I'm in love with the show. *happ sigh* Never cared about the original show, so this is quite a surprise.

Love the Nikita/Alex relationship but I expect it to explode all over the place.

I actually like Birkhoff, he seems more like a tough love guy. I mean, he basically gave Alex time to practise though he could improve and wouldn't get into more problems. And considering his convo with Nikita in the pilot ep, I'm guessing he had a good relationship with her. But maybe it's just my Stanford love talking. :D