La Femme Nikita: The Complete Second Season

USA Network's La Femme Nikita was undoubtedly, "the cure for the common show." This tag phrase characterized an entire Sunday night lineup for the network but eventually the words defined La Femme Nikita more than any other program. Yes the show is sleek, smart, sexy and fun-escapism at its best-still it requires more of its viewers than merely sitting in front of the television. While most episodes could be described as stand alone, there were several episodes that arched a season and eventually the entire series. Fans of the entire five season run can attest to that. Though producers and writers insist they never plotted more than a few episodes in advance, their attention to detail and honest awareness of the history of the covert world of Section One and its players produced a seamless continuum as fans experienced thrilling highs and devastating lows wondering what would come of their heroes. Produced in Toronto but set all over the world, La Femme Nikita allowed its worldwide viewers to strike an alliance with the show and its characters which spawned unprecedented loyalty.Now La Femme Nikita has experienced a resurrection of sorts thanks to Warner Brothers' release of the first two seasons on DVD. Just one day after the release of the second DVD set comes the announcement that fans will get season three after only a short three month wait. Now new fans can experience the series from the beginning inspiring even more loyalty and viewers. A suggestion bandied about since the release of the first season would be to make the DVD set viewable in places other than the United States and Canada. La Femme Nikita is arguably one of the most recognized international cable television programs and DVD sales would undoubtedly go through the roof. Considering fans were able to bring back the series after it had wrapped production for an additional 8 episodes to see tortured lovers Michael and Nikita (portrayed by Roy DuPuis and Peta Wilson) reunite once more, it seems inevitable that the voracious overseas appetite for the series will eventually be fulfilled.

LFN fans, keep holding on to that dream that we will eventually possess the DVD version of this whole show - Seasons 1 - 5...at least, before the whole DVD technology becomes obsolete! 2010 seems so distant, I hope that WB will be able to release S3, 4 and 5 in the meantime. Season 2 is highly energetic, with some wonderful sequences. It retains the usual nobody-really-wins-in-the-end trademark, or at least, without almost 'selling your soul'.(a bit like buying the DVD at auction) But, most of all, it remains highly entertaining, for those of us who love this sort of stuff. The characters run true to form, and we get to know them even better. However, it has to be said that the music worked really well in this Season. What was that I mentioned above, about paying the price...? This is the result - controversy over contracts and royalties...and in all of this, of course, it is the fanbase who lose out!Keep heart.

I was offered the complete 5 seasons DVD series recently and I must say this series blows it off... the chemistry between the 2 lead characters is awesome, the love strory is so deep so intense sa rarely seen on TV these days ... it got me hooked for ever !!!! I wish they could made a feature film to end the series "properly" like they did with X files... so that fans will be happy!!! we all want Michael and Nikita to be happy together after all they have been thru during their Section time ! they just deserve it !!!! and it would be fun to see them 15 years later older but still so sexy (I've seen picture of them both and they break the house down, both of them so hot !!).

Season One left you on the edge of your seat for four or five months (can't quite remember!) until January 1998 when Season Two premiered. And boy, was it worth it. Every. Single. Second. Why do you ask? Because a show hooked up its two leads in the season 2 premiere. One of the fastest hookups and extremely daring for a cable show airing on USA Network. Producers pushed the envelope of 'decency' and showed a completely nude scene for the first time (I believe) on BASIC cable. Fans nation- (and eventually world-) wide were shocked, awed, and delighted. Quite frankly we got a nice view of Michael's behind. And a beautifully rendered love scene.And then they took it all back with the next several episodes. Season two sees Michael and Nikita together in the premiere, and then see-sawing back and forth between love and loathing for the next 21 episodes. It has some amazing character-building episodes: Hard Landing, Not Was, Psychic Pilgrim, and Half-Life to mention a few.Caution to newbies: Season 2, and every other season in the series, ends on a cliff-hanger. And at least you don't have to wait four to six months to get your fix. So I'd advise, if you're an addict...to buy all the seasons at once. Otherwise you're going to be throwing things at the TV come 'End Game.'

We thought we had seen all the episodes back in the 90s.You don't realized how good production was back then.Great story lines.

Great series -- all of the shows. Interesting and in-depth characters, although much of the series is repetitious. Most of the commando scenes seem to take place in the same location -- some basement of some sort of factory. Peta WIlson is gorgeous, but she is not the best actor/actress in the show. The two villains are worth hating, but their acting skills carry the show. Love scene are cut short, unfortunately, but we see them in unused or edited scenes. Too bad. We need STARZ for the show.