Nikita (2010–2013): Season 1, Episode 17 - Covenant - full transcript

Previously on "Nikita"...

The people I used to work for,
they're called Division,

a black ops program
that has now gone rogue

if I was on the inside,

I could tell you what they were
planning before they do it.

This is Ari Tasarov,

a high-ranking member
of the Russian agency Gogol.

Do you know Gogol
will provide you

with unlimited cash, weapons?

It's what you need
to take Division out.

What are you doing here?



I'm here
to help you kill Kasim.

I know what Kasim took from you.

Nikita, I had him.

You stop me,
I'm getting Kasim in the airport

because you just had
to save me.

That is what you took from me.

You know how you keep saying
I should get out?

Uh-huh.

I might be starting to see
your point.

Ask me how I got here.

Michael...

Hi.

I'm sorry to surprise you.

Come all this way
to wish me luck?



I'm your date.

My date?

We didn't think
a target would buy

a woman like you alone
at a black-tie event.

Right.

This was Division's idea?

Well, since you're here,

I need help.

I'm stuck.

So I guess this counts as our
first overseas mission together.

I guess so.

It feels different...

no big Division eye

watching over us.

I'm the big Division eye.

Then how do I look?

Perfect.

Good answer.

You can surprise me anytime.

Michael.

Disarm.
You know the drill.

Knife in your boot.

Jacket too.

How's Alex feeling?

What do you want?

This place should be crawling
with Division agents,

but you're here alone.

Why do you think that is?

I hope it's because
you've decided

to leave Division, Michael.

You know I want you
on my side.

Then why did you lie to me?

About Alex?

I was protecting her.

It's not about Alex.
It's about Kasim.

What?

You told me
that you would help

get the man
who killed my family.

- I would.
- You've had a way to do so

for months...
and you've done nothing.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

I know
that you're working with Gogol.

- Gogol?
- Do you honestly think

that I wouldn't find out
that there's a connection

between Gogol and Kasim?

- Michael, you are mistaken.
- No, I'm not.

Kasim's group smuggles heroin
through Chechnya.

That is Gogol's territory.
They're business partners.

I mean about me.

I don't work for Gogol.

You've worked for them twice,
at least.

I did it to help them.
I've stopped them.

And now they hate me
as much as Division does.

Michael, please.

I want you to get Kasim.

And I wanted to be the one
to help you do it.

I wanted to be the one
to help you do it

so that you
could leave Division.

I've heard this all before.

It's still true.

You have to believe me.

'Cause you would never try
to deceive me, would you?

Go ahead.
Pick it up.

Just leave her out of this.

Sit down...

Now.

So this is it.

This is where
the magic happens.

Michael, I'm not trying
to fight you.

You're here
because Division can't help you.

I can.

Yes, you can.

And you're gonna do
what I say,

or I will feed Alex
to Amanda.

I want you to contact
Ari Tasarov.

- No.
- Yes.

Tell him you're sorry,
that you need a job.

You're putting me in danger.

Division sat phone...

I'm sure you remember
the unlock code.

If you haven't given me Kasim's
location in the next 24 hours,

I know you failed.

Michael...

Michael, please.

Please what?

Don't do this to you?

Don't do this to us.

There is no us.

There never was.

Michael...

Did you lose something
in Chechnya?

Sir?

Operations said
they've been running

satellite sweeps
in the high caucuses

for the past three days,
your orders.

Only during off-peak hours.

Is it about Kasim?

Possibly.

I'm having the intel vetted.
If you need the satellites...

No.
I hope it pans out.

Son of a bitch
can't hide forever.

What happened
to the computer?

Getting an upgrade.

Something's wrong.

What is it?
I can tell.

You know, sometimes I think
I can do this.

I know I can.

And then other times,
it's like...

What was I thinking?

If you want me to stay,
I will.

No. No.

You've done enough.

You've risked a lot.

I had a dream
when I was detoxing,

and it felt real.

I saw myself
in the future...

After I had gotten
my revenge,

and that person
scared the hell out of me.

I realized
what you said was right.

I have a chance to get out
before it's too late,

and I have to take it.

You will.

I'll help you.

What about Nathan?

Amanda knows I care about him.

