La Femme Nikita (1997–2001): Season 2, Episode 6 - Mandatory Refusal - full transcript

Michael's mission to kill Dorian Enquist, a fringe member of the terrorist community, goes awry, and Enquist holds Madeline hostage. Nikita realizes that the only way to save Michael is to rescue Madeline.

WHERE ARE WE ON ENQUIST?

MICHAEL'S EN ROUTE.

DO WE HAVE IT UP?

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

ENQUIST WILL BE HERE.

GOOD. IT SHOULD BE OVER SOON.

I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED
WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

YOU THINK WE SHOULD KILL HIM?

YES.

HE'S DANGEROUS.

WHAT COULD HE DO?



I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S
WHAT WORRIES ME.

DON'T WORRY.

[chuckles]

ISN'T THAT WHY I'M HERE?

NOT ENTIRELY.

I'LL JUST FEEL BETTER WHEN
THIS MATERIAL'S OFF THE STREET.

LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S OVER.

YOU BETTER GO NOW.

[computer beeping]

[motorcycle revving]

♪♪[Skin Against
Skin by D.J. Krush]

♪ THE SUN MOVES HIGH ABOVE ♪

♪ WATCHING BELOW ALL
THAT MOVES SO FAST ♪

♪ LOVE'S TAKING ON
A DIFFERENT GAME ♪



♪ A FUTURE THAT
WAS BUILT TO LAST ♪

♪ I SEE YOUR FACE
LIGHT UP MY SCREEN ♪

♪ YOU SAY HELLO, BUT I CAN'T ♪

♪ HOLD YOU ♪

♪ DOES THIS ALL FEEL
SOMEWHAT FOR REAL ♪

DO YOU HAVE IT?

(Enquist) YOU SECTION
PEOPLE ARE ALL THE SAME.

RIGHT TO THE BUSINESS. NO
"HELLO, HOW'S THE FAMILY?"

COME ON, MICHAEL.
KIBITZ A LITTLE.

DO YOU HAVE IT?

I'M AFRAID YOU MADE
A TRIP FOR NOTHING.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

NO PROBLEM.

JUST HAD A HIGHER BIDDER.

IF YOU WANT THE MATERIAL,
THE PRICE HAS GONE UP.

WE DON'T NEGOTIATE.

MICHAEL,

DON'T FORGET, I'M GREEN-LISTED.

♪ LIGHTING UP THE
CROWDED STREETS ♪

AS MUCH AS YOU'D LOVE TO,
YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T SQUEEZE.

♪ IT BRIGHTENS UP
MY FLOATING BED ♪

♪ WHERE I LAY MYSELF ♪

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?

TIMES 2.

♪ DID YOU RECEIVE
THE KISS I SENT TODAY ♪

♪ UP ON THE BOX
IN TIMES SQUARE? ♪

I'VE GOT TO GET IT CLEARED.

DON'T DAWDLE.

♪ IT VANISHED INTO THIN AIR ♪

YOU'VE GOT 12 HOURS.

[car engine starts]

♪ WE'RE MAKING SUCH BIG STEPS ♪

[engine revving]

♪ IT'S GOT ME IN A SPIN ♪♪

DORIAN ENQUIST IS A FRINGE
MEMBER OF THE TERRORIST COMMUNITY:

SUPPLIER, FIXER, INFORMANT.

WHATEVER NEEDS TO
GET DONE, HE'LL DO IT.

HE'S BEEN ON OUR
GREEN LIST FOR YEARS

BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY
PLAYING BOTH SIDES.

NOW, RECENTLY, WE ASKED HIM TO
ACQUIRE A LARGE QUANTITY OF SEMTEX,

AN UNTRACEABLE PLASTIQUE
USED WIDELY IN EUROPE.

HOWEVER, IT APPEARS

HE'S HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS,

AND IT MAY END UP
IN THE WRONG HANDS.

BIRKOFF, HAVE YOU
COME UP WITH ANYTHING?

I'M RAKING THE GROUPS HE'S
DONE BUSINESS WITH IN THE PAST.

IF HE'S GOT A NEW
BUYER, I'LL FIND HIM.

WE HAVE LESS THAN 6 HOURS.

LET'S GET TO WORK.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

NIKITA.

HELLO, MICHAEL.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED IN A WHILE.

WHAT'S UP?

