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Thursday, April 19, 2012

CW_network: Renew Nikita | Wrath of Nikitaverse

This post is yet another (5th) update/continuation of my prior post (significantly off topic for this blog's theme) titled: HELP SAVE NIKITA! We Need Nikita Season 3! It's on the subject of my favourite television show, NIKITA.

My January post Incomplete and Not so Brief Report on Briefs was much more representative of my blog's theme - on the subject the many brands of full brief panties which I love to buy, wear, review and male model both on my blogs and in my YouTube uploads on Mister Panty Buns's Channel.


The ALL NEW Nikita Episode 2x19 "Wrath" airs Friday April 20th, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/7c on CW TV. We will be trying to trend #RenewNikita on Twitter at 7 PM Eastern time and if it doesn't trend we will be adding "Wrath of Nikitaverse" to our tweets starting at 7:30 PM EDT/4:30PM Pacific.


The trend idea submissions, trend vote list, and tallies were the work of Julie @CW_posts_early on her trending account @KickassNikita. The winning trend idea was submitted by @nikitaobsession and I blabbed it all over the place via my Twitter @Panty_Buns and YouTube account Mister Panty Buns's Channel.


Here is the written synopsis from CW TV:


"When Nikita (Maggie Q) worked for Division, she targeted a man named Nicholas Brandt (guest star Rick Ravanello) and infiltrated his inner circle. She captured him and he's been behind bars ever since. However, Percy (Xander Berkeley) springs Brant, and his first mission is to capture Nikita for payback. After he has her in his clutches, he tortures her, forcing Nikita to face a side of herself she thought she had long buried. Meanwhile, Percy continues to play mind games with Michael (Shane West), Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) and Sean (Dillon Casey), pushing one of them to the brink of death. Aaron Stanford also stars. Jeffrey Hunt directed the episode written by Albert Kim."


Nikita 2x19 "Wrath" Producer's Preview





WATCH THIS! See why Nikita is a MUST-SEE!

Nikita - What Now? Trailer






We will be attempting to trend #RenewNikita on Twitter Friday April 20th 7PM EDT/4PM PDT. If unsuccessful trending #RenewNikita by 7:30 EDT Nikita fans will be attempting to add the trend Wrath of Nikitaverse starting at 7:30 PM EDT/ 4:30 PM Pacific.

They have also just started a Twitition - Emmy For Maggie Q.

Don't miss out on this great show! Watch Nikita on CW Television Tag: NIK219

UPDATE: image Wrath of Nikitaverse Trending World Wide jpg



Notes: The current TV series Nikita was preceded by Luc Besson's 1990 film Nikita also known as La Femme Nikita, the 1993 film "Point of No Return" starring Bridget Fonda and the earlier TV series "La Femme Nikita" broadcast as Nikita in Canada. That Nikita series starred Peta Wilson as Nikita.

Some of the actors and actresses who play (or played) characters of the current TV series Nikita are (as listed in alphabetical order by first name under "LABELS" (tags) at the bottom of both my both posts so far about the TV series Nikita. Longer descriptions of the characters in the current TV series Nikita can be read in Wikipedia's List of Nikita Characters:

Aaron A. Stanford as Seymore "Nerd" Birkhoff @AaronAStanford on Twitter;

Alberta Watson as Senator Madeline Pierce @Alberta_Watson on Twitter Alberta Watson (IMDB) also played Madeline in the earlier TV series "La Femme Nikita" which was broadcast as Nikita in Canada;

Ashton Holmes as Thom;

Devon E Sawa as Owen Elliot, a "Guardian". His Twitter is @DevonESawa;

Dillon Casey as ex Navy Seal Sean Pierce, son of Senator Madeline Pierce. His Twitter is @DillonCasey.

