Nikita (2010–2013): Season 3, Episode 16 - Tipping Point - full transcript

Surprise.

Oh, my God!

Derek?
Yes, from online.

What are you doing here?

Yeah, I know.
I just couldn't help myself.

Can you believe our profiles
say that we're a 97% match?

How did you find me?

Well, I saw a photo of you
on Facebook

from a company picnic,
and I gotta tell you,

you look much better
in person.

Listen, I'm going
to go find some water



to put these flowers in.

I'll talk to you later.

Online.
Okay?

You know, I'm not normally
the jealous type,

but did you want to tell me

who "Darlene643"
from Cincinnati is?

I can explain.

You remember Heidecker, the guy
with the plane full of kids?

Uh, yeah.
How could we forget?

Him and his psycho
science friends?

The Shop.

That's what they call
themselves?

No, that's
what I call them.

You know, like the place
in the Stephen King books?



They make cool stuff
that kills people.

Mikey, please tell me
you haven't been messing around

with these guys.
I've been following every lead

I could find.

One finally paid off.

I really hope you're
not talking about Darlene.

I found parking stubs
in Heidecker's plane,

and I followed them
to a building in Cincinnati.

Darlene got me
into the surveillance room.

Her I.D. card got me
into the surveillance room.

Now, this is him in Kosovo.

And this is him
in Cincinnati.

He visited the same floor
twice a month

for six months--

Bellfar Systems.
What does Bellfar do?

I don't know.
I can't find anything on them.

You could be barking up
the wrong tree.

That's what I thought,
until I found

military-grade encryption
on their servers.

Well,
what do you want to do?

Walk up to their door,
knock on it,

and ask them
for a new hand?

More like knock it down
and take what I want.

Birkhoff, if you hack
their security,

I could be
in and out tonight.

You mean we can.

Okay.
I'll start mission prep.

I'm hacking it now.

I'm right outside.

It's the second
on your left.

I got it.

Hello?

Is someone there?

Hello?

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

- Is Sonya okay?
- She's fine.

The explosive
was just a diversion

so she couldn't
get a look at him.

What was he trying to do?

Take out a server array.

Anything?

The charge was small enough
that it could have sat

undetected for weeks.

Do we know what
the target was at least?

Not yet. I need
to check through the logs

to see if any of them had their
diagnostic L.E.D. activated.

What's that?

It's a little green
blinky light

so anyone who's not Birkhoff

can find
what they're looking for.

Any guesses?

This is Division's brain.

I mean, you could
cripple key systems,

erase files.

Then that's our priority,

to find out
what the target was and why.

So this is where
you met Darlene.

This very spot.

I told her
she could be the one.

On the first date?

You moved too fast.

Ah, it's probably
for the best.

Her favorite movie
is Mac and Me.

Creepy puppet Mac and Me?

- Yeah.
- Makes you shudder

at the thought
of date night.

Also, bow down
before Shadow Walker,

for not even the Shop...

is a match for his might.

Okay, so what's
your perfect date night?

Are you kidding?
We're on it.

Sneak and creep
into a high-security building

run by a shadowy
organization.

Wow, you really know

how to spoil a girl.
Mmhmm.

Ugh, if I'd known
"shmoopies" was gonna be

part of this Op, I definitely
would have said no.

Thankfully, you guys
are almost there.

Maybe I spoke too soon.

- What's going on?
- Hang on.

What happened to the might
of Shadow Walker?

Birkhoff?

Guys?

I think I lost you.

Birkhoff!

♪

You think they knew
we were coming?

Or no one was here
to begin with.

Are you seeing that?

Yeah.

Someone left the light on.

What the hell?

You are not speaking
to a man

returned from the dead.

We do not possess
that technology...

Yet.

So who are you?

A familiar face.

This is a digital mask,

as with the surveillance images
that Michael found.

You lured us here.

To extend
an olive branch.

Not one for personal admirers.
Who are you?

Who we are
isn't nearly as important

as what we can do.

Please, open the case.

If we'd wanted to kill you...

We would have.

You are looking
at a bio-prosthesis.

Tissue grown
from Michael's own DNA

drastically reduces the risk
of limb rejection.

Nice.
So what do you want?

Consider this a gift.

A way of mending
the relationship

between
our two organizations.

I didn't know
we had a relationship.

We do now.