WE SHOULD GO OUT, HAVE DINNER.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW
HOW YOUR MIND WORKS.

ARE YOU REALLY THAT
ARROGANT THAT YOU THINK

YOU CAN JUST TURN
ME ON AND OFF AT WILL?

OF COURSE NOT.

I'M JUST BEING CAREFUL.

CAREFUL?

(Operations) MICHAEL.

CAN WE TALK?

YES.

BIRKOFF FOUND SOMETHING.

ENQUIST HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED PARTIAL PAYMENT

FOR THE MATERIAL.

FROM WHOM?

A GROUP OUT OF SENEGAL.

HE HAS NO INTENTION OF
SELLING IT TO US AT ANY PRICE.

MY GUESS IS THAT HE'S GOING TO
TRY TO HAVE US SHOW UP SOMEWHERE

WITH THE MONEY.

APPARENTLY, HE THINKS
HE CAN RIP US OFF.

CALL HIM AND TELL HIM
WE AGREE TO PAY HIS PRICE.

KILL HIM?

YES.

BUT FIRST MAKE SURE YOU
ACQUIRE CONTROL OF THE MATERIAL.

THAT'S OUR PRIORITY HERE.

BIRKOFF, THERE'S NOBODY HERE.

PERIMETER TEAM "A," ANY
SIGHT OF OUR TARGET?

(operative) NOT YET.

[Birkoff chattering]

(duplicated Birkoff voice) PERIMETER
TEAM "A," ANY SIGHT OF OUR TARGET?

IT'S READY.

SEND HIM.

(duplicated Birkoff voice) TARGET
HAS CHANGED POSITION.

TARGET HAS CHANGED POSITION.

IS NOW RETREATING DOWN
ALLEY BETWEEN 43RD AND 44TH.

MICHAEL'S LEFT HIS POSITION.

WHY?

MICHAEL, WHY ARE YOU OFF MARK?

MICHAEL, ARE YOU THERE? MICHAEL?

I'VE LOST HIM.

GET HIM BACK.

STILLMAN, WHY HAS
MICHAEL BROKEN POSITION?

I DON'T KNOW.

(Birkoff) CAN YOU CALL HIM BACK?

I'M TRYING. HIS
COMM. UNIT'S DOWN.

MICHAEL'S DOWNLINK'S
BEEN COMPROMISED.

HE MUST BE GETTING
COMMANDS FROM SOMEONE ELSE.

GET HIM OUT OF THERE.

ALL TEAMS, WE'VE BEEN BREACHED.

MICHAEL'S EXPOSED. GET TO HIM.

[car engine starts]

(Stillman) WE'VE
GOT HIM IN VISUAL.

GET HIM OUT.

MICHAEL!

[groans]

[tires screeching]

[sighs]

[computer beeping]

(Walter) FUCKING HELL.

[Walter clears throat]

AS YOU MUST KNOW BY NOW,

WE SUFFERED A
STRIKE THIS EVENING.

MICHAEL SURVIVED.

HE WAS TRACKED SEVERAL HUNDRED
METERS OUT OF THE INCINERATION ZONE

BEFORE HE SHED HIS TRANSMITTERS
AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES.

HE'S NOW IN MANDATORY REFUSAL.

HE'LL ASSUME THE SECTION
HAS BEEN BREACHED

AND WILL SEVER
ALL COMMUNICATIONS

UNTIL HIS MISSION IS COMPLETE.

THE NEXT TIME HE CONTACTS US,

IT WILL BE TO TELL US THAT THE
MISSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A
FURTHER COMPLICATION.

WE DOWNLOADED AN
MPEG 15 MINUTES AGO.

WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP.

I'M SORRY IT HAS TO
END ON SUCH A DOWNER.

I'M A BUSINESSMAN.

DON'T BLAME ME FOR
MISREPRESENTING MYSELF.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO
MAKE THE BEST DEAL I COULD.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR
ME TO DISAPPEAR.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW DAYS.

I CAN'T BE DISTRACTED BY
FURTHER ATTEMPTS ON MY LIFE.

SO CALL OFF YOUR ASSASSINS,
LET ME GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS

AND, UH, WHEN I'M DONE,

I'LL RETURN MY HOSTAGE.

FROM NOW ON, OUR MISSION
PROFILE HAS CHANGED.

I WANT ALL RESOURCES
DEPLOYED TOWARD ONE END:

WE MUST STOP MICHAEL.

