Gosh, now THERE was the show I love. And the fact that there wasn't even a real Niki/Alex scene and I'm still saying that shows how much I loved it.
I know, right! When the show sticks to what it set out to be about it's AWESOME!
Normally I think Maggie is an action star first and an actress second, but that last scene with Owen tonight, she owned it and had me holding back tears.
I totally see that, and Nikita as a character doesn't exactly allow Maggie to display a dazzling range of emotions because Nikita is so closed off. Lyndsy gets to do most of the pretty crying. But every once in a while the writers give her something juicy, and I'm like "Oh, yeah, she's pretty good in addition to being kickass!"
How well and so effortlessly Devon and Maggie play off each other just highlights how horrible Shane West is in his role.
Yeah. Pretty much. I've tried to defend Shane, but the Mikita stuff really just highlights the fact that he lacks charisma. Sawa isn't the greatest actor ever, but he brings a presence and energy to the character that I've NEVER seen in Michael.
Please don't make their stupid love game the focus of any episode ever again.
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Date: 2011-04-19 02:13 am (UTC)Gosh, now THERE was the show I love. And the fact that there wasn't even a real Niki/Alex scene and I'm still saying that shows how much I loved it.
I know, right! When the show sticks to what it set out to be about it's AWESOME!
Normally I think Maggie is an action star first and an actress second, but that last scene with Owen tonight, she owned it and had me holding back tears.
I totally see that, and Nikita as a character doesn't exactly allow Maggie to display a dazzling range of emotions because Nikita is so closed off. Lyndsy gets to do most of the pretty crying. But every once in a while the writers give her something juicy, and I'm like "Oh, yeah, she's pretty good in addition to being kickass!"
How well and so effortlessly Devon and Maggie play off each other just highlights how horrible Shane West is in his role.
Yeah. Pretty much. I've tried to defend Shane, but the Mikita stuff really just highlights the fact that he lacks charisma. Sawa isn't the greatest actor ever, but he brings a presence and energy to the character that I've NEVER seen in Michael.
Please don't make their stupid love game the focus of any episode ever again.
This, so much! Mikita CANNOT carry an episode.