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The newest episode of NIKITA - 2x19 "Wrath" - proves why I love this spy drama from The CW. Before I give my comments about this amazing episode and the excellent performance of the actors especially Q's, here's a good synopsis from Laura Prudom of the Huffingtonpost.com:
Without revealing too much about the episode's twists, the plot concerns a man that Nikita brought down five years earlier, an arms dealer named Nicholas Brandt (Rick Ravanello), who has spent his time incarcerated sharpening the ax he has to grind against her. Nikita's former boss, Percy (Xander Berkeley), decides to spring Brandt from his Guantanamo-esque prison, offering him revenge against Nikita in exchange for a dangerous weapon. Naturally, after five years, Brandt has some fairly colorful ideas about how to get even with Nikita, but the brilliance of this episode is less in its concept and more in its execution.
Fans of the show all over the world, including me, have been campaigning for an Emmy nomination for Maggie Q eversince the first season of the show last year. After this episode, my heart flutters as my aspirations for a nomination for the actress erupted once again. Just a few weeks/months ago, I've posted that I am quite dissapointed with how the show is going - that it's becoming too complicated. Well, this episode reclaims everything I said before. "Wrath" proves why I love Nikita so much - the show and the character. We've seen another side of Nikita that we thought did not exist. Her "evil" side which she kept on telling herself that is already gone came back as this Brandt tortures her and makes her remember what she did to him before.
One of the biggest reasons why I adore Nikita is because, unlike other female heroines, she is not perfect. She has a lot of flaws and it's difficult for her to fully get out of his horrible past. The episode gave us a deeper look, not to her past, but to the character herself and her motivations.
The scene between Nikita and Michael during the last 10 minutes of the episode is one of the series' best moments so far (when they were talking on that basement before Brandt comes down). It shows how far Michael is willing to be there for Nikita, how strong he has to be in order for their relationship to work. Eventhough Nikita doubts herself (that's she's evil and she's not going to change), Michael will always be there for her. "Their scenes are heartbreaking in all the best ways, and for an episode with some undeniably dark subject matter, it still manages to feel like an uplifting narrative*." Maggie Q and Shane West's chemistry is undeniably outstanding. The actors are able to balance each other's presence without outshadowing the other. In short, they bring out the best in each other.
Another reason why this episode is priceless is Nikita's A-team. Alex, Birkhoff, Michael, and Sean supported and helped Nikita all throughout even if the death of Sean's mother is because of Nikita. An excellent support team is what every heroes need. They showed that they will always be there for her no matter what.
Over all, "Wrath" is an excellent episode. Probably one of the best episodes of the season, and Maggie's best performance in the series. I wish that they could keep this momentum in every episode and I keep on hoping that the award giving bodies would take notice of Maggie's exceptional talent.
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