Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Nikita: Season 4

 

+++Warning, this contains spoilers from season three, but no major season four spoilers.+++

Nikita's six-episode fourth and final season aired in the winter of 2013. It was always a bubble show on the CW, but thankfully, it was given a very short final season to wrap up the remaining storylines. The story picks up three months after the events that ended season three, with Nikita on the run after being framed for killing the President. She returns to the United States in an attempt to clear her name and faces multiple setups by Amanda to deepen the frame. Ultimately, the episodes amount to Nikita versus Amanda and the effort to bring Amanda to justice. I will not spoil anything, but the show wraps up the lingering storylines and provides the fans a glimpse at how life turns out for the various characters.

The Blu-Ray is a single-disc set that is basically a MOD disc. There are no commentary tracks, behind-the-scenes material, or the like. The show packs a lot into the six episodes to tie everything up. That is a blessing and a curse because there is no filler, but the plotlines seem rushed. The Blu-Ray is very expensive to get six episodes and no extras, so the only reason to get it versus streaming the show is to keep a physical disc collection complete. The show looks and sounds great in HD, but you are paying for a full-season release and getting less than half a season's episodes and no bonus content. But, it is good that the show did not end on the season three cliffhanger and was allowed to wrap everything up.