Helena Mattsson plays Cassandra, a double agent for MI 6 and Gogol and the mother of Michael's child;

Lyndie Greenwood as Sonya, a relatively new but brilliant techie working for Division. There is rivalry and mutual attraction between Seymour "Nerd" Birkhoff and Sonya;

Lyndsy M. Fonseca (Wikipedia) as Alexandra Udinov, the daughter of Nicolai and Katya Udinov. Her Twitter is @LyndsyMFonseca . A large part of the plot is centred around her character. Nikita fans have generally been unconcerned that the last name of the daughter of a Udinov and the last name of her mother Katya should both be Udinova;

Melinda Clarke as Amanda, division's Inquisitor @TheRealMsClarke on Twitter. Melinda Clarke had previously played the fictional character "Lady Heather", a dominatrix on the TV show CSI. Her character's role has similarities to those of Madeline (Alberta Watson) in the previous series "La Femme Nikita";

Maggie Q (Wikipedia) as Nikita Meers@MaggieQ on Twitter;

Noah Bean (Wikipedia) as C.I.A. analyst Ryan Fletcher @noah_bean on Twitter;

Peter J. Lucas as Sergei Semak;

Peter Outerbridge (Wikipedia) as Ari Tasarov, head of the Russian mercenary company Gogol;

Rob Stewart (Wikipedia) as Roan, head "Cleaner" for Percy and Division;

Sarah Clarke as Katya Udinov, mother of Alexandra Udinov (both last names should properly be Udinova). In real life Sarah Clarke, who plays Katya Udinov on Nikita, is married to Xander Berkely who plays Percy on the same show;


Shane West as Michael. Shane's Twitter is @shanewest_1;

Thad Luckinbill as Nathan, Alexandra's neighbor whom she had dreams of having a family with;

Tiffany Hines (Wikipedia) as Jaden, one of Alex's fellow Recruits at Division who had an interest in Thom. Her Twitter is @tiffanyhines;

Xander Berkeley as Percy, an sociopathic manipulative evil homicidal mastermind who carries out vile acts for powers that be and on the side for himself and, in his own rationalizations, for Division.

Wikipedia's List of Nikita Episodes (click here).

Nikita episode descriptions by CW TV and also published on KSiteTV by author Craig Byrne.

Nikita Episode 2x20 "ShadowWalker" to air on CW TV Friday April 27, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/ 7c

"BIRKOFF IS ARRESTED BY THE FBI — Nikita (Maggie Q) convinces a reluctant Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) to use 20 million dollars of his own money in a plan to bankrupt Percy (Xander Berkeley) and Division, but when Percy ends up stealing Birkhoff’s entire life savings, Birkhoff and Nikita clash. Team Nikita has one last chance to hit Percy again, but Birkhoff is arrested trying to regain his millions and Nikita realizes she must break him out of jail before Division gets to him. Michael (Shane West) and Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) go after Birkhoff’s stolen money while Nikita goes to save Birkhoff. Nick Copus directed the episode which was written by Kristen Reidel."

Description of Nikita episode 2x21 "DeadDrop" to air on CW TV on Friday May 4, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/ 7c

"RYAN TELLS NIKITA IT’S TIME TO INVOLVE THE CIA — When it looks like Percy’s (Xander Berkeley) nuclear weapons plan is getting out of control, Ryan (guest star Noah Bean) suggests they go to the Director of the CIA, Morgan Kendrick (guest star Brian Howe), for help. Nikita (Maggie Q) is vehemently opposed to the plan and is surprised when Michael (Shane West) takes Ryan’s side. Tensions escalate when Nikita is proven right after they discover Kendrick has a link to Percy. Meanwhile, Sean (Dillon Casey) is shot by Percy’s men, shaking Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) to the core. Aaron Birkhoff also stars. Michael Robison directed the episode written by Kalinda Vazquez."

Description of Nikita Episode 2x22 "Crossbow" to air on CW TV on Friday May 11, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/ 7c

"PERCY THREATENS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — Percy (Xander Berkeley) calls the President the United States (guest star Cameron Daddo) and threatens to set off a nuclear explosion unless his demands are met. Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) finds two scientists who could help stop Percy’s new nuclear satellite, so Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) head after one and Sean (Dillon Casey) and Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) look for the other. Unfortunately, Alex and Sean get caught at the very location that Percy blows up as an example of his power. Meanwhile, Nikita realizes the best way to stop Percy is to go into the belly of the beast – Division itself. Danny Cannon directed the episode written by Andrew Colville."

