La Femme Nikita

Nikita: The crime that got section's attention,

the reason I'm here? I didn't do it.

Well, that may be true.

But what the hell difference does it make now?

Suppose I was framed in the first place

because they wanted me here?

If you won't help me, will you at least not interfere?

Would you do that much for me?

What if you don't like what you find?

That night ruined my life.

I did what I was told.

You work in admin?

Yeah. Good. So you can get the file.

It's too risky, for both of us.

I need to know why I'm here.

Dead?

The man who was helping me this morning.

Michael.

What are we waiting for?

We're surrounded.

Operations: There's a bond between them that can only be broken one way.

What's wrong? I don't know.

Mick schtoppel? To a few, yeah.

But why?

Well, I needed to investigate section one.

You had to have someone on the inside.

Of course I did.

Ready when you are, sir.

Nikita.

Jones: We discussed this, nikita.

And you know where I stand.

It's not the way.

This decision is mine.

And mine alone.

I'll make my own decision regarding my fate.

Nikita: I'm sorry. You're not ready.

You'll stay in section,

where your status will be reviewed in seven years.

I'm transferring you to the farm.

You're gonna become a teacher.

Michael: I've betrayed section.

I've put your well-being ahead of everything else.

I have no choice but to recommend

your cancellation.

My work's done here, Mr. Jones.

Good job.

I'll see you back at center.

Why did you break protocol?

I wasn't ready to see you die.

Are you out?

No. I've got to get back.

But you can make it.

Is that what you want?

I don't love you.

I never did.

Operations: I can't let you leave without a going-away present.

Some advice.

You think you're going to start a new life?

You think you're leaving the violence and the fear behind?

You're very much mistaken.

Truth is, you were sheltered here.

The dangers in center are far worse

because they're far more subtle.

Be especially careful of Mr. Jones.

He's not what he seems.

You sent for me? Yes.

You recommend a matrix organization for section six. Why?

Flexibility. Most of their problems involve slow reaction time.

I've had a dozen people look at this,

they're all more experienced than you.

And they all argue strongly against matrix.

They're wrong and you're right?

I think so.

Yes. Yes, so do I.

Michelle, could you get copies of nikita's report to the committee?

Yes, sir.

I also have some recommendations for section one.

Yeah, things are unsettled there as it is.

We had an agreement, Mr. Jones.

All in good time, nikita. All in good time.

Now, if there's nothing else...

Just the matter of why I was brought into section in the first place.

We've had this discussion before. There's no future in it.

I am going to find out one way or the other.

This meeting is over.

A new device.

It affects the vocal chords.

After two minutes, the effect is permanent.

We have similar devices

for the retina, the tongue,

eardrums,

olfactory glands.

Wait.

You're a young, healthy man.

You could live another 40 years.

That's a long time

without taste, smell, sight or sound.

One last chance, Mr. Milov.

Answer truthfully, or spend the rest of your life

in a dark, silent cave.

The red cell substation at Minsk was relocated.

Where is the new site?

O'brien, your record is impressive.

Thanks. It's not a compliment, that's a complaint.

You know who you're replacing?

Michael samuelle.

The most remarkable field operative

we've had here in the last 10 years.

His record was spectacular, so impressive won't cut it.

You'll have to kick it up a notch, starting now.

We're looking for a new red cell substation.

We've interrogated two field operatives.

Both cracked.

Both seem to be telling the truth.

So what's the problem?

They gave different answers.

One said Moscow, the other saratov. Your thoughts?

You run a background check on the operatives?

Of course.

Red cell would've designed each story for optimum credibility,

given the respective profiles of the operatives.

So?

So, run a reverse sim on each op.

Combined with our database on red cell,

we should be able to triangulate the new location

with a certainty of 80 percent.

Maybe more.

Report to ordnance, pick up your weapons.

Jones: Red cell moved a substation recently.

Section one got conflicting intel from interrogated operatives.

Yes, I saw the report.

Operations came up with a rather

ingenious analysis using reverse sims.

He came up with the new location. Baku.

That's out of red cell's territory.

Yes, their relationship with terrorist organizations

in that region is rather dicey.

That's all right.

And yet, they decide to open

a substation there. The question is why?

One name kept cropping up in all the sims.

Josef dolmatov. Do you remember him?

Cairo, three years ago.

I went undercover as his bodyguard.

Yes, you made quite an impression.

I'm sure he'll do business with you again.

I know, your days in the field are supposed to be over.

But red cell's becoming active again, and we need to find out why.

This is the best way.

It's temporary. One mission only.

You report in the morning. He's expecting you.

Operations: This is nikita.

She'll be joining us on a temporary basis.

Some of you know her already.

Quinn, for instance,

spent two days as her prisoner while nikita impersonated her in section.

I'm sure you haven't forgotten that.

No, I haven't forgotten.

And o'brien, nikita's the one who brought you into section.

No doubt you have a lot to catch up on.

The rest of you may know nikita by reputation only.

You may have heard she was a spy for center.

That for three years,

she reported our every word

and deed behind our backs.

And in the end, she passed judgment

on people who thought of her

as a friend or colleague.

Two of them are dead, another forcibly retired.

All that is true.

But whatever you might think of nikita personally,

it will not interfere with your work.

Is that clear?

That's all.

By the way,

welcome back.

Josef dolmatov.

Arms dealer, money launderer,

general facilitator for terrorist activities in Northern Africa.

Our reverse sims point to him.

Subsequent investigation validated that result.

Intel indicates a high rate of interaction among terrorist organizations

who normally have little contact.

Decrypted communique refer to an event five days from now.

What event?

My analysis indicates a sort of summit meeting

with representatives from several groups.

Perhaps an attempt to Bury mutual hostility