Nikita (2010–2013): Season 3, Episode 10 - Brave New World - full transcript

Oh, Nikita, just go.

No! The tank's gonna blow!

I know. I want you to live.
Just go. Please.

I'm not going.

I love you!
Damn it, just go!

I love you.

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

Where are we on Heidegger?

Heidecker.

Birkhoff, where are we
on our best chance

at fixing Michael's hand,
please?



What do you think
I've been doing here?

I've been going back over
all the stuff

Heidecker gave Division.

Kill chips, polymer masks,
pharmaceuticals,

anything spy-fi.

And you found something?

No.

I remembered something.

Heidecker used to come in
for follow-up visits.

He'd stop by,
talk to the doctors,

pick up any clinical data
they recorded.

These guys used Division
for advanced field testing.

To Percy, we were pawns.

To Heidecker,
we were lab rats.



And that made me wonder.

Who are Heidecker's
lab rats now?

Meet Kosta Beciraj.

Deputy prime minister
of Kosovo

and one of Heidecker's
newest test subjects.

On the surface, Kosta
looks like any other politician,

but scratch the surface

and there's a chewy
criminal center.

Ties to organized crime,
drug trade,

human trafficking,
you name it.

Why would a guy like this
agree to be somebody's lab rat?

About a year ago, Kosta was
secretly rushed to the hospital

for emergency surgery.

The official story is,

he was receiving treatment
for minor injuries

after being attacked
by his pet tiger.

Who is this guy,
a Bond villain?

Keep your shirt on,
double oh hottie.

He had the tiger put down,

walled himself up
inside his house.

He didn't want anyone
to know the truth.

It wasn't a tiger.

The CIA tried to kill him.

Now, they failed, but--

He lost his leg.

Transtibial amputation.

Now, check this out.

These were taken
just a few weeks ago.

Ten months after
the accident.

What the hell?

Deal with the devil.

Heidecker.

Spyfi.

How do we get him?

Did some digging.

Heidecker's been visiting Kosovo
about once a month.

His first stop
is Kosta's house.

My guess would be
some kind of maintenance

on the wonder leg.

That,
and maybe the sacrifice

of a virgin or two.

He stays for three days

and then flies back out
for parts unknown.

Do we know
when his next trip is?

He flies in every month
on the first.

That's today.

I have two days
to get there,

grab Heidecker,
and bring him back?

What do you mean,
"grab" him?

Same thing
I usually mean.

"Come with me.
I'm not gonna hurt you.

We gotta go."

So, I get him back here,

and he shows us how to
give Michael a new hand.

You think Ryan's
gonna okay that?

This is not a Division Op.
It's personal.

The only people who need
to know are you, me, and...

Michael.

I gotta tell him.

Nikita.

Hey, how'd your meeting
with the President go?

We're still standing here,
so I think it went fine.

Which brings me to what
Michael and I were discussing.

Given how well he ran Ops
while I was in D.C.,

I've asked him to assume
that role permanently.

Yeah, it's like
the job I used to have

when Percy
was running the place.

Only Ryan promised that
he won't try and kill me,

so that's
a little different.

Well, it's the least
I could do

since the promotion doesn't
come with a raise, huh?

Right.

That's great news.
Congratulations.

Thanks.

I should probably
get down there.

Uh, did you need me
or Ryan?

Uh, Ryan.

Okay.

He seems better.

How are you doing?

I'm still adjusting.

Although not as fast
as he is, I guess.

Look, I know this can't
be easy on you.

I wish there was something
I could do to help.

Actually, I could use
some time off.

We need to confirm
that that leg is real.

This'll do it, right?

Let's make sure.

Why don't I use it
to examine your head

since you seem
to be suffering

from some sort of
brain damage?

I've been on solo missions
before, nerd.

Can't you call
Alex or Owen or someone?

Just have some backup?

