La Femme Nikita (1997–2001): Season 1, Episode 11 - Rescue - full transcript

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MICHAEL!

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Woman: CHERCHEZ LA FEMME.

CHERCHEZ LA FEMME.

DANS LA NUIT. DANS LA NUIT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON
A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.



THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT
WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

WHAT ABOUT MICHAEL?

OVERNIGHT ANALYSIS
SUGGESTS ONE CHANCE IN THREE

THAT HE'S ALIVE.

AND EVEN IF HE IS

ONE CHANCE IN TEN
OF BRINGING HIM OUT.

HE'LL BE MISSED.

THAT'S IT?

YES, THAT'S IT.

"HE'LL BE MISSED"?

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ODDS.

I'LL GO BACK FOR HIM.

I'M SURE THE OTHERS WILL, TOO.

I WISH I COULD SEND YOU.



WHAT'S THE CRAP ABOUT
OVERNIGHT ANALYSIS

AND TEN-TO-ONE ODDS?

I DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY

ISOLATED KEY
FACTORS, RAN A SIM...

THIS IS MICHAEL
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

COULDN'T YOU HAVE FUDGED THE SIM

MAYBE RIGGED THE
ODDS JUST A LITTLE?

I DID.

OBJECTIVELY...

IT'S A HUNDRED TO ONE
AGAINST BRINGING HIM OUT.

MAYBE 150.

SORRY, NIKITA.

MICHAEL'S ON HIS OWN.

( gasps)

START THE CAR.

YOUR PLACE.

NO TRICKS.

YOU'RE HURT. YOU NEED DOCTOR.

A NURSE IS CLOSE ENOUGH.

THE POLICE ARE NOT
ALWAYS KIND TO FOREIGNERS.

PERHAPS IF YOU... YOU
TURN YOURSELF IN...

SHUT UP AND DRIVE.

THEY TELL ME THE WEAPONS
FACTORY WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

THIS WILL BE A TOUGH ONE
TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL.

THAT IS MY PROBLEM, FRANKEL.

YES, IT IS.

THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF THE MAN

THEY LEFT BEHIND?

NOT YET.

I UNDERSTOOD HE WAS BADLY HURT.

YES, BUT LOOK AT THE MAP.

THE TERRAIN NEAR THE FACTORY

IS FULL OF RIDGES AND GULLIES.

AND EXCUSES.

I ASSUME ABSOLUTE SECRECY
HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.

OF COURSE.

NO LEAKS?

NONE.

THEN CREATE ONE.

MAKE SURE THE WEST KNOWS

THAT ONE OF THEIR
AGENTS IS LOOSE

AND BEING HUNTED DOWN.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF RAMBO?

( chuckling): IN THE MOVIES?

DON'T LAUGH, FRANKEL.

IF YOU UNDERSTAND RAMBO,
YOU UNDERSTAND THE WEST.

THEY BELIEVE IN HEROES.

YOU'RE TRYING TO
PROVOKE A RESCUE ATTEMPT.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE
AGENT AND THE RESCUE TEAM BOTH.

VERY CLEVER.

WE MAY HAVE LOST THE COLD WAR

BUT WE CAN STILL SCORE
A POINT NOW AND THEN

IF WE USE OUR HEADS.

THIS IS ASSUMING WE
FIND THE AGENT FIRST.

YES.

WHICH IS WHY I'M TAKING CHARGE
OF THE SEARCH PERSONALLY.

UNLESS YOU OBJECT.

NOT AT ALL.

IT WILL BE A PLEASURE
TO LEARN FROM THE BEST.

YES, IT WILL.

IF YOU DO AS I SAY,
I WON'T HURT YOU.

IF YOU DON'T, I'LL KILL YOU.

UNDERSTAND?

SIT DOWN.

SIT DOWN.

I'LL LEARN WHAT I CAN ABOUT
PETROSIAN'S MOVEMENTS

BUT YOU KNOW IT'S NEVER EASY.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?

I'VE DECIDED TO ACCEPT YOUR
OFFER TO BRING MICHAEL OUT.

WHY?

WE'VE RECEIVED
INFORMATION HE'S STILL ALIVE

AND ELUDED CAPTURE.

GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF TIME THAT'S PASSED

THAT CHANGES THE ODDS.

BUT THE ODDS STILL
AREN'T GOOD, ARE THEY?

NO.

SO, WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND?

I WANT MICHAEL
BACK, TOO, NIKITA.

I AM HUMAN.

( clears throat)

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

YOU'LL BE TEAMED WITH MADELINE

AND FLYING OUT TONIGHT.

IN THE MEANTIME

SHE'LL BRIEF YOU ON THE
DETAILS OF THE MISSION.

THAT'LL BE ALL.

YOU... ARE NOT
ORDINARY CRIMINAL.

WHO ARE YOU?

WHY YOU ARE HERE?

BE QUIET.

YOUR WOUNDS NEED TREATMENT.

LATER.

UNTIE ME.

I CAN HELP.

COSMETICS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

LIPSTICKS, GLOSS,
SHADOW, LOTIONS

THE ENTIRE LINE.

THIS DESCRIBES THEIR PROPERTIES

IN DETAIL.

KNOW IT BY THE TIME
THE PLANE LANDS.

THEY MAY BE EXPECTING
A RESCUE ATTEMPT

BUT NOT BY TWO
WOMEN SELLING MAKEUP.

WHO'S PETROSIAN?

EGRAN PETROSIAN.

HE'S HEAD OF THEIR
SECRET POLICE.

HE'S A VERY BRILLIANT MAN...

AND A VERY DANGEROUS MAN.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE MICHAEL IS?

HE'S BADLY HURT.

THERE'S A HOSPITAL NOT TOO
FAR FROM THE CHEMICAL PLANT.

OUR BEST GUESS IS THAT

HE'S EITHER IN IT

OR NOT TOO FAR FROM IT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THE WOUNDS NEED
TO BE CAUTERIZED.

YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT I TELL YOU.

SIT DOWN.

TAKE THE PLIERS.

HOLD IT TIGHT AS YOU CAN.

TIGHTER.

THERE WAS FIGHTING LAST NIGHT

AT CHEMICAL PLANT NORTH OF HERE.

WE TREATED SOME
WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

THEY SAY THE PLANT
MAKES CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

OUR GOVERNMENT DENIES
IT, SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

EMPTY THE SHELL ON THE PAPER.

NOW.

YOU ARE FRENCH?

AMERICAN?

GET ME POLICE.

DON'T.

PLEASE.

IT WAS MISTAKE.

SORRY.

LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BACK.

YOU WON'T TELL ME WHO YOU ARE

WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

YOU CAN AT LEAST
TELL ME YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS ANGIE.

ANGIE GEORGIEV.

YOU CAN CALL ME MICHAEL.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

THE IMPORT BUREAU.

WE NEED A PERMIT
TO SELL COSMETICS.

OBSERVING THE FORMALITIES
ONLY STRENGTHENS OUR COVER.

AFTERWARDS, WE'LL...

MADELINE?

HELP. PLEASE. QUICKLY.

AN AMBULANCE, PLEASE!

SHE'S HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

GET AN AMBULANCE!

( siren blaring)

INVESTIGATE EVERY
PATIENT ADMITTED

SINCE THE ATTACK ON THE FACTORY

INCLUDING THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

YES, SIR, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD
CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS

ON THE WILDS ABOVE THE FACTORY.

THAT IS WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN.

WHEN A MAN IS BADLY HURT,
HE NEEDS MEDICAL CARE

WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT.

AS YOU WISH, COLONEL.

Man: COMING THROUGH.

THANK YOU.

HMM.

IT IS PLAIN, BUT NOURISHING.

I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THE SOUP.

YOU MUST THINK I AM
FOOL FOR HELPING YOU.

I THINK YOU'RE VERY BRAVE.

OUR GOVERNMENT PRETENDS

TO MOVE TO DEMOCRACY

BECAUSE IT WANTS AID FROM WEST

BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD.

AND THE NAIL THAT STANDS
UP STILL GETS HAMMERED.

OLD EXPRESSION OF OURS.

MY FATHER WAS
NAIL WHO STOOD UP...