♪ Nikita 3x16 ♪
Tipping Point
Original air date on April 5, 2013

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Doc said it checks out.

So the hand is real.

Everything Heidecker said
was true.

Any idea how they
got your DNA?

I've got some theories,
but they all end with me

never leaving this bunker.

Well, Heidecker--
the--the dead Heidecker--

told me that the Shop

has blood work
on every Division agent.

It's catchy, right?
"The Shop."

Yeah, they've got
our attention.

The question is,
is now what do we do with it?

I can't walk into a local E.R.
and have 'em pop it back on.

Yeah, that's assuming
it's not gonna go

all idle hands on you
if they did.

So the Shop's the only one
that can perform the surgery?

Why am I not surprised?

Birkhoff, you think
you could get them online?

What, are you scared of it?
No.

Would I rest easier
if we dissolved it in acid?

Sure.

But I'm not scared of--

Son of a--

Relax, Mr. Birkhoff.

Our interest is
in Division's skills,

not its systems.

- Here we go.
- We are thinkers, not doers.

When we needed something done,
we asked Percy

to have Division
take care of it.

Oh, I'm sorry.
I killed Percy.

You're gonna have to come up
with another strategy.

Our strategy
is mathematics.

You do something for us.
We do something for you.

We need you
to retrieve an item.

Deliver it to us

and we will perform
Michael's surgery.

Take some time.
Review the files.

I'll await your call.

You two should talk.

For whatever it's worth,

my vote goes for operation:
Dissolve the laptop in acid.

I know what you're thinking.

This is a bad idea.

But Nikita, when I found out
about this,

I didn't believe
it was possible,

but now that it's
right in front of us--

I just thought you were
getting used to the replacement.

That's all.

I'm trying to make do,
but...

When I realized that there
was something out there

that was real,
then every glitch,

every spike of pain
made it that much worse.

You're still in pain?

Why didn't you tell me?
You had enough to deal with.

What else are you
keeping from me?

I don't know.
You mean besides Darlene?

No. You don't get
to dodge this one.

I hate not being
in the field with you.

Being on that mission with you
last night,

that was like old times.

I'd like more of those.

What do we got?

From what we can tell,
it was a two-man Op.

Sonya says the door
was hacked off-site.

Someone else
planted the charge.

So she figured out
what circuit board he was after.

The tracker array.

The trackers?

All of them?

What is it?

Sonya said it could've
sat there for weeks.

He was only
planting the charge.

It wasn't supposed
to go off yet.

What were they
waiting for?

More people to sign up.

There is something much bigger
going on here.

Organized dissent.

A mutiny.

I was afraid something
like this would happen

when you told everybody
about Danforth.

I did this?

Alex, you told
300 trained killers

the government
has a gun to their head.

Not all of them want to stick
around to see what happens next.

And what they don't know
is if enough people

join the mutiny,
it won't even matter.

It'll hit the tipping point.

Tipping point?

One, two people make a run,
we call them rogues,

add 'em to the list.

Half, even a third of our people
make a break for it,

that is chaos.

There's only one way
to cover that up.

Send in the SEALs.

Ryan, when I told them
about Danforth,

I did not intend f--

If we don't nip this
in the bud,

it could take Division down,
and there won't be

anything we can do
about it.

- Sonya almost caught me.
- But she didn't.

And they don't know
the server room was unlocked

from my terminal.

Rachel,
we need to lay low.

Division will never
get shut down.

We are stuck here
until a mission kills us

or the government does.

It's Percy all over again.

Put some feelers out.
Be smart about who you approach.

I'm on it.

The plan won't work anymore.
It can't.

Just chill.

There are other ways
to take out the trackers.

That's only--

Not good enough.

Double up
on the countermeasures

here and here.

Copy that.

Ryan has Alex
and Sean on this.

Which is why you need
to cover your tracks.

We are going
to get there, Chris.

We are gonna be free.

I wish I remembered
what that felt like.

It's like riding a bike.

You never forget.

The Shop wants us
to break into a lab in China

and steal a biotech device.

It's a delivery system
for prions--

protein-based infections
that'll eventually allow us

to cure everything
from colds to cancer.

Doesn't sound so bad.

Well, it's hard to say,
but this thing,

it actually infects you
with a cure.

Or ebola.
Or the "T"-virus.

Who knows?
In six months,

we could be fighting off
zombie hordes.

