Nikita (2010–2013): Season 1, Episode 18 - Into the Dark - full transcript

Previously on Nikita...

The people I used
to work for are 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.

We discovered the location
of a black box.

It contains evidence

of every job Division's ever done.

It was guarded by one

of Division's deadliest.

I wasn't just any cleaner.



I canceled other agents.

People they had fallen in love with.

We need to find the rest
of the black boxes

so we can kill Percy.

First box I want to test is in London.

Well, if there's a guardian on the ground

in London, I'll know what to look for.

Then call me.

I should go.

This is too dangerous.

For who?

I have a tracker implant, remember?

Yes, and I have a signal jammer.

Or we could just take it out completely.



Ow. Yeah, I'm sure that wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Let's hope.

- Nikita, I'm serious.
- Yes, I know.

Very serious. My boy is always so serious.

- Michael.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

When are you gonna tell Alex about us?

Not now. She's under a lot of pressure right now.

I don't know if she could handle

any big surprises.

Nikita?

Wa-wa-wait, wait. Drop your gun.

Drop yours.

Owen, what the hell are you doing here?

Well, I came to talk to you.

What's he doing here?

He's with me.

Both of you, put your weapons down.

Down, boys, now.

I'll ask you again.

What are you doing here?

What we talked about.

Find the next black box and the guardian that protects them.

We talked about that three months ago.

And then we talked about the guardian being in London.

Okay, but I was just there.

I narrowed the guardian's location

to a specific borough.

The guardian is an agent

whose sole job is to remain invisible.

In a haystack of, what, eight million people,

and you were able to find out where he was

in only three months?

Michael, please.

Owen, when we talked, we also said

that you would call if you found anything.

You didn't have to come all the way here.

Call? Call? On an unsecure line?

Come on, no.

Not when I'm so close.

Division's got ears everywhere.

Michael is not Division.

He's on our side now.

Oh, our side.

My side.

Yeah, I can see that.

Shut up. Listen to me, both of you.

Michael, Owen's gotten us close.

You can bring this home.

Get us the name of the guardian.

I can't.

Yes. You have top-level access,

higher than Alex has ever had.

You are the break that we've been waiting for.

This is how we bring Percy down.

Okay, while I'm bringing this home, what are you gonna do?

We'll be on site,

waiting for your call.

Once you get us the location of the guardian,

we'll strike.

So you're gonna be in London with him?

That's the only way this works.

She's bossy like that.

You learn.

I think I know her pretty well.

Can I speak to you for a second?

- I don't like him.
- Okay.

But this isn't
junior high school, so...

And I don't trust him.

Then trust me.

Nikita, you don't know what he's done.

Yes, I do.

He's trying to change.

He wants to.

Just like us.

Don't worry. I'll take care of her.

Alex Winslow.

Youth trend consultant.

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Alex?

Where are you going?

I was heading home.

Back to the city, I mean.

Good.

Then you're free.

Join me.

Hey, .

Hey, Michael.

I wanted to review

some of our internal security protocols.

Do you have a moment?

Not really, though that does
sound like a good time.

What's going on?

Problem on Emerald Eagle.

Our little corporate heist
job's gone sideways.

What went wrong?

That's what we'd like to find out.

It should have been easy in, easy out,

but a couple of overachieving
security guards

decided to play hero.

One agent was killed.
Two wounded.

Here they come now.

Jaden was on this mission?

A provisional.

She was supposed to
graduate like Alex here.

Alex, I want you to debrief her
and file an after-action report

by the end of the day.

- You want me to debrief Jaden?
- Effective interview techniques

should be part of
every agent's skill set.

You do realize she hates me?

A certain level of antagonism

can be useful in this situation.

Anything that puts the subject off balance

works to the questioner's advantage.

You're in the perfect position

to help me get to the truth.

Nice neighborhood.

Keep your head down.

Surveillance cameras everywhere in London.

You still trying to be the invisible man, huh?

Always.

Make yourself at home.

Is that what this is?

What?

Nothing.

This is how I narrowed it down to Camden.

A guardian has certain requirements.

Easy access to public transportation,

proximity to secure vaults,

strong satellite signal coverage,

and multiple exfil routes.

Now that alone eliminated big chunks of the city.

After that, it was just about pounding the pavement.

Scouting out where he'd be.

Like banks.

Why banks?

Guardian protocol...

rent a safety deposit box,

store the black box there.

And what are these?

Oh, these?

They're my victims.

Each one of these is a reminder of a kill I made

while I was at Division.

So I never forget why I'm doing this.

Doing what?

What you inspired me to do.

You don't hide from your sins.

No.

You kind of just face 'em.

Listen, it's one thing

to face your sins,

and it's another to let it eat you alive.

All this should just be something that helps you focus

on what's important.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm stopping Percy. That's what's important.

