Episodes Season Four

401 Getting Out of Reverse: Literally the expression means to get a vehicle out of the reverse gear and start moving forward. It's also a metaphor for stopping any process from a steady degenerating tendency and starting to move in a positive direction again, as for example for the economy or for mental depression.

402 There Are No Missions: In reference to all missions being suspended until Michael is captured.

403 View of the Garden: A picture by Huis ten Bosch, Netherland, "View of the Garden Facade", dated ca. 1668. Another painting by Jacques-Louis David, "View of the Garden of the Luxembourg Palace", 1794.

404 Into the Looking Glass: A reference to the book "Through the Looking Glass" bt Lewis Caroll, published in 1872, the sequel to "Alice in Wonderland".

405 Man in the Middle: Song by David Bowie (aka Arnold Corns), featured as the B-side for Hang Onto Yourself, 1971, and in the Looking For A Friend album, released via Norway in 1985.

406 Love Honor and Cherish: Part of the classical wedding vows.

407 Sympathy for the Devil: A Rolling Stones song by Jagger/Richards, originally featured in the album Beggars Banquet, 1968.

408 No One Lives Forever: PC & Video Game from Monolith, purchased by Fox. A spy in Harms way, a 60's era spy game, first person adventure.

409 Down a Crooked Path: Reference to a Bible citation: Isaiah 59:8, "The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace."

410 He Came from Four: In reference to Jerome who came from Section Four.

411 Time to be Heroes: "A Time for Heroes", book by Brother Andrew, Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson, 1988, also a book "A Time for Heroes" by Kathleen O'Toole, Noreen Wise, 2000. Also quoted in the poem "Heroes" by Laura Morley and in fanfiction related to Buffy, Star Trek, and the X-Files.

412 Hell Hath No Fury: "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Proverb adapted from a line in the play The Mourning Bride, by William Congreve, an English author of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, meaning that no one is angrier than a woman who has been rejected in love.

413 Kiss the Past Goodbye: Common expression, featured in many lyrics. Also a more recent book by Joyce adn Jim Lavene (2001).

414 Line in the Sand: Common expression used to describe a firm position taken on a particular issue. The origin probably dates back to the time of the Roman Empire. One of the Macedonian kings decided to invade Egypt, a Roman protectorate at that time. The Roman senator Popillius Laenas met him alone at the border and ordered him to withdraw. Popillius Laenas drew a circle in the sand around the king and asked the king to withdraw his army before he stepped out of the circle. Impressed by the nerve of the senator, the king gave up.

415 Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate: A reference to an old error message under DOS - Windows 3.1 - Windows 95, "Abort, Retry, Fail", which was usually bad news. The "terminate" part is added to emphasize that this episode is the termination of something, or someone (sniff).

416 Catch a Falling Star: Song by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, original single recording 1957. Also the title of a Quantum Leap episode, 1989.

417 Sleeping with the Enemy: A 1991 starring Julia Roberts and Partick Bergin.

418 Toys in the Basement: Featured in the Radiohead song "Climbing up the Walls", from the "Ok Computer" album, 1997. Also a common expression suggesting either toys we're not playing with anymore, or that we keep out of the sight of the world.

419 Time Out of Mind: Album by Bob Dylan, released on September 30, 1997.

420 Face in the Mirror: A ghost story book by Stephanie Tolan, 1998 (The).

421 Up the Rabbit Hole: Second reference to Lewis Caroll. Alice goes into Wonderland down a rabbit hole, so up the rabbit hole is the way back to the real world.

422 Four Light Years Farther: The light-year is a measure of distance, not time. It is the total distance that a beam of light, moving in a straight line, travels in one year. To obtain an idea of the size of a light-year, take the circumference of the earth (24,900 miles), lay it out in a straight line, multiply the length of the line by 7.5 (the corresponding distance is one light-second), then place 31.6 million similar lines end to end. The resulting distance is almost 6 trillion (6,000,000,000,000) miles!
Four light years is also the approximate distance (4.24) to the closest star system to Earth, Alpha Centauri, the closest star being the Proxima Centauri.
The title is a metaphor based on the fact that this was four years after the series started, to emphasize how far Nikita was from her beginnings in Section.

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