Nikita (2010–2013): Season 1, Episode 12 - Free - full transcript

6 years ago, I was taken from prison

and forced to become an assassin for
a secret unit of the government.

A black-ops program called Division

that has now gone rogue.

They destroyed my identity,

and they destroyed the man I loved.

I escaped, and now the
man that trained me,

someone I trusted, is hunting me.

What Division doesn't know

is that I have a partner
on the inside, Alex,

one of their brightest stars,



and she's not my only ally.

A CIA analyst who had begun his
own investigation into Division

joined me after
I saved his life.

Together, we will take down
Division piece by piece,

and the last word they'll
breathe before the end

will be my name.

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

Once we're in,

we go straight
for the black box.

Second floor,

back bedroom.

Hey, we got this.

You'll be back
in the surveillance van

before Michael
even knows you're gone.



Keep moving.
I'll hold them.

Is this really the life
you wanted, Alex?

She's coming around.

Morning, sunshine.

I'm aware precautions
need to be taken,

but don't you think this
is a little extreme?

Absolutely.

And absolutely necessary.

Just be grateful the upgrade
isn't retroactive.

Should we tell her?

Mmm, a little bit of free will

goes a long way,
don't you think?

Welcome to
the big leagues, kid,

your new agent tracker
has just gone live.

Awesome.

Some dos and don'ts.

Do feel secure

while on missions
in exotic locales.

Unlike your recruit tracker,

this baby's signal is
picked up by satellite.

We could find you
anywhere in the world.

Don't...

Try to take it out.

That'll trigger
an instant alert.

Bad times.

Read me?

Loud and clear.

How you feeling?

Like an elephant
sat on my head...

And a little nervous.

Don't be.

Today's a big day, Alex.

You get to rejoin
the rest of the world.

Alex...

I'm so proud of you.

I just wanted to say
congrats on making agent.

Thanks.

Even though you had
to kill thom to do it.

I hope you get
everything you deserve.

Hey.

What? This is mine?

First car, huh?

That is so cool.

Come on. We'll need

that other key to get inside.

It'll do.

This is your cover kit,

and the bag belongs to you.

Alex Winslow,
youth trend consultant

for a guerilla
marketing company.

Credit purchases over 20k

have to be cleared
by operations.

Keep your phone handy,
and I'll call

when you need to report
for a briefing.

Wait.

What do I do?

Well, you're an agent
now, Alex,

so what you do
when you're off duty

is your business,

as long as it doesn't
compromise your cover.

So I can just go
wherever I want?

Well, I wouldn't book
a flight to monte Carlo,

but you can go for a walk,

get a cup of coffee,

maybe go shopping...

Just like a normal citizen.

You made it.

I called as soon
as I was alone.

I know.

And I used a clean phone.

Good.

We'll use burners from
now on, all right? Ok.

Toss it at the end of the week.

We'll rotate carriers.

They think thom was the mole,

mostly because when you
fought him, you let him live.

Yeah.

I was there, though, Alex.

You didn't have a choice.

This is gonna be
a really big adjustment for you,

living on the outside.

I've been on the outside.

I'm ready.

You're not gonna
be ready for anything

until I remove your tracker.

Once I clone the signal,

I'll be able to control
where they think you are.

Can we wait a little bit?

I-I'm still pretty sore.

Come here.

What?

Nothing.

Nothing.

It's just they're, um... they're
usually in the hip,

and this one seems to be at
the base of your cortex.

So?

So my neurosurgery's
a little rusty.

I'll just have to find
another way.

I'll let you know
what I come up with.

Don't worry.
We have time.

Now keep shopping.

I hear it's supposed to be fun.

Remember this day,
all of you...

the first trial run of our
newly minted kill chip.

North Korean
cabinet member mal chin ryu

returns to the u.N.
Today, following a successful surgery

for a subdural hematoma.

He is denying
that his country's...

Now.

Recent round of nuclear tests

are proof of north Korea's
growing nuclear arsenal.

Ryu's autopsy will indicate

that he suffered
a brain aneurism,

an unfortunate consequence
of his recent surgery.

North Korea's nuclear program
has just been crippled

with one surgical strike.

Heh. Surgical strike.

That's pretty good, boss.

You know what's pretty good?

Infiltrating
a military hospital

under full lockdown for a
vip's medical emergency.

That's pretty good.

Something wrong?

No, sir.

It was a long flight.
I'm just feeling a little jet-lagged.

I'd like to get
some sleep, if I can.

You know what
just occurred to me?

We might wanna consider
hybridizing these chips

with our agent
tracking devices,

keep every agent in line.

