Nikita (2010–2013): Season 1, Episode 14 - The Next Seduction - full transcript

NIKITA: Six years ago,
I was taken from prison...

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

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.

Division's archrival, Gogol,
tried to recruit me...



...but I will take down Division my way,
on my terms.

And the last word they'll breathe
before the end will be my name.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

JURGEN [OVER PHONE]:
Agent Conahan, this is Jurgen.

I'm late, but we shall meet
at the location we discussed.

Please wait for me.

[PHONE DIALS]

Sir, it's Conahan.

The meeting is on.
I'll contact you when I have the package.

[GATE RATTLES]

Jurgen. You have the weapon?

RYAN: I'm telling you, sir, it could
be connected to Conahan's murder.

I'm having the chatter analyzed now.
If you can just listen to the...

Yeah.



I understand.

NIKITA:
Happy Valentine's Day.

- You toss the old one?
- My gift to the Hudson River.

Remember to rotate the hiding place.
Oh, and new protocol.

I call the loft,
pretend it's a wrong number...

...you shout me on that. All right?

What's wrong?

I just thought it would be easier
for us on the outside.

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

It's never gonna be easy, Alex.

Can't let your guard down.

Gotta live the lie.

- Till the lie becomes your life.
- That's right.

What is that?

I hacked a traffic cam in D.C.
It alerts me when that heart shows up.

It's from Fletcher.

So that's your CIA guy.

Michael's been talking about
putting a survey team on him.

Yeah, I figured.

Which is why we have to do
this stupid cloak-and-dagger stuff.

ALEX:
He's cute.

Are you two, you know...

...connecting?
- No.

But if we were,
it'd be none of your business.

He's fighting Division too.
That is my business.

Oh, yeah? What about you?

That neighbor of yours,
what's his name? Nathan?

You two connecting?

You're right.
It is none of your business.

I thought so.

But would it be so bad
if we both got to have a life?

Alex, you know how I feel
about relationships with outsiders.

It's too dangerous.

- Not just for us.
- I know.

Happy Valentine's Day.

NIKITA: Couldn't wait
to use the Bat Signal, huh?

RYAN:
Thanks for coming.

Remember when you promised
to make me a hero?

I need you to listen.

Not gonna make me read that,
are you?

Chris Conahan, one of ours.
Murdered in Berlin three days ago.

Why are you telling me this?
Isn't the CIA all over it?

I can't get the people upstairs
to listen...

...which means I got no one else
to turn to.

The irony?

This has nothing to do with Division.

But it may have to do
with a terrorist attack on U.S. Soil.

Why do you think that?

Well, part of my fantastic new career...

...has me monitoring
Cold War substations in Europe.

I picked up on some chatter.

A phone conversation
about a cutting-edge weapon...

...coming into the U.S.

Callers mentioned a courier for the
device, guy by the name of Jurgen.

Conahan told his superiors that he was
meeting an asset also named Jurgen.

If you ask me, Jurgen's bringing
the weapon into the U.S.

He's arming the terrorists.

Jurgen, it's an alias, for Emil Voss,
German arms dealer, educated at Oxford.

He's probably about 36 by now.

Wait. You know him?

I slept with him.

About two weeks. As a Division op.

Look, Nikita, if this intel is solid,
we're talking about a serious attack...

...and Voss has the weapon.
But I can't ask you to help.

I can't make you go to him.

No one at the CIA
knows Voss the way I do.

I can find him.

I can do this my way.

Nikita.

I'll do what I have to.

Got your request to put a survey team
on Ryan Fletcher.

- Good. I've selected the agents.
- Don't bother. Waste of resources.

I put in a call and got him reassigned.

Probably monitoring Cold War
substations as we speak.

He is working with Nikita.
That means we can't underestimate him.

First Owen, now Ryan.

- She always was the ultimate honey trap.
- She remains a threat.

Yes, she does, just as you remain head
of the task force designed to stop her.

How's that going for you, by the way?

Hey.

- What did you get?
- Something kind of cool.

You wanna see?

Awesome. An MP3 player.

- Did your old one break?
- I don't have an old one.

Ha, ha. I don't have any music to put on it
either, now that I think about it.

You don't have any CDs?

I lost a lot...

...in the move.

Well, lucky for you,
you live next to a DJ.

I got a better selection of music
than most stores. Check it out later.

I have a better idea.
Why don't you bring some to dinner?

