Nikita (2010–2013): Season 2, Episode 17 - Arising - full transcript

Previously on Nikita...

Cassandra, my asset.
She helped me topple Ovechkin.

This is my son, Max.

Michael is Max's father.

She seems to have
a history of hiding the truth.

- You're British intelligence?
- Yes.

Sergei Semak ordered
my father's death.

The only reason
he has control of Zetrov

is because the world believes
all of the Udinovs are dead.

Everything he has
is rightfully yours.

An Udinov will run Zetrov once again.



As long as there's a camera nearby,

Semak won't risk an attack.

I've been working for a long time

to bring him down.

I'm facing knives at every turn.

Semak must be dealt with
before he kills us both.

And the kill will be pinned

on a foreign intelligence service.

I have a mole burrowed deep
within that agency.

Cassandra.

[Sighs]

Max is growing up.

Looks more like
his father all the time.

How did he take Ovechkin's death?



I think the change
in scenery has done him good.

- And how about his mother?
- I've settled in.

[Sighs]

I've never given you more
than you could handle, have I?

No. I can make this work.

You always do.

Cassandra was put in Belarus
by MI-6 to spy for the British.

But according to this...

The whole time
she was also working for Gogol.

Women make the best double agents.

Trust me.

Ari told you he had a mole
lined up to do the hit.

Now if this means
what I think it means,

then Belarus Barbie
is going to kill Semak.

- Which is you want, right?
- Of course.

Well, then what's the problem?

You don't have to do that.

Yeah I do.

Besides, there's
not that many handymen

that specialize in bullet holes.

It's okay to mourn her.

I know Carla
was like a mother to you.

Who taught me
not to trust mother figures.

Lemme give you a hand
with that, okay?

[Phone ringing]

Hey, Alex, what's up?

I'm sending you over
something we stole

from Ari's computer.

It's a personnel file on a mole.

Who is he?

It's a she.
She's MI-6.

What?

- What are you doing?
- Watch the house.

Where are you going?

I'm going to London to get my son.

- Wait, wait a minute...
- For what?

Cassandra,
we just found out, is Gogol.

And Gogol is the enemy.

- Yes, but Max is innocent.
- I know.

That's why I'm going to
bring him back here.

Here.

Where there's no danger at all.

What happened
to finishing this fight?

We don't.
We get out.

And we go somewhere
where they can't find us,

and we live there.

We get out?
We go somewhere?

Are you listening to yourself?
We raise a kid?

Yes!
Absolutely.

No, Nikita, let me make myself clear.

I love you.

And I want to spend
the rest of my life with you.

It's just that it's been very hard

making these pieces fit.

Between you, now Max,
this war with Division...

Maybe...

This will work.

I think you're getting
ahead of yourself.

No, I don't think I am.

Then...

I think...

I think you're getting ahead of me.

I'm not... mother material, Michael.

Why not?

Because I'm... it's Friday,

and my life is insane

and not stable.

And Max has a mother.

Whose lies are putting him in danger.

He would be better off
with you than her.

What you're talking about
is kidnapping.

Taking him away from his mother
to be raised by strangers.

It's gonna mess him up.
Trust me.

You don't want him to pay

for the mistakes
of both of his parents.

[Scoffs]

You gotta confront her, face-to-face.

For a while now
we've known Gogol agents

were trying to steal plans
for our new drone.

Finally we've been able
to identify the courier

they're using.

I think you will agree
this is very troubling.

Troubling.

Madame director, it's a provocation.

I'm dispatching your team
to Russia immediately.

I want you to teach Gogol a lesson.

So you won't tell me
what's bothering you?

Sean, I told you,

this has nothing to do with you...

I'd say it does.

If it affects the hit on Semak,

it affects my ability to protect you.

[Door opens]

- Must be the TV crew.
- They're not due for a while.

Semak.

- Search the rooms!
- For what?

- Katya... I know she's here.
- She's not.

Whoever told you
you were a good liar,

they were lying to you.

- You didn't take her?
- Why would I?

So that I couldn't see her.

- Where is she?
- I told you... I don't know!

Let him go.

You could have just knocked.

Several days ago she ran away.

If she didn't come here,
she must have

gone to a place you know about.