FOR FREEDOM, FOR
JUSTICE, FOR DIGNITY.

AND HE WAS HAMMERED?

AH...

IF YOU ARE WHAT I THINK YOU
ARE, IT IS FOR HIS SAKE I HELP.

IF THAT MAKES ME
A FOOL, SO BE IT.

ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP AGAIN?

I NEED

A LAPTOP COMPUTER AND A PHONE.

I HAVE PHONE.

I NEED A CELLULAR.

YOU THINK YOU COULD
FIND THAT AT THE HOSPITAL?

AH...

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

I KNOW IT ISN'T.

DON'T WORRY.

SHE'S DOING VERY WELL.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

WHAT'D YOU FIND OUT?

THERE IS A TERMINAL
ON THIS FLOOR

WITH ONLY ONE NURSE

BUT THE SOLDIERS ARE
GOING FROM ROOM TO ROOM.

I'LL DEAL WITH IT.

WELL, YOU SHOULD REST.

WE HAVE TO SEARCH
THE RECORDS QUICKLY.

THIS WAS A SETUP, WASN'T IT?

YOU TOOK A PILL OR SOMETHING

TO INDUCE THE SYMPTOMS.

YOU COULD HAVE WARNED ME.

YOUR REACTION HAD TO
BE CONVINCING, NIKITA.

YOU ACTUALLY INDUCED A
HEART ATTACK, MADELINE?

THE DOCTORS NEEDED
TO BE CONVINCED, TOO.

WE'RE IN.

NOW LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

( buzzing)

OH, EXCUSE ME.

I LOST MY CONTACT.

I JUST RUBBED MY EYE

AND IT JUST POPPED OUT.

CONTACT, I MEAN.

NO, NO. THAT'S FINE.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER
ONE IN MY HANDBAG.

I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SORRY.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

( beeps)

IT'S MICHAEL.

HE'S UPLINKED THROUGH
A D.O.D. SATELLITE.

HE'S ALL RIGHT.

HE'S JUST A FEW MILES
FROM THE HOSPITAL.

MICHAEL WILL STAY PUT.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS CONTACT MADELINE.

BEGIN A SEQUENCE.

YOUR PAPERS SEEM IN ORDER.

YOU SELL COSMETICS?

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

A POOR COUNTRY LIKE OURS

CANNOT BE A VERY
PROFITABLE MARKET.

IN A FEW YEARS,
YOU WON'T BE POOR

AND WE'LL BE IN ALL YOUR STORES.

MY SAMPLE CASE.

"ALIVE 2,000."

IT ATTACKS CELLULITE.

IT SMOOTHS AND
RETEXTURES THE SKIN.

MMM. DOES THIS JUNK
ACTUALLY DO ANY GOOD?

WELL, I USE THEM.

JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.

WESTERN DECADENCE.

OBSESSION WITH APPEARANCE.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
SOME FOR YOUR WIFE?

I NEVER ACCEPT
GIFTS WHILE ON DUTY.

THESE ARE SAMPLES.

IT'S MY JOB TO GIVE THEM AWAY.

NO, THANK YOU.

BUT I WISH YOU A
SPEEDY RECOVERY.

THANK YOU.

( beeping)

YOU KNOW, OLGA'S SKIN DOES...

I'M AFRAID YOU WON'T BE
TAKING CALLS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

FRANKEL, THIS IS
PETROSIAN. COME IN.

COME IN, FRANKEL.

Where are you, Frankel?

( muffled voice)

Nikita: WHEN I WAS
SEARCHING THE FILE

I NOTICED A NURSE
NAMED ANGIE GEORGIEV.

SHE LEFT AT LUNCH YESTERDAY
AND HASN'T BEEN BACK SINCE.

Madeline: SO?

SO I CHECKED THE
PERSONNEL RECORDS.

SHE HASN'T BEEN ABSENT
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

IT'S MUCH SAFER IF
MICHAEL KIDNAPPED A NURSE

THAN ENTERING A HOSPITAL.

YOU HAVE HER ADDRESS?

YES.

IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

MY PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY IN THE CITY.

I'LL BE GONE SOON.

YOU CAN'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

THIS HASN'T EXACTLY
BEEN CONVENIENT FOR YOU.