That's why... that's why we got to find this guy.

Okay, so your plan was to stake out all the banks

in this area and what?

Hope that you would just pick
a guardian out of the crowd?

Guardians are former cleaners.

- Well, they all have this
- You all kind of have

that look.

It's all in the eyes.

Guardians are Division's deadliest agents.

We hit harder.

We move quicker.

We sleep less.

And we survive longer.

But eventually after time those skills,

they... they start to erode.

I mean, it's what happens
when you take an elite killer

and pull him out of the field
just to babysit a black box.

You're bound to make mistakes,

if only out of sheer boredom.

Emily was my mistake.

I fell in love with her and...

She wasn't a mistake, Owen.

Failing to protect her was my mistake.

Owen?...

hey.

What's wrong?

I just get these headaches.

I just forgot what time it is.

What is that?

It's the regimen.

This is how we cleaners move faster...

Hit harder...

Sleep less?

Valproic acid,

steroids, dextroamphetamines.

It's a metabolic dominance program.

Heightens your reflexes,
eliminates anxiety.

Gives you splitting headaches.

Only if you don't take it.

You can be sure that our friend

has the same sort of edge.

It's why we got to be careful.

We're alone in this city.

Nikita, it's just you,

me, and the guardian.

And he's very dangerous.

Consider myself warned.

Great.

Trust me, no one wants
to be here less than me.

Want to bet?

Take me through Emerald Eagle.

Corporate heist.

We were supposed to break
into this aviation company

and steal plans for
some fancy plane.

So what went wrong?

Security showed up
ahead of schedule.

Next thing you know,
they were shooting.

- And you were on point?
- Yes.

So why didn't you
turn the team around?

I already told you.

The guards surprised us.

They were early.

Should I... talk... slower?

I'm just trying to find out when
exactly things went wrong.

About the time you
walked into this room.

- Who fired first?
- I don't know.

Did you discharge your weapon?

I didn't start the shooting

if that's what you're trying to imply.

I'm not implying anything.

Look, let's just get through this, okay?

Answer the questions.

Say whatever you want.

I'm not gonna challenge you.

You want me to make stuff up?

That's not what I meant.

You're trying to get me
caught up in your lies again.

- What?
- Uh-huh. The air vents.

I caught you sneaking around in 'em.

- And you gamed me.
- It wasn't hard.

Oh, yeah.

- You're the puppet master.
- Let's move on.

I mean, you got everyone to think

that thumbprint pad was thom's.

Can we finish, please?

You got everyone's number, right?

No. Just yours.

Jaden, you're free to go.

And Alex.

Please stay.

The info on the guardian
is on a protected file

on Percy's computer.

I can't get to that right now.

However, I checked the
operational expenses

for London, and there's
n ongoing charge

that's not assigned to
an active op or agent.

It's a shipping container.

Protocol for a guardian
in a foreign theater

is to establish a storage space.

Shipping container's
a default option.

Container a-541.

It's currently sitting
at the port of London.

Not as useless as I thought.

I really don't like that guy.

He doesn't mean it.

Hey, what do you know
about the regimen?

The regimen? Where'd
you hear that term?

It's a bunch of meds
that Owen's taking.

Yeah, I know what they are.

Is he on them now?

Yeah.

He's running low.

Do you think you can
get more from Division?

No, it was discontinued years ago.

Percy must have kept
a stash for the guardians.

Nikita, listen to me.

Walk. Get away from Owen.

Michael, what are you talking about?

If Owen is going through
regimen withdrawal,

you have to leave him.
Better yet, shoot him.

What? Listen, when we discontinued

the regimen, we discovered
that the cleaners who were taken

off the drugs demonstrated
wildly erratic behavior.

Erratic how?

It was different with each patient.

Best we could tell is it made them psychotically obsessive,

turned whatever their personal drive was

into something all-consuming.

I'll look after him, okay?

And if there's a problem,
I will contact you.

Nikita.

Michael, Owen is not your
enemy anymore, okay?

- We'll call you from the port.
- Wait.

So how long you and Michael been...

Not long.

I'm not sure how you manage to do it.

Win over your enemies.

Michael was never really the enemy.

So when he fired that
rocket launcher at us in Chile,

- that was...
- He was aiming at you.

Oh. Jealous type, huh?

He's over-protective.

Kind of scrawny.

He's built where it counts.
Can we move on?

Yeah.

Here it is.

A-541.

What is all this stuff?

It's cleaner equipment.

Hydrofluoric acid.

Carbon steel bone saw.

Surgical rib cutters.

That's a blood siphon.

Bodies fold better when you
drain the blood first.

Do you know what a cleaner does?

'Cause it's not just about
dissolving the bodies in acid.

We arrange it so people
don't even know

the victim was murdered.

Nobody. Making it look like a suicide

or an accident.