Description of Nikita season finale: episode 2x23 "Homecoming" to air on CW TV on Friday May 18, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/ 7c

"IT’S NIKITA VS PERCY IN THIS EXPLOSIVE SEASON FINALE — Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) invade Division in an attempt to capture Percy (Xander Berkeley). Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) and Sean (Dillon Casey) get caught in a deadly gunfire battle with the U.S. Marines and Ryan (Noah Bean) must convince the President of the United States not to destroy Division until he is sure Nikita and Michael are safely out of the building, but the President is eager to end Percy’s reign. Meanwhile, Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) asks Sonya (guest star Lyndie Greenwood) for help, and Nikita corners Percy in his office, but he pulls out one final trick that may cost her the battle. Eagle Egillson directed the episode written by Carlos Coto."

During the course of watching past Nikita episodes innumerable times I realized that there is more than ample material (a lot of really ludicrous stuff) for one or more feature length spoofs of Nikita. It's too bad Leslie Nielsen isn't still with us. He'd be fantastic as a bumbling Percy.

I have been lucky enough to enjoy having some of Nikita's cast members reply to me or retweet me as well as reading their tweets:






For more reading on Nikita see my previous post: HELP SAVE NIKITA! We Need Nikita Season 3!

You can watch Nikita on Fridays at 8 PM EDT/7c. If you have a Twitter account and want to help with World Wide Nikita trends they start Fridays at 7PM Eastern / 6 Central / 4 PM Pacific time.

UPDATE: NIKITA HAS BEEN RENEWED FOR 22 EPISODES OF A SEASON 3

On Friday May 11th just as we had been finishing preparations to do a Twitter trend including the words "Renew Nikita" producer Craig Silverstein tweeted an earth-shattering BOMBSHELL OF A NEWS RELEASE via a Tweet on his Twitter account @sesfonstein!

Craig Silverstein"Um, don't know if y'all are interested but Nikita season 3 is ON!!!"
MaggieQ: "Holy SHIT! Thank u Nikita supporters! We DID it!" Here are the pics of the Tweets:







Needless to say the trend idea "Renew Nikita had to be changed. Last Minute we picked "NIKITAAA Renewed"


Enjoy Season 3 of Nikita, Nikitaverse!

The renewal of Nikita for Season 3 changes everything. This post will be updated in the future (hopefully soon). I will add some postscripts, may do a new Nikita post or may even start a new blog devoted to Nikita. The writing is already underway.

In the meantime I should have been be summoning my nerve and thinking of what to do, blog, post and Tweet about for Friday May 4th, "No Pants Day" - here on this blog, on my Twitter @Panty_Buns and if I'm brave enough to participate (I'm such a scaredy cat) post a video to my YouTube Channel.

Update: Find out what did and didn't happen - I've done a post titled Click here to read the post I wrote on No Pants Day - May 4th, 2012.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

HELP SAVE NIKITA! We Need Nikita Season 3!

This post is way off topic for this blog and is about my favorite TV show, NIKITA to which I am hopelessly addicted, and here's why!:

Nikita + Alex - Keep Holding On song by Avril Lavigne



My comment: THIS VIDEO shows touching parts of the TV show Nikita: Nikita was part of the Division strike team ordered to kill Alex's family when Alex was only 13. Nikita spared + saved Alex, escaped Division + has been trying to make it up to her ever since. The all new Nikita episode 2 x 18 "Power" airs Friday on March 30th at 8 PM ET/7c on CW TV. The NEW CW PREVIEW shows action with Nikita + Amanda but doesn't show that Alexandra's mum is alive, they love each other + how close Nikita + Alex have become.

Nikita Ensemble - Desperate via @ChicaNikki149 YouTube user ChicaNikki149's Channel song "Desperate" by Stanfour.



My comment: "I wish the Nikita Promos and previews would show more of these kinds of scenes that are SO BIG A PART OF WHAT NIKITA IS ALL ABOUT! The emotions, relationships, the desperate struggles to try to make up for past wrongs - the desperation to try to save loved ones and keep from becoming a casualty against all odds. Beautiful. If you've never seen Nikita please do. Yes, Nikita is action filled and suspenseful, but will also yank your heart strings and leave you trembling with teary eyes. Beautiful."