SOMETIMES...

A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE
IS NOT SUCH A BAD THING.

I AM IN FORTIES.

I HAVE NO FAMILY...

NO HUSBAND, NO CHILD...

NOT MUCH CHANCE OF EITHER.

I HAVE...

A JOB, BUT, UH...

A JOB IS NOT A LIFE.

THAT'S NOT SELF-PITY.

IT'S PLAIN SPEAKING.

SINCE YOU...

YOU HAVE BEEN HERE...

I HAVE BEEN, UH...

CONFUSED, WORRIED...

SCARED OUT OF MY, UH, WITS.

BUT I HAVE LIVED MORE
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS

THAN I HAVE IN SEVEN YEARS...

SINCE MY FATHER DIE.

IT IS NOT JUST FOR
HIS SAKE I HELP...

BUT, UH, FOR MINE.

I... I...

I AM GLAD YOU WILL BE SAFE...

VERY GLAD.

AND, UH...

PATHETIC AS IT SOUNDS...

I THINK WHEN YOU GO...

LIFE WILL GO WITH YOU.

WELL, FRANKEL

NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL.

BUT DR. ROCHE AND DR. GANT
EXAMINED HER THOROUGHLY.

THE HEART ATTACK WAS REAL.

I'M SURE IT WAS.

THEY ARE SERIOUS
PEOPLE WE'RE DEALING WITH.

TURN THIS HOSPITAL UPSIDE DOWN.

REPORT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST
HINT OF ANYTHING WRONG...

MISSING SUPPLIES, ABSENTEE
WORKERS, ANYTHING.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

YES, COLONEL.

WHAT IS IT?

NOTHING, COLONEL. JUST...

WELL, A NURSE, GEORGIEV,
DISAPPEARED YESTERDAY.

DISAPPEARED?

WELL, DID NOT RETURN FROM LUNCH.

SHE HAS NOT CALLED IN.

SHE HAS NOT BEEN
ANSWERING HER PHONE.

SHE'S VERY RESPONSIBLE.

IT'S NOT LIKE HER.

( engine starts)

YOU HAVE TO TELL
ME ABOUT YOURSELF

SOMEDAY, MADELINE.

SOMEDAY. GET IN.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

JUST A LITTLE TIRED.

GO.

DON'T WORRY.

THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

THEY'LL COME WHEN IT'S RIGHT.

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

NO.

GO AHEAD AND EAT.

THE AUTHORITIES MAY
TRACE ME HERE EVENTUALLY.

AFTER I'M GONE, I MEAN.

I WILL DEAL WITH IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE?

COME WITH ME.

YOU SAID IT YOURSELF...

THERE'S LITTLE REASON TO STAY

NOT TO MENTION THE RISK.

WHAT WOULD I DO?

BE A NURSE.

I'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE SET UP.

I'LL HELP YOU.

YOU WILL?

OF COURSE.

I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, THINK QUICKLY.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME.

( water runs)

( water stops)

( pounding on door)

OPEN UP! POLICE!

WHAT DO WE DO?

WAIT.

OPEN THE DOOR!

POLICE! OPEN THE DOOR NOW!

WE DON'T LIKE TO
BE KEPT WAITING.

I'M SORRY. I WAS
IN THE BATHROOM.

YOU LEFT WORK AT LUNCH
YESTERDAY AND YOU DID NOT RETURN.

WHY?

I WAS ILL.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL IN?

I HAD FEVER.

I WAS DELIRIOUS.

I WAS FEELING
BETTER THIS MORNING.

YOU LIVE ALONE?

YES.

HAD ANY VISITORS RECENTLY?

NO.

AS I SAID, I HAVE BEEN ILL.

SEARCH THE APARTMENT.

NOTHING.

YOU HAVE A CIGARETTE?

WE'RE TOO LATE.

PULL INTO THE ALLEY.

PRETTY GOOD, JA?

JA.

YOU SAID YOU WERE ALONE.

I HAD TWO CUPS OF TEA.

MUST I DRINK FROM THE SAME CUP?

A MAN HAS BEEN HERE.

WHERE IS HE?

