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This eppy is all about Nikita and her recruitment. I think its not until now that Michael starts to believe that she in fact wasn't the cold-blooded killer he thought he had trained. I loved the scene in Michael's office when Nikita is skirting the issue of her sim mission with Kruger, and Michael finally says, "Stop playing games Nikita. What's really going on?" He knows her too well!

When I first watched "Nikita" I thought the same. But as the episodes wore on, he seemed to have forgotten her "shell-shock." I really don't think it added up for him until now. For example, in Mercy (when she's about to kill herself in the apt. and he shows up). She tried to tell him she's not a killer, but he blew her off. He told her it didn't matter who she was, so long as she does the job, but he didn't look convinced.

I know that Section doesn't do understanding, but considering that they knew Nikita wasn't a murderer from the beginning, they really shouldn't have been quite so ready to cancel her in that deleted scene from Nikita. Perhaps that's why Madeline relented when Micheal pleaded, or maybe the whole thing was a feint to see how invested Micheal was with his " new material."

Pattyko --

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Jamie was cute though

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Jamey was in WOB. Kruger was in OTB.

Section framed Nikita even if the orders were handed down from higher up, so ofcourse Maddy and Ops knew she was innocent. Add to that, that since they knew where on the streets she would be, means they had been watching her long enough to form an initial profile. Some people have viewed Madeline's speech and caress of Nikita cheek in the pilot ep. as a way to appeal to Nikita's abandonment issues. Makes sense to me. I agree however that S5 was probably pulled out of thin air but it is clear that Ops and Maddy knew she was innocent. One of the things that isn't clear in this ep., is whether or not Ops and Maddy knew the reason they had been ordered to recruit Nikita, assuming at this point that the directive hadn't been theirs.

I am never entirely sure whether Micheal ratted Nikita out in this ep. or not. He may have done so if he thought it would protect her or the higher ups might have found out through some other means.

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One of the things that isn't clear in this ep., is whether or not Ops and Maddy knew the reason they had been ordered to recruit Nikita, assuming at this point that the directive hadn't been theirs.

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Well...Ops...and especially Maddy were smart people. Don;t you think that if Maddy had known Nikita was recruited for a certain purpose, she would have kept a more close watch on her? And if the directive hadn't been theirs...I think they both would have been way more suspicious throught the series...

Elevendaze--

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I really don't think they knew why she was recruited. H#ll, I don't think TPTB even knew!

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I couldn't agree more!

KG- The writers deliberately left the ending ambiguous. I think knowing how important the search was to Nikita, Micheal didn't interfere, but without confirmation one way or another, the question still exist.

Pattyko- I didn't claim Maddy and Ops knew WHY Nikita had been recruited, just that they knew she was innocent of the crime of which she was accused. Don't forget, that scar-faced dude who set her up worked for a Section substation, not Center. Ops and Maddy set up the frame, they just probably weren't told why. Even they have to follow orders sometime. They framed Kruger as well but didn't hesitate to keep and use him.
Do you really think they could have monitored Nikita any harder than they did. Like Micheal, and probably other ops who had survived in Section for years, Nikita learned how to get around their surveillance when she needed to, every system no matter how sophisticated has its weaknesses.