La Femme Nikita (1997–2001): Season 3, Episode 9 - Slipping Into Darkness - full transcript
[phone ringing]
(man) GO AHEAD.
I NEED A CAB.
WHERE TO?
HAMBURG.
HANG UP AND TURN AROUND.
WE DIDN'T THINK YOU'D SHOW.
WHEN CAN I MEET PHILO?
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
WHAT'S THE REACTION TIME?
10 HOURS. FIRST
SIGN IS CONFUSION.
THEN COMES JUDGMENT
DISINTEGRATION,
FOLLOWED BY PARANOID DELUSIONS.
(Black) A COMPLETE
BRAIN MELTDOWN.
GOOD.
WHERE ARE WE WITH
THE SHADOW BRIGADE?
BIRKOFF'S GOING THROUGH WHAT
WE'VE RECOVERED FROM THE BOMBING.
AND WHAT DO YOU
THINK? IS THIS THEIR WORK?
IT'S POSSIBLE.
OK.
(Operations) LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE.
OVERSIGHT WANTS A QUICK
TURNOVER ON THIS ONE.
SURE.
[woman speaking French]
ISN'T THAT YESTERDAY'S NEWS?
IT APPEARS HOLDING SHADOW
BRIGADE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE EMBASSY
BOMBING WAS A MISTAKE.
(Operations) WE MAY
HAVE ACTED TOO HASTILY.
THEY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY LIED.
(Madeline) WHO DO
YOU THINK IT WAS?
(Operations) GUSTOV POGUE.
GUSTOV POGUE HAS
BEEN DEAD FOR 4 YEARS.
(Operations) THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HE WANTS THE WORLD TO BELIEVE.
(Birkoff) SIR, I'VE GOT
WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
START PREPARING A
PROFILE ON POGUE.
(Birkoff) WE'VE GONE THROUGH
ALL THE ELEMENTS
OF THE EVENT TWICE.
THERE'S NO MISTAKE.
IT'S DEFINITELY SHADOW BRIGADE.
WHAT ABOUT POGUE?
(Birkoff) HE'S BEEN QUIET-FILED.
IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS BOMBING HAS POGUE'S
SIGNATURE ALL OVER IT.
NOT REALLY.
(Operations) DON'T
ARGUE WITH ME, BIRKOFF.
JUST FIND THE LINKAGE TO POGUE.
(Operative #1) SIR?
I HEAR WE'RE CHASING A GHOST.
GUSTOV POGUE.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE IDEA?
IT CAN'T BE HIM. I
SAW THE CORPSE.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLED.
COME ON. WE RAN THE D.N.A.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE OBVIOUS!
SIR, I'VE CHECKED EVERY FILE...
COME ON. MOVE! MOVE!
[knocking on door]
OH!
I'M SO GLAD I CAUGHT
YOU HOME, POPSICLE.
WHAT?
A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY, THIS.
ARE YOU ALONE?
YES, MICK.
I'LL GET TO THE POINT.
I WAS AT THE LIBRARY,
RIGHT? I LOVE READING.
WHAT'S THE POINT?
THERE'S THIS BOOK, ALPRINE,
GREAT CHEFS OF THE '30s AND '40s.
I AM NOT A MORNING
PERSON. GET TO THE POINT.
I RAN INTO PHYLLIS,
A BIRD I USED TO
ROGER IN AMSTERDAM.
SHE'S HELD UP GREAT
OVER THE YEARS.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY...
[whispering] CONDOMS.
WHAT?
2 OR 3 WILL DO. I'D
RUN TO THE CORNER
BUT I DON'T WANT
HER TO COOL OFF.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SHE'S THERE NOW? YES.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE ENGINE'S
RUNNING. SHE'S ON IDLE.
NO, MICK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO?
DON'T EVER WANNA SHARE.
COME ON, DOLL.
I'M SURE YOU AND MICHAEL
PRACTICE SAFE SEX.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOW
BEFORE YOU GET HURT.
EXCUSEZ MOI. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
THINGS HAD SOURED BETWEEN YOU TWO.
BUT YOU STILL GOT FEELINGS,
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
YOU KNOW, I'D STAY TO HELP YOU
WORK THINGS THROUGH BUT, UH...
JUST GET OUT OF MY LIFE, PLEASE.
(Mick) PHYLLIS.
[cell phone ringing]
HERE'S YOUR
MORNING WAKE-UP CALL.
HELLO.
(Michael) JOSEPHINE.
HEY, BIRKOFF.
(Birkoff) CAN'T TALK.
HI, SUGAR.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
DON'T ASK. WHY?
ACCORDING TO OPERATIONS,
SHADOW BRIGADE IS A WASTE OF TIME.
POGUE IS THE REAL TARGET.
WHO'S POGUE?
NO, THE QUESTION
IS, "WHO WAS POGUE?"
HE'S DEAD? VERY.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
POGUE WAS THE LARGEST
ARMS DEALER IN EUROPE.
CLASS-A PRIORITY.
OPERATIONS TRACKED
HIM FOR 4 YEARS.
EVERY TIME POGUE GOT
CORNERED, HE GOT AWAY.
POGUE WAS TOO
SMART FOR OPERATIONS.
BUT NOT FOR GEORGE.
SO GEORGE PUT HIM DOWN? MMM-HMM.
IT WAS THE ONLY TIME
OPERATIONS FAILED
AT SOMETHING HE REALLY WANTED.
IF POGUE'S DEAD, WHAT'S
OPERATIONS DOING?
I DON'T KNOW.
HOW ABOUT, GOING CRAZY?
BRIEFING IN 2 MINUTES.
(Operations) MOST OF YOU WILL
REMEMBER GUSTOV POGUE,
FOUNDER OF THE BTARI REBELS.
YESTERDAY, WE
LEARNED HE SURFACED
AND WAS SPOTTED 2 KILOMETERS
FROM WHERE THE EMBASSY WAS BOMBED.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FIRST
IN AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-DEMOCRACY
CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.