Then you have
to break it off...

Completely...

And let her know
you've done it.

Hello.
You've reached

Kebrushka Toys for Toddlers
order line.

Nobody is here
to take your call,

but leave a message
after the beep,

and we will get back to you.

I know
Gogol monitors this line.

Right now your voice analysts
are going to confirm

what I'm about
to tell you next.

My name is Nikita...

And I'm requesting a meeting
with Ari Tasarov...

tomorrow, 2100 hours.

I will be
in Maritime Victory Park

in St. Petersburg,

alone and unarmed.

Where's Ari?

I don't believe it.

Birkhoff has
all those computers,

but he couldn't figure out
that my seduction target

isn't into women?

When did you figure it out?

When I realized
that he was paying

more attention to you
than he was to me.

I do make
an excellent honey trap.

Michael, you could have kept
him distracted

for a little longer.

A little bit longer,
and I'd have to shoot him.

Did you get it?

Of course...

All in one piece...

Unlike my ego.

Oh!

Nikita, the man's gay.

So?

You know what?
You're right.

You're an excellent honey trap.

Wait.

I can't.

Michael...

We're in the middle
of nowhere.

It's not about that.

It's not about Division.
It's not about you.

It's about my wife...

Your what?

And my daughter.

You're married,
and you have a daughter?

No.

No, I-I did.

They're gone.

They were killed
in a car bomb...

March 21, 2001.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know.

Nobody knows...

Only Percy and Amanda...

And now you...

And Kasim.

As in Kasim Tariq?

Before 2001,
Kasim wasn't a famous terrorist.

He was a low-level snitch.

Then all that changed
when he betrayed me.

After he killed my family,
he became a hero

in the ranks of al-qaeda.

That's the reason
why I joined Division

in the first place...

To find him.

And until I kill him,
I can't...

Move forward.

Hey.

I will do anything
to help you.

♪
♪

Do you know what I'm thinking
about right now?

I am thinking about that time
you approached me

outside that bar in D.C.

I was tailing you,
and you spotted me, and...

And you walked
right over to me,

fearless.

Are you fearless now?

I'm not here to fight you.

I need money.
Don't we all.

You offered me unlimited
weapons and cash if I join you.

You want to join Gogol?

Oh, hell, no.

That's the first thing
out of your mouth

that I've believed.

I have a one-time
business proposal for you...

low-risk,
mutually beneficial.

I'm listening.

-You have a relationship
with Al-Qaeda.

When they smuggle heroin
through your territories,

you look the other way,
for a price, of course.

You're not exactly
partners in crime, though.

And I think you want to be.

What would happen if one
of their trucks were attacked?

You want me
to rob Al-Qaeda?

No, I'm going to,
posing as a third party.

I'm gonna Jack one of their
shipments and deliver it to you.

They'll never know
you were connected.

And when they call
to complain?

You tell them that you
are aware of the situation

and that you're looking
into it.

And in the meantime,
you are offering

personal convoy protection
to those who pay for it.

Maybe you can even rent them
some transport.

-Those drugs belong
to Kasim Tariq, Al-Qaeda's CFO.

I don't care.

You will if he kills you.

You win
whether I live or die.

All I need are the coordinates
on the truck routes.

I'm expecting the haul to be
worth around $60 million.

Hmm.
What's your cut?

Eight, four up front.

Two up front,
three upon completion.

You have got two strikes
against us, Nikita.

If there is a third,

I promise you, Gogol will divert
an absurd amount

of resources
towards finding you,

and when we do...

It will be unpleasant.

♪
♪

So formal around here,

I kind of feel like I'm
at a job interview or something.

Hey, you okay?

So here's the thing.

I have a lot on my plate
right now

with work
and moving into the city.

It's a lot,
and...

It's just...

I don't think we should see
each other anymore.

Okay.

- Nathan.
- No, no, you know what?

It's cool, okay.

I get it, you know.

We're cool.
We're cool.

Uh, and I'm... I'm still
right next door, so...

- Right.
- Tell you what...

why don't you just call me
when you get back

or whenever things get normal?

What do you mean?

Look, Alex, you can't tell me
what you do.

You can't tell me
who your friends are.

