Promo video for Sarah Clarke's 'Nikita' episode

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Sarah Clarke Nikita Episode Recap

We open in France, where there's a late-night raid, which includes Owen (Devon Sawa, last seen in( Falling Ash). He and his strike team come up empty-handed, which does not please Ari. He wants the remaining black boxes found and destroyed yesterday or nasty things will happen.

Owen goes home to find Nikita hiding out in his place, wanting his help to recover another black box. They chat about Percy, Alex and Michael so there can be a good dose of Nikita angst, before they set off to find the Guardian we saw last time, Patrick Miller (William Devry). More angst ensues as Owen finds out about what happened to Birkhoff and Ryan along the way. He does his best to reassure her with a mini-speech about doing the right thing. The speech itself is a bit cheesy, but Devon Sawa delivers it well.

At Nikita's suggestion, Owen then turns to Gogol for help, locating a chemist in Germany connected to Miller. Owen calls Nikita to send her on her way, then calls someone else to tell them Nikita is coming, and then gets hit with a stun baton. Nikita is waiting for Miller when he arrives at the chemist's, but so is a Gogol strike team that just wants to kill everyone, leading Nikita and Miller to temporarily join forces - until they get arrested, anyway.

Things appear to be headed south for everyone involved, until Michael shows up and saves the day with an automatic weapon, having gotten Owen's second phone call. I think the only time I've ever been happier to see him was in season one when he showed up with that sniper rifle. He saves Owen and Nikita, but Miller escapes in the melee. Shane West does that "oh, crap" look so well.

That look only gets worse when Nikita tells him to go with Owen to handle an impending gathering of Guardians, while she takes off after Ari and Miller's black box. Considering that he just had to rescue her, you can't blame him.

Alex is still hellbent on killing Sergei Semak, even as Amanda is catching on to her. While Amanda gets snippy with Percy for setting Alex on that path ahead of schedule, Alex has several flashbacks to and one hallucination of her father en route to confronting Semak. This leads her to find her mom (the always-awesome Sarah Clarke ) still alive! And with that in our heads, we fade to black.

"Guardians" is no "All The Way." It's not nearly as surprising, and while Nikita's life has been no cakewalk of recent, her constant angst does start to feel repetitive - how many times have we heard her talk about how guilty she feels about Alex? We know from season one that Maggie Q is a talented actress, but I'd like to see scripts that allow her to exercise more of her range than just brooding or being upset. This season, Nikita doesn't feel like, to quote Ari, "the most complex individual I've ever come across."

I'm also not quite thrilled about leaving almost everything open-ended. I understand that the writers have to leave something out there for us to chew on over the hiatus, but it feels like they cut things off just a bit too early. If you'd given me a couple more minutes to see Nikita closing in on Alex and not just in the woods, or Michael and Owen coming face-to-face with a horde of Guardians, that might have been even better. That might have had me falling out of my chair.

That said, I am beyond thrilled to see Sarah Clarke arrive on the scene, having loved her since 24. We've seen her play both a great hero and a great villain (in the same role, natch), so we know that she could play just about anything the Nikita writers will make Mama Udinov out to be. I only hope that she has at least one scene with Percy, so that Clarke can act with her husband, Xander Berkeley.

And after all we've heard about Alex's father, it will be really interesting to see Alex's mom and get more on that side of her past. Since her mom is residing in the same mansion that Semak is in, and doesn't seem to be too distressed about it, one wonders if she might be in the know about her husband's death. We'll find out...

It's been an uneven first half of season two for this series. There have been some really good episodes (Clawback and Fair Trade) and some downright ridiculous ones (Looking Glass and London Caling), and then some average ones like this. It's made it hard for me to quantify my overall feelings toward the show when I don't know what show I'm going to get each week. "Guardians" isn't a bad episode, but it isn't what I was hoping for. I wanted something that would have me chewing on it over the hiatus, and aside from speculating about Alex's mom, I'm really not that concerned about it.

The midseason break may work to Nikita's advantage - one needs only to look at USA's original series, like Burn Notice and White Collar, which have employed this type of schedule for years and used it to their advantage when it comes to storylines. I see possibilities for the remainder of season two, especially in that last scene, but I have to trust the writers to make them more than potential.

Nikita returns in just a little over a month, on January 6. Let the speculation commence!

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Breaking Dawn Toranto Premiere

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Sarah Clarke to appear on Nikita & talks about Breaking Dawn

I LOVE Nikita! :D i can't wait to see her on the show! :P

Previously starring in 24, Sarah Clarke is part of the Twilight saga as Bella's (Kristen Stewart) mother, but of course you all knew that. In my phone conversation with Sarah, who is currently in Toronto with her husband Xander Berkeley who shoots Nikita, we talked about her lack of social media presence. "I barely email. I'm like the Amish in Hollywood. I just got an iPad and I am very proud of that but I have so many typos. I only use it to read scripts. I just got a Blackberry and someone just told me about BBM the other day."
In Breaking Dawn, which hits theatres on November 18, the big wedding scene takes place. "The wedding is so beautiful. Fans will not be disappointed." One fan tweeted asking what she was thinking as Bella was walking down the aisle, "I was sitting and freezing in the audience waiting for her to walk down the aisle," she says with a laugh.
As for her co-star Kristen Stewart, "I think she's fabulous. She's a great talent," but her most unforgettable moment with Stewart happened while filming Eclipse. "Eclipse was special. I loved working with Bill Condon, the director, on Breaking Dawn but in Eclipse, Kristen was the only one that knew I was pregnant. I was still early and wasn't telling anyone yet. She was the only one who knew so that was special."
Clarke also broke news that she will appear - alongside her hubby - in a guest-star role in CW's Nikita that will shoot "within the next few weeks. We have the LA premiere, and Toronto and Nikita filming all around the same time. It's a very fun, juicy role."
In her off time, "I have two little girls and so I spend time with them and my hubby."