No, Owen is still recovering
from his broken ribs,

and Alex has gone
out of town with Sean,

some sort of
meet-the-family thing.

I can't pull her away
from that.

What about Mikey?

You were gonna tell him.
What happened?

He got a promotion.

He's doing better.

He--he's adjusting.

He even made a joke
this morning.

Was it funny?

Look, that all sounds
like good news.

It is.
He's rebuilding his life.

So, if I go in there and
tell him about this new hand

and nothing comes of it?

I can't give him
false hope,

not after...everything.

Dude's got a new leg.

That hope is not false.

Neither is the danger.

Why are you so afraid
of this Heidecker guy?

He works for people
who spend their days

dreaming up new and interesting
ways to commit murder.

Kill chips.
Bullets made of teeth.

That stuff that liquefies
your stomach.

They're not nice folks.
Trust me.

I am not afraid of
a bunch of scientists.

You should be.

Birkhoff,

they have something
that I need.

If they are the only thing
standing in the way

of me and fixing
Michael's hand,

they are the ones
who should be afraid.

♪ Nikita 3x10 ♪
Brave New World
Original air date on February 8, 2013

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

Okay, Nikki...
According to CIA files,

the penthouse is
home to one Bettina Fath.

Former model
and current mistress

of Kosta Beciraj.

Yes?

Flowers.

Just put it
on the table, please.

No card?

No tip?

Kosta just left
his office.

He's on his way
to you now.

I know you're scared,
but I'm not here to hurt you.

You are here
to kill Kosta?

I need something
from him,

but I don't want to
kill him.

Why not?

He is a pig.

He deserves to die.

You have a gun.
Why not shoot him?

Uh, well,
I need him alive.

But if you can help me,
I can help you.

♪

Bettina,
where are you?

♪

You look tired.

♪

You need to relax and
let me take care of you.

♪

So, what did you
have in mind, huh?

A sedative.

Pig.

There's a ticket waiting
for you at the airport.

When you land,
check into the hotel.

There'll be a packet there,

everything you need
to start your life over.

Thank you.

Okay.
Hold the ultrasound steady.

I need accurate measurements
to calculate this.

We don't want to kill him.

It really is live tissue.

Over a metal endoskeleton.

Actually, it looks like his
bones are made of carbon fiber.

It's a little disappointing.

It's awesome.

Okay, give him three ccs
of the NSM-26.

How long till this drug
does its job?

As soon as he wakes up,
he'll feel warm and tingly.

Then pain and swelling.

He'll be begging Heidecker
for a house call

before you know it.

We found Bettina's car
at the airport.

She flew to Berlin.

No idea where
she went from there.

Keep looking.

She does not get to leave me,
understand?

My leg has, uh,

it's been bothering me
ever since I woke up.

Where is Heidecker?

Our driver is on his way
to meet Heidecker now

to deliver the payment.

I find Mr. Beciraj's
payment acceptable.

Thank you.

All right, load the plane.

Mr. Beciraj
needs to see you.

We're about to take off.

I have a schedule
that must be adhered to.

You will have to be late.

Hey, do you know
where Nikita went?

Ryan said she took
a few days off.

Uh, I'm not sure.

I think she went somewhere
with Alex.

Like a spa or something.

Or maybe not.

You're supposed to be
out of town with your boyfriend.

Uh, sorry to expose
your web of lies,

but his sister canceled.

Her kids are sick.

Okay,
let's try this again.

Where's Nikita?

Look, maybe you
should call her

and ask her yourself.

I don't want to be
in the middle of this.

You're up to your neck
in this.

Whatever "this" is.

What is all this?

What did you do?

I overrode
your hotkey app

and restored
all the hidden windows.

The timestamps on these
are wrong.

No, they're not.

They have to be.

If this guy lost his leg
a year ago,

he can't be walking around.

As far as we can tell,
it's not a prosthetic.

It's real flesh and blood
grown over carbon fiber bone.

Oh, my God.
Michael.

