I just paused on a frame of Birkoff's monitor which has a post it saying "Call your mom. This time I mean it."
So, is Birkoff canonically not separated from his family?
And why am I wondering about a gag?
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2012 12:18:20 pm PDT #3797 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kristen - Sep 22, 2012 6:28:49 pm PDT #3798 of 4535
Say what?
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2012 6:38:57 pm PDT #3799 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was that an actual note to Birkoff to call his mother? He has a mother he's in contact with?
Kristen - Sep 23, 2012 7:59:32 am PDT #3800 of 4535
Alex is in contact with her mother. Ryan may or may not be in contact with his mother. I'm not sure anyone else has a mother.
sj - Sep 23, 2012 8:01:58 am PDT #3801 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I would have thought that all the relatives would think they were dead before they were recruited.
Kristen - Sep 23, 2012 8:05:09 am PDT #3802 of 4535
Yes, faking their deaths is part of the recruitment process and people are strictly forbidden from making contact with people from their old lives.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2012 8:15:23 am PDT #3803 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So then the note on Birkoff's screen is just a gag?
Kristen - Sep 23, 2012 8:42:12 am PDT #3804 of 4535
Probably. It's weird to me that there was a post-it on his screen at all. Birkhoff is anti-paper.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2012 10:25:43 am PDT #3805 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was also a number-- #2006, I think.
I can't believe Birkoff kissed Nikita. Two reasons--1, he's not nice, like the first Birkoff was. and 2., such a character reversal from the original douchiness, but earned, and the kiss came off as entirely sweet and pretty much appropriate.
Cool cool cool.
le nubian - Sep 23, 2012 3:53:54 pm PDT #3806 of 4535
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am mainlining Nikita. Now on S2E9.
S2E8 "London Calling" (the end of the ep) nearly broke me. Damn.