(Birkoff) WE'VE FOUND
A LINK TO ENQUIST:

SONIA MARTEEN.

SHE'S HIS MISTRESS.

HE KEEPS HER IN A RESIDENCE,

400 KILOMETERS FROM
WHERE MICHAEL WAS LAST SEEN.

HOW DOES THAT HELP US?

(Birkoff) SHE'S OUR ONLY
LINK TO ENQUIST IN THE AREA.

MICHAEL WILL STOP THERE FIRST.

HOW'S MICHAEL GONNA FIND HER?

(Birkoff) HE ALREADY HAS.

MICHAEL'S TUNNELED INTO OUR
DATABASE UNDER AN ANONYMOUS I.D.

HE INSULATED HIS LOCATION,

BUT I WAS ABLE TO TRACK
THE FILES HE ACCESSED.

ONE OF THEM WAS MARTEEN'S.

LET'S GET TO MARTEEN
BEFORE MICHAEL DOES.

WHEN HE ARRIVES,
TAKE HIM OUT OF PLAY.

SIR.

YES?

HOW FAR SHOULD WE
GO TO STOP MICHAEL?

HE CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO
GO THROUGH WITH THIS HIT.

OPERATIONS IS SENDING IN A
TEAM TO KILL MICHAEL, ISN'T HE?

WHY? WHY DON'T THEY JUST

DISABLE HIM?

THEY'LL DO THAT FIRST,
BUT IT WON'T WORK.

NOT WITH MICHAEL.

WHAT IF THEY SEND
IN SOMEONE HE KNEW?

SOMEONE HE TRUSTED?

WHEN YOU GO INTO MANDATORY
REFUSAL, YOU DON'T TRUST ANYONE.

(Mowen) WALTER.

YEAH, WHAT DO YOU NEED?

WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

CHECK YOUR SCREEN.
IT'S GOT OUR INVENTORY.

(Walter) COMING UP.

OK.

(Nikita) MOWEN?

YOU GUYS ARE GOING
TO GET MICHAEL.

YEAH, WE ARE.

CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

CAN YOU BRING HIM BACK ALIVE?

GUY SAVED MY LIFE TWICE.

I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN.

[birds chirping]

(Enquist) I MUST SAY YOU
ARE MUCH DIFFERENT

THAN I THOUGHT YOU'D BE.

WHENEVER I DEAL WITH
YOUR SUBORDINATES,

THEY ALWAYS DEPICT
YOU AS AN IRON MAIDEN,

BUT YOU'RE NOTHING OF THE SORT.

YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO
TO YOU GIVES ME NO PLEASURE.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST ASK
ME WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW?

PLEASE.

I THOUGHT I WAS JUST A HOSTAGE.

YES AND NO.

WHAT I TOLD
OPERATIONS IS THE TRUTH.

I PLAN ON DISAPPEARING
AFTER I COMPLETE THIS DEAL,

BUT IT WOULD BE OF
IMMEASURABLE BENEFIT TO ME

IF I COULD KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.

ALL THE INFINITELY DELIGHTFUL
WAYS YOU'LL TRY TO PURSUE ME.

AN R.T. UNIT.

A LITTLE ARCHAIC, BUT EFFECTIVE.

I THINK THEY STILL USE THEM
IN A FEW 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES.

YOU MUST HAVE GOTTEN
IT FOR A GOOD PRICE.

HURRY UP.

YOU'RE A LITTLE LOW.

IT SHOULD GO ON THE
C-2 VERTEBRAE, NOT C-3.

[speaking German]

[speaking German]

HE'S CROSSING THE STREET.
HIT HIM WITH THE TRANQS.

♪♪[Chinese Burn by Curve]

♪ SHE BURNS FRIENDS
LIKE A PIECE OF WOOD ♪

MICHAEL!

♪ AND SHE'S JEALOUS OF ME
BECAUSE SHE NEVER COULD ♪

IT'S MOWEN.

DON'T RESIST. THIS IS A RECALL.

♪ AND SHE'LL LOOK ME UP
WHEN SHE'S DOING FINE ♪

♪ BECAUSE THE RAGE IT BURNS ♪

MADELINE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED.

UNLESS YOU'RE CALLED
OFF, SHE'LL BE KILLED.