Tonight, here.

All right. Cool.

But we have to order in
because, well, it's me.

[PHONE RINGS]

That's the delivery guy.
Got a stereo to go with it.

Yo, come on up.

MICHAEL:
Excuse me?

Sorry, I thought you were the delivery guy.
Looking for Alex?

- Who is this?
- It's Nathan. I'm her neighbor.

Sounds like Batman.

ALEX:
Hello?

Did I call at a bad time?

Michael. No.

Just letting you know the survey team
I asked you to join was scrubbed.

I'd tell you to take the day off
and relax...

...but it sounds like
you're well on your way.

No, we were just hanging out.

I understand. Goodbye, Alex.

[CHUCKLES]

Work.

NIKITA: I thought we were done
with these kinds of missions.

Amanda recommended you.

She thinks you're getting too
comfortable with your extended cover.

She told you about Daniel?

She's concerned.

She's concerned?

Are you seeing him?

I don't know what else to do.

Why are you sending me
on this mission?

I didn't order this.

Trust me.

Relationships with outsiders
are dangerous, Nikita.

Not just for you. Do you understand?

[NIKITA MOANS]

I need to go over the suppliers lists.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't go.
- I wanna close this deal.

I can't believe General Ungara
agreed to the terms, can you?

Well, you negotiated beautifully.

You have a gift for deception.

Along with a few others.

Our business is a business
of relationships.

So true.

Except there are few
that really matter.

I'm hungry.
Can we order a sandwich or something?

That can be arranged.

Thank you.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

[JURGEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

VOSS:
Well, the sandwich is on its way.

I still haven't taken you to my
favorite spot...

...the Chalet Margeaux in Quebec.

I love to go there
when I have business in the States.

It is so private.

And air as crisp
as a late-harvest Riesling.

NIKITA:
Can't wait.

Everything all right?

Yeah. I'm done. We're golden.

- What the hell is this?
- We're not here for you, Mr. Voss.

Josephine Besson? Interpol. I'm here
on behalf of Swiss banking regulators.

Oh, now I'm scared.

JURGEN:
What's going on here?

You all right?

Hey.

You get what you wanted?

You will never have to be
Josephine again.

You have my word on that.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

- Wow! Is there anything I can?
- Yeah. You can get the rest of my bags.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

Don't understand
why I need to do this personally.

I apologize for the inconvenience.
The room is under your name.

It appears our key system
was hit with a computer virus.

Oh, then my timing's perfect.

Josephine.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

NIKITA:
What a surprise! Ha, ha!

- What in the world are you doing here?
- I'm...

Not being in prison.
That's what I'm doing.

Are you here alone?

I was just going to ask you
the same question.

- You must join me in my room.
- Then my timing is perfect.

- How about now?
- Oh, I've missed you, Josephine.

Do you know what they never tell you
about prison? Terrible smells.

They never go away, you know?
They just sort of move around.

I remember you going on and on
about the air up here.

- Well, you didn't just get out?
- Last month.

Girl needs a little time
to make some spending money.

So you're back in business.

All that time behind bars...

...you'd think you'd wanna pick up
exactly where we left off.

Of course.

You know, I never really stopped
thinking about you.

Where you were, what you were up to.

- You here on business?
- Pleasure.

[DOOR KNOCKS]

[ALEX CHUCKLES]

Wha...? I thought we said
we were ordering dinner.

You said. I'm gonna teach you
how to make a pizza.

Give a girl a pizza
and you feed her for a day.

- Teach her how to cook...
- And she'll burn down the building.

NATHAN: Now the secret
to making a quality pie.

- Buy the dough from a pizzeria.
- Ha, ha.

[DOOR KNOCKS]

Michael.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I was in the neighborhood.

Is there an emergency?

No, I just thought maybe we could go
over some numbers.

Won't take very long.

Funny, you used to know how
to show a girl a good time.

You wanna know what's funny?

Right after you were taken by Interpol...

...my best suppliers
started getting arrested.

By American intelligence.

And you believe I had something
to do with that?

Believe? No.

Wonder, yes.

And now you show up here
out of nowhere.

Who do you really work for?

You know who I work for, Emil.

[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

But I will admit,
I did come here looking for you.

You said you like to hide out here when
you were doing business in America.

Well, I'm looking for business.

I can help you with your
current operation, you know.