Percy, you son of a bitch.

You came this close

to taking the fall
for an assassination.

What was it like
in that rebel camp?

Did you think
you were gonna die?

Legally, I can't
really talk about it,

but to be honest, I'm just glad
the whole thing's behind me.

Of course.

Why don't you
take care of the check

so we can get going?

She wants you, dude.
Congrats.

You're alive.

You know, I never get
tired of hearing that.

You're not being tailed.
Don't worry.

I checked.

Why would I be tailed?

Oh, I don't know.
Maybe...

Because you were openly investigating
a shadowy government group

that threatens the very
fabric of our nation.

Maybe.

I've intercepted intel,

a pilot program Division's
putting into place.

It's a weapons test.
I need you to take that file and meet me

in the alley across from Ryerson's,
0900 tomorrow morning.

Wait. Hold on.
Slow down, ok?

How do you intercept
their intel?

We'll get
into that later. First,

I need you to arrest this
man, Seymour Birkhoff.

He's our key to making sure
this tech never gets used.

Our key?

Are you in this fight or not?

Because if you're not,
I gotta move.

Ok, look, first of all,

I don't have the jurisdiction
to arrest anyone.

Now, if you're talking
about rendition,

then we're into a serious...

look, who is this guy?

Well, are you ready
for an adventure?

2006, north Korean
cabinet member

drops dead in front of the u.
N. You remember that?

Sure. It was mal chin ryu.
Died of an aneurism.

Try integrated circuit
in his brain,

kill chip put there
by Division.

Wait. Now they're using
the chips again? On who?

All I can tell you
is they're innocent.

Ok, look, this relationship...

Alliance thing

has to work both ways, ok?

You get something.
I get something.Thi.

I agree. I saved your life.

Now you have to help me
save someone else's.

I thought you wanted me
to try to identify

the government group that sanctioned
Division through investigation...

connecting the dots,
collecting a paper trail,

you know, stuff I actually
do as an analyst.

I do want you
to do those things.

So then when did
we make the leap

from covvestigation
to illegal abduction?

When it became necessary.

Look, hacking Birkhoff's laptop

is the only way that I
can access Division's system

and stop what's going on.

And how do we stop them from
knowing that I'm behind this?

Well, we don't.

Percy thinks you're an analyst
who collects paper trails

and connects dots,
but who'll never hit pay dirt,

which is what he
will continue to think

if you drag in Birkhoff on his
pre-Division hacker charges.

Ok.

So once I bring him in,

then we do a handoff
with the laptop.

It's a little more
complicated than that.

His laptop is rigged
with a security system.

If it goes more
than 25 feet from him,

his hard drive fries.

Right, which means
you need to be there.

So now you are asking me
to break you into the CIA.

Just a field office.

Just a... yeah.

And when Birkhoff sees
us working together,

will Division still think that
I am just a low-level scrub?

Birkhoff will never
know I was there.

And what if Division
tracks Birkhoff

or he somehow
gets word out to them?

Oh, I'm countin' on it.

Alexandra...

Even if you speak
foreign tongue.

Try again.

Right now,
we're struggling a bit, yes?

Da.

Please practice
your English, Alexandra.

Yes, father.

Life is struggle.

The truth is no matter
what comfort surrounds you,

it will always be an illusion.

It can be taken away any time.

You're not like
other girls, Alexandra.

You never will be.

Remember that.

Your destiny lies
along a different path.

The only person you will ever,
ever be able to depend on

is you.

And you, papa.

You will not always have me.

Hey.

I saw you and your boyfriend
movin' in earlier.

I thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm Nathan, across the hall.

Here. Let me give you a hand.

Oh, it's ok. You don't
have to do that. I...

it's no problem.

He's, uh, not my boyfriend,

by the way,
the guy you saw me with.

He's a co-worker.

6 jars of marshmallow fluff.

Wow. Is, uh... is there
a zombie apocalypse

coming that I don't know about?

I'm the worst shopper.

Heh. No,
it's good thinking.

I've only got
2 jars squirreled away.

You should try it
with peanut butter on wheat.

It's addictive.

Well, look, I know I probably
should have brought you

a bottle of welcome-to-the-building
wine or something,

but since I'm a bad neighbor,

I'll just invite you to the
party I'm throwin' tonight.

Um, maybe.

I, um... I just...
I might be busy.

Well, carpe diem, right?

I mean, after all,

the zombie apocalypse
could happen tomorrow.

Hey, uh...

I'm Alex, by the way.

Pleasure to meet you, Alex.