( yells)

ANYBODY MOVES, HE DIES.

SHOOT!

DON'T SHOOT.

GET THE COMPUTER.

SHOOT, DAMN IT! SHOOT!

DON'T RISK IT.

SHOOT, DAMN IT!

SHOOT!

( clicking)

STOP!

STOP!

( tires screech)

SEND FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE

AND AN UPLINK SCANNER

SO WE CAN MONITOR
THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY WON'T GET FAR.

( wind howling)

( beeping)

WE'VE MET, HAVEN'T WE?

AT HOSPITAL.

I WAS SCARED HALF TO DEATH.

SO WAS I.

YOU DIDN'T LOOK IT.

( beeping continues)

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

NO. I'LL HAVE IT IN A SECOND.

HOW YOU FEELING?

I'LL BE FINE.

I WAS WORRIED.

I'M GLAD YOU CAME BACK.

( beeping)

IT'S WORKING.

THEY'RE CLOSE TO CHECKPOINT
TWO FROM THE ORIGINAL MISSION.

GOOD. TELL THEM TO STAY
PUT AND SET UP A MEETING.

( beeping)

A SIGNAL.

WE HAVE A FIX.

LET'S MOVE.

HOW MUCH LONGER?

FOUR MINUTES.

MICHAEL?

THEY'LL GET TO US
BEFORE THE CHOPPER DOES.

WE'LL NEED A DIVERSION.

I'LL DRAW THEM AWAY.

IT'S SUICIDE.

IT'S THE ONLY CHANCE WE'VE GOT.

Madeline: NO. STAY HERE.

MICHAEL, ESTABLISH
AN ALTERNATE SITE.

( typing)

THE CHOPPER MAY BE
ON RADIO BLACKOUT.

A NEW SITE'S NOT
GOING TO HELP US.

WE CAN'T OUTRUN THEM.

Nikita: I'LL GO OUT THERE
AND SLOW THEM DOWN.

Michael: NO.

THE CHOPPER'S STILL
THREE MINUTES AWAY.

THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT.

Michael: ANGIE?

GIVE ME YOUR GUN.

( chopper blades whirring)

MICHAEL...

IT'S OKAY.

WHAT'S GOING ON, MICHAEL?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

AND YOU.

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE

COLONEL EGRAN PETROSIAN...

CHIEF OF SECRET POLICE

MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

AND FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS

DEEP COVER OPERATIVE
OF SECTION ONE.

IT'S GOOD TO BE ON
THE WINNING SIDE AGAIN.

PETROSIAN WAS AN INVALUABLE
SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

IN FACT, HE HELPED PLAN THE
RAID ON THE CHEMICAL PLANT

BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE

THAT WERE BECOMING SUSPICIOUS.

IT WAS TIME TO BRING HIM OUT.

SO IT WAS NEVER
ABOUT MICHAEL AT ALL.

IT WAS ABOUT PETROSIAN.

RESCUING MICHAEL GAVE US
A WAY TO EXTRACT PETROSIAN

WITHOUT LETTING THE ENEMY
KNOW THAT HE'D BEEN ONE OF US.

BUT IF IT HAD TO COME
DOWN TO A CHOICE

SAY, BETWEEN HIM AND MICHAEL...

LEAVE IT ALONE, NIKITA.

( laughter)

CARE TO JOIN US FOR LUNCH?

I'D LOVE TO.

BY THE WAY...

CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR BRILLIANT ESCAPE.

IT WASN'T BRILLIANT.

YOU WEREN'T REALLY
TRYING TO CATCH US.

OH, BUT I WAS.

I HAD LITTLE ALTERNATIVE

UNDER THE WATCHFUL
EYE OF MAJOR FRANKEL.

YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS,
UH, QUITE EXTRAORDINARY

AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

I SHOULD THANK YOU, TOO.

YOUR INCOMPETENCE

ALLOWED THE RESCUE
MISSION TO TAKE PLACE.

INCOMPETENCE?

YES...

OR WAS IT PART OF THE PLAN

TO GET YOURSELF SHOT?

MICHAEL, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

I AM SORRY SHE DIED.

AND SO AM I.

BUT I'M GLAD SHE LIVED.

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