My leg is throbbing.

It hurts to walk.

There's swelling.

It must be that shot.

What, you give me
bad medicine, maybe?

There is nothing wrong
with the medication.

This sounds like a bug bite,
some kind of allergic reaction.

Call a doctor.

I called you.

You fix it.

I'm not a doctor.

My function is merely
to observe

and gather data
from the test subjects.

I am not one of
your lab rats.

Or am I? Hmm?

Is your little
experiment done?

Have you decided it's time
to put down the test subject?

No one is trying
to kill you.

American agents already
try and kill me.

That's how I lost my leg.

Maybe they try again, hmm?

What, they get to you?

Convince you to do
the dirty work?

I don't have time
to indulge your paranoia.

My friend.

You are not going
anywhere.

Birkhoff,
we have a problem.

I think Kosta may be
crazier than we thought.

I gotta go in.

No, Nikita,
you need to get out.

- Michael, what are you--
- Pull out.

It's too dangerous,
and you're alone in there.

I can't let them
kill Heidecker.

Damn it. Nikita!

What the hell
is going on here?

You're going to fix
my leg.

And you're going to give me

all the wonder medicine
I could ever need

to make it strong
and healthy.

Until then, you will stay
right here with me.

What?

The gun makes it
very difficult

for me to focus
on your problem.

Well, maybe
I shoot you, huh?

A leg for a leg.

Maybe you'd focus then.

Now, you don't want to
threaten me.

And why is that?

Come on, let's go.

Looking for this?

Kosovo?

Do you have any idea
how delicate

the political situation
is there?

Why the hell
didn't you stop her?

Please remind me
of the last time

someone successfully stopped
Nikki from doing anything.

Ever.
He has a point.

And we have
an international crisis.

Nikita just assaulted
the deputy prime minister

of a U.N. recognized--

Kosta Beciraj
is a criminal.

Everyone knows that.

He's a duly appointed
government official.

That's what matters.

No, what matters is,
she's captured.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Shut up, everyone.

Shut up. I got Nikki.

She's close to her comm.

I will send them your head
in a box.

Maybe they can grow you
a new body.

This is
a misunderstanding.

No! I paid you for this leg
and you double-cross me?

Now it's you who will pay.

After you undo
what you did to me.

And what did I do to you,
hmm?

Your accusations
keep changing.

Am I a mad scientist?
Am I a CIA assassin?

Oh, you travel alone

and pretend to feel
no fear.

But she--

she proves
this is not so true.

Pay close attention to
what happens to your bodyguard.

It will happen
much more slowly to you.

If you harm her,
I won't help you.

Why would he protect her?

He's buying some time.

Maybe you're warm-blooded
after all.

Michael, you can't
go in there blind.

You come up with
the plan.

I'll call you
when I get there.

I gather his plan is,
step one, fly to Kosovo,

step two, kick ass?

I want to go with him.

Take backup with you.

What, you shadow him
every trip? Huh?

The medic is here.

Not here.
The kitchen.

Take them to Kiki's room.

We'll continue this
after I'm cleaned up.

And call Slavisa.

Tell him I want
the borders closed.

Sir?

We may have other conspirators
in the country.

They must not be
allowed to escape.

Tell the minister
of defense

to radio the checkpoints
and close the borders now!

There's no way we can
keep a lid on this.

No containment possible.

Well, look, even if
Kosovo flips out

and seals its borders,

it doesn't necessarily mean

Division had
something to do with it.

Yes, but if Danforth
finds out

and tells the President,

then we are,
all of us, dead.

They will brand Nikita
as a rogue assassin

and they will burn
this place down to make sure

we can't cause damage
like this again.

I'm beginning
to understand

why Percy made
the Black Boxes.

Government has
a trigger on you,

you put a trigger on them.

Percy.

How would Percy deal
with this kind of thing?

He'd try to get
ahead of it,

spin something.

He called it
"controlling the narrative."

