brings up the experiment
       

- Doctor comments on how he missed Division
                - Nikita injects a virus serum into the Doctor
                        - Doctor freaks out...he wants the antidote
        - Doctor reveals that Amanda was at Cobalt River to access the facility
                - Doctor reveals that they were creating a virus that resembled the Kill Chips (push of a button can activate the virus)
                      - Oh that's a scary thought...now anyone could have the kill-chip virus injected unknowingly
Division (Operations)
        - Sonya notices a signal transmission from the satellite being shifted
Interrogation Room
        - Doctor is killed
                - The virus was inside him and his trigger was set off
Medical Bay
        - Birkhoff and Sonya do an autopsy on Doctor
                - They confirm the virus the Doctor had talked about
                        - Birkhoff/Sonya are all decked out in biohazard gear!!
      - Michael wonders how Amanda knew they had the Doctor
                - Nikita tells Birkhoff to check on an cochlear implant
                        - Birkhoff and Sonya confirm a permanent communication device being implanted (could hear everything)
        - Team wonders what Amanda plans next
New York
        - Mrs. Hasan prepares for her presentation that night
                - Alex appears
                        - Mrs. Hasan is pleased and surprised
Medical Bay
        - Team remembers that Mrs. Hasan was cut during the attack (she was infected with the virus)
                - Sonya reports that Mrs. Hasan has a presentation in 2hrs
                        - Nikita concludes that Amanda will 'pull the trigger' at the presentation (making it a publicized death)
COMMERCIAL
Division (Operations)
        - Nikita/Michael update Alex on the attack against Mrs. Hasan
        - Birkhoff arrives with a lead on Amanda
                - Amanda had hit the switch from Philadelphia
        - Nikita sets the next mission
                - Nikita is set for Philadelphia (to get to Amanda)
                - Michael is set for New York (to save Mrs. Hasan)
        - Birkhoff leaves to set things up
        - Michael doesn't like the new mission
                - Nikita offers a compromise
                        - Nikita kisses Michael before leaving
New York
        - Alex tries to stall Mrs. Hasan from leaving the building
                - Alex brings up the UN job offer
                        - Alex reports to Michael on Mrs. Hasan's departure
        - Nikita reports that she's on site
                - Michael tells Nikita to hold back
Division (Operations)
        - Nikita's signal is lost to them
Philadelphia (Underground)



- Nikita wanders around
                - Amanda shows up behind her
                        - Nikita demands for the trigger on Mrs. Hasan
                                - "Nikita, my target is and always has been you." -Amanda
COMMERCIAL
Philadelphia (Underground)
        - Amanda reveals that they are alone
                - Nikita doesn't believe it
        - Nikita thinks Amanda is playing mind games
                - Amanda confirms that Nikita's brain is still fine
        - Amanda had orchestrated the assassination against Mrs. Hasan just to get Nikita to Amanda
                - Nikita is stunned
                        - So am I...Amanda really is a mastermind
      - Amanda reveals that Michael's new hand has the kill-chip virus inside
                - Nikita is stunned (she's feeling that a lot in this scene)
      - Amanda points out that the one antidote serum that Michael could've used is being sent to Mrs. Hasan
New York
        - Mrs. Hasan greets the people
                - Alex watches
                        - Mrs. Hasan gives Alex some inspiring words
                                - "You are what you make yourself." -Mrs. Hasan to Alex
        - Alex questions Birkhoff on where Michael is
                - Michael delivers the serum to Alex
                        - Alex injects the serum into Mrs. Hasan
        - Michael reports to Birkhoff that the mission is complete
                - Birkhoff still has no link to Nikita
Philadelphia (Underground)
        - Amanda tells Nikita that she wants her to complete on assassination for Michael's life
                - Amanda orders her to kill President Spencer
COMMERCIAL
Philadelphia (Underground)
       


- Amanda gives Nikita 24hrs to kill President Spencer in a public way
                - Nikita can't warn the President or get help from the group (otherwise Michael dies)
                        - Amanda comments on how Nikita can't live with Michael's life on her conscious
        - Nikita drops her gun in disbelief
                - No matter what option she picks, Nikita doesn't end up with Michael
                        - Completed Mission = Michael is cured but Nikita would be arrested
                        - Failed Mission = Michael dies and Nikita can't live with herself
              - It looks like Nikita is in a pickle
      - Nikita collapses ("My life is over.")
                - Amanda denies it and says Nikita's life would be restored to how it should have been
                        - Amanda wants to take away the life she had given Nikita through Division
        - Amanda injects a transmitter/communication device into Nikita
                - Amanda dismisses Nikita
                        - Nikita walks off like a robot
Division (Operations)
       

- Birkhoff reveals to Sonya that the Shop is not American-based (it's bigger than that)
                - Birkhoff loses the connection to the Shop
        - Nikita arrives
                - Birkhoff is relieved
        - Nikita heads to medical (where Michael is)
              - Birkhoff and Sonya look like they sense something is off
Medical Bay
        - Nikita walks in on Alex checking out Michael's shoulder
                - Alex is relieved to see Nikita
        - Nikita reports that the Philadelphia location was empty (no Amanda)
                - Alex is relieved that Mrs. Hasan was saved
                        - Alex hugs Nikita before leaving
        - "I thought I lost you." -Michael
                - Nikita kisses Michael (now that's a kiss, not like earlier for them)
                      - Michael senses that something is wrong with Nikita
        - Nikita tells Michael that he was right...about moving on
                - Nikita wants to get married to Michael
                        - Michael kisses Nikita (he's excited)
                - Michael walks off to work on the plan tickets
                      - How does getting married help Nikita's situation?
      - Nikita stays behind and checks the bullet out
                - Nikita gets confirmation in Michael's blood on the bullet that he has the virus
                        - Tears fall
Division Armory
        - Nikita gears up
CREDITS

Promo for 3x22 (season finale): Nikita reveals to Michael the position that Amanda has placed her in...Nikita confronts the President...Birkhoff is shocked when Ryan reports that the President is dead
        - Whoa...it gave the whole thing away!
        - If President Spencer is dead, I hope it was by one of Division's fake deaths

Once again where was Devon Sawa (Owen/Sam)? I really want to see Owen prevail over Sam by the time the finale is donw.

I mean Noah Bean's absence was explained (Ryan was in DC with President Spencer) yet he was listed in the credits. So was Devon but he wasn't present. Then again, they are both part of the main cast this season...right? Dillon Casey is another story since Sean is dead yet he's said to star in the episode (in above synopsis).

As for the episode, there were many close calls for the team but I think Nikita's final mission for Amanda is quite a twist. I definitely wasn't expecting it. The promo kind of teases what path Nikita will take but would everything be as it seems?

I'm rewatching SPN 8x22 (thanks to CW) and I'm wondering more and more about Metatron wanting Castiel to complete the Angel Tablet trials...doesn't a human have to do it (like a human had to for the Leviathan and the Demon Tablets)?

I'm heading back 'home' tomorrow and with that thought in mind, I really didn't do anything to prepare for my summer courses that start on Monday -_-. I sense a future freak out heading my way.

I hope you all enjoy your weekends =D

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