PROFILERS ARE NOW
WORKING ON THE TACTICAL.
THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
OPERATIVES ARE ON STANDBY.
THAT'S ALL.
MICHAEL.
WALTER SAID POGUE WAS DEAD.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S OPERATIONS
DOING? WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
I JUST HEARD WE'RE
ON STANDBY FOR POGUE.
HE HAS TO BE STOPPED.
IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?
WHY?
YOU SEEM TIRED.
I FEEL FINE.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
WE'RE ALL UNDER PRESSURE.
MAYBE YOU NEED
A LITTLE DOWNTIME.
NOT UNTIL WE'VE
NEUTRALIZED POGUE.
YOU KNOW HIM. HE REWRITES
THE BOOK ON THIS SORT OF THING.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE WE'RE
DEALING WITH ONE OF HIS OPERATIVES?
YOU'RE WRONG! IT'S POGUE, AND I
DON'T WANT TO HEAR OTHERWISE!
[computer beeps]
(Birkoff) SIR?
WHAT IS IT, BIRKOFF?
I FOUND POGUE'S OLD SAFE HOUSE.
GREAT.
(Nikita) MICHAEL.
YOU READ THE PROFILE?
YES.
WELL, THIS WAS POGUE'S
SAFE HOUSE 6 YEARS AGO.
M.I.-6 RAIDED IT. HE ESCAPED.
YES.
SO, EVEN IF HE WERE ACTIVE,
HE WOULDN'T USE IT NOW.
DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S NOT YOUR CALL.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
IT'S NOT MINE,
EITHER. WE'RE LOCKED.
SO THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME?
YOU SHOULD GET INTO TACTICAL.
MICHAEL, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
OPERATIONS IS COLD AND RUTHLESS,
BUT HE'S NOT IRRATIONAL.
I'VE GOT TO GO.
RED TEAM IS IN THE TARGET ZONE.
ENGAGE.
[guns firing]
(Duskis) OK, MOVE OUT.
WE'VE GOT A RUNNER.
DUSKIS, GO AFTER HIM.
(Birkoff) HE'S GOT HIM.
IDENTIFY.
TARGET IS FEMALE. NON-HOSTILE.
REPEAT: NON-HOSTILE.
FIRST TEAM'S REPORTING
THE SAME THING.
POGUE ISN'T THERE.
DUSKIS, LET HER GO. NOW.
GO ON.
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
INTEL WAS BAD. RESISTANCE
WAS NON-AGGRESSIVE.
DUSKIS ALLOWED A
HOSTILE TO ESCAPE.
SHE WASN'T HOSTILE.
IT WAS POGUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO
BE MY EXAMPLE. DO IT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU USE YOUR OWN PLAYBOOK.
I FOLLOWED PROCEDURE.
THERE WERE NO
HOSTILES. ASK ANYONE.
(Duskis) WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
MICHAEL, WHERE
ARE THEY TAKING HIM?
NO, NO, WE CAN'T
LET THIS HAPPEN.
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
THERE WAS NO THREAT. I...
I TOLD HIM TO STAND DOWN.
LET IT GO, NIKITA.
BIRKOFF, OPERATIONS
IS OUT OF CONTROL.
HE'S JUST ORDERED
DUSKIS TO BE CANCELED.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND
YOUR MOUTH SHUT, YOU'LL BE FINE.
AND DUSKIS, WHAT ABOUT HIM?
FORGET ABOUT HIM. IT'S DONE.
HE'S DEAD? ALREADY?
I NEED A MINUTE.
SOMETHING WRONG, NIKITA?
CANCELING DUSKIS
WAS UNJUSTIFIED.
HE WAS AN ABEYANCE OPERATIVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE EXECUTED
ABEYANCE OPERATIVES.
I THOUGHT THEY
PERFORMED A FUNCTION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU
WALKED IN HERE FOR?
TO TURN ME AGAINST OPERATIONS?
WE CAN'T JUST STAND
BY... RETURN TO COMM.
(Operations) BIRKOFF, I
TOLD YOU NOT TO DIVERT
ANY RESOURCES FROM POGUE.
DON'T EVER LET
THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
ANYONE ELSE HERE
WANT TO DISOBEY ME?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
GET BACK TO WORK.
(Walter) IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE. ONE DAY HE'S NORMAL
THE NEXT DAY HE'S DANTE, LEADING
US DOWN THE 9 CIRCLES OF HELL.
WE HAVE 100% OF OUR RESOURCES
LOOKING FOR A DEAD MAN.
MEANWHILE, WE'RE ABSENTEE
ON 2 CLASS-10 ACTIVITIES.
(Birkoff) MAKE THAT 3.
LIBERIA, MYANMAR,
RWANDA, ALL UNANSWERED.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN
INTERNAL MATTER ANYMORE.
WE HAVE TO GO TO OVERSIGHT.
WHOA, WHOA, SUGAR.
NOT... NOT SO FAST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS?
NO. ALL I'M SAYING IS
THAT WE SHOULD PUT
SOME THOUGHT INTO OUR NEXT MOVE.
I WAS AT A MEETING
LIKE THIS 30 YEARS AGO.
TALK OF INSURRECTION.
WHAT HAPPENED?
(Walter) DIDN'T WANT
ANY PART OF IT.
THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON I'M HERE TODAY.
THE WAY I SEE IT, WE
DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
OPERATIONS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
(Nikita) YOU CAN GO
IF YOU LIKE, WALTER.
WE UNDERSTAND.
[sighing]
I'M IN.
(Michael) NIKITA.
WHERE WERE YOU?
HOME.
I CALLED.
I MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE SHOWER.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEEDED?
YOU ARE GOING OUT.
OPERATIONS SAYS POGUE WAS
SPOTTED AT HIS SECONDARY BASE CAMP.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO
BE TAKING ORDERS FROM HIM?
INTEL WAS CONFIRMED.