All right, what else
have we found on this "Shop"?

They're probably
a think tank

that develops tech
for the U.S. military.

Putting this tech
into U.S. hands

wouldn't be
the worst thing.

Well, one thing
you have to realize, Fletch,

is if we do this,
it's a four-man Op.

We will need personnel.

Guys, nobody's
going to want to hear

about a side mission,
not now.

It would have to be
volunteer-only.

I've got two guys
I can get onboard already.

Owen might be down as well.

Owen's out.
He's keeping tabs on Danforth,

just as a precaution.

Are you actually
considering this?

Nothing says we have to do
what the Shop wants.

We get it.
We control it.

All right.

Small footprint.
Volunteers only.

Other than that, I see no reason
not to move ahead.

I could give you a list.

Welcome.

It's a pleasure
to have you here.

- Thank you.
- I've reviewed the plans

for your company's new facility
here in China.

I'm sure you'll be impressed
with the level

of security
our firm can provide.

I hope so.

We're looking for the best.

All our agents
are former Special Forces,

and our protocols
are custom-tailored

to withstand all methods
of infiltration.

- How so?
- To begin with,

we don't rely solely
on technology.

Cameras can be hacked,
so constant watch is kept

on our high-value assets
from this very room.

All right,
we're tapped in.

Setting the cameras
to loop.

It's up to Nikki now.

This better work,
Birkhoff.

Relax.
It'll work.

If it doesn't,
she can handle herself.

Well, I sincerely hope
your methods work.

It'll work.

The window is just another
camera waiting to be looped.

Is Jason ready?

We're in position.

Down! Now!

How'd your Mandarin hold up?
I told you.

I only needed to learn
one phrase.

None of our facilities
have ever had a security breach.

That's impressive.

You know,
it only takes one.

I guess lastly,
could you show me

how you handle
employee security?

All of our employees
wear R.F.I.D.-enabled badges.

You can see them--

- I did see them when...
I walked in.

Time to go.

We're on the move.

Stop! Stop!

Damn it, Jason!

Nikita, we gotta go!

Hold up.

Hey.

Hey. I thought you
were in the armory.

Yeah, I was on my way,
then Michael found me.

He asked me to go
on the China Op.

I told him I was busy
stopping a potential mutiny.

Mutiny?

Ryan's coming on
a little strong,

don't you think?

He's not the only one.

What is that
supposed to mean?

The real reason I didn't
go on that Op with Michael

is I'm worried about you.

You have been different

ever since South Ossetia.

The moment
that I start showing

a little bit of backbone,
all of a sudden,

Amanda did something
to me.

Look, when we were
in that bombed-out hospital

looking for Larissa,
I saw one of those chairs.

The same one that Amanda
used on Owen.

I was never
in that chair.

I was in another room
the whole time.

- So nothing happened?
- The only thing that happened

is that I didn't
save Larissa.

♪

Hey.

Act like you care
about what's on this tablet.

I just spoke
with Jeanette and Sammy.

They each got, like, four
or five people to join up.

I hate to say it,
but Jason's death has been

the best recruitment
poster yet.

People know now
what will happen to them

if Division drags on.

Michael and Nikita
knew damn well

what they were doing.

I don't care
if he volunteered.

First chance we get,
we get out of here.

Not the first chance.

The best chance.

Really great work on these
satellite updates, Chris.

Keep doing
what you're doing.

Got it.

Nikita.

Sorry.

- My bad.
- How's Michael?

He must be devastated.

Jason really looked
up to him.

We're all devastated.

Jason took a bullet
for us.

It's no small thing.

I was in Ops
the day you killed Percy.

You came in
and spoke to us.

And you made that promise.

You're the reason we're all
gonna get out of here someday.

Well, it's real.

It's exactly what the Shop
told us it would be.

That doesn't mean that
it can't be twisted

into something horrible
and nightmare-inducing.

What about the Chinese?
Did you scrub our footprints?

I got three teams on it.

Well done.

I understand
you were successful.

- I hate when he does that.
- You have the prion?

We do.
When do I get my hand?

Tonight.

14th floor
of the Bremmer building,

Buffalo, New York.

Deliver the package.

We will attach your hand
on-site.

Attach it on-site?

That means there's gonna be
a team of Shop surgeons

waiting to do the deed
right there.

And we're gonna
walk into that?

