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Originally Posted by Damien
All these action shows with a female led tend to turn into soap operas. It happened to Alias and Buffy, both fun shows that became bogged down with relationships and personal issues. Buffy is a perfect example of this, it used to be funny, fun, and had silly but enjoyable 'evil' plots. Then it seemed to descend into nothing but "omg, i love a vampire, but I can't be with him for reasons that are too stupid to state".
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Actually, I disagree with that. Having seen Nikita, I'd say it's at least influenced by Alias, if not a blatent rip off.
I'm not sure that either turned into a soap opera though.. From series 2 onward, Buffy always explored the relationships between the characters. The big ending for S2 was Buffy condemning the love of her life to an eternal (ok, it turned out to be not so eternal in S3) hell. OK, so there was the whole Willow being addicted to Magic thing in S6,which I though was a little OTT, but, IMO, some of the best episodes were in S6 and (especially) S7.
Alias, similarly, did always explore the relationships between the characters. But, these two are far from the only shows to do this. Even shows like the later Star trek shows (TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise) devoted large chunks of the storyline to the exploration of the relationships between the characters.
As for Nikita, I think it's got potential. I lost interest in the first episode, but I think with a little work, it could be a good series. If a little similar to Alias.