You must help me find her.

And why would I help you?

Because we both love her.

I know you think all
I ever wanted was Zetrov,

and I kept Katya as a trophy,

but it's not the truth.

[In Russian]

[Command in Russian]

He's pretty good...
I almost believed him.

I did.

- Anything?
- Nothing yet.

Do you know what always
amazes me about the Russians?

They're the only people
who drink as much as we do?

I was gonna say how much
they like the cold,

but you're right.

Hard to believe they built
an empire when half the time

they couldn't even march
in a straight line.

And how is that
any different than the British?

We're better looking.
[Laughter]

Ay-up, there's the courier.

And as far as I can tell...

The coast is clear.

Good.

[Cocks pistol]

All I ask is you
bring it back in one piece.

Yourself, not so much...

Toggling street cam.

[Over radio]
I've got eyes on the courier.

Tony, can you enhance that?

[Computer beeps]

- What is it?
- Probably nothing.

- Probably?
- I'm going to check it out.

In case nothing turns into something.

Previet.

{pub}- How did you find me?
- What's the gun for?

- Michael, I am on a mission.
- For MI-6 or for Gogol?

- I have a mole too.
- I never wanted this.

Michael, I've been trying
to get out for years!

So you've been Gogol...

Since I was too young to know better.

They're going to be looking for me.

Well, you better talk fast.

I was born in Kletsk,
raised in Oxford, that is all true.

Gogol approached me when I was 19.

To spy for them?
Or to work as a honeytrap?

I was broke, it was exciting.

I got to travel, see the world...

Infiltrate British intelligence,

sleep with a few dictators,

maybe have a kid along the way.

Max is the one true thing
in my world.

He is why I have to get out.

You've never done anything you
regretted the rest of your life?

I did...

And it got my whole family killed.

That is why I'm here...

To make sure
that doesn't happen to Max.

So am I.

I finally convinced Ari
to let me leave Gogol,

retire from MI-6.

This is my last mission.

- If you survive it.
- Why wouldn't I survive it?

Killing Sergei Semak
is hardly a soft target.

Semak?

What does he have to do with this?

Cassandra, just give it up.
I know.

This is just a hunting pack...
Surveillance only.

MI-6 is supposed to grab a case

containing phony blueprints.

Ari wants them chasing
a mole that doesn't exist.

Either you're lying or Ari is.

I swear...

On our son's life.

Stuart is not here
to assassinate anybody.

Who's Stuart?

The agent tailing the courier
to Lenin square right now.

Lenin square?

That's Zetrov headquarters.

That's where the courier's
leading your man.

This is a frame job.

Stuart is not
going to be the assassin...

No, he's going to be the patsy.

[Over radio] Nikita,
the agent you're following

is walking into a trap.

Makes sense.

Shoot him... finger MI-6
for killing Semak.

It's easier to plant
a smoking gun on a corpse.

[In Russian]

[In Russian]

Sir.

Thank you for coming.

This better be worth it.

I have some information
about something

I'd like to share.

- Or should I say someone.
- You found Katya?

I would ask you to accompany me,

but this is a delicate matter.

Timur, you and your men
stay here until I return.

Follow me.

Hunh!

He was about to take a shot at me!

Somebody jumped him!
She's a pro...

Abort the mission
and get out of there.

Not while they're
having a go at each other...

I can grab the case.

Stuart?

[Grunting, thudding]

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, better than him.

Who are you?
Americans?

CIA.

What are you doing here?

Same thing you were.

Hang on, where you going with that?

- Sorry. It's ours.
- How do you figure?

There's two of us, and one of you.

Cheers.

How can you believe anything
that man says?

He was afraid, Sean.
He couldn't hide it.

But you're not going to actually
help him find your mother?

I don't know where she is.

Right now,
I'm not even sure who she is.

My mother betrayed the country.

But at the end of the day,

I will do anything in my power
to keep her safe.

What... what did I say?

I'm glad you're
looking out for me, Sean.

I know I don't always make it easy.

Well, nothing
worth doing is ever easy.

Alex, we're ready for you.

So Alex, what's it like?

Being back after all these years?

It's surreal.

Uncle Sergei has restored
the house completely.