♪ SOMEONE'S FAVORITE DAUGHTER ♪

♪ SPOILT AND UGLY AS SHE
WILLINGLY SLAUGHTERS ♪

♪ FRIENDS AND ENEMIES ♪

♪ THEY'RE ALL THE SAME ♪

DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS, MICHAEL.

COMM., WE HIT HIM WITH TRANQS.

HE'S NOT RESPONDING.

I HAVE OPS DOWN.

(Birkoff) CAN YOU PROCEED?

I'M SWITCHING TO HARD AMMO.

♪ SHE'LL BREAK A PROMISE
AS A MATTER OF COURSE ♪

♪ BECAUSE SHE THINKS IT'S
FUN TO HAVE NO REMORSE ♪

♪ SHE GETS WHAT SHE WANTS
AND THEN WALKS AWAY ♪

♪ AND SHE DOESN'T GIVE
A... WHAT YOU MIGHT SAY ♪

♪ BECAUSE IT CUTS HER
UP LIKE IRISH MORTAR ♪

♪ MOTHER'S PRIDE IS
WHAT WE TAUGHT HER ♪

♪ SOILED AND PETTY AS
WE HAPPILY TAUNT HER ♪

♪ FRIEND OR ENEMY ♪

♪ WE'RE ALL TO BLAME ♪♪

(Mowen) MICHAEL!

[grunts]

MICHAEL!

HE'S TELLING THE
TRUTH. THE HIT'S OFF.

[engine revving]

[gun firing]

[tires screeching]

MICHAEL!

(male nurse) LET'S GET
HIM INTO ROOM NUMBER 2.

(medic) EXCUSE ME. COMING
THROUGH. WE'RE IN THAT CRASH TRAN.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON IT.

(female nurse) OVER HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I... I DON'T KNOW. WE HIT HIM
WITH A TRANQ, HE WENT DOWN.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GET HIM?

I HAD HIM IN MY SIGHTS, BUT
SOMEBODY BLINDSIDED ME.

WHO?

I COULDN'T SEE.

WAS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE FROM THE SITE?

JUST THE GIRLS.

THEIR STATUS?

THEY'RE OUT. MICHAEL INJECTED
THEM WITH A PENTOTHAL COMPOUND.

IT HAS A HALF-LIFE OF 48 HOURS.

DAMN IT.

THERE IS SOMETHING. WE HAD
ANOTHER ANONYMOUS LOG IN.

MEANING WHAT?

MICHAEL'S TRACKING ENQUIST
THROUGH HIS NEXT MEET.

HE MUST'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT
IT THROUGH SONIA MARTEEN.

"TOMAS BOCCI."

HE'S A MEMBER OF A SEPARATIST
GROUP FROM NORTHERN SPAIN.

WE NEED TO FIND THE
LOCATION OF THEIR MEET.

WE'LL NEVER SUCCEED AS
LONG AS WE'RE BEHIND MICHAEL.

WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF HIM.

[birds chirping]

(Enquist) SO, HOW IS
OUR GUEST TODAY?

[electrocardiogram beeping]

NOT QUITE AS COLLECTED AS
SHE WAS EARLIER, I SUSPECT.

GIVE ME SOME DEMEROL.

YOU KNOW THE DEAL.

GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, I'LL
GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

I REALLY HATE TO
SEE YOU IN SUCH PAIN.

YOU ARE A STRONG
WOMAN, AND I ADMIRE YOU.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T
FORCE MY HAND.

IT IS SO UNNECESSARY.

NOW WE HAVE TO SHOW YOUR
PEOPLE YOU ARE ALIVE AND WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE
TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF HER.

WELL, RELATIVELY GOOD CARE.

I'M SURE SHE WOULD RATHER BE
BACK BEHIND HER DESK AT SECTION.

[electrocardiogram
beeping loudly]

SHE'S DEAD!

HOW COULD IT HAPPEN?

EMIL, HELP ME REVIVE HER!

MR. ENQUIST,

PLEASE UNHOOK YOUR
EQUIPMENT. I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

IF YOU DON'T,

THE NEXT TIME I'LL GO FLAT,
AND I WON'T COME BACK.

THEN YOU'LL BE UNPROTECTED.

THE DEMEROL, PLEASE.

OF COURSE.

I UNDERSTAND WE'VE
MADE SOME PROGRESS.

WE'VE PICKED UP A
MAN NAMED ARCOLA.

