The one thing that sticks in my mind whenever I think about the pilot episode of The CW’s Nikita is this: It is cool. Very cool. Sure, the plot is stale, and has been done a thousand times already. Some of the events are ridiculous. The series (judging by this episode) doesn’t give a hoot about realism. More than anything else, the series is concerned about looking awesome, which might explain why so many images appear to have been...

The following article contains spoilers about the TV series in question. Please proceed with caution. Before I get into this review, I feel it is essential to mention that I didn’t know anything about this show when I sat down to watch it. I had just heard that a new series based on Sherlock Holmes and John Watson had started and being the fan of Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters that I am, I decided to check it out. For example, I did...