Fortunately last week CW television uploaded the Nikita - Arising Producer's Preview to YouTube in time for us to share it prior to our successful World-Wide Trending effort on Twitter:



WE NEED NIKITA SEASON 3


Nikita stars @MaggieQ, @LyndsyMFonseca, @The RealMsClarke, @shanewest_1, @AaronAStanford,

Nikita also stars @DillonCasey, @noah_bean, @DevonESawa, @Alberta_Watson

On Fri March 23rd "We Need Nikita Season 3" was Trending at #1 World Wide!

ALL NEW #Nikita episode 2x18 "Power" Clip. Be there to watch on Friday March 30 8PM EDT/7c Trending 1 hour beforehand at 8PM EDT/ 4 PM PDT



CWTV Synopsis for the all new #Nikita episode 2x18 "Power" on Friday March 30th at 8PM EDT/7c :

"AMANDA AND ARI MAKE THEIR MOVE - Amanda and Ari (guest star Peter Outerbridge) set up a board meeting with Zetrov and prepare to take over the company. After a heated face-to-face confrontation between Nikita and Amanda, Nikita recalls what Amanda was like when she was first brought to Division Meanwhile, Alex surprises Ari by showing up at the board meeting with an old and powerful friend. Shane West and Aaron Stanford also star. Chris Peppe directed the episode written by Carlos Coto."

UPDATE: The following screenshots were provided by Julie @CW_Posts_early and @KickassNikita

From March 23rd:
"We Need Nikita Season 3" Trending Number 1 World Wide on Twitter


From March 30th:
"Give Us Nikita Season 3" Trending Number 4 World Wide on Twitter




On Friday, April 6th we trended "Nikita is Addictive". After Julie got the trending ideas together by Monday night, we voted on the trend list ideas,she published. After she tallied the votes and announced the trend I tweeted it out to all the Nikita fans and cast members I follow. I got the following Retweet. Thank you Lyndsy!

Image LyndsyMFonseca Retweeted to 59,569 Followers jpg




ANOTHER (2nd) UPDATE

Tonight, Friday April 6th, I watched the repeat of another excellent episode of Nikita, the one Lyndsy Retweeted our intended World Wide Trend for. Here is the Nikita "Rogue" Producers Preview



One hour beforehand the tweeting for the World Wide Trend "Nikita is Addictive" began.

Nikita fans Trended "Nikita is Addictive" for almost 20 minutes!

From April 6th:

Image Nikita Is Addictive jpg


image Nikita is Addictive 2.jpg


Then I watched the episode Nikita - Rogue Here's the preview clip:




Watched #Nikita "Rogue" for the second time tonight. WOW, Carla's role in Nikita's past with Percy and Amanda was incredibly complicated. Trying to discern the relationships and intricacies of the plots are dizzying.

Nikita lovers rocked World Wide Trends 4 the 3rd week in a row! Nikita is Addicted Trended World Wide almost 20 minutes.

YET ANOTHER (3rd) UPDATE

CW TV's Nikita episodes is currently showing Nikita Episode 2x15 "Origins" scheduled to show on CW TV Friday April 13th at 8 PM/7c . We will be trying to trend "Save Nikita" World Wide starting an hour earlier Fri 7PM EDT/4PM PDT.

Synopsis of Nikita 2x15 Origins by CW TV: "Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) try to help Carla (guest star Erica Gimpel) remember her past, which holds the key to taking down Division. Carla recounts the night Nikita was arrested and Nikita is stunned at what she learns. Meanwhile, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) shows up at a Zetrov press conference where Semak (guest star Peter J. Lucas) is speaking and announces that she's Alexandra Udinov. Alex demands a trade -- her mother for the empire. Melinda Clarke, Xander Berkeley and Aaron Stanford also star. Michael Robison directed the episode written by Albert Kim."