- What makes you think I have one?
- Oh, silly me.

You're just here for the mud baths.

I know you're planning an attack.
And I know about the weapon.

And I also know
that you are working with Gogol.

- You don't think I saw them pulling up?
- Gogol?

Since when do you get in bed
with Russian mercs?

Gogol's here?

Get down!

[GRUNTING]

- You don't fight like a banker.
- You definitely do.

- You American? CIA?
- I'll ask the questions.

How are you pulling off the attack?

- There is no attack.
- Get up.

- Why is Ari Tasarov here?
- He's trying to stop me.

- From what?
- From defecting.

I have Gogol's weapon.

I wanna turn myself into authorities
and get immunity.

- You?
- I tried three days ago...

...and my contact was killed in Berlin.

- The weapon?
- It's a dirty bomb...

...completely undetectable
and expressly designed to kill civilians.

- You built it.
- Gogol built it.

They hired me to auction it off. That's
why they killed the agent in Berlin.

Josephine, he was the only
American agent that I trusted...

...and I've been trying to find
someone else.

And now I have.

This is the part
where you lower the gun?

Show me the weapon first.

MICHAEL: Let us know
the next time you have a gig.

Maybe we can make a company outing,
write it off as market research.

Thank you.

What type of marketing do you guys do?
Alex doesn't talk much about work.

I like to keep my work life at work
and not follow me home at night.

Well, our specialty
is relationship marketing.

We create memorable
personal experiences...

...that keep the customers
coming back for more.

Must pay well.
I know rents are crazy in this building.

Oh, yeah. Company pays for all this.

- Apartment, car, wardrobe.
- I'm a lucky girl.

Well, they are tools of the trade.

NATHAN:
Trade?

Alex is like a brand ambassador.

Her image is a key component
of what we sell...

...and it has to live up
to the expectations of our clientele.

NATHAN: And what kind of expectations
are we talking about here?

You know, the usual.

Attractive, available,
always up for a good time.

You see, marketing
is always about wish fulfillment.

That's exactly what Alex does.

Makes her clients' every wish
come true.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Excuse me. I need to take this.

This is Michael.

I hate to eat and run,
but I have to get back to the office.

Trouble with another ambassador?

Nathan, it was a pleasure to meet you.
Alex, I'll see you soon.

I'm not...

It's not what you think.

Alex, I'm not asking.

Let me help you clean up.

What's the point?
The mess will be here tomorrow.

- Is that it?
- Yeah.

Wait, wait, wait.

How would you ever get
that through security?

A reflective polymer that creates
an image for the x-ray machine.

They don't see this.
They see pressed shirts...

...and shaving cream.

Get it on the plane, detonate it...

...spread radioactive material
across a whole city.

Or you just blow it up
in the airport, if you like.

You trust him?

NIKITA:
Well, I don't have any reason not to.

At least not yet.

All right, we need to get Voss
and the package onto U.S. Soil.

Now, there's a border checkpoint
about 45 minutes south of you...

...but it might take some time
to get the seventh floor to sign off.

- What're you gonna tell them about me?
- You're an independent contractor.

Nikita, are you sure
that you trust Voss?

I haven't confirmed
who killed our man in Berlin.

Police are sending me
video surveillance.

If Voss did the killing, we'll reassess.
But for now, I say we move on this.

Gogol's here, Ryan.

RYAN: The Russian military contractors?
- The Russian Division.

Let's just say
I have a history with them too.

Are you okay?

I will be when this is all over.

That's not what I meant. I just...

I want you to be careful.

[GRUNTS]

[IN RUSSIAN]

Just one?

Describe her.

Like Division.

You fought Nikita. Wasn't a fair fight.

They won't try the airport.

Although there are four bus depots...

...two rail stations
within a 10-kilometer radius.

Our girl knows it would be suicide
to travel on a predetermined route.

This leaves travel by car.
More mobility, easier to lateral.

She can hide in plain sight.

But she still needs
to go through the border checkpoint...

...and that's where you four will be.

You are going to take our weapon
back from her.

And then you are going to
bring her to me.

NIKITA:
Hopefully we lost Gogol.

Couldn't you have stolen something
with heat?

Not used to traveling economy?

I know you don't like me,
but do you still not trust me?

What happened to you, Voss?

Why the sudden change?

I'd love to tell you
that I had a near-death experience...

...or that I lost a loved one,
but the fact is, there are no loved ones.