Danforth.

Commander,
I hope you don't mind me

calling you
on your secure line.

That's what it's for,
Fletcher. What's wrong?

Uh, nothing wrong.

Just curious about
the situation in Kosovo.

What situation?

Evan, please,

I've got people on the ground
in Macedonia.

They've heard the rumors.

I just need to know
what to tell them.

Rumors about what?

That Kosovo is getting ready
to close its borders.

If there was
something going on,

I'd hear about it
from Camp Bondsteel.

But you haven't.

You want to check rumors,
call TMZ.

I don't have time for this.

Now we just wait
for him to call back.

What? Did it sound
like I was lying?

No.

So, this is Kiki's room?

His pet tiger.
Now deceased.

Well, we haven't been
formally introduced.

I know who you are.

What I want to know is
why you saved me back there.

Shameless self-interest.

Mr. Beciraj
is going to kill me.

Based on the skills
you possess,

courtesy of
your Division training,

I decided
that you afforded me

the greatest chance
of escape.

How do you know that--?

How do you know
who I am?

I know every agent
in Division.

Not personally, of course.
Statistically.

Blood type, body mass,
response time.

Things of this nature.

Right.

Because we were
just useful tools to you.

I hope so.
In this case.

Be careful.

Some tools
have a sharp edge.

Now, you went to a great deal
of trouble to find me.

I must have
something that you need.

Well, I subscribe to
the principle of fair exchange.

If you help me,

I would be happy
to return the favor.

Assuming you tell me
what that favor might be.

One of our own
was wounded...in combat.

He lost his right hand.

Oh, dear.

You made him
a new leg.

I thought you could make us
a new hand.

Well, I didn't, uh,
make the leg.

The men I work for did.

I merely applied
the technology

and occasionally returned
to service it, collect data.

Same as I used to do
at Division.

Birkhoff told me you were
the source of the tech.

No, no, not the source.

The, uh, sales rep
for the source.

I saw that leg.
The skin was real.

It was real.
Yeah, most of it is.

The bone is carbon fiber,
of course, but the tissue--

the tissue was regrown
from his own DNA.

That's not possible.

You've worked with
some of our prototypes.

I would hope that your
perspective on what's possible

might have been expanded
by now.

I'm sorry if gadgets
like the kill chip

don't fill me
with a sense of wonder.

We didn't design them
to kill.

That was simply how Percy chose
to apply the technology.

Used in other ways,

those chips could help
millions of people.

You allowed your technology
to be used in this way.

You gave it to
a covert Black Ops group.

The military funding
of science

has led to breakthroughs

that have
changed the lives

of every single human being
in the world.

Ah, you mean
like the atom bomb.

I mean,
like atomic energy.

Like the Internet,
developed by DARPA.

Like GPS,
developed by the Navy.

Yay, science.

Hmm.

The answer is yes.

We can make your friend
a new hand,

one indistinguishable
from the one he lost.

But it can't be built
from inside this cage.

So, what do you say we, uh,

we get me out of here?

Now...

Tell me what you did
to my leg.

It's a slow-acting poison.

What you're experiencing
right now

is just the beginning.

By tomorrow, it'll be
too painful to walk on,

and by next week,
you'll be dead.

You must fix it.

We can, but we'll need
some assurances.

If we help you,

you have to agree
to let us go.

And what assurances
do I have?

You already poisoned me
once.

How do I know

that the next shot's not going
to make things worse?

You can test it out

on one of your many men.

If he survives,
you're safe.

And once your leg
is healed,

you'll take us to a location
of our choosing

and I will give you all the
anti-rejection medicine I have.

We will leave.

You'll never see us again.

I accept your terms.

Where is the antidote?
In your bag?

No, I'm afraid not.

We'll have to manufacture
the antidote right here.

And how long
will it take?

Several hours.

And...

We need supplies.

That's quite a list.

It will take a while for my men
to pull this all together.