Yeah. We got him.

Signal dampener for his tracker

should have kicked in as
soon as he entered the van.

See? That wasn't so hard.

I'll meet you
at the rendezvous point.

Hey.
Hi.

Here.

Thanks.
Housewarming gift?

Not exactly.

It's a computer virus.

I need you to plug that into

a networked computer
inside Division.

Tonight?

Is that gonna be a problem?

I got invited to a party.

I thought it
would be good to go,

you know, for my cover.

For your cover.

Yeah.

That's what I used
to say at first.

What do you mean?

Well, I mean, they give you a place
to live and a car and some clothes,

and then soon you start to feel
like any other girl in the city.

Then one day, you get a
phone call out of the blue.

They remind you
that you're not.

Is this about my tracker?

Virus is a red herring.

It'll throw Division
off the scent

so they don't know that
I hacked their database.

You're not telling me
something, Nikita. What is it?

If we're partners,

we need to trust each other.

So trust me.

You guys are making
a huge mistake.

Set him up in there.

It's a miracle anyone
can breathe in those things.

I don't think my guys
suspected a thing.

Ok...

You're on.

See if you can't put the
fear of God into him.

From what you told me,
guy thinks he is God.

I'll do my best.

What do you know about a hacker
going by the handle Shadow Walker?

Guy had his heyday
in the nineties.

He was brilliant
at security hacks.

He was so good,
he managed to pull off

a cyberintrusion into the
Pentagon back in '93.

What's a cyberintrusion?

Sounds vaguely sexual.

Shadow Walker was also
the mastermind

of several
international e-crimes.

I'm sure you're familiar
with them.

Here's the bottom line.

The CIA has evidence linking you
to the Shadow Walker identity.

"A," that's impossible,

because I'm not Shadow Walker,

and, "b," I'm dying of thirst,

and as part
of my civil liberties,

I demand an energy beverage,

whatever has the most taurine.

Heh heh heh.

You wanna get that to go?

'Cause you're headed
to a Bangkok prison

after we extradite you.

Ah, mini Ethan hunt,

you need to worry about
where you're headed,

because you have no idea
who you're dealing with.

And not only have I always
wanted to say that,

it's true.

Where the hell is Birkhoff?

He was supposed to be coordinating
the Duchamps operation.

We're trying to locate him
right now.

He hasn't answered his cell
in 2 hours.

Did you engage his tracker?

See, that's part
of the problem.

We're having a hard time
locking down the signal.

You realize that last time something
like this happened, it was...

Nikita.

When was the last time
he was on the grid?

He used his credit card
earlier this evening

at an RFT comics in hoboken.

Accessing the atm camera
next door

at the time of transaction now.

That van...

They way they move,

it's a 3-man grab team.
My money's on CIA.

Hey.

Hey.

You made it.

You know a lot of people.

Not really.

Lot of 'em are
friends of friends,

some not even that.

Like that dude,

building manager's son.

Always forces his way
into every party,

threatens to call the cops
if we don't let him in.

Hey, Nathan.

Oh. Uh, hey, Alex,

Kendrick and Lisa.

Guys, this is Alex,

the new neighbor
I was telling you about.

Nice to meet you.

Alex used to live in Jersey.

Is that where
you went to school?

Kind of.

Um, it... it was a
vocational program.

You guys probably
haven't heard of it.

Was it a postgrad thing?

'Cause I've been
studying my ass off

for the LSATS, and they're
basically taking over my life.

LSATS?

They're like the SATS,

but for people who
wanna ruin their lives

by goin' to law school.

Hey, Kendrick.

Hey.

You ok?

Ehh. This is
gonna sound lame,

but, uh, I've been
working a lot,

and it's been a while
since I've been to a party.

Glad we were the first.

Whoo!

Dance with me, little lady.

Hey, Jeremy, back off, ok?

Hey.

I'm sorry.

I don't...

According to our system,

there's no record that a Seymour
Birkhoff has been brought in.

Well, it wouldn't be in your
system would it, Barbara?

It's an extraordinary
rendition on U.S. soil

on one of my assets.

Well, I'd like
to help you, Percy,

but I gotta have a little more.

I need a... a photo, a name,
a starting line.

Ryan Fletcher.

Fletcher, the analyst?
Where is he?

Well, he's still
in the media spotlight,

thanks to
the Quintana disaster.

Where is he?

Fletcher's too hot right now.

You have strict orders
from oversight not to touch him.

And you have strict orders from
oversight to work with me.

I'd hope you'd do a better job
than your predecessor did.

