I wasn't expecting them to kill off Carla (Erica Gimpel) so soon given the fact that she has ties to Percy and a long-running fued with Amanda. I for sure thought she was going to be a major character and player on the series with so much back-story to mine for arcs. And I certainly didn't foresee Birkhoff as being the one to kill her....albeit accidently. Great twist at the end to reveal that Cassandra is turning out to be a major player herself. Too bad for Michael though. Now as far as Ryan Fletcher is concerned, Nikita has to be weary that he may have turned to the..."dark side", having been imprisoned by Amanda for so long. I'm sure they brainwashed him and/or planted a tracking device insisde of him.