Owen, please don't.

Like what I did with Daniel.

I made it look like a boating accident.

The people I killed...

Their loved ones will
never know the truth.

That is why we have to stop Division.

And to do that,
we need to find the guardian

and his black box.

You're right.

The black box has the answers.

About all those people
and how they really died.

You release that information,

and the truth comes out.

And the families finally have some peace.

That may be true, but you'll be hurting

a lot of other people as well.

In Chile, all that chaos that happened

because one secret was released.

Imagine if all of them
were released at the same time.

That's why Percy keeps them.
It's his insurance policy.

That is why we don't release
the contents of the black box.

We destroy them.

So Percy wins again?

We have to get out of here.

I think the guardian knows we're here.

Are you injured?

No, it's just-it's the regimen, isn't it?

Yeah. We have to get you help.

Owen Elliot is in London.

This came from a traffic camera.

I've been tracking his movements.

- And I'd like to go there
- Approved.

Nikita's there too.

Just got a call from an asset

saying the two of them are on the ground.

Which asset?

A guardian.

I'll take a strike team.

And I'll get him.

And her?

Of course.

I told you, you and Jaden

would help me get to the truth.

She's just stirring up trouble.

She'll say anything to give me grief.

But her charges were oddly specific.

She has no proof.

Doesn't mean it's not true.

You know what, Amanda,

I am tired of your mind games.

This isn't about me.

This is about your frustration

at not being able to
solve me like a Rubik's cube.

Do you know what? You're right.

I have become too invested,

so let's take my prejudices

out of the equation, hmm?

Birkhoff,

bring the FMRI to my office, please.

I need proof to see if someone is lying.

That's the last of it.

We'll get you more.

And then we'll find
a way to wean you off 'em.

Owen, what did you do?

I told you. It's so I don't forget.

Look, I know what you're going through.

I feel it too.

Every day.

It's what makes us want
to do the right thing,

but you can't keep
punishing yourself.

It has to end.

We're running out of time.

Guardian knows we're here.

Which means he called Percy,

which means that a Division
strike team is on the way.

If you're in his shoes,
what do you do?

First thing I'd do is
secure the black box.

So he'll be going to the bank.
We need to get there first.

No, I did a walk-through on all the banks.

They're all basically just the same.

In Montreal, how did you choose your bank?

- I don't remember.
- Owen.

I need you to focus.

Why that bank?

Close your eyes.

You're walking into the bank

in Montreal for the first time.

What do you see?

I see three guards,

five cameras,

tell me about
the safety deposit room.

There was boxes on both sides.

They went from floor to ceiling.

There was a back door.

Opened into an alley.

It's better than the parking lot
because it provided cover.

The alley.

The Royal Birkham.

On Crowndale.

Stay here.

I'm sure I can talk my way

into the safety deposit room,

see if we can set up
some kind of remote surveillance.

Hey. Stay here.

Owen!

Stay down.

Owen. Box on the ground.

Why?

I'm gonna shoot it,
and we can get out of here.

Come on. If you kill the box,

then the truth dies with it.

We got to release the truth.

No. We talked about this, remember?

You said it's time
this all came to an end.

Owen, hand it over.

Did you break into Percy's office?

- No.
- Was the thumbprint pad yours?

No.

Did you know about the air vents?

No.

Lie, lie, and...

And lie.

You see, unlike the polygraph,

you can't fool the FMRI by regulating

your peripheral nervous system.

Alex, two weeks ago,
I recommended to Percy

that you be canceled.

Truth.

He didn't think I had enough evidence

to support my conclusion.

But the evidence is getting clearer,
don't you think?

All right. I lied.

But it was to protect somebody.

Who?

Thom.

Thom was in love with me.

And he made plans for us, plans
I couldn't be involved in.

You and Thom had an affair?

No.

He wanted to, but...

I didn't love him.

And that hurt him.

I didn't want to hurt him anymore.

It's a little wobbly,
but the emotions are strong.

She's telling the truth.

Did you break into Percy's office?

Yes, but I wasn't alone.

So Thom was involved?

He knew about it.

Did you give the thumbprint to Thom?

No.

I don't know how he got it.

Were you ever in the air vents?

Yes.

The night Nikita escaped Division.

I knew her mole used them to plant the explosives.

That's how I met Thom
in the hallway outside.

That's why I had to kill him.

She aced it.

It's all true.

Whoa.

I am very disappointed.

In Michael.

What? Why?

Michael was Thom's supervisor.

Recommended him for agent status,

oversaw his graduation.

If what you say
about thom is true,

I'm sure Michael
was aware of it.

I just need to find out

why Michael didn't
say something sooner.

Owen?

- Nikita?
- Michael.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to make sure you're okay.

He hurt you, didn't he?

He's not himself.

That's what I've been
trying to tell you.

How do we help him?