Now tell me where Ryan Fletcher
is at this exact moment.

I don't know, Percy.

I'll have to make a few calls.

It's not like we tag
our agents with GPS.

Just find out what assignment
he's on and call me back.

Look, you said
you would get his password

when he accessed Division's
interface to ask for help.

I mean, maybe he can't
hack a blu-ray player.

He can hack one in his sleep.

Question isn't if he'll
contact Division.

It's when.

Well, he might not have to.

I just got 2 e-mails
from a superior

asking what I know about the
renditioning of a Seymour Birkhoff.

I've been ordered to report
to Langley immediately.

Then we're out of time.

Hey, where are you going?

I was hoping
your rendition would be

enough to scare him.
It wasn't.

If you go in there,

they're gonna know
we're working together.

I'm sorry, Ryan,

but this is not a mission
I'm prepared to fail.

Hello, nerd.

Relax. Not gonna
hurt you. Yet.

So this was all you.

You know, I always knew
you were a little crazy,

but I never pegged you
for stupid.

And this plan, whatever
this plan is, is stupid.

Division's gonna be here
any second.

Which is why I'll
cut to the chase.

I need the password
to your laptop.

Ok, maybe you are just stupid,

'cause if you think scarin' me
with these old charges

is gonna make me spill,
you're dead wrong.

Before you came to Division,
you were an anarchist, right,

trying to prove that no power
in the world was untouchable.

Some might even
call that courageous.

Now you have blood
on your hands.

Percy got me out of prison,

and I agreed to
follow his orders.

That doesn't give me a
whole lot of leeway.

I was trapped there, too.

I still found a way out.

Let me ask you something,
Birkhoff.

Don't you think Percy's gonna be
suspicious that in the last 6 months,

I've targeted you twice?

I mean, I'm sure
he's already wondering

why it took
the notorious Shadow Walker

so long to find
my little shell program.

Percy trusts me.

Yes, but will he trust you

when you return with another
transmitter implanted in your tooth

or teeth?

You have 5 minutes to decide.

You give me your password,
be our little secret.

Otherwise, prepare for
oral surgery.

You knew you had to go in there
from the beginning, didn't you?

God, anything for the mission.

Just beat Division at any cost,

no matter
who becomes a casualty.

Is there really a kill chip?

Yes.

Well, then tell me
who's in trouble.

Her name's Alex.

She's 19 years old.

She just moved into
her first apartment.

Division killed her parents,

and now they've put one
of those chips in her head.

She doesn't deserve to die.

Where are you headed?

Work.

Listen...

About before, with that guy,

I overreacted,
and I'm so sorry.

Don't be. Heh.

Jeremy had it comin'.

By the way,
there's a blues band

playin' tomorrow night
at the mink,

and me and some friends
are gonna go.

I think you'd have fun.

Why are you being
so nice to me?

Don't take this the wrong way,

but you look like
you could use a friend.

And believe it or not, I
know exactly how that feels.

Maybe another time.

Ok.

But if you change your mind,

you know where I'm at.

Please, build it again.

I don't want
to do this anymore.

You see?
You didn't need my help.

I know.

I know it's difficult.

Most girls your age,
they spend their time

shopping, going dancing
with boys, listening to music.

What's wrong with music?

You still upset with me
for taking away your radio?

It wasn't the radio.
It was the...

it was a distraction,

a distraction from who
you're meant to become.

And who is that?

He's hacking
the blu-ray.

He took the bait.

There's his password.

You're in.

You were right.

Yeah.
That usually happens.

It's Birkhoff.

It has to be.

Then again, it usually
gets me into trouble.

Tracking IP address.

Looks like it's coming from an
office building in midtown.

He's here.

Wai... that Division agent
who came after us in Chile.

Isn't that your cue to leave?

I'm not done yet.

Just don't say I never
did anything for you.

Ryan.

Help you?

Yeah, I'm here
to pick up my C.I.,

Seymour Birkhoff.

He was wrongfully detained.

Actually, I'm the agent
who detained him.

Ryan Fletcher.

Have you filled out
the requisition form?

My clearance level allows me
to forego the paperwork.

And what clearance level
is that?

I don't believe you have
the clearance to know.

Now tell me where he is.

Michael!

In here!

Nikita, she was here.
Where?

On this floor.
Where?!

Somewhere on this floor!

I need security on the fifth floor now.

This is a classified area.

Sir, you'll have
to come with us.

Dude, you have no idea how
messy things are about to get.

Trust me.

You gentlemen are addressing
the wrong problem.

You should be concerned
with the fact that

you have a real intruder here.