LIKE LAST TIME?
MICHAEL, POGUE'S
DEAD AND YOU KNOW IT.
OPERATIONS IS DELUSIONAL.
HE NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN OUT OF THE PLAY.
WHO ELSE HAVE YOU TALKED TO?
I'M NOT ALONE.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
LET'S JUST GO
THROUGH THIS MISSION.
I'VE SEEN OPERATIONS
LIKE THIS BEFORE
AND IT TURNED OUT
HE WAS RIGHT. MICHAEL.
AND IF HE'S NOT,
I'LL HELP YOU.
[people chattering]
[helicopter whirring]
HAS THE TARGET BEEN LOCATED?
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING.
[helicopters hovering]
ANY SIGN OF POGUE?
(Nikita) TARGET IS NOT ON SITE.
I REPEAT: TARGET IS NOT ON SITE.
ADVANCE, DAMN IT! HE'S THERE!
(Birkoff) WE'RE
COMING UP NEGATIVE.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
[grunting] GET AWAY FROM ME!
EVAC WITHOUT THE
TARGET IS NOT AN OPTION.
SOMEBODY THERE KNOWS SOMETHING.
START SHOOTING COLLATERAL
UNTIL SOMEONE TALKS.
THEY'RE NON-HOSTILES.
TO ELIMINATE THEM
WOULD BE INEFFECTUAL.
YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS.
THEN I DISOBEY THE ORDERS.
(Nikita) NO ONE'S
GONNA DIE HERE.
NIKITA.
NIKITA!
LET'S GO.
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.
WHEN NIKITA RETURNS,
I WANT HER CANCELED.
YOU TELL MADELINE.
I KNOW THE WAY.
[beeping]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[door opens]
[door slams]
HE'S CRAZY.
YOU KNOW HE'S INSANE, DON'T YOU?
HE WILL DESTROY
THIS PLACE, MADELINE.
WHAT HAPPENED AT YOUR
MEETING IN THE BUNKER?
IS THERE GOING TO BE A MUTINY?
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM TO STOP.
THEN STAY OUT OF SIGHT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF
OPERATIONS FOR YOU.
I DON'T GET IT.
(Madeline) WE'RE AWARE
OF OPERATIONS' CONDITION.
WE'RE DEALING WITH IT.
HE'S BEEN COMPROMISED.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME
TESTS WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HIS SYSTEM
THAT'S CHANGING
HIS BODY CHEMISTRY.
A PSYCHOTROPIC
AGENT OF SOME SORT.
WHO DID THIS TO HIM?
WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SOMEONE INSIDE.
INSIDE SECTION?
I NEED YOU TO CALM
EVERYONE DOWN ON THIS.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
QUARANTINE HIM?
IT HAS TO APPEAR AS
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN FLUSH OUT THE MOLE.
[door opens]
[door closes]
HEY.
WHAT HAPPENED? I
THOUGHT THAT YOU...
I'M OK.
DOES OPERATIONS
KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE?
NO. WHERE ARE WE WITH OVERSIGHT?
I FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE CAN GET TO
GEORGE IN THE MORNING.
YOU GOT TO PUT IT OFF.
WHY?
IT CAN'T GO DOWN.
NOT YET. TRUST ME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT'S TIME.
(Michael) NIKITA.
I CAN'T TALK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
MADELINE LET ME GO.
I'M SORRY.
BUT EVEN IF I HADN'T GONE AFTER
YOU, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE ESCAPED.
I KNOW. DON'T BE SORRY.
AND OPERATIONS?
AS FAR AS HE KNOWS,
I'VE BEEN CANCELED.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH MADELINE?
OPERATIONS HAS BEEN DRUGGED.
THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN
ACTING THE WAY HE IS.
THEY THINK IT'S
SOMEONE ON THE INSIDE.
DID MADELINE SAY
WHO SHE SUSPECTS?
NO.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?
FOLLOWING UP ON A
BREACH INDICATOR.
IT APPEARED SOMEONE
ACCESSED A D-SERVER.
WHAT WAS IT?
ELECTRICAL ERROR.
WHY ARE YOU HANDLING THIS?
EVERYONE IN COMM.
WAS TIED INTO A MISSION.
I HAD SOME TIME.
I SEE.
MICHAEL.
I CAME ACROSS A DISCREPANCY.
I WAS HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME.
OF COURSE.
(Madeline) YOUR OUT-TIME
ON THE WARSAW DEBRIEF
WAS 48 MINUTES
SHORTER THAN WE SHOW.
REALLY?
MUST BE A MISTAKE.
I'LL LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO
ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE.
I'LL KEEP IN TOUCH.
WHAT IS IT?
I JUST LOCATED POGUE.
[sighs]
WHERE?
(Operations) HELSINKI.
ARE YOU SURE?
I WANT A TEAM SENT
OUT IMMEDIATELY.
WE'VE GOT EVERYONE
HEADING OUT ON A CLASS-8.
NO, THEY'RE NOT!
THEY'RE GOING AFTER POGUE!
(Operations) MICHAEL.
THERE'S BEEN A
CHANGE IN THE PROFILE.
WE HAVE A SITUATION
THAT REQUIRES
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
SO DO I. I JUST FOUND POGUE.
LET'S GO.
(Operations) YOU'VE BEEN
GIVEN ORDERS, MICHAEL.
FIND POGUE, OR I'LL
FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL.
NO, YOU WON'T.
MICHAEL, YOU'RE OUT OF LINE.
IT'S OVER, SIR.
(Madeline) MICHAEL,
YOU ARE OUT OF LINE.
THERE WILL BE NO
MORE PHANTOM MISSIONS,
NO MORE CANCELLATIONS.
(Operations) HAVE YOU
PEOPLE GONE INSANE?
FAILURE TO ACT ON
MY DIRECT ORDERS
WILL BE CONSIDERED
AN ACT OF TREASON!