So when I walk down the halls,

I still expect my mother and father

to come out to greet me.

Even though
I know that's not possible.

If they did...
What would you say to them?

That I love them.

And I miss them very much.

Especially my mother.

Why do you say that?

The last time we were together

we had a quarrel.

I didn't understand
how she was acting,

what she was saying.

But I've had some time
to think about it.

And I think that I understand

what she must
have been going through.

If I could just see her again,

I would try to make things
right between us.

I miss her so much.

Is Katya okay?

You're taking me to her, right?

This isn't about Katya.

But it couldn't wait any longer.

Who did this?

- It must've been MI-6.
- Why Oleg?

He wasn't the target.
You were.

At least that's what the story
was going to be.

Correction.
What it's still going to be.

What story?

The story of your fall.

- [Gunshot]
- Unh!

[Grunting]

And my rise.

[Panting]

Ahh...

{pub}Good to see you.

I mean, aside from you
being on every TV

and newsstand in the country.

Too much?

Just as long as you remember
it's not about you.

You're fighting for something
much bigger than yourself.

This must've been under the door.

- Fan mail?
- How did it go with Cassandra?

Did you stop her from making the hit?

For now.
That's why we're here.

We're trying to help you
find another way

to take Semak down.

Since, you know,
I was in the neighborhood.

We can't stay for long.
If Ari finds out we're here,

then it'll blow everything.

Someone called from the front desk.

He didn't a message, no phone number.

- It says it's from Babochka.
- Who's Babochka?

It's not a person, it's a place.

The family dacha.
We used to hunt Babochka there.

Butterflies.

It's my mother.
She got my message.

She's telling me where she is.

Semak's been murdered.

They cornered us in the alleyway...

We tried to fend them off,
but they shot Oleg.

And then they executed Sergei.

Did you get a good look at them?

It happened too fast.

But judging by their accents
and their firearms,

my first guess would be MI-6.

What?

Spyder found evidence
that a group of their agents

landed in Moscow hours ago.

They set up shop
in an abandoned storefront

by Pushkin square.
Assemble a team immediately.

I want the men responsible for this

dead before they leave Russia.

Of course.
[Russian command]

[Phone rings]

Hello?

[Inhales]
No, no... it's too soon.

People will get suspicious.

In a day or two.

What is it?

That was Ari.
Sergei Semak is dead.

That's what you wanted, right?

How do you feel?

Empty.

It's all I've thought about
for so long.

Now that it's happened...

I feel...

Just...

Revenge never turns out

the way you think that it would.

Something's not right.

Ari goes through all the trouble
to find a fall guy,

we prevent that,
and he kills Semak anyway?

There's a safe house
full of fall guys.

- Ari knows exactly where it is.
- We'll help you.

No, you have a lead on your mother.

You gotta find her.

- Okay?
- Okay.

You can't honestly want us
to tuck tail and run?

Our jet is waiting on the tarmac.

You can come with,

or hitch another ride on your own.

How did they find us so quickly?

Darren, are you all right?

Looks worse than it is.

Try not to move, mate.

[Boom]

[Gunfire continues]

[Quiet]

Hold your fire, I'm coming in!

CIA.
I'm here to help.

You.

She's one of the yanks
who pinched our Intel.

- How did you make us...
- Later.

My partner's out there
holding them off.

My guess is back up'll
be here any minute.

Come on.

You two have a knack for timing,

I'll grant you that.

[Police sirens wailing]

What are you waiting for,
an invite from the queen?

Get in!

Just like I remember.

- What the hell?
- What's wrong?

- Gogol?
- No, Division.

You're right.
I've seen those guys around ops.

What are they doing here?

Unh!

Drop your weapons now!

Alexandra!
What are you doing?

These men are protecting me.

I gave you nine men.

We had the British dead to rights.

Then Nikita came out of nowhere.

Nikita?

Are you sure it was her?

Her and her partner ambushed us.

I think they were working with MI-6.

I saw them take off
in a car together.

MI-6 couldn't have tipped them off.

But somebody else might have.

[Phone beeps]

I've sent you a file.
I need you to leak it for me.

To MI-6.

Let's see how fast
they turn on Cassandra.

{pub}We don't have much time, do we?