You better hurry.

We wouldn't want that
beautiful, perfect leg to rot

and fall off
while they're out shopping.

This is Fletcher.

You were right
about the borders.

Great call.
No one else caught it.

What's the President's plan?

Stall.

Until we figure out
how to handle this.

You remember
what happened last year

when the Kosovo police

tried to take over
the northern posts.

Six months of violence

on both sides
of the border.

I don't suppose
the U.N. Security Council

wants to repeat that
particular part of history.

They aren't sure
what to do.

The prime minister
can be reasoned with.

His right hand man
is a different story.

It's why the CIA

tried to take him out
in the first place, right?

I don't suppose
they could try again.

I can't risk
another botched CIA job.

If we took him out,
it would have to be clean.

Invisible, even.

You're not suggesting--

It's why Division
was created, right?

Do you think your people
can get to Beciraj?

I believe we might
have a way in.

I thought you said you
weren't a scientist.

No, no, I said I wasn't
the kind of a scientist

who could engineer a way
to regenerate someone's limb.

Basic chemistry,
I can manage.

So, the leg.
Tell me how it works.

I can only explain it
in the most rudimentary way.

Good.

'Cause that's the only way
I'll understand it.

All right.

We know that
newts and salamanders

can regrow severed limbs.

So, the researchers
developed a chemical cocktail

that creates
pluripotent stem cells--

the same thing salamanders
use for regeneration.

Do you know how much
something like this costs?

I mean, I don't know
if you got the memo,

but Division lost most of
its government funding.

Our organization isn't
interested in money.

We're very well funded.
What we need is data.

The kind that comes
from clinical trials,

real world testing.

How did your friend
lose his hand?

It would help me
figure out

if he's a good candidate
for the regeneration process.

He was pinned
under a burning car.

It was either cut off his hand
or watch him die.

A clean cut.

Not a crush injury.
That's good, that's good.

I assume the amputation
took place in the field, yes?

A great deal of blood loss?

There was a lot of blood.

Too much.

Medical support
was an hour away,

and, uh,

fortunately,
there was a sharp blade

and a burning car,

so it only took a--
a few tries

to cauterize the wound.

I'm sorry.

It must have been
very difficult for you

to, uh,
do what you did.

I don't think I'll ever get
the sound of his screams

out of my head.

When you see him
whole again,

you will.

Okay, we're at
the compound.

You told me
to make a plan.

I'm all ears.

I need you to kill
Kosta Beciraj.

This order has been
sanctioned by the President.

Hey, I thought Division didn't
do kill missions anymore.

Consider this the last one.
Good luck.

Okay,
we're in position.

From what we heard
on the comm,

they're holding them
in Kiki's room.

It's behind the house
in the old stables.

Once you start moving,

there's no cover
between you and the house.

Okay.

Bill, you guys
keep the guards busy

on this side of the house.

And that'll be
your position,

once Chris
takes care of the guards.

Go! Go, go, go!

This is our shot.

All right, we're good.
Go ahead and use the fire.

Fire in the hole.

Aah!

Let's go.

Michael?
What are you doing?

The keltrex prototype.

I prefer "Michael,"
but thanks.

- What's the plan?
- To get you out of here.

I've got a car half a mile
up the road.

We won't make it on foot.

I saw another car on
the other side of the house.

Ops, I've got Nikita
and a passenger.

We'll get another ride.

Keep him distracted,
but don't kill him.

Alex, target is on
the south side of the building.

Sir, we must go!

Kosta!

Cover story?

Yeah, cover story.

Ops, target
is eliminated.

It'll look like
his own man shot him.

Copy that.

Alpha team, disengage.

Rendezvous with Alex and
follow exfil route as planned.

Did you erase
the security footage?

Like we were never there.

Tell the President
it's done.

Mikey, local fuzz got a call
about all the noise.

They're coming
to crash the party.

You need to stay
off the main roads.