A manned Shop facility?

Walk in
and stick around.

I don't care
how cutting-edge they are,

it's gonna take hours,
and I really don't want to think

about what these guys can do
with time on their hands.

Hey, Nerd,

can you rig an explosive
to this canister?

If Michael's gonna be
under the knife,

they're gonna be
under the gun.

This row's clean.
It's all here.

Same here.

The explosives are all
accounted for.

Hold up.

This one looks like
it's been re-wrapped.

That's modeling clay.

These guys took
almost half a brick.

That means they have more than
enough explosive left.

Well, we have to make sure
they never use it.

I got your update.
Any luck on finding who it is?

Not yet.

Tell you what, I don't like
being one step behind.

There's got to be a way
to bait them,

to lure them out.

What are you gonna do?

I'm not sure yet.
I'll think of something.

So you're leaving again?

One last job.
Just me and Michael this time.

Nikita, finding these rebels
isn't really gonna matter

if you and Michael
keep doing side missions.

It's just going to make
more people want to rebel.

I know.

Just find this group
for me.

We'll make an example
out of them.

An example?

What,
torture and solitary?

Neither.

We're going to march them out
in front of everyone...

And we're going
to forgive them.

This is not the old Division
anymore.

♪

What if they have
armed security?

They're thinkers,
not doers, remember?

Just make sure they're
comfortable operating on me

with a gun to their head.

Honey, I am an expert
at making people do things

with a gun to their head.

You've made it.

Michael, have a seat.

Nikita,
a car will meet you outside.

Once you have given us
the prion,

we will begin
the surgery.

No. No deal
till the surgery's done.

Yeah. We have a bad history
with people like you.

Since the day you first
made contact with us,

we have only offered
to help.

Now we have given you
a gift in good faith.

Why not give us ours
in return?

We knew it'd come to this.

Well, that's why
we have insurance.

Nikita, we're talking
about surgery.

This is going to take hours.

At some point, we're gonna
have to trust these guys.

No, I won't do it.
Not if it puts you at risk.

It's not your decision.

You can't control this
anymore.

Just let go.

For me.

All right,
start the procedure.

Shortly before
we revive Michael,

we'll signal you
to deliver the prion.

And if I don't, he dies?

No, we'll revive him,

but he will not get the
necessary anti-rejection serum.

He will lose the hand
in a matter of days.

And it will be painful.

We'll deliver.

Fair enough.

That wasn't so difficult,
was it, Nikita?

Place the bio-prosthesis
on the table.

The machine will do
the rest.

Michael,
remove your prosthetic,

position yourself
in the chair.

And Nikita, you will have
to administer the anesthetic.

Make sure you're
the first thing I see

when I wake up, huh?

I thought this
would be easier.

No fingerprints?

Casing was thrashed
by the explosion.

Whole area around the server
was clean too.

Whoever's running this mutiny
really knows what they're doing.

I may have something.

What is it?

Residual code from a hack.

An active script left

inside the access terminal
at the armory.

That was me.

You?

Yeah.

Well, we know that
they got the explosive

from hacking access
to the armory,

so I laid
a little dummy code,

make them think
they forgot to scrub it,

so when they scrub it--

We get an alert.

You wanna catch a fish,
you gotta have a hook.

- Clever boy.
- Isn't he, though?

Hmm.
Well, I'll monitor from here.

We have a bite.

The thief is trying
to erase the script.

Well, we'd better
get down there, then.

Wait.

It's coming from Ops.

♪

Stop!

A car is on its way.

Once you've handed over
the prion,

we'll finish the surgery.

There's one more thing
you should know.

I have it rigged to blow.

If anything happens to Michael
while I'm gone--

What happened to our deal?

We still have one.

This is my insurance.

How the hell'd
they get here?

Not before I take back
what's mine!

It's not yours!
It's not even mine!

I don't even have it
anymore.

I'll believe that
when I see it.

Should I be concerned
about that explosion?

- No. I'm on my way.
- Time is running out.

I can go faster
if you shut up.

Oh, and one more thing.

Look out behind you.

♪

How's your boyfriend?

Annoyed.

They're patching him up
in medical now, thanks.

It's a good thing
you got caught.

This way, I don't have
to tell the President

another agent went rogue.

Awesome.

For you.

It means you can still
get your pardon

once we shut Division down.