The debrief officers
are driving up from London.

They'll take our
after-action reports,

try to contact your
superiors at Langley...

And discover we don't actually
work for the CIA.

Maybe I can distract them
while you slip away.

No, I think we can actually
fight our way out of here.

You want my help?

Yeah, act surprised.

Hey.

Don't forget your tea.

[Cell phone rings]

Pretend this is not control.

Act as if we're chatting
about something mundane,

the weather for example.

It's warmer here than in Moscow.

Yes, it is.

Cassandra is a Gogol spy.

Are you sure it's gonna rain?

Look, I can show you the intercept...

I look forward to it.

I convinced the goons
to give you guys some privacy.

Uh-huh, you threaten to knock heads?

More like knocking glasses.

- Go easy on 'em.
- I won't.

- Sergei loved me.
- I know.

But that love got your father killed.

Knowing that made it impossible
to stay with him.

He sent men looking for you.

One of them found me.
Ari.

He said he was on my side,

that he had no love
for Sergei as well.

He even posted American guards
to protect me,

so Sergei would never know
I was here.

Why did you come here?

Because everybody had forgotten it.

Except me.

When I remember
the three of us as a family,

I think about this place.

You were very young.
Pfft... as were we.

It was back when Nikolai
wasn't an oligarch.

He was just a father.

[Cell phone ringing]

Priviet.

Yes, I'm fine.
I'm here with Alexandra.

Yes, I called her.

I keep underestimating
your resourcefulness.

You also keep lying to me.

Oh, I was planning it as a surprise.

I was going to tell you
at the appropriate time.

Uh-huh.
And when was that?

Once Semak was out of the picture.

Otherwise you would have
led him straight to her.

This was what I was hoping
to meet with you about.

Well, that and one other matter...

I have a proposition for you.

So, Stuart...

You got quiet all of a sudden.

Well, there's
not much to say, is there?

[Inhales]

It always amazes me
what people keep to themselves,

don't you think?

I was supposed to die, wasn't I?

That guy I was following,
he was no courier...

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

You damn well know!
So does control.

She's Gogol.

Just because the mission failed

doesn't mean it was compromised.

When you slipped out
of the house back there,

did you give us up?

Were you talking to someone?

Excuse our mess.

Hell, if it hadn't been
for the CIA sticking their noses

into our business,
we'd all be dead...

And Gogol would probably
be pinning you with a medal.

Good, keep your mouth shut.

Make us torture it out of you...

Don't make me shoot the other one.

I'm sorry.

Cheers.

{pub}MI-6 will be all over
Heathrow and Gatwick,

but not where we're headed.

- How far back are they?
- I can't see them anymore.

Don't take your foot off the gas,
we haven't lost them yet.

We need to get Max, now.

Is he at home?
With Gerald, the sitter.

MI-6 will be heading there.
We have to hurry.

MI-6 is on our tail now.

If you want to keep Max safe,
you lead them in the opposite direction.

No, they will use him as leverage.

- She's right.
- We need to get him.

I'll get him.

They're on the lookout
for you, not me.

Call your sitter,
tell him to take Max

for a walk in Regent's Park.

I'm not gonna let your son
grow up without his parents.

I'm putting him in your arms, today.

I promise.
You gotta keep driving.

You don't want me to slow down?

A little.

You want me to sign over
all my shares in Zetrov

over to you.

You'll be well-compensated,
of course.

And why would I do that?

To assure your mother's
continued safety.

You'll be free to go with her
wherever you like.

Don't take my word for it.

Congratulations, you won.

Why don't you put us on speaker?

I think yo mother
should hear this as well.

[On speaker]
Here's the arrangement.

When you transfer your shares to Ari,

we will give you
and Katya enough money

to live well
for the rest of your lives.

That's not what this is about.

Of course it is.
You never wanted Zetrov anyway.

[Door opens]

I'm sending you a contract.

[Cell phone rings]

You might wanna answer that, Gerald.

Cassandra?

Yes, of course.
He's playing with his jet.

She's right here.

Okay, I guess I can do that.

[Both speaking Russian]

[Cell phone beeps]

- She got him out.
- [Gasps]

Thank God.

Yes.

I think we should
tell him you're his father.