UNTIL YOU COMPOSE YOURSELF
AND HAVE A CHANCE
TO REEVALUATE THINGS,
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE A REST.
ANY OF YOU HERE WANT
TO JOIN THESE TRAITORS?
GO AHEAD. STAND BEHIND HIM NOW.
WHY IS SHE STILL ALIVE?
YOU'RE JUST LIKE THEM.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
CANCEL THEM ALL.
I GAVE YOU A DIRECT ORDER.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?
I CAN'T LET YOU DO THIS, SIR.
[laughing]
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?
YOU'RE NOT WELL, SIR.
I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO STEP DOWN, SIR.
[groaning]
YOU'RE DONE HERE. TAKE HIM AWAY.
(Operations) I SAID
GET RID OF HIM!
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
I'M RELIEVING YOU OF YOUR DUTIES
AND ASSUMING
COMMAND OF THE SECTION.
[grunting]
(Michael) TAKE HIM AWAY.
TAKE BOTH OF THEM AWAY.
IF ANYONE HERE DISAGREES
WITH WHAT I'VE DONE TODAY,
FEEL FREE TO COME AND SEE ME.
[groaning]
[mumbling]
TELL PHILO I'M IN.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?
THE TRANSITION'S BEEN CLEARED.
SO GEORGE PUT YOU IN CHARGE?
FOR NOW.
(Birkoff) MICHAEL,
YOU WANTED ME?
I WANT YOU TO CUT
THE POGUE SEARCH.
START FOCUSING IN ON THE
SHADOW BRIGADE SPLINTER GROUPS.
(Birkoff) RIGHT.
COME WITH ME.
WHERE?
OVERSIGHT.
I WANT THEM TO
APPROVE YOUR TRANSITION
TO MY SECOND-IN-COMMAND.
(Nikita) WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
THIS ISN'T OVERSIGHT.
NO, IT'S NOT.
IF I HAD TOLD YOU THE TRUTH,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME.
SO WHO ARE WE MEETING?
PHILO.
PHILO'S RED CELL, MICHAEL.
SO IT WAS YOU.
ALL ALONG, YOU
COMPROMISED OPERATIONS.
YES.
HE MIGHT DIE.
THAT'S THE POINT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH PHILO.
HE'LL FEED US
CERTAIN OPERATIONS.
I'LL DO THE SAME.
AND HE'LL PROTECT MY LEADERSHIP.
OUR LEADERSHIP.
I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH THIS.
NOT WITH RED CELL. NO.
[gun cocking] NIKITA.
[clapping]
I'M IMPRESSED.
I'M GLAD.
I HEAR YOU TWO WERE CLOSE.
MUST HAVE BEEN
HARD, KILLING THE GIRL.
IT WILL BE A LOT
EASIER KILLING YOU.
NOW, I WANT TO SEE PHILO.
ANOTHER DAY. PHILO'S NOT READY.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
IT'LL HAVE TO DO.
YOU KNOW PHILO
DOESN'T SEE PEOPLE.
TODAY HE DOES.
I FOLLOWED MY PART OF THE DEAL.
NOW, YOU TAKE ME TO PHILO,
OR I END THIS RIGHT NOW.
PHILO DOESN'T LIKE
TO BE THREATENED.
THIS IS ABOUT CONFIDENCE.
EITHER HE TRUSTS
ME OR HE DOESN'T.
LET ME MAKE A CALL.
[mumbling]
OK. YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEETING.
IF YOU, UH, DON'T MIND.
(Philo) MICHAEL.
HAVE A SEAT.
I SEE YOU'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY.
YOU PLACED THE
CAMERAS PERFECTLY.
YOUR ORDERS WERE QUITE SPECIFIC.
I SIMPLY FOLLOWED THEM.
THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.
NOW THAT YOU'RE IN COMMAND,
YOU AND I WILL BE PARTNERS.
MY POST IS TEMPORARY.
I HAVEN'T SECURED MY POSITION.
YOU WILL.
(Philo) HE WON'T
LAST ANOTHER DAY.
[car tires screeching]
SOMEONE'S FOLLOWED US HERE.
[guns firing]
[grunts]
YOU SET ME UP.
[grunts]
GET MEDICAL, NOW.
[groaning]
[ventilator beeping]
DID WE GET HIM?
WE GOT HIM.
SO THIS WHOLE THING
WAS A CHESS MATCH
TO SMOKE OUT PHILO.
IT WORKED.
YOU WOULD HAVE LET ME
KILL THOSE PEOPLE IN SIBERIA?
WE KNEW YOU WOULDN'T.
WELL, I'M GLAD I MET
EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
EVEN THE TALK OF
INSURRECTION, YOU ANTICIPATED IT?
YES.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
STOP BEING SO PREDICTABLE.
IF MY HANDS WERE FREE,
I WOULD APPLAUD YOU.
I ACCEPT THE COMPLIMENT.
8 YEARS SPENT IN THE COLD,
NEVER ONCE DID I FEEL
THE NEED TO SURFACE.
AND TRUST CAN BE OUR
GREATEST WEAKNESS.
YOU WENT TO EXTREME
LENGTHS TO FIND ME.
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY,
YOU PUT YOUR OWN
LIFE ON THE LINE.
IT WAS WORTH IT.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING,
PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU TELL ME.
[door locking]
GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL.
YOU LOOK WELL.
THANKS TO YOUR TIMING.
ANOTHER FEW MINUTES, WHO
KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
YOU INSISTED ON TAKING THE DRUG.
CREDIBILITY, MICHAEL.
LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE.
THAT WILL BE ALL.
YES, OF COURSE.
THINGS WENT WELL.
YES, PERFECTLY.
MICHAEL'S SKILLS
WERE IMPRESSIVE.
YES, THEY WERE.
HE MIGHT JUST HAVE WHAT
IT TAKES TO DO THIS JOB.
YOUR SUCCESSOR?
I DON'T THINK HE
HAS THE AMBITION.
(Operations) OH, HE'S GOT IT.
HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW IT YET.
[woman speaking French]
(man) GO AHEAD.
I NEED A CAB.
WHERE TO?
HAMBURG.
HANG UP AND TURN AROUND.
WE DIDN'T THINK YOU'D SHOW.
WHEN CAN I MEET PHILO?
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
WHAT'S THE REACTION TIME?
10 HOURS. FIRST
SIGN IS CONFUSION.
THEN COMES JUDGMENT
DISINTEGRATION,
FOLLOWED BY PARANOID DELUSIONS.
(Black) A COMPLETE
BRAIN MELTDOWN.
GOOD.
WHERE ARE WE WITH
THE SHADOW BRIGADE?
BIRKOFF'S GOING THROUGH WHAT
WE'VE RECOVERED FROM THE BOMBING.
AND WHAT DO YOU
THINK? IS THIS THEIR WORK?
IT'S POSSIBLE.
OK.
(Operations) LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE.
OVERSIGHT WANTS A QUICK
TURNOVER ON THIS ONE.
SURE.
[woman speaking French]
ISN'T THAT YESTERDAY'S NEWS?
IT APPEARS HOLDING SHADOW
BRIGADE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE EMBASSY
BOMBING WAS A MISTAKE.
(Operations) WE MAY
HAVE ACTED TOO HASTILY.
THEY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY LIED.
(Madeline) WHO DO
YOU THINK IT WAS?
(Operations) GUSTOV POGUE.
GUSTOV POGUE HAS
BEEN DEAD FOR 4 YEARS.
(Operations) THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HE WANTS THE WORLD TO BELIEVE.
(Birkoff) SIR, I'VE GOT
WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
START PREPARING A
PROFILE ON POGUE.
(Birkoff) WE'VE GONE THROUGH
ALL THE ELEMENTS
OF THE EVENT TWICE.
THERE'S NO MISTAKE.
IT'S DEFINITELY SHADOW BRIGADE.
WHAT ABOUT POGUE?
(Birkoff) HE'S BEEN QUIET-FILED.
IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS BOMBING HAS POGUE'S
SIGNATURE ALL OVER IT.
NOT REALLY.
(Operations) DON'T
ARGUE WITH ME, BIRKOFF.
JUST FIND THE LINKAGE TO POGUE.
(Operative #1) SIR?
I HEAR WE'RE CHASING A GHOST.
GUSTOV POGUE.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE IDEA?
IT CAN'T BE HIM. I
SAW THE CORPSE.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLED.
COME ON. WE RAN THE D.N.A.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE OBVIOUS!
SIR, I'VE CHECKED EVERY FILE...
COME ON. MOVE! MOVE!
[knocking on door]
OH!
I'M SO GLAD I CAUGHT
YOU HOME, POPSICLE.
WHAT?
A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY, THIS.
ARE YOU ALONE?
YES, MICK.
I'LL GET TO THE POINT.
I WAS AT THE LIBRARY,
RIGHT? I LOVE READING.
WHAT'S THE POINT?
THERE'S THIS BOOK, ALPRINE,
GREAT CHEFS OF THE '30s AND '40s.
I AM NOT A MORNING
PERSON. GET TO THE POINT.
I RAN INTO PHYLLIS,
A BIRD I USED TO
ROGER IN AMSTERDAM.
SHE'S HELD UP GREAT
OVER THE YEARS.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY...
[whispering] CONDOMS.
WHAT?
2 OR 3 WILL DO. I'D
RUN TO THE CORNER
BUT I DON'T WANT
HER TO COOL OFF.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SHE'S THERE NOW? YES.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE ENGINE'S
RUNNING. SHE'S ON IDLE.
NO, MICK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO?
DON'T EVER WANNA SHARE.
COME ON, DOLL.
I'M SURE YOU AND MICHAEL
PRACTICE SAFE SEX.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOW
BEFORE YOU GET HURT.
EXCUSEZ MOI. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
THINGS HAD SOURED BETWEEN YOU TWO.
BUT YOU STILL GOT FEELINGS,
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
YOU KNOW, I'D STAY TO HELP YOU
WORK THINGS THROUGH BUT, UH...
JUST GET OUT OF MY LIFE, PLEASE.
(Mick) PHYLLIS.
[cell phone ringing]
HERE'S YOUR
MORNING WAKE-UP CALL.
HELLO.
(Michael) JOSEPHINE.
HEY, BIRKOFF.
(Birkoff) CAN'T TALK.
HI, SUGAR.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
DON'T ASK. WHY?
ACCORDING TO OPERATIONS,
SHADOW BRIGADE IS A WASTE OF TIME.
POGUE IS THE REAL TARGET.
WHO'S POGUE?
NO, THE QUESTION
IS, "WHO WAS POGUE?"
HE'S DEAD? VERY.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
POGUE WAS THE LARGEST
ARMS DEALER IN EUROPE.
CLASS-A PRIORITY.
OPERATIONS TRACKED
HIM FOR 4 YEARS.
EVERY TIME POGUE GOT
CORNERED, HE GOT AWAY.
POGUE WAS TOO
SMART FOR OPERATIONS.
BUT NOT FOR GEORGE.
SO GEORGE PUT HIM DOWN? MMM-HMM.
IT WAS THE ONLY TIME
OPERATIONS FAILED
AT SOMETHING HE REALLY WANTED.
IF POGUE'S DEAD, WHAT'S
OPERATIONS DOING?
I DON'T KNOW.
HOW ABOUT, GOING CRAZY?
BRIEFING IN 2 MINUTES.
(Operations) MOST OF YOU WILL
REMEMBER GUSTOV POGUE,
FOUNDER OF THE BTARI REBELS.
YESTERDAY, WE
LEARNED HE SURFACED
AND WAS SPOTTED 2 KILOMETERS
FROM WHERE THE EMBASSY WAS BOMBED.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FIRST
IN AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-DEMOCRACY
CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.
