Level 5 Field Operative, Team Leader, expected to succeed Operations as head of Section One. Born 1965 in Marseilles, France most likely to a well to do family. Arrested during a violent student demonstration at Paris University. Was a member of L’ Heure Sanguine (The Bloody Hour, formed 1984) along with friend Rene Dian. Orphaned at a young age, he has one sister living with her husband and son in the French countryside. After recruitment he graduated training 9 months early and rose quickly to level 3. Specializes in martial arts, marksmanship, mission profiling, and team leader. Multi-lingual. Most respected and feared operative in Section, by both sides. Reveals little of what he is thinking. Married once to Simone, another field op, she is captured during a mission he supervised, was tortured and later killed. Went under deep blood cover for seven years in order to take out Salla Vacek. Married Vacek’s daughter Elena and had one son, Adam. Cover ended early in S3. Becomes Nikita’s mentor and trainer at her recruitment and falls in love with her. Allows her to become his weakness. At S4 finale Michael is sentenced to cancellation by Nikita, assigned to an abeyance mission, and later rescued by Nikita herself. Michael re-emerges in S5 as a "mole" for The Collective. He plays the two sides against one another in an attempt to buy his way back into Section One so that he can locate his son. When confronted by Mr. Jones he demands Adam’s location and Nikita’s release from Section. When it comes to choosing between his own life and his son’s, Michael agrees to commit suicide when handed over to The Collective. In the end Mr. Jones offers his own life in exchange for Adam’s. . .at a price. Nikita must stay behind and run Section. Michael leaves her behind to go and raise his son, but he’ll be back. . .