The first night
I met you,

you... you beat some guy down

in front of a room
full of people.

Alex, you're not normal.

Do you think I asked
for this?

Do you think
I want to be this way?

Listen to me.

You're not normal,
and I like that.

I don't know
if you asked for it or not,

but all I can tell is,
whatever it is,

you don't seem to want it.

I don't.

Then what do you want?

I'm serious.
What do you want?

♪ What wanted to hear ♪

♪ what was the answer ♪

♪ you wanted me to find? ♪

♪
♪

Chatter from MI6
is heating up.

There's a possible lead
on Kasim.

I may need to hop a plane
to Europe.

Request denied.

Sir, I need to be
on the ground

in case there's a window.

You know
I can't commit resources

to attack a possible lead.

I'm not asking you
for resources.

I'm going on my own.

Last time that happened,
you almost got killed.

Percy, I need to go.

And I need you here.

Do you know what that is?

It's a black box...

secure hard drive,
unbreakable encryption.

It contains evidence

of every job
Division's ever done,

which also makes it

your insurance policy
against oversight.

Not just mine.

That box and its duplicates
are what keep Division

where it needs to be...

safeguarding this nation.

That is why you're here,
isn't it...

defend the nation?

There are changes coming,
Michael.

Take my word for it.

And that box

is what's gonna make
those changes possible.

Make what possible?

Freedom.

Freedom to conduct
our business

the way it needs
to be conducted.

I'm talking about freedom

from the stranglehold
of government.

You're planning a move
against the government?

It's a little bit
more complicated than that.

I want to bring you
into this.

But I need to know
your focus is here,

100%.

And as much as you hate
to hear it,

Kasim's gonna have to wait.

♪
♪

Come on, come on.

Come on.
Come on.

Damn it.

Sorry, Ari.

We got to do this again.

Strike three,
here I come.

♪
♪

Who are
the knights of Shi'ra?

We're not here
to discuss intel.

I am.
I want to know exactly

who I'm paying
to be protected against.

Or am I to believe that Gogol
is somehow protecting itself

against a threat
it knows nothing about?

Very well.

The men who robbed you
are highly motivated.

They are well organized
and can move very fast.

They utilize
unconventional attacks

matched with organized chaos.

You don't want
to stand in their way.

They burned up the heroin
they were trying to steal.

That's someone
who should be pitied,

not respected.

On the subject of respect,

you know what Gogol
can bring to the table.

We have the best trained agents
at our disposal.

There is nothing
we can't handle.

♪
♪

Really, Kasim...

If I wanted you dead...

You would be.

Follow me.

Go.
Move, move.

Move, move, move.

We have backup
at the hotel Khrushchev.

Follow us east
on the highway.

Go.

I got him.

Where's your location?

No.

No?

You wanted this kind
of relationship, you got it.

You don't get Kasim
until you do something for me.

What?

I want verified locations
of the remaining black boxes.

- Nikita.
- And the identities

of the guardian attached
to each one.

Are you out of your mind?

I still have Alex.

Well, I guess
you'll have to weigh that

against how much you want Kasim,
won't you?

You would let
a known terrorist go free

just to spite me?

No.

But I would let him go
to prison

for the rest of his life
and yours.

There's not a prison
on earth

that Division
can't negotiate him from.

Beijing bombing 2008...

Kasim was responsible.

You think that if I drop Kasim
in the president of China's lap

that Division could negotiate
his release?

Didn't think so.

Now, be a good boy
and do as you're told.

You're gonna regret this.

One of us will.

If I don't hear from you
in 24 hours,

I'll know you failed.

This could never work.

Uh, it seems like it was
working just fine to me.

Yeah, right here,
right now, yeah, but...

But what?

If I have to go,

I have to start over.

Where you going?

I don't even know.

Then how do you know
I can't go with you?

Because you have
a life here.

You have a job,
a family.

I do, huh?

Dad died when I was young...

Mom a few years ago...

only child.

Me too.

So we got a lot more in common
than you realize.

We just got to talk about it.

So you could just pick up
and go if you wanted?

Mm-hmm, yeah,

which reminds me,
I'm out this weekend.

I got a deejaying gig
in the Hamptons.