Hi. Hey, I think
that guy over there

has had one too many red eyes.

I'll only ask once more.

You need to come with us.

Can I see
your I.D. Badge, ma'am?

Yes. Of course.

Freeze!

Told you.

Hello, Alex.

How's life on the outside?

Good. A little dull.

But you really
shouldn't underestimate

how big of a change this is.

I imagine it's brought up a
lot of different feelings.

For instance, how do you
feel about Nathan?

We checked your tracker
a few hours ago.

Nothing out of the ordinary
for new agents, Alex.

And we noticed you
stopped by another unit

in the building, unit 302.

You were there for a while.

He's just a neighbor.

Well, I hope you know
that when it comes

to these sorts of situations,

you can confide in me.

I'm a woman, too.

I understand the...

urge to connect.

Yeah. Well, don't worry.

We're not connecting.

He lives in such
close proximity to you.

It's not beyond the pale

you two may get
to know one another.

But remember, everything
about your life out there

is just to facilitate
what you do in here.

This is all a misunderstanding.

You vandalized CIA property

and assaulted officers
of the agency.

Those seem like pretty
straightforward offenses to me.

Uncuff them.

Barbara, this man
used force to...

I've been apprised
of all the facts, Ryan.

You brought in this man
independent of my approval.

Now, just because NPR wants
to do a piece on you

doesn't mean you're
above regulations.

We'll continue this
discussion back at Langley.

I tried to tell you.

Looks as though Nikita's
got herself another bedfellow.

She may have fed Fletcher
bits and pieces,

maybe more. It's hard
to say at this point.

If he hadn't been a worldwide
news sensation for weeks,

I'd tell roan
to let the acid flow,

but there's no point in starting fires
we're just gonna have to put out.

Course, that doesn't mean
we can't send 'em a message,

make him think twice
about dealing with Nikita.

What was she targeting, anyway?

I doubt she got anywhere
without my password,

but just to be sure,

I'm running a system...

I think we can stop searching.

By now, most of you
know who I am.

Once upon a time, I was you,

but now I'm fighting
a war to destroy you.

Shut it off.

With every mission I stop,
every agent I neutralize...

So this is why she wanted your laptop.
And I grow stronger.

It's true you've had
your victories.

You killed my mole,
you had me in your dungeon,

but I got away,
and I'm never stopping.

So if any of you recruits or
agents are having any doubts,

well, you should.

I'm always looking for
another good soldier.

What are you drinkin'?

Sheez.

Something cheap.

Trouble at work?

I have been taken off
the counterintel desk.

They dropped me down
to the basement,

where I'll be reviewing
files from the cold war.

Custodial crew has
more access than me now.

You're upset.

Upset?

Why should I be upset?
You got what you needed. Right?

You hacked Birkhoff's laptop.

You saved Alex,
whoever the hell that is.

You've escaped Division and the
CIA without getting a scratch.

You...

you... you used me.

I know.

But I'm gonna
make it up to you.

Soon you'll be out
of the basement.

You'll be promoted to a higher
level than your last post,

with more access than
you've ever had before.

And how is that gonna happen?

Because, Ryan Fletcher,

I'm gonna make you a hero.

I saw your red herring,
the video.

I heard about
the whole Birkhoff thing.

Hell of a plan you had going.

Yeah.

Emphasis on hell.

I rerouted your
tracking device.

Right now, it reads like
you're in your apartment,

but I can make it look like

you're anywhere in the world.

Cool.

So if you wanna go,
you're free.

Go where?

Anywhere.

Morocco. Montana.

Anywhere you like.

Point is you'd be
halfway around the globe

before Division
knew you were gone.

That was not part of our plan.

Yeah. Well, it wasn't
part of our plan

for you to graduate to agent,

and it certainly was never my
plan for you to take a life.

So you want me
to go on the run?

You wouldn't be running.

You'd be living a normal life,

the life you deserve.

I was never meant
to live a normal life.

And I couldn't,
even if I wanted to,

not till I get revenge
for my family.

I'm here to finish this fight,
just like you.

So call me, ok?

I'll be at home.

And why am I helping you go
through the agent manifest again?

Because Percy ordered us
to vet everything.

Salazar's tracker looks good.

Alex's looks good, too.

She's home.

Alexandra,

I know you may not understand why
I make you do all these things,

but one day, you will realize

it was because I love you

and I wish to protect you.

I know, papa.

I love you, too,

and I'm glad we're home.

Hey...

Hey.

I thought you had to work.

I was able to break free,

for a few hours, at least.

Figured I might
as well enjoy it.