Nikita Origins Producer's Preview



Nikita - Origins Clip




4th UPDATE

April 12th was Julie @CW_posts_early (@KickassNikita's) birthday. @ChicaNikki149 uploaded a video titled Nikita Ensemble - Breathe Again (Happy Birthday Julie!)

On April 13th "Save Nikita" trended World Wide on Twitter for over half an hour. Nikita Trends Graphic :

Image "Save_Nikita" trending World Wide jpg



WARNING!!! These reviews of Nikita episodes 2x15 and 2x16 CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!

Alexandra announces who she is at the Zetrov Press conference saying: "I am Alexandra Udinov, daughter of Nikolai & Katya Udinov." After she steps up to the podium check out the look Alexandra gives Semak when she says "...but as uncle Sergei has reminded me, I can't have my family back." ? It is NOT a good idea to come between a person and their mother, especially if that someone has infiltrated Division and become a trained assassin in oreder to get vengeance on you. When Alexandra announces "an Udinov will run the company once again" Birkhoff says: "I thought she didn't want the company"."Nikita: She doesn't." Birkhoff: "Then what the hell is she doing?" Nikita: "She's declaring war" I LOVE Maggie Q as Nikita and Lyndsy M Fonseca as Alexandra. Aaron A Stanford as Birkhoff (Nerd) is a pisser. Alexandra, speaking at the second press conference: "That was the darkest period of my life. The attack on my home cost me my parents..." and to Sergei Semak afterwards: "And my mother. You will give me my mother you son of a bitch. You have until tomorrow morning to decide. And thanks for the suite."

For Nikita there is are huge and disturbing developments. It turns out that Carla, who "saved" her from addiction, was involved in founding Division, the black ops unit that has gotten out of control. Carla it has turned out is close to Percy. Another revelation is that Amanda who both teaches poise and beauty to recruits and is division's torturer (played by the gorgeous Melinda Clarke) is in bed with the head of the Russian mercenary company Gogol, Ari Tasarov. Amanda (played by Melinda Clark) is absolutely gorgeous - and also ruthless. Nikita has flashbacks of Amanda training her and Michael has a flashback of Amanda first beating and then shooting a prisoner who had been recruited by Carla for Division long ago. Nikita tries to tell Carla "You've been away a long time." "You don't know what Division has become".

Carla and Amanda both hate and want to kill each other. While Gogol is trying to surreptitiously kill Alexandra, Seymour Birkhoffs has computer hacked into Zetrov, scrambles the hotel security cameras so Gogol can't see Alex and re-routed the security feeds to monitor them including the exterior feeds to and be Alexandra's eyes and ears. Carla has snatched a tablet that Birkhoff has routed the exterior security camera feeds to and which Michael, Nikita and Birkhoff were going to use as blackmail against Amanda and Ari to keep Alex safe. Carla wants to use it to get Amanda killed and doesn't care about Alex.

Birkhoff (a.k.a. Nerd) provides an unexpected lethal side and some comedic relief with a straight face in a serious situation when he levels a gun at Carla, demanding she put the tablet down. Birkhoff says to Carla: "Lady - put that down - now." And to Nikita: "I hate to tell you this but your friend is cuckoo for a certain cereal." When Carla is on the verge of using the tablet to get at Amanda and says "Which brings us back to "put my hardware down, bitch."

Even funnier is the end of the scene in the next episode of Nkita, 2x16 between Nerd and Sonya, the new Division genius techie. I think Sonya and Birkhoff would make an interesting item. Birkhoff to Sonya: "And that is why you fail - except at hotness - at which you succeed." Sonya: "What?" Nerd: "You heard me." (She smiles).

I sure hope we can save Nikita and have a Season 3! The All NEW Nikita Episode 2x19 "Wrath" airs Friday April 20th, 2012 at 8 PM EDT/7c on CW TV. We will be trying to trend #RenewNikita at 7 PM Eastern time and if it doesn't trend will be adding "Wrath of Nikitaverse". I'll start a new blog post for that!




Please make sure to watch Nikita on Friday at 8PM EDT/7c and if you have a Twitter account please help us trend World Wide starting Fridays at 7 PM EDT / 4 PM PDT !!!