Michael looks odd if he doesn't have bad hair. One gets indoctrinated. As handlers go, he makes his CIA namesake look like a total wimp, and he knows from the greater "good".

I love him. I'd be more of a shipper if I loved Nikita too. But I do love him to pieces.

If you ever get around to seeing how the series ends (my GOD, the final season makes the end of XF or Highlander look like high art, and in so few eps), then you need to read Dana's fic whose name escapes me that's set after it. It's so right.

Actually, I think I've read it - the one with the little kid, right? You know, the dead one.

I suspect they're heading into the homestretch now, as I'm apparently seeing episodes from 2000.

Elena -- you mean that they clearly explained that Richie was a future immortal in the first episode?

No, not explained. But there's an exchange between Duncan and Connor that's kind of inexplicable until you learn much later that Richie's a potential immortal. It's been long enough since I saw it that I don't really remember, so I don't remember if there's any other evidence than that.

Well, we had that exchange too (about "watching out for the boy") - -was your's longer?

I love him. I'd be more of a shipper if I loved Nikita too. But I do love him to pieces.

Oh, I still find Michael fascinating, even though Nikita's characterization steadily went so kerflooey that I wanted to put season five in a paper bag and leave it flaming on the porch of whomever approved it...

Er. Yes. Michael will either grow on you, or he won't. I won't mind which way you swing, since I have friends hugely into Madeline/Operations, and anything Birkoff.

Sumi, I haven't a clue. I haven't seen the pilot in yonks.

I'm willing to accept that he may be an interesting character. It's just, you know, the mullet. In the late 90s. I had difficulties.

It's just, you know, the mullet.

If it helps, the mullet does go away. He looks much better with a) short hair, or b) longer, curly hair.

Nobody deserves hockey hair.

circumvent the Air Force's insistence

Okay, waitaminnit. I don't watch a lot of Stargate, but I happen to know that the people of Stargate spend all of their time running around among pine trees, usually in pre-technological civilizations, on the ground.

Air Force? What giant pissing contest resulted in the Air Force being the people in charge? And does that mean the Army gets to control some giant undersea installation I don't know about? (I mean, yes, technically, you're flying when you travel through space, but the Air Force isn't in charge of NASA either.)

I watched a few episodes of LFN, and wanted to like it, but nobody will ever top Tchecky Karyo, and that's that.

I happen to know that the people of Stargate spend all of their time running around among pine trees, usually in pre-technological civilizations, on the ground

They also spend a notable amount of time flying, if that helps.