How big's your hotel room?

There's a c-141 fueling up
at mcguire right now

with a flight plan
to Rammstein.

Do you have intel
on the black boxes or not?

Yes.

You're not getting anything

until we meet
face-to-face.

Nikita?

I'm where we had
our first mission together.

Give me 12 hours.

I'm heading
to the server room now.

Hands up.

You think I'd be stupid enough
to leave you

with an unlocked phone?

You hit my convoy
all by yourself.

But you let the cargo burn.

Why?

This isn't about money.

So then it's personal.

Vengeance can sometimes
be justified.

You look like someone
with faith.

Oh, I don't know
about that,

although I do recall praying
for the day

when I would find
your elusive ass.

Were your prayers answered

the way you thought
they would be?

Maybe you've been praying
to the wrong person, Nikita.

How do you know my name?

That's something
we can discuss another time.

You don't have
a lot of time left.

If you cooperate,

tell me
everything I want to know,

I promise that you will die
without pain.

Last time I checked,
you were my prisoner.

Those without faith
can never see the truth...

Even if it's staring them
in the eyes.

How did you warn them?

Stay down.

Don't move!

Open the door.

Michael.

You've come a long way
to be disappointed.

Get up.

I'm not who you think I am.

Shut up.

It's true.

He used it
to call for help.

How do you know
how to use that?

How?

You know how.

He's Division.

No, he's not.

He works for Percy.

Percy told me
that we must sacrifice

the lives of a few
in order to save

the lives of many...

Even if those sacrifices
have to come from the blood

of our own countrymen.

In this particular case,

only one soldier
needs to fall.

When Al-Qaeda learns that
you have taken this man out,

they will welcome you
into their jihad.

And I'll have a man
on the inside.

And together...

We can save thousands.

After a time,

I came to see that Percy
was not a man of honor.

So I cut my ties
with Division.

And I joined those
who I was sent to betray.

Percy walked into your
hospital room nine years ago

and has been using you
ever since.

He promised you vengeance
against a ghost

that he himself has created.

You deserve to know the truth.

I was following orders...

Like you did so many times.

You and I
are not the same.

Oh, yes, we are.

If you were me...

You'd go for the gun.

I would.

I bought them a house...

Elizabeth and Hailey.

One night Lizzy and I just
started flipping

through a housing catalog.

Lizzy saw this house
in Hawaii,

and her eyes just lit up.

So I tore out the page,

and without telling her,
I started saving up.

Before you knew it,
I had enough money

for the down payment.

When I called the realtor

and he said the place
was still available,

I nearly jumped
out of my chair.

My plan was
to fly them there...

For vacation...

And tell them
that that house was a rental.

And I know
on the last day of vacation,

Hailey would just...

Look up at me and tell me
it's time to go home.

But I...

Would look back down at her,
and I'd tell her...

"We are home."

Percy took that away from me.

He made me into this.

I'm going to go
into his office...

And I'm gonna shoot him.

If Percy goes down,

this country
will never recover.

Do you remember
telling me that?

I don't care.

I don't believe you...

Because you're stronger
than that.

You're the strongest person
I've ever met.

You do the things
that other people won't do.

You sacrifice
and you dedicate your life

to people you know
are innocent.

I don't think you're capable
of not caring.

We will find the rest
of the black boxes,

and then we will kill Percy.

And he will not be able to do
this to anyone ever again.

I lied to you.

I didn't get the locations.

I was coming here to...

Double-cross you.

Well...

You didn't.

Did you think
about what we discussed?

Yes.

And?

I'm with you 100%.

You were right.

No.

♪ Took the stars from my eyes,
and then I made a map ♪

Yeah, you were right.

♪ And knew that somehow... ♪

If I had just listened
to you five years ago...

♪ And I heard
your heart beating ♪

Things could have been
different.

Things will be different.

♪ So I stayed
in the darkness ♪

♪ with you ♪

♪
♪

♪ the stars, the moon ♪

♪ they have
all been blown out ♪

♪ you left me ♪

♪ in the dark ♪

♪ no dawn ♪

♪ no day ♪

♪ I'm always
in this twilight ♪

♪ in the shadow ♪

♪ of your heart ♪