Nikita Season 1 Episode 4 "Rough Trade"

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It was another good episode. In this one Nikita goes back to an old case she did for Percy where she killed a government man. It was the first time she found out about what their group does. We see her feeling guilty about what she did. The twist at the middle of the episode was something I never even thought of. It’s one reason why I am loving this series right now. On the Division side, we see Nikita’s secret partner Alex suffer a post-traumatic syndrome that is triggered by claustrophobia. We see that it might have something to do with the night when her parents were killed. She didn’t tell this to resident psychologist Amanda, however. She lied about it, probably to cover up the fact that her parents were killed by the Division (probably even by Nikita herself). Amanda cured Alex of her claustrophobia by strapping her to an electronic straight jacket that only unlocks if the wearer’s heartbeat goes down to normal. Clever. Michael is slowly coming over to the good side. In this episode, he saved Nikita. He’s probably growing a conscience. I kind of don’t think Shane West is a good actor to portray Michael. There was one scene where he was practicing boxing and his punches seem weak and lack passion. I don’t want him to be replaced with another actor though, because that will be very weird, but I guess he needs to practice more, maybe have boxing or martial arts lessons. Looking forward to next week’s episode.