Nikita, you're not hearing me.

There is no way to help him.

I don't believe that.

The longer he goes
without the drugs,

the more delusional he becomes.

Look around you.

He wants to get better.

You can't just talk
him out of this.

His nervous system is fried.

Then we get him on the regimen

and we stabilize him

and then we find a way
to get him clean.

Well, it's impossible.

Impossible?

- Mm-hmm.
- Like single-handedly

taking on Division?

Like hoping one day
you and I could be together?

Michael, he's one of us.

If it were me

out there in trouble,

would you give up?

If you really want to help him,

tell me this.

Where is he right now?

I just don't think he can do it.

Why not? Percy told me every box

has a biometric sensor.

They're coded to the
individual blood signatures

of their guardians.

If he wants to transmit,

then he'll have to get
a sample of the guardian's blood.

Well, the guardian's out
for Owen's blood.

We can't let them come together.

- Percy.
- Guardian Canada One.

Not anymore you're not.

Don't you want to know
if the package is secure?

Perhaps you should return it.

I've got other plans.

London. Northwest.

And what might those plans be?

I'm gonna open the box.

No more secrets.

Why would you do that?

Because it'll bring some
light into the world.

'Cause it will bring
peace to the innocent.

And because it'll hurt you.

Got him. St. Christopher's church,

Jamestown Road.

Alert all London teams
to proceed to that location

and take out Owen.

Priority one.

We may be too late.

Division's found him.

What about the guardian?

On his way.

Owen's luring him in.

He wants the guardian to come to him.

How far away is your team?

Closer than we are.

When we get there, can you order
your strike team to back off?

Possibly.

But I can't control the guardian.

He's under Percy's orders.

I'll take care of him then.

Nikita, if it comes down to it,

I'll put down Owen.

It won't come to that.

Yeah.

We have a situation, Michael.

Amanda.

I'm kind of busy right now.

I understand,

but Alex has made an
accusation against you.

Alex?

She said that Thom
had feelings for her,

feelings that led him
to behave erratically.

Unless, of course,
Alex's assertions are mistaken.

Help her. Please.

Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry.

I should have said something.

I thought I could help him.

So you knew he'd put her
in compromising situations?

Yes, I did.

But he was a promising agent.

I made the wrong call.

You of all people should know
about the dangers

of an agent falling in love
with a recruit, Michael.

Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.

You can go.

Michael backed you up.

But, Alex,

you still lied.

I know. I was protecting Thom.

In the future, you'd do well
to protect yourself.

Are you still recommending me
for cancellation?

No.

Lie.

- Give me the box.
- Give me your blood.

You're gonna die for no reason.

No reason you'd understand.

Owen, we can get you the regimen.

I don't need it.

Not anymore.

You do this, people will get hurt.

There's always pain
before you get better.

It's how we heal.

Get out of my line of fire.

Owen, please.

This is how we will remember Emily.

Nikita, move.

And Daniel.

And everybody else.

Nikita, move.

No! No!

Michael, don't!

Hey!

No!

Thanks for not taking the shot.

I still don't like the guy.

And there's no sign of them?

No.

The box was destroyed,

and the guardian
and strike team are dead.

You know that's the second one
she's gotten to.

Perhaps you should rethink
your black box system.

Perhaps.

Hey.

Have you noticed that
I end up your nurse a lot?

You're unconscious half
the time we're together.

Easy. Easy. Easy.

I've been crushing your pills,

giving them to you intravenously,

so the dosages might be
a little off.

My pills?

Yeah. Michael recovered them
from the guardian's safe house.

About a half-year supply.

Thanks.

We got to get out of here.

Michael's covering for us,

but this place may
no longer be safe.

Sounds like I owe him.

You can thank him
when we get home.

You're gonna have to
thank him for me.

I'm not going with you.

What are you talking about?

I think I need to find some answers.

Owen, this isn't something
you have to go through on your own.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

But there's some things
I have to do by myself.

Find a way to get off
this regimen for one.

And figure out if I'm ready
to start making up

for the things I've done.

Until then,

I could be no help to you

or anybody else.

You know where I'll be.

Uh, Nikita...

I never apologized

for Daniel.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

♪ that they both are satisfied ♪

♪ illuminate the
"no"s on their vacancy signs ♪

♪ if there's no one beside you ♪

take care of yourself, okay?

♪ then I'll follow you into the dark ♪

♪ then I'll follow you into the dark ♪

Hello.

Hey, where are you?

I'm in London.

But I'm coming home.
We got to talk.

Amanda recommended
my cancellation.

Luckily, Percy wasn't convinced.

We need to move up the timetable

- on your extraction.
- Good.

I nearly bought it today.

Amanda had me dead to rights.

Here's what's weird.

Michael saved my ass.

Do you think he's planning something?

Alex, we need to talk about Michael.