HE WORKS WITH BOCCI.

ENQUIST'S BUYER?

ARCOLA SHOULD BE
HERE WITHIN THE HOUR.

COMPROMISING A MISSION

IN RESPONSE TO EXTORTION GOES
AGAINST EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.

EVERYTHING WE DO HERE.

EVEN IF WE SUCCEED
IN STOPPING MICHAEL,

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE'LL
PREVENT ENQUIST FROM TAKING HER LIFE.

(woman on intercom)
BIRKOFF, ARE YOU THERE?

YEAH.

ARCOLA HAS ARRIVED.

MOVE.

OUT.

[grunts]

I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU
TWICE, SO LISTEN CAREFULLY.

ENQUIST IS MEETING BOCCI.

WHERE AND WHEN?

DROP YOUR GUN.

MICHAEL...

IF YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED, YOU
KNOW THAT I'LL KILL YOU IF I HAVE TO.

DROP IT.

IT'S ME. YOU KNOW I
WON'T DECEIVE YOU.

I JUST DON'T WANT
THEM TO KILL YOU.

OVER HERE.

THEY SENT MOWEN.

THEY'LL SEND OTHERS.

DID THEY SEND YOU?

NO.

PLEASE, JUST COME BACK IN.

PLEASE.

I CAN'T.

YOU KNOW IF YOU GO
THROUGH WITH THE HIT...

I WILL GO THROUGH WITH IT.

WELL, MADELINE WILL DIE.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME.

[sighs]

[metal clanging]

[Nikita panting]

[grunting]

[grunting]

I PUT TOGETHER A LAYOUT OF THE
ENCLAVE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

I USED SATELLITE AND
GROUND-BASED SURVEILLANCE

TO PICK UP THEIR SECURITY.

HE'S GOT AN INFRARED
BARRIER INSIDE

AND VIDEO ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE.

WHERE'S MADELINE?

MY GUESS IS SHE'LL BE IN
THIS PART OF THE HOUSE.

HE'LL WANT TO KEEP
HER CLOSE TO THE DEAL.

BOCCI HAS GOT TO
COME IN FROM THE WEST.

MAYBE WE CAN
PIGGYBACK OUR WAY IN.

NO. I DON'T WANT TO
TAKE ANY CHANCES.

ALL WE ARE THERE TO
DO IS TO STOP MICHAEL.

WHAT ABOUT RETRIEVING
THE MATERIAL?

ALL WE ARE THERE TO
DO IS TO STOP MICHAEL.

[sighs]

WHERE ARE WE ON
MICHAEL'S TACTICAL?

IF HE EXECUTES A
STANDARD SEQUENCE,

HE'LL START TO CONTAMINATE THE
AREA 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING,

THEN APPROACH ON
A DIFFUSION PATTERN.

MICHAEL WILL NOT FOLLOW
THE STANDARD COURSE.

AGREED, BUT HE STILL
HAS TO APPROACH.

I WANT A GRID THROUGHOUT
THE WOODED AREA,

5 KILOMETERS BY 5 KILOMETERS.

I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH
PERSONNEL IT TAKES.

I DON'T WANT A HOLE
MORE THAN 10 METERS WIDE.

DON'T LET ANYONE
COMMUNICATE WITH HIM.

JUST TAKE HIM OUT.

WITH ALL OF THIS MANPOWER, WE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT KILLING HIM.

THAT'S ENOUGH, WALTER!

JUST DO YOUR JOB.

(Enquist) I'VE BEEN THINKING.

AS SOON AS IT'S OVER, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO KILL YOU.

YOU'VE KNOWN THAT
FROM THE BEGINNING.

UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME.

THANK YOU ANYWAY, DORIAN.

I'M NOT MUCH OF A ROMANTIC,

BUT IN A VERY SHORT TIME
I'VE GROWN QUITE FOND OF YOU.

I COULD TAKE VERY GOOD
CARE OF YOU, MADELINE.

[chuckles]

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH,
BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT...

AS YOU WISH.

YOUR DEATH WILL BE PAINLESS.

IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO.

(Nikita) UM, WALTER,
ARE YOU THERE?

WALTER.

WALTER, ARE YOU THERE?

HELLO. WALTER, ARE YOU THERE?

WHO IS THIS?