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Bella's Parents' Murderous Pasts! The 'Twilight'-'24' Connection

At Bella and Edward's wedding in 'Breaking Dawn Part 1,' Bella's dad, Charlie Swan (Billy Burke), makes a somewhat-threatening toast, where he mentions he's very good at hunting people down -- if necessary. Edward, heed those words! Long before Burke played Kristen Stewart's loving dad and small-town sheriff in the 'Twilight' franchise, he was on the other side of the law as a brutal wife-murderer in '24.' As for Bella's doting mom, Renee (Sarah Clarke)? She was only Jack Bauer's most deadly nemesis.

Read the full article at moviefone.com

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Sarah Clarke Talks To 'Say What News' About Being Bella's Mom & Breaking Dawn

SayWhatNews: Sarah, you know I have to ask about "Twilight". You play Renee Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother. Had you read the books before you got the role? And how did you learn about the role of Bella's mom?

Sarah: I read Twilight because Catherine Hardwicke asked me to. I loved the first book but have to admit that I was under-whelmed about the character of Renee. It was Catherine who convinced me that there was more to her. She grew on me as the movies went on, but I still find her lack of presence in Bella’s life very annoying.

SayWhatNews: Speaking of Renee's lack of presence in Bella's life...... Bella's mom really has no major part in her life when she moves to Forks except for emails and a few phone calls. As a mother, what are your thoughts on Bella and Renee's distant and some what hands off mother/daughter relationship?

Sarah: Yeah it’s weird...being a mother of two girls myself I found it very frustrating...I finally had to make peace with it and decided that Renee was a different mother than myself. I also have to remember that Bella was 17..and not 3..so by then there is a lot more independence.

SayWhatNews: In 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse', we finally get a look at the bond Bella and her mother have when the two share a very special moment on the patio when Renee gives Bella a gift during her visit. Do you feel this was a key moment for the two characters?

Sarah: Absolutely...I think the key to understanding their bond is that there is a mutual respect of personal and emotional space. Renee really does see Bella as an adult and an equal to her...that’s why she doesn’t crowd her.

SayWhatNews: "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" hits the theaters in November and fans are counting down the days. What has it been like for you to be part of such a phenomenal movie?

Sarah: It’s been a blast.

SayWhatNews: In a recent interview, Taylor Lautner said he had watched "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" and was pleased with the movie. Have you seen it yet and if so what do you think?

Sarah: No! How did he get to see it? I’m jealous.

SayWhatNews: I guess he knew someone inside. (lol) Sarah you have been in all the "Twilight" movies. What's it like experiencing the fandemonium that follows the movie with the "Twi-hards", Team Edward and Team Jacob and the Twilight conventions?

Sarah: Nothing I ever expected.

SayWhatNews: The end of "Twilight" is near. Can you tell us how it was on the set the last days of taping "Breaking Dawn: 1&2"?

Sarah: It was exciting and bitter sweet. I think a lot of people were really happy and sad to see it all end.

Read her full interview here

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Sarah Clark Photoshoot for Hello

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO! Kristen Stewart Was The Only One Who Knew Her On-Screen Mom Sarah Clarke Was Pregnant While Filming ‘Eclipse!’

Sarah says on-screen daughter Kristen took great care of her on-set!

Babies are fun… but secret babies are even better. Kristen Stewart was the only person on the set of Eclipse who knew that her on-screen mom Sarah Clarke was getting ready to have a baby of her own! “I just looked over at her and said, ‘I’m so nauseous… because I’m pregnant,’” Sarah told HollywoodLife.com exclusively June 24 during the Eclipse premiere at LA’s Staples Center. “So then it was like our little secret. It was great! She brought me food.”

Aw! It sounds like K-Stew really stepped it up.

“I couldn’t tell anybody because it was still early, but I told her, ‘If I’m so lethargic, just understand,’” Sarah told us. “[Kristen] was so great. She was like, ‘Oh my God, just go be a mom.’”

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Eclipse Premiere: Humans

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Sarah Clarke: InStyle photoshoot outtakes

Sarah Clarke (aka Bella's mom) looking stunning in InStyle Magazine Photoshoot (outtakes)

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Twi-Cast Member of the Day

Time for another parent from Twilight...

Sarah Clarke!!

Sarah plays Bella's mom Renee in Twilight and Twilight Saga: Eclipse (June 30, 2010).  Renee remarries to a baseball player, which is the reason behind Bella's move to Forks.  Thanks to Renee, Bella meets Edward and Jacob (without the marriage to Phil, there would be no story).

Before Twilight Sarah could be seen in many great movies and TV shows.  She was on 24 and Trust Me.  Plus she was in All About George, The Third Date, Happy Endings and Women in Trouble.  She was also in Thirteen, the movie Nikki wrote and Catherine directed.  Sarah played Birdie in Thirteen.

In the future other than Eclipse, we will be seeing Sarah in Bedrooms, Below the Beltway, and Level Seven.

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Sarah is married to another actor named Xander Berkeley and they have one child together.

I am really glad that she was in Twilight, that Catherine figured out ways to have her in there.  I can't wait to see the Florida scenes in Eclipse, but I do with they would have had her in New Moon a little (but who knows Im just going off Imdb and she could have a small part in New Moon that we don't know about and will find out on November 20).  She made a great Renee in Twilight.

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