There was just a succession
of mass murderers and common thugs...

...who relied on me
for care and feeding.

For years, I told myself that the world
had thrown me in with these vermin.

Seduced by crime,
forced into the business.

But I wasn't.

Then you saw the weapon
and you turned against them.

I went rogue,
to use the parlance of your business.

And that's what my surrender
is all about.

I have to erase what I was
so I can become...

...whoever I might be.

The question is...

...am I too late?

I hope you're not.

Thank you, Josephine.

It's Nikita. My name's Nikita.

Gogol is here.
Our CIA contacts are pulling in now.

Go. I'll distract them.

AGENT: Emil Voss?
VOSS: Yes.

AGENT:
I'll take that.

[PHONE RINGS]

You did it.

I heard from my team.
Voss and the weapon are stateside.

Made it through security
without a hitch.

Just make sure the right people
take that thing apart and study it.

Already on it.

Hey, I'm getting these screen grabs
from Berlin.

I was able to enhance them.
Voss was there...

...but he wasn't the shooter.
I'm sending it to your phone now.

- Are you giving me another assignment?
- The shooter is Gogol.

He might be one of the guys you
tangled with. See if you recognize him.

It's coming through now.

NIKITA:
Roan.

Ryan, that shooter's not Gogol,
he's Division.

- What?
- Tell your men to change their route.

You're going to meet them.

You need to personally escort Voss
to D.C. Trust no one.

[GRUNTING]

VOSS: Nikita.
- Emil?

- They showed you a good time after all.
- Don't move.

[EXHALES]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Ryan? They're all dead. We got played.
- You certainly did.

- If you think this is over...
- Now, now, don't be a sore loser.

- Just in time.
- For what?

Watch.

NIKITA:
Is that why you called, to brag?

Actually, it's called gloating,
and I earned it...

...after you commandeered
my network...

...and gave your little
propaganda speech to the proletariat.

I had to make them feel better.
They've been getting their asses kicked.

PERCY:
Not this time.

Know how your boy Fletcher thought
he'd stumbled onto some chatter?

Well, guess what. It was all homemade
right here in Division...

...sent directly to his desk.

I knew the minute that Voss
got away from us in Berlin...

...there was only one agent who would
ever be able to track him down.

My old favorite.

- You did call to brag.
- No, called to thank you.

Could never have done it without you,
Josephine.

Take a look around. The shell casings
from the Tula cartridges, steel core.

That's Gogol's bullet of choice,
isn't it?

So Gogol is the evil empire
and Division saves the day.

The evidence will be there...

...right down to the charred remains
of Voss' ex-girlfriend.

Blow up the car now.

Missed me.

Don't worry. When I bury you,
I won't call to brag first.

So you were watching over Ryan
and using him to get to Nikita.

I was gonna tell you.
That's why I called you in.

Don't have to explain. I understand
why you'd want the circle small.

You used your contacts
to monitor Ryan.

Yeah. Speaking of which, take that over
and get that weapon back quickly.

- That might be tricky.
- Tricky?

It seems like you struck another nerve
with Nikita.

You talking about that threat
she spouted back there?

I promised her that she would
never have to be Josephine again...

...and you took her back there.

Her threat is real.

[PHONE RINGING]

What?

Hello?

[LINE CLICKS OFF]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- I need you in Division in an hour.
- Why?

They stole a dirty bomb off of two
CIA operatives in upstate New York.

They'll try to secure air transport
back to headquarters.

I need you to find out
what airport that is.

- Alex.
- Yeah, yeah, I'm here.

If Percy gets this,
he sells it to the highest bidder.

I don't wanna know who that is.
I need you.

I'm on my way.
I'll text you when I got it.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

MAN:
Ma'am, are you all right?

Oh, you do know how
to make an entrance.

My men told me that you
made it across the border with Voss.

My trip was cut short.

- Where's the weapon?
- I should ask you that.

Voss' car was attacked,
Tula shell casings everywhere.

- Division.
- Move.

- Where are you going?
- Upstairs.

Go through my bags...

...pick out which guns to wear
and then get that bomb.

And I swear, if I have to ask you
to move again, Ari...

Oh, don't be that way. We can help you.

- The enemy of my enemy...
- Is just another man standing in my way.

ARl:
Get the car.

MICHAEL: All right,
this is a high-priority payload.

