La Femme Nikita

Man: You've been found guilty of murder in the first degree.

I am sentencing you to life in prison

without the possibility of parole.

Nikita: I didn't kill anyone.

Good morning.

I'm not going to hurt you.

What is this?

You're not in prison anymore.

The world thinks you're dead.

Suicide.

This is your funeral.

No.

Row eight, plot 30.

My mama didn't come?

We've decided to give you another chance.

This is where you'll train.

This is where you'll learn.

After two years, if everything goes well

you'll work for us.

Why me?

A woman with your looks who can kill in cold blood.

: I didn't.

I didn't.

I didn't kill anyone!

When you attack someone from behind

go for the kidneys.

It disables and they can't fight back.

Consider that your first lesson.

I don't want them.

I don't want lessons!

We start tomorrow morning 5:00 A.M.

And if I don't want to?

Row eight, plot 30.

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Woman: Cherchez la femme.

Cherchez la femme.

Dans la nuit, dans la nuit.

Where am I going?

To meet your new mother.

So who are you...?

My father?

Wait here.

They seem to think you have potential.

Who's "they"?

Who are you?

I'm Madeline.

"They" are section one.

They own you now.

I didn't know I was for sale.

Please, sit down.

If you want to live, it has to be on their terms.

So please, do sit down.

Look at yourself.

Admire yourself.

See your beauty.

You can learn to shoot, you can learn to fight

but there's no weapon as powerful

as your femininity.

We're family now, nikita.

You're late.

The training went long.

Take a look at this.

Van vactor.

He's brokering an alliance

between multiple anti-western terrorist groups...

Shining path, Hezbollah

everyone from the middle east

to the far east.

That doesn't make sense.

Half of them are enemies to each other.

But their biggest enemy is us.

He's coming here to put an operation in place.

Do we know the when and where?

No, but we think there's an itinerary downloaded

onto a p.D.A.

Walter's on it.

He'll update you.

Michael, about nikita...

What about her?

I've been watching her.

She lacks discipline.

She needs a little more time.

It's been two years.

That's our policy.

If we start making exceptions

we're no better than the c.I.A.

Cancel her.

I think that would be a mistake.

It would be a mistake to become emotionally attached

to the material.

It has nothing to do with that.

I think she could be a good operative.

If she fails, you fail.

That's it.

Very good.

How's it going?

You tell me.

Have Madeline get something nice for you to wear.

We're going out.

What do you mean, "going out"?

Dinner. Tonight.

Why?

You've earned it.

That's it.

Much more focus.

Madeline taught you well.

It's hard to believe I'm here.

Where should you be?

I don't know.

It's just that I lived on the streets for so long.

Why did you run away?

I didn't.

My mother preferred her new boyfriend...

And he didn't like me.

So she told me to get out.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

I never was.

You've come a long way

nikita.

I...

Feel...

What? Say it.

Happy.

Really?

The blonde-haired man sitting behind me

has a p.D.A. In his briefcase.

Get it.

How?

When you get the unit

don't leave through the front.

There's a window in the ladies room.

Use that.

It leads to an alley.

The car will be waiting.

I-I thought we were...

If you're not out of there in five minutes

the car will leave without you.

I can't do this.

Five minutes.

If you don't mind...

Wait till I leave.

Michael...

Open it!

I've got my men everywhere.

You'll be dead in a matter of seconds.

You knew?

We had to see if you could improvise.

Did you get the p.D.A.?

Why didn't you tell me...

This was a job...

Instead of pretending?

No matter what state of mind

you're in, you have to be able to perform.

You're sick.

You don't want a person.

You want a machine.

I can't do that.

You just did.

Let's go.

What's this place?

You'll see.

No, not until you tell me what we're doing here.

Nikita, please.

You live here?

No. You do.

It's yours.

Mine?

I hope you like it.

What do you mean...

Mine?

Everything you need is in there...

I.d., driver's license, credit cards.

Tell no one who you are

or what you do.

Anyone asks, you're between jobs

and taking some time to figure things out.

Your code name is Josephine.

What do I do now?

Wait.

How long?

Depends.

Could be a day

could be a month.

Good-bye.

( Rhythm and blues music playing )