Woo! Where to start? This episode was packed. For the majority of the episode, we have both Nikita and Michael telling Alex she has to "live the lie." They're both concerned about her getting closer to neighbor Nathan. Michael even goes so far as to intrude on their dinner date and imply that Alex is a prostitute and he's her pimp. This ties into an old mission where Michael basically had to pimp Nikita out to a sleaze named Voss, even as he hated to do it. In the present day, Ryan Fletcher comes across some "chatter" in his new role as a lowly "cold war substation" analyst that points him to Voss as dealing in dirty bombs. When his CIA bosses refuse to let him go after Voss, he asks Nikita to step in. Even though she hates the idea because it means revisiting a painful chapter of her past, she agrees. It turns out that Voss isn't such a sleaze anymore and is trying to defect from Gogol, for whom he designed the bomb and from whom he is now stealing it in order to gain amnesty from the U.S.
He manages to convince Nikita that his turn to goodness is legit, mainly because Gogol shows up and tries to kill them both. They escape and have awesome fights with the bad guys and meaningful conversations about whether or not people like them deserve second chances. Unfortunately, Percy's the one who planted that "chatter" for Ryan to find. Division kills Voss and takes the bomb, making it look like Gogol is responsible. Little Ryan proves to be more heroic than expected, wielding his sword of bureaucracy to stall things while Division and Gogol ops take each other out. He even gets the bomb to safety and gets a fancy promotion, too.
In the end, Nikita is sad, thinking about the lies she's lived instead of a real life. Ryan reassures her that she does, indeed, deserve a chance. She also deserves a kiss, which he gives her. She then tells Alex to go ahead and have her life, which involves her pretty much immediately pouncing on Nathan. It can't end well, but it's fun while it lasts. Stay tuned for the full weecap!
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!Nikita's intro is much the same as last week's, except this time she reminds us about Gogol, which is the Russian version of Division. After that, we start things off in Berlin. It's the middle of the night and the streets are white with snow. A man in a long wool coat walks into an alleyway as ominous music plays. People, don't go into alleys when there's ominous music around! It means you're about to die! He gets a call on his cell. A man says, "Agent [Redshirt], this is Jurgen. I'm late but we should meet at the location we discussed." He sees a shadowy figure emerge from the darkness and smiles. "Jurgen! Do you have the weapon?" Dude, you just got a call from Jurgen saying he'd be late. Sure enough, the shadow man shoots the agent several times in the chest and leaves him for dead. Though we don't see the killer's face, we do see a hint of his gunmetal gray hair.
CIA Headquarters, Virginia. Ryan Fletcher is hard at work in the basement with all the other low-ranking drones. He seems pretty bored until some flagged keywords pop up on his computer. Something's going down with a stealth weapon on the Eastern Seaboard and Jurgen is the courier. He calls his boss, believing this has something to do with Agent Redshirt's murder, but he can't get so much as a nibble. So, after some thought, he packs up his files and heads to what seems like a random mail drop on the street. He draws a heart on its side in white chalk. Either he's done this before or this was the second take of the scene, because you can see the partially erased remains of another heart.
Loft of Fabulousness. Nikita gives Alex a burner cell phone for Valentine's Day. Alex has my high school perm for the rest of this episode. Nikita also reminds her to rotate the hiding places for the phones and pretend it's a wrong number anytime Nikita calls. Alex is sad. She thought it would be easier on the outside. "You can't let your guard down," Nikita says. "You have to live the lie." "Till the lie becomes your life," Alex says, echoing some past lesson. Nikita gets notice on her computer that the traffic cam she hacked into has spotted the heart insignia she's been watching out for. The camera shows Fletcher looking nervous. Alex thinks he's cute and teasingly asks if he and Nikita are "connecting." Nikita changes the subject to Alex's neighbor Nathan. Any connecting going on there? They joke a little about it, then get serious about how dangerous it is to have relationships with outsiders. Alex gives Nikita a little gold box. "Happy Valentine's Day." Ooh, it looks like expensive chocolate. Be my friend! Also: aw.