That day will never come.

It will if people
stop going rogue.

Now, just tell me
who else is involved,

and trust me,

we will all get to walk away
from here one day.

The President
will honor the deal.

It's not a deal.
It's an ultimatum.

It was, Rachel.
Not anymore.

You don't have to take the fall
for the others.

Rachel.

The plan to get
everyone out was my idea.

Without me, it dies.

I still need names.

I will take the fall
for the others,

but I won't let them
do the same for me.

They're dead in the water
without me.

We need to know
who they are.

That doesn't matter!
Not to have to worry

about any tipping point
because no one else

is going rogue.

What did you just say?

I said it's over.

"Tipping point."
How could you know about that?

It's just a phrase.
I don't know.

I said that once,
when I was talking to--

Rachel says that she's
the leader, but that isn't true.

Is it?

She's not taking the fall
for the others.

She's taking the fall
for you.

Well, somebody
has to look out for them.

If they stay,
you and Nikita and this place,

you're gonna
get everyone killed.

Alex, you can't possibly
believe that.

I have seen it.

If Division is left standing,
more people are gonna die.

Just like Jason
and Larissa...

- Larissa?
- And all the other girls.

What?
What other girls?

No, I will not let you
hurt them.

Alex,
what are you doing?

Stay away from me.

Do it.

He's gonna turn us
both in.

Alex, think.

It's not too late
to fix this.

Alex, give me the gun.

Alex?

Alex, I'm sorry.

I got your signal.
I was gonna take the fall.

I screwed up.
I'm sorry.

We have to get out of here.

We gotta go before anybody
knows what happened.

We have to get
everyone out.

What the hell
are you saying?

It's just you and me now.

Alex!

You're right.
You're right.

It's just us.

Nikita does whatever she thinks
is best for her.

We leave them here.

They're just gonna become
another Jason.

But there's nothing
we can do now.

No, the plan
will still work.

How?

How?

You're gonna
have to take the fall.

Make it look like
you took my gun.

Then they'll think
I shot him.

They're not
gonna kill you.

They'll put you in holding.
They'll interrogate you.

All you have to do
is hold out long enough

so that I can
set everyone free.

What if he lives?

Rachel, we're gonna be okay.
All of us.

Freedom, remember?

It's like riding a bike.

Exactly.

Now I need you to hit me.

Make it good.
I'll call for help.

You get upstairs, and you
make sure you get caught.

See you on the other side.

Oh, my God.

Alex.

Alex.

He's lost a lot of blood.

They're not sure
when he'll wake up.

I should've been here.

- You couldn't have known.
- What happened?

It was a breakout.

Rachel's people have been
rigging access terminals

from the start.

One of them hacked
an interrogation room door,

stormed in behind me.

Rachel grabbed my gun,
took off firing.

The only reason
I didn't get shot was...

He took a bullet for me.

Okay, did Rachel say something
before it happened?

She said...

That she's had enough.

Closed-door meetings,
missions on the side.

Division's being run
by an inner circle,

one that isn't concerned
with anyone's future

or shutting this place down.

So she wants us all dead.

She wants everyone
to be free.

I know you're upset,
Dr. Wong.

I agreed to let you
break into my lab,

but I didn't expect this.

This was unacceptable.

Completely unacceptable.

We used Division
to steal the prion

so you would appear
to be a victim.

You're protected,
Dr. Wong.

And so is our organization.

You were supposed
to get my security men

to follow the thief
to an American corporation.

- We did that.
- There wasn't supposed to be

a gun fight.

State Security will ask
too many questions now.

We have that
under control.

And Division?

Did you get them to stop
asking questions about us?

All they know,
or think they know,

is that we are
a U.S.-based organization

with a keen interest
in technology.

We also arranged
for one of them to receive

a very nice gift.

I have high hopes
for our future.

These things take time,
of course.

You know, Fletch,
I gotta tell you,

the day that you came up
with your crazy idea

to keep Division open,
I...

I was scared.

Part of me
just wanted to run,

just bust through the doors
and--

and fight our way out.

But you saw a future.

You saw something
that none of us could see.

I wonder...

Did you see this?

I'm so sorry
I wasn't there.

You know,
you told me once that...

I saved your life.

Do you remember?

The truth is,
my friend,

you saved mine.

More times
than I can even tell you.

We can't do this
without you.

♪

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