I don't think
it's the right time right now.

- If he missed me before...
- Maybe he won't have to.

Maybe you could come with us.

You risk your life
to get us out of trouble.

Get yourself out as well.

Cassandra, remember
when you were talking about Max

being the thing
that gets you through life...

No matter how hard it gets
or how tough it gets...

I knew what you were saying...

Because I have someone like that too.

There's no way I'm gonna leave her.

I'm afraid, Michael.

- We'll get you to safety...
- For how long?

Now I have two intelligence
services hunting me... and Max.

Every moment I'll be wondering

if the other shoe is about to drop.

That is never going to happen.

We're not gonna let it.

[Knock at door]

I have a lead on Cassandra.

She used her expense account
to charter a private plane.

So I closed the account,

but the transaction's
still going through.

Hmm. MI-6 must have
gotten the message.

She's feeling the heat.

You want me to send a team?

No.
Track the plane.

We'll be waiting wherever she lands.

{pub}You're not actually
considering this, are you?

How could I not?

You can't let them
force you into doing this.

It's not about that.

It's about getting what we deserve.

And that is what they will give us.

Nobody gives you anything, mama.

You have to earn what you get.

Zetrov belonged to papa.

And do you know how he earned it?

Other people's blood.

It's not a company.
It's a curse.

And now we have the chance
to rid ourselves of it.

You think it's a curse now...
Imagine what it'll be like

if Amanda gets hold of it.

Zetrov destroyed your father.

And Sergei.

It will destroy them as well.

Don't let it destroy you.

Let it go.

You should listen
to your mother, Alex.

She knows what's best.

No she doesn't.
You do.

So I get what I want...

If you get what you want.

It's called "everyone wins."

- Except Nikita.
- What?

You're pinning Semak's death
on Cassandra.

Nikita's with her now.

Nikita is not your problem, Alex.

You don't need
to fight her war anymore.

This is about what you deserve.

That's just the thing, Amanda.
You don't deserve to win.

And I'm not gonna let you.

If you walk out that door,
we will hunt you down.

You don't have to worry about that.

We'll be coming to you.

Mama!

We're not out of the woods yet.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Yeah, I'll do whatever it takes.

Control, I'm at the airfield.

No, we're too late.
She just took off.

We can figure that out later.

Contact RAF Brampton.

Tell them to scramble jets
to intercept a turbo-prop,

tail markings
Lima, Tango, Alpha, Kilo...

Bloody thing just burst apart.

It was a Gogol jet...

They must've slipped a bomb on board.

She got what was coming to her.

Cassandra's plane has disappeared.

- Where did it go?
- Down.

The emergency crews
are looking for survivors.

There won't be any.

Another one of MI-6's "accidents."

[Cell phone ringing]

[Exhales]

Hey.

My flight got canceled.

I'm gonna need a ride.

We'll see you soon.

I don't know how to thank you enough.

We'll think of something.

Mama, you're going
to the Greek isles, Corfu.

- And we'll be safe there?
- Yes, you will.

Sean's gonna take good care of you.

But I thought we would
be going together.

Mama, I want to be with you
more than anything.

It's not that simple.

I'm a part of something much bigger.

There are people out there
who must be stopped.

And I want to
be a part of that fight.

You are so strong.

[Cries] Is this what
your father taught you?

Nyet.

Now that nobody's looking for you,

you shouldn't have
a problem getting out.

It's a little
hard to believe I'm "dead."

You get used to it.

I'm sure Max will miss his...

Friend.

We'll be in touch.

Yeah.

I'm afraid that's not gonna happen.

Max...

Look...

You're going to disappear.

But I'm not.

Those people that are after you...

If they were to track me down,

follow me and bug me.

I could lead them
right to you, right to Max.

And I would never forgive myself
if that happened.

That means I can't
tell him about his father.

I know.

You... be safe.

You too.

Both of you.

Hey.

Good-bye, Michael.

Good-bye, Max.

- You're doing the right thing.
- Am I?

When I was growing up,
I thought that any parent

that gave their child up
was unforgivable.

That there would never be a reason

or an excuse for it.

And now I'm standing here.

What you did...

Was an act of grace.

You're a good father, Michael.

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