PROFILERS ARE NOW
WORKING ON THE TACTICAL.
THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
OPERATIVES ARE ON STANDBY.
THAT'S ALL.
MICHAEL.
WALTER SAID POGUE WAS DEAD.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S OPERATIONS
DOING? WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
I JUST HEARD WE'RE
ON STANDBY FOR POGUE.
HE HAS TO BE STOPPED.
IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?
WHY?
YOU SEEM TIRED.
I FEEL FINE.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
WE'RE ALL UNDER PRESSURE.
MAYBE YOU NEED
A LITTLE DOWNTIME.
NOT UNTIL WE'VE
NEUTRALIZED POGUE.
YOU KNOW HIM. HE REWRITES
THE BOOK ON THIS SORT OF THING.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE WE'RE
DEALING WITH ONE OF HIS OPERATIVES?
YOU'RE WRONG! IT'S POGUE, AND I
DON'T WANT TO HEAR OTHERWISE!
[computer beeps]
(Birkoff) SIR?
WHAT IS IT, BIRKOFF?
I FOUND POGUE'S OLD SAFE HOUSE.
GREAT.
(Nikita) MICHAEL.
YOU READ THE PROFILE?
YES.
WELL, THIS WAS POGUE'S
SAFE HOUSE 6 YEARS AGO.
M.I.-6 RAIDED IT. HE ESCAPED.
YES.
SO, EVEN IF HE WERE ACTIVE,
HE WOULDN'T USE IT NOW.
DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S NOT YOUR CALL.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
IT'S NOT MINE,
EITHER. WE'RE LOCKED.
SO THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME?
YOU SHOULD GET INTO TACTICAL.
MICHAEL, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
OPERATIONS IS COLD AND RUTHLESS,
BUT HE'S NOT IRRATIONAL.
I'VE GOT TO GO.
RED TEAM IS IN THE TARGET ZONE.
ENGAGE.
[guns firing]
(Duskis) OK, MOVE OUT.
WE'VE GOT A RUNNER.
DUSKIS, GO AFTER HIM.
(Birkoff) HE'S GOT HIM.
IDENTIFY.
TARGET IS FEMALE. NON-HOSTILE.
REPEAT: NON-HOSTILE.
FIRST TEAM'S REPORTING
THE SAME THING.
POGUE ISN'T THERE.
DUSKIS, LET HER GO. NOW.
GO ON.
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
INTEL WAS BAD. RESISTANCE
WAS NON-AGGRESSIVE.
DUSKIS ALLOWED A
HOSTILE TO ESCAPE.
SHE WASN'T HOSTILE.
IT WAS POGUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO
BE MY EXAMPLE. DO IT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU USE YOUR OWN PLAYBOOK.
I FOLLOWED PROCEDURE.
THERE WERE NO
HOSTILES. ASK ANYONE.
(Duskis) WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
MICHAEL, WHERE
ARE THEY TAKING HIM?
NO, NO, WE CAN'T
LET THIS HAPPEN.
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
THERE WAS NO THREAT. I...
I TOLD HIM TO STAND DOWN.
LET IT GO, NIKITA.
BIRKOFF, OPERATIONS
IS OUT OF CONTROL.
HE'S JUST ORDERED
DUSKIS TO BE CANCELED.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND
YOUR MOUTH SHUT, YOU'LL BE FINE.
AND DUSKIS, WHAT ABOUT HIM?
FORGET ABOUT HIM. IT'S DONE.
HE'S DEAD? ALREADY?
I NEED A MINUTE.
SOMETHING WRONG, NIKITA?
CANCELING DUSKIS
WAS UNJUSTIFIED.
HE WAS AN ABEYANCE OPERATIVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE EXECUTED
ABEYANCE OPERATIVES.
I THOUGHT THEY
PERFORMED A FUNCTION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU
WALKED IN HERE FOR?
TO TURN ME AGAINST OPERATIONS?
WE CAN'T JUST STAND
BY... RETURN TO COMM.
(Operations) BIRKOFF, I
TOLD YOU NOT TO DIVERT
ANY RESOURCES FROM POGUE.
DON'T EVER LET
THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
ANYONE ELSE HERE
WANT TO DISOBEY ME?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
GET BACK TO WORK.
(Walter) IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE. ONE DAY HE'S NORMAL
THE NEXT DAY HE'S DANTE, LEADING
US DOWN THE 9 CIRCLES OF HELL.
WE HAVE 100% OF OUR RESOURCES
LOOKING FOR A DEAD MAN.
MEANWHILE, WE'RE ABSENTEE
ON 2 CLASS-10 ACTIVITIES.
(Birkoff) MAKE THAT 3.
LIBERIA, MYANMAR,
RWANDA, ALL UNANSWERED.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN
INTERNAL MATTER ANYMORE.
WE HAVE TO GO TO OVERSIGHT.
WHOA, WHOA, SUGAR.
NOT... NOT SO FAST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS?
NO. ALL I'M SAYING IS
THAT WE SHOULD PUT
SOME THOUGHT INTO OUR NEXT MOVE.
I WAS AT A MEETING
LIKE THIS 30 YEARS AGO.
TALK OF INSURRECTION.
WHAT HAPPENED?
(Walter) DIDN'T WANT
ANY PART OF IT.
THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON I'M HERE TODAY.
THE WAY I SEE IT, WE
DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
OPERATIONS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
(Nikita) YOU CAN GO
IF YOU LIKE, WALTER.
WE UNDERSTAND.
[sighing]
I'M IN.
(Michael) NIKITA.
WHERE WERE YOU?
HOME.
I CALLED.
I MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE SHOWER.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEEDED?
YOU ARE GOING OUT.
OPERATIONS SAYS POGUE WAS
SPOTTED AT HIS SECONDARY BASE CAMP.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO
BE TAKING ORDERS FROM HIM?
INTEL WAS CONFIRMED.
LIKE LAST TIME?