WALTER, IT'S NIKITA.
I NEED YOUR HELP.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I'VE GOT TO GET TO
MICHAEL. WHERE IS HE?

HE WON'T STAND A CHANCE.

OPERATIONS IS SENDING IN
HALF OF THE SECTION TO GET HIM.

SENDING THEM WHERE?

YOU'LL GET YOURSELF KILLED.

COME ON, WALTER,
I'M HIS ONLY CHANCE.

[inhales]

ALL RIGHT, TEAM 17,
I'VE GOT YOU ON MARK.

WE'RE ALL SET.

6 AND A HALF
HOURS TILL THE MEET.

I WANT A STANDARD B
& A EVERY 15 MINUTES.

OK, PACK THEM UP. LET'S GO.

HEY, KEN.

NIKITA.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

BIRKOFF SENT ME OUT
TO CHECK AN ANOMALY.

THIS LOOKS LIKE BOCCI.

MICHAEL SHOULD BE CLOSE BEHIND.

THERE'S NOBODY FOLLOWING.

[brakes squealing]

HEY, DORIAN, IT'S ME.

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY?

YEAH. LET'S DO IT.

SO WHAT DO I DO NOW?

[grunts]

[tires screeching]

[doorbell rings]

WHO ARE YOU?

(Michael) BOCCI'S DRIVER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

TO CHECK OUT THE MATERIAL.

OK.

[beeping]

HEY,

TURN AROUND.

LET ME SEE YOUR FACE.

(Enquist) SHOOT HIM!

DAMN IT, BIRKOFF,
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THE POWER'S GONE
OUT IN THE HOUSE.

DO WE HAVE MICHAEL? NOT YET.

YOU TWO GET THE EMERGENCY
GENERATOR AND KILL THE HOSTAGE.

YOU HELP ME GET THIS
STUFF OUT OF HERE.

[groans]

COME ON!

HEY!

(Nikita) COMM., CAN YOU HEAR ME?

(Nikita) COMM.?

WHO IS THAT?

BIRKOFF, IT'S ME, NIKITA.

NIKITA, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? GET OFF THAT CHANNEL.

I'M ON SITE. MADELINE'S SAFE.

CALL OFF THE HIT ON MICHAEL NOW.

RESCIND ORDERS ON
MICHAEL. HOSTILES ONLY.

YOU KILL ME, SHE DIES.

[gun clicking]

[screams]

TARGET TERMINATED.

MATERIAL SECURED.

YOU HAD QUITE A SLEEP.

[sighs]

I'LL BE FINE.

I WANT YOU TO
TAKE SOME TIME OFF.

NO. THAT'S THE LAST
THING I NEED TO DO.

I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF
HERE AND GET BACK TO WORK.

HOW BAD WAS IT?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU?

THIS IS MY FAULT. I SHOULDN'T
HAVE LISTENED TO YOU.

NO.

I SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU.

IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

YEAH.

DO YOU KNOW WHY
YOU'RE HERE, NIKITA?

I ACTED AUTONOMOUSLY.
I BROKE REGULATIONS.

I THOUGHT WE'D BEEN
THROUGH THIS ENOUGH TIMES.

WE SERVE A GREATER ENTITY.

WE'RE NOT HERE FOR EACH OTHER.

IN NO SCENARIO DO
WE PUT OURSELVES

BEFORE THE UNPROTECTED PUBLIC.

YOU GOT IT BACKWARDS.

HAD MICHAEL BEEN
ALLOWED TO PROCEED,

NONE OF THIS WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED.

ENQUIST WOULD HAVE BEEN
KILLED, AND SO WOULD YOU.

IT WAS OPERATIONS
WHO ACTED ON EMOTION.

BECAUSE OF YOU, HE
TRIED TO STOP MICHAEL.

HIS MISTAKE DOESN'T
JUSTIFY YOURS.

HIS MISTAKE?

THAT'S ALL, NIKITA.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
WHY I DID WHAT I DID.

GOING HOME NOW?

AFTER I DEBRIEF, YES.

LOOKS LIKE WE BOTH
MIGHT HAVE SOME DOWNTIME.

2 DAYS AGO YOU ASKED
ME OUT TO DINNER, MICHAEL.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE
CHANGED YOUR MIND.

IF IT WERE ANYONE ELSE
WHO CAME AFTER ME,

I WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM.

I CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO
BECOME MY WEAKNESS.

OF COURSE NOT.