Down a Crooked Path

USA Network Synopsis
Section One is breached by a toxic gas, which Birkoff successfully contains at the last minute. However, when everyone begins to show symptoms of a viral contagion, George sends a biotech team to 'evaluate' Section, starting with department heads and top operatives. But Operations and Madeline suspect something more sinister is afoot when each operative leaves their evaluation process with their minds wiped clean. Now, it's up to Michael and Birkoff to discover what's really going on and counteract the process before everyone in Section shares the same fate.

My Synopsis
"Teamwork is vital to Section's survival as, one by one, a mysterious 'virus' erases the minds of operatives." This is one of my favorite episodes. I loved every minute of it. Finally, a show where everyone is back in season one status--working together! Yea! And Nikita was out of it early, which added to the greatness, heheh. I loved the flashbacks, showing what was important to each character, but some of them were really odd. Yes, I'm sure the most important thing in Madeline's mind is the fact that she can hotwire a car. *shakes head* Of course, Operations' memories were right on target; his son and Madeline would be the most important things to him. :) I'm glad Birkoff got to help save the day; Seymour needs more airtime. (Of course, I changed the USA synopsis because it said Nikita helped save the day--whatever! She was out of it in twenty minutes!) I didn't include any images from the flashbacks because those can be found elsewhere in the gallery.

Other Intel
*Operations' flashbacks were from the episodes "Sympathy for the Devil," (his military service, looking at his name on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.), "Love and Country" (his ex-wife Corinne telling Madeline that her feelings had "nothing to do with Paul"), "Missing" (asking Nikita to look out for Stephen Wolfe, his son), "Half Life" (Madeline's rejection of his necklace), "Last Night" (asking Madeline to dance), and "Under the Influence" (discovering Stephen was murdered).


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