MICHAEL, POGUE'S
DEAD AND YOU KNOW IT.
OPERATIONS IS DELUSIONAL.
HE NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN OUT OF THE PLAY.
WHO ELSE HAVE YOU TALKED TO?
I'M NOT ALONE.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
LET'S JUST GO
THROUGH THIS MISSION.
I'VE SEEN OPERATIONS
LIKE THIS BEFORE
AND IT TURNED OUT
HE WAS RIGHT. MICHAEL.
AND IF HE'S NOT,
I'LL HELP YOU.
[people chattering]
[helicopter whirring]
HAS THE TARGET BEEN LOCATED?
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING.
[helicopters hovering]
ANY SIGN OF POGUE?
(Nikita) TARGET IS NOT ON SITE.
I REPEAT: TARGET IS NOT ON SITE.
ADVANCE, DAMN IT! HE'S THERE!
(Birkoff) WE'RE
COMING UP NEGATIVE.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
[grunting] GET AWAY FROM ME!
EVAC WITHOUT THE
TARGET IS NOT AN OPTION.
SOMEBODY THERE KNOWS SOMETHING.
START SHOOTING COLLATERAL
UNTIL SOMEONE TALKS.
THEY'RE NON-HOSTILES.
TO ELIMINATE THEM
WOULD BE INEFFECTUAL.
YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS.
THEN I DISOBEY THE ORDERS.
(Nikita) NO ONE'S
GONNA DIE HERE.
NIKITA.
NIKITA!
LET'S GO.
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.
WHEN NIKITA RETURNS,
I WANT HER CANCELED.
YOU TELL MADELINE.
I KNOW THE WAY.
[beeping]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[door opens]
[door slams]
HE'S CRAZY.
YOU KNOW HE'S INSANE, DON'T YOU?
HE WILL DESTROY
THIS PLACE, MADELINE.
WHAT HAPPENED AT YOUR
MEETING IN THE BUNKER?
IS THERE GOING TO BE A MUTINY?
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM TO STOP.
THEN STAY OUT OF SIGHT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF
OPERATIONS FOR YOU.
I DON'T GET IT.
(Madeline) WE'RE AWARE
OF OPERATIONS' CONDITION.
WE'RE DEALING WITH IT.
HE'S BEEN COMPROMISED.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME
TESTS WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HIS SYSTEM
THAT'S CHANGING
HIS BODY CHEMISTRY.
A PSYCHOTROPIC
AGENT OF SOME SORT.
WHO DID THIS TO HIM?
WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SOMEONE INSIDE.
INSIDE SECTION?
I NEED YOU TO CALM
EVERYONE DOWN ON THIS.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
QUARANTINE HIM?
IT HAS TO APPEAR AS
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN FLUSH OUT THE MOLE.
[door opens]
[door closes]
HEY.
WHAT HAPPENED? I
THOUGHT THAT YOU...
I'M OK.
DOES OPERATIONS
KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE?
NO. WHERE ARE WE WITH OVERSIGHT?
I FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE CAN GET TO
GEORGE IN THE MORNING.
YOU GOT TO PUT IT OFF.
WHY?
IT CAN'T GO DOWN.
NOT YET. TRUST ME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT'S TIME.
(Michael) NIKITA.
I CAN'T TALK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
MADELINE LET ME GO.
I'M SORRY.
BUT EVEN IF I HADN'T GONE AFTER
YOU, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE ESCAPED.
I KNOW. DON'T BE SORRY.
AND OPERATIONS?
AS FAR AS HE KNOWS,
I'VE BEEN CANCELED.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH MADELINE?
OPERATIONS HAS BEEN DRUGGED.
THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN
ACTING THE WAY HE IS.
THEY THINK IT'S
SOMEONE ON THE INSIDE.
DID MADELINE SAY
WHO SHE SUSPECTS?
NO.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?
FOLLOWING UP ON A
BREACH INDICATOR.
IT APPEARED SOMEONE
ACCESSED A D-SERVER.
WHAT WAS IT?
ELECTRICAL ERROR.
WHY ARE YOU HANDLING THIS?
EVERYONE IN COMM.
WAS TIED INTO A MISSION.
I HAD SOME TIME.
I SEE.
MICHAEL.
I CAME ACROSS A DISCREPANCY.
I WAS HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME.
OF COURSE.
(Madeline) YOUR OUT-TIME
ON THE WARSAW DEBRIEF
WAS 48 MINUTES
SHORTER THAN WE SHOW.
REALLY?
MUST BE A MISTAKE.
I'LL LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO
ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE.
I'LL KEEP IN TOUCH.
WHAT IS IT?
I JUST LOCATED POGUE.
[sighs]
WHERE?
(Operations) HELSINKI.
ARE YOU SURE?
I WANT A TEAM SENT
OUT IMMEDIATELY.
WE'VE GOT EVERYONE
HEADING OUT ON A CLASS-8.
NO, THEY'RE NOT!
THEY'RE GOING AFTER POGUE!
(Operations) MICHAEL.
THERE'S BEEN A
CHANGE IN THE PROFILE.
WE HAVE A SITUATION
THAT REQUIRES
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
SO DO I. I JUST FOUND POGUE.
LET'S GO.
(Operations) YOU'VE BEEN
GIVEN ORDERS, MICHAEL.
FIND POGUE, OR I'LL
FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL.
NO, YOU WON'T.
MICHAEL, YOU'RE OUT OF LINE.
IT'S OVER, SIR.
(Madeline) MICHAEL,
YOU ARE OUT OF LINE.
THERE WILL BE NO
MORE PHANTOM MISSIONS,
NO MORE CANCELLATIONS.
(Operations) HAVE YOU
PEOPLE GONE INSANE?
FAILURE TO ACT ON
MY DIRECT ORDERS
WILL BE CONSIDERED
AN ACT OF TREASON!
UNTIL YOU COMPOSE YOURSELF
AND HAVE A CHANCE
TO REEVALUATE THINGS,
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE A REST.
