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The first series, La Femme Nikita, was great and I have a hard time believing this one will live up to it. LFN was way ahead of its time, constantly exploring ideas and themes about terrorism, torture, privacy, security, the intelligence community, and the nature of right and wrong years before 9/11. I really hate 24 because it's depiction of these issues is cartoonish compared to the questions posed in LFN.
That said, LFN suffered from a number of problems like a tiny budget, embarrassing special effects, and some weak final seasons, so it isn't like it's sacrosanct.
I think one reason I'm extremely skeptical is that the CW makes terrible, terrible TV, and has been advertising this as the hot chick kicks butt show. (I mean Peta Wilson was not only hot, but I always thought she might actually be able to beat me up in real life.) I doubt there will be a lot of existential crises in a CW show...
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