Nikita 1.17

Oh, show, I want to draw hearts and flowers all over you like you wouldn't believe.

Also, I really hope that we're now switching the focus to Nikita's narrative, and a bit less of Alex's?  I mean, as fond of Alex and her plot as I am, I sometimes feel that they cast Maggie Q so they could go "Look!  We cast a WOC as our action lead and title character!  Aren't we awesome?" and then had the POV and narrative focus center around the white secondary lead so that they basically end up paying lip service to having a WOC lead while still actually having a white lead.  And then they also seem to shy away from actually identifying her as Asian?  Like, we know a lot about Alex and Michael's pasts and families, but nothing about Nikita's, and when they describe her as someone to look for she's always "pretty" or "has long dark hair."  And both of those are true, but I've never encountered one of these shows before where they didn't also state the ethnicity of the person to look for.  I mean, sure, they aren't going to issue a description like "the incredibly hot Asian woman with long hair and endless legs," but they're are likely to be a lot of pretty women with long dark hair at a big party or walking down the street...

I mean, I love the show, even when it's being silly, and this is the only big problem I really have with it (well, and the underuse of Jaden, which is related), BUT THIS REALLY BUGS ME.

Moving on...

( spoilers )