All right. Alex, take the team
to the extraction point.

We'll find another way.
We gotta get going now.

- I have a plane.
- Let's go.

It's Heidecker.

I'm on my way now.

Please ready the plane

and make sure
the cargo is secure.

Oh, yeah, that model
always was twitchy.

We had trouble calibrating
the biosensors.

What we came to realize was
that the myoelectric feedback

had been weakened
because the signal

was spread across
too many sensors.

I'm sorry.
You lost us.

All Seymour needs to do
is clip a few of the returns.

You'll get far more
consistent results, although

I doubt you'll be needing
that prosthetic much longer.

Do you really think the
limb regeneration's gonna work?

Well, from what you tell me
about his injury

and from what I can see
in this incredibly poor light,

I believe Michael
an excellent candidate.

We're here.
Eh, just up ahead.

Uh, that gentleman
in the black jacket

is the last
of Kosta's thugs.

We're going to have to
deal with him

before my pilot
can take off, otherwise...

Got it.

Well, I'm sure you'll
want to get started

as soon as possible.

We'll need to run
a few tests.

You're gonna want to start

on the anti-rejection meds
immediately.

Why are there kids
on the plane?

I told you
to secure the cargo.

As I explained to Nikita,

everyone pays
what they can.

The children
are Kosta's payment.

Who are they?
Were they kidnapped?

Well, to be honest with you,
it never occurred to me to ask.

It was irrelevant.

Real world testing
is important to our research,

and it's very difficult to find
able-bodied test subjects.

They're children,
not guinea pigs.

These children come
from abject poverty.

They have extremely short
life expectancies.

At least now, their lives
will have some meaning.

No wonder you and Percy
got along.

You're a monster.

And you're
Division agents.

You've both killed
plenty of people.

You can't be surprised that
this is how the world works.

It doesn't mean
we're gonna stand by

and let you get away
with this.

Nikita.

The President
was quite impressed

by what you did in Kosovo.

To be honest,
so was I.

I know it was a delicate
situation for the President.

Making it look
like an attempted coup?

Stroke of genius.

It's not that I don't
appreciate the kudos,

but you could have said this
all over the phone.

Why'd you need to see me?

The President and I have given
this matter a lot of thought.

We'd like to have
a serious conversation

about Division's future.

Well, I assumed Birkhoff
was exaggerating, of course,

but you really did
take over his whole space.

Yeah, I needed it
to lay all of this out,

but it's everything we found
on that plane.

Heidecker can't talk,

but maybe his stuff
can tell us something.

I'm so sorry
about Kosovo.

Don't apologize.

I should thank you.

I was ready to give up
and accept that this

was the best I was
ever gonna have,

but you proved me wrong.

You gave me hope.

How?
I shot Heidecker.

He's dead.
Yes.

But the people
he works for aren't.

They're still out there.

They can fix this.
They can give me a new hand.

Michael,
these are not good people.

Birkhoff was right
to warn me about them.

Yeah, and you were right
to ignore him.

This is my chance to get back
what I lost.

I mean, I didn't even think
it was possible.

Now that I know that it is,

I can't give up on that.

We can't trust them,
and we certainly

shouldn't be in business
with them.

We won't be.

We'll find them,

we'll take what we need,

and we'll
burn their house down.

Whatever it takes.

Whatever it takes.

How'd it go
with the boss lady?

She was pleased with
the operation in Kosovo.

No one suggested liquidating
our assets even once.

That's good news, right?

What else did she say?

She was so impressed

that she's asked us to look into
a few other matters.

All right, hold on.

We all agreed

that there wouldn't be
any government missions.

We'd find
these rogue agents

and then we'd
shut this place down.

Strictly clean-up duty,

with a real hard
expiration date.

What do we do?

I mean, I feel like
I've done enough.

It's four files.

We take care of them,

maybe that's the end of it.

No, not the end.

This is how it begins.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==