ANY OF YOU HERE WANT
TO JOIN THESE TRAITORS?
GO AHEAD. STAND BEHIND HIM NOW.
WHY IS SHE STILL ALIVE?
YOU'RE JUST LIKE THEM.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
CANCEL THEM ALL.
I GAVE YOU A DIRECT ORDER.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?
I CAN'T LET YOU DO THIS, SIR.
[laughing]
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?
YOU'RE NOT WELL, SIR.
I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO STEP DOWN, SIR.
[groaning]
YOU'RE DONE HERE. TAKE HIM AWAY.
(Operations) I SAID
GET RID OF HIM!
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
I'M RELIEVING YOU OF YOUR DUTIES
AND ASSUMING
COMMAND OF THE SECTION.
[grunting]
(Michael) TAKE HIM AWAY.
TAKE BOTH OF THEM AWAY.
IF ANYONE HERE DISAGREES
WITH WHAT I'VE DONE TODAY,
FEEL FREE TO COME AND SEE ME.
[groaning]
[mumbling]
TELL PHILO I'M IN.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?
THE TRANSITION'S BEEN CLEARED.
SO GEORGE PUT YOU IN CHARGE?
FOR NOW.
(Birkoff) MICHAEL,
YOU WANTED ME?
I WANT YOU TO CUT
THE POGUE SEARCH.
START FOCUSING IN ON THE
SHADOW BRIGADE SPLINTER GROUPS.
(Birkoff) RIGHT.
COME WITH ME.
WHERE?
OVERSIGHT.
I WANT THEM TO
APPROVE YOUR TRANSITION
TO MY SECOND-IN-COMMAND.
(Nikita) WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
THIS ISN'T OVERSIGHT.
NO, IT'S NOT.
IF I HAD TOLD YOU THE TRUTH,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME.
SO WHO ARE WE MEETING?
PHILO.
PHILO'S RED CELL, MICHAEL.
SO IT WAS YOU.
ALL ALONG, YOU
COMPROMISED OPERATIONS.
YES.
HE MIGHT DIE.
THAT'S THE POINT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH PHILO.
HE'LL FEED US
CERTAIN OPERATIONS.
I'LL DO THE SAME.
AND HE'LL PROTECT MY LEADERSHIP.
OUR LEADERSHIP.
I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH THIS.
NOT WITH RED CELL. NO.
[gun cocking] NIKITA.
[clapping]
I'M IMPRESSED.
I'M GLAD.
I HEAR YOU TWO WERE CLOSE.
MUST HAVE BEEN
HARD, KILLING THE GIRL.
IT WILL BE A LOT
EASIER KILLING YOU.
NOW, I WANT TO SEE PHILO.
ANOTHER DAY. PHILO'S NOT READY.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
IT'LL HAVE TO DO.
YOU KNOW PHILO
DOESN'T SEE PEOPLE.
TODAY HE DOES.
I FOLLOWED MY PART OF THE DEAL.
NOW, YOU TAKE ME TO PHILO,
OR I END THIS RIGHT NOW.
PHILO DOESN'T LIKE
TO BE THREATENED.
THIS IS ABOUT CONFIDENCE.
EITHER HE TRUSTS
ME OR HE DOESN'T.
LET ME MAKE A CALL.
[mumbling]
OK. YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEETING.
IF YOU, UH, DON'T MIND.
(Philo) MICHAEL.
HAVE A SEAT.
I SEE YOU'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY.
YOU PLACED THE
CAMERAS PERFECTLY.
YOUR ORDERS WERE QUITE SPECIFIC.
I SIMPLY FOLLOWED THEM.
THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.
NOW THAT YOU'RE IN COMMAND,
YOU AND I WILL BE PARTNERS.
MY POST IS TEMPORARY.
I HAVEN'T SECURED MY POSITION.
YOU WILL.
(Philo) HE WON'T
LAST ANOTHER DAY.
[car tires screeching]
SOMEONE'S FOLLOWED US HERE.
[guns firing]
[grunts]
YOU SET ME UP.
[grunts]
GET MEDICAL, NOW.
[groaning]
[ventilator beeping]
DID WE GET HIM?
WE GOT HIM.
SO THIS WHOLE THING
WAS A CHESS MATCH
TO SMOKE OUT PHILO.
IT WORKED.
YOU WOULD HAVE LET ME
KILL THOSE PEOPLE IN SIBERIA?
WE KNEW YOU WOULDN'T.
WELL, I'M GLAD I MET
EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
EVEN THE TALK OF
INSURRECTION, YOU ANTICIPATED IT?
YES.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
STOP BEING SO PREDICTABLE.
IF MY HANDS WERE FREE,
I WOULD APPLAUD YOU.
I ACCEPT THE COMPLIMENT.
8 YEARS SPENT IN THE COLD,
NEVER ONCE DID I FEEL
THE NEED TO SURFACE.
AND TRUST CAN BE OUR
GREATEST WEAKNESS.
YOU WENT TO EXTREME
LENGTHS TO FIND ME.
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY,
YOU PUT YOUR OWN
LIFE ON THE LINE.
IT WAS WORTH IT.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING,
PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU TELL ME.
[door locking]
GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL.
YOU LOOK WELL.
THANKS TO YOUR TIMING.
ANOTHER FEW MINUTES, WHO
KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
YOU INSISTED ON TAKING THE DRUG.
CREDIBILITY, MICHAEL.
LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE.
THAT WILL BE ALL.
YES, OF COURSE.
THINGS WENT WELL.
YES, PERFECTLY.
MICHAEL'S SKILLS
WERE IMPRESSIVE.
YES, THEY WERE.
HE MIGHT JUST HAVE WHAT
IT TAKES TO DO THIS JOB.
YOUR SUCCESSOR?
I DON'T THINK HE
HAS THE AMBITION.
(Operations) OH, HE'S GOT IT.
HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW IT YET.
[woman speaking French]