Get me somebody on the ground.

ALEX:
I need to talk to you.

MAN: I got the grab-team leader on the line.
- Now is not a good time.

[PHONE BEEPS]

Estrin, a jet's waiting
at the rendezvous.

It'll take you and the payload
back to HQ. Do you copy?

You owe me after what you did.

AGENT: We'll signal once we're airborne.
- Excuse me?

What I did was my job.

Nathan is my friend. Was my friend.

I don't get to have a life?

Your cover does not just protect you.
It protects him.

It is your responsibility
to maintain that distance.

Live the lie
until the lie becomes your life.

Sir, ETA for the grab team
to Herndon Airport is 20 minutes.

MICHAEL:
Great.

I know how to hide a secret, Michael.
That's what you taught me, remember?

You got off easy, Alex.
And this conversation is over.

NIKITA: Ryan, how far
are you from Herndon Airport?

- Couple miles, I think.
- That's about 10 miles closer than I am.

- Gogol's following me.
- What?

Trust me,
we're going to need a diversion.

Stall Division until I get there.

RYAN:
Excuse me.

- You intend to fly this aircraft today?
- Yeah. That's the plan.

Huh. Because it doesn't look like
we got a flight plan on file.

Only IFRs require one.
I'm flying this thing VFR.

Oh, boy.

If that's the case,
we got a bigger problem.

I mean, this is upstate New York,
buddy.

Weather changes faster
here than the Mets lineup, huh?

Look, we don't allow any VFR flights
out of Herndon.

Got any creative solutions?

A pretty simple one, actually.

I'll just bring over
the appropriate forms...

...and you can fill out
an IFR flight plan in no time.

I mean, otherwise, there's no way
the tower's gonna let you take off.

As long as it's quick.

Okay, you wanna
just get started on these?

The sooner you fill them out...

Tell the tower I'm cleared for departure.

[GUNFIRE]

[MEN YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

- Jeez.
- Good job keeping them on the ground.

I'm a black belt in bureaucracy.
Is that Gogol?

Yeah.
They're nothing if not predictable.

I need you to do
one more thing for me.

Sir, I just got word from the hangar.
Team's under attack.

Estrin, report.

ESTRIN:
Cover me!

[GRUNTS]

TECH: We lost the team, sir.
Gogol took them out.

Any sign of Nikita?

You must be a fan of world cinema.

Kurosawa's Yojimbo, isn't it?

Hero positions two gangs against each
other and gets them to fight for him.

It was a book first.

Dashiell Hammett, not that I need
to take cues from literature...

...when you make it so easy for me.

And yet in the end,
you're the one who was fooled.

I think this show is over. Don't you?

As always, my offer still stands.

If you can't beat us, join us.

Think about it.

Fletcher's being promoted,
back to the main desk.

Clandestine operations.

He must be very proud.

He'll have more access than ever.

I don't like it.

Just keep your focus on Nikita.

If today taught us anything,
it's that she can be beaten.

RYAN:
You should have seen their faces.

It's not every day that an analyst...

...walks onto the seventh floor
with a dirty bomb.

- I told you I'd make you a hero.
- Yeah.

Some hero.

I let Percy lead me around
by the nose.

Well, now you know how he operates.

Just because you've been
bumped upstairs...

...doesn't mean you can trust anyone.

Remember that.

He's taken too many lives already.

What is it?

Do you think we can ever erase
who we were?

- Come back from it?
- From what?

Things we've done.

Just...

...all of it.

Nikita...

Do we even deserve to?

Yes.

[PHONE RINGING]

- You didn't follow protocol.
- Sorry.

How did it go?

We got the weapon,
but somebody paid a price.

Alex, what I told you before
about not getting close to anyone?

I know.

It's for my own protection.

I was wrong.

I thought relationships
with outsiders were dangerous.

They are.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

But you can't just live the lie, Alex.

It's not enough.

You have to live too.

Thanks.

ALEX:
I need you to understand something.

What happened at dinner,
what my boss said...

...that's not who I am.

I didn't think it was.

What I do for a living...

...it's complicated.

And it really doesn't matter.

But I need you to understand.
I need you to believe me.

Are you in some kind of trouble?

It's not like that, Nathan.

Because whatever you need, I'm here.
I can help.

Or I'll find somebody who can.

Look, if you need anything,
I'm right across the hall.

All you gotta do is knock.

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