Nikita (2010–2013): Season 3, Episode 21 - Invisible Hand - full transcript

Previously on Nikita...

- Took you long enough.
- We got your message.

My people are excited

that you're gonna be
joining our team.

Our relationship
could change the world.

Amanda's working
with the Shop.

- Tell your men to back off.
- What?

For our plan to work,

we need both Nikita
and Michael alive.

[Car alarm chirps]

- Nikita.
- Hi, Henry.



Long time, no...
Whatever your wanna call this.

I used to call it
a secure way to meet.

Are we feeling insecure?

Ever since you asked me

to look into the identity
of this man.

Paid you to look into him.

Paid me.
Yes.

I need to ask, why are you
so desperate to find him?

I'm after the woman
next to him,

but I already know about her.

Well, then maybe
you should ask her,

because I can't find anything.

Henry, you can find anybody.

So you're telling me
you can't find one hit man



who wears hunting glasses?

I'm sorry, Nikita.

Sorry's not good enough.

No.

I'm sorry.

[Gunshot]
[Gasps]

Some advice:

Don't ask questions you
may not like the answers to.

[Engine starts]

[Tires screeching]

- [Grunts]
- By the way...

The name's Smith,
and they're shooting glasses.

♪ Nikita 3x21 ♪
Invisible Hand
Original air date on May 10, 2013

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

You could've been killed.

They were just trying
to scare me.

Smith let us live,
down at the dock.

I know, I was there.

Which means Amanda
wants me alive for something.

Well, you don't have
to find out what it is.

- I have to stop her.
- No, you don't.

Look, Ryan is in D.C.
right now.

He is making the President
sign our pardons as we speak.

We are done.
We can go.

With Amanda still out there?

- Yes.
- Michael...

She's working with the Shop.

Let her.

Maybe this didn't go down
the way we wanted.

But we did what we said
we were gonna do.

We gave everyone in here
a shot at a new life.

Except for us.

She will come after me.
She'll come after us.

And she'll keep coming
unless I stop her.

Nikita,
before we got engaged,

you said there was...
Always gonna be another mission.

What you meant is that we can't
let that get into the way

of what we really want
in life.

But I'm starting to think
the next mission--

any next mission--

is all you really want.

No, that's not--

this--

Don't say
that this is the last one.

All set.

Set for what?

Taking the car apart

to see if we can't find a lead
on the Shop.

Didn't she tell you?

Perfect.

So the doctor is continuing
his work.

Right on schedule.

He's one of our
most disciplined minds.

I like discipline.

Now, if all goes well
in New York,

your target will be eliminated
and we'll be on our way.

I can't tell you how pleased
we are you decided to join us.

I only wish you had
come on board a year ago.

You should've made me
a better offer.

We agreed to all your terms.

Now, I admit,
I am uncomfortable

with the...Nikita variable.

Nikita was my only term.

Just remember, we pride
ourselves on our discretion.

We're invisible
for a reason.

I know all about
living in the shadows.

We don't even know
if he did it via satellite.

How else are you gonna
remotely drive a car?

Telekinesis?

What am I doing here?

Division's shutting down,

here I am sticking my head
in the tiger's maw.

You do realize
this is Shop technology

we're dealing with, right?

You've only said it
47 times.

We're doing this
because Nikita asked us to.

Nikita.

You know,
I love her to death,

but sometimes I wish I could
just reach inside her head,

yank out that chip
that makes her so--

Give me that.

Maybe I should take out
your emotion chip too.

You don't have
the tongs for that.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Stop! Stop!

Give me that.

That's it.

It's a strange fate
that we should suffer

so much fear and doubt
over so small a thing,

such a little thing.

- All set.
- [Exhales] Okay.

If I'm right,
this'll give us access

to the Shop's
satellite network.

Okay.

Comsat relay 16309.

Why are we whispering?

Because if I make a wrong move
inside these nodes,

they'll know I be creepin'
while they be sleepin'.

Whoa.

This thing's a Black Bird.

Singing
in the dead of night?

No, as in not registered.

Technically,
it doesn't even exist.

Yeah, these guys bought
their own...

Private satellite network,

whose guts we are currently
all up in.

What can you tap into?

Well, this baby's
a comm relay...

Live traffic,

Shop service talking
to each other.

There's some phone calls.

Phone calls?

Yeah, three at the moment.

Uh, two just dropped out
actually.

Listen in.

It took me a while,
but I just got here.

And you're where?

I'll be at the Cobalt facility
for another hour.

What's the status there?

- What's Cobalt?
- Just listen in.

It's Smith.
The status?

The status is I'm on scene,
and the car's gone.

So is she.
It's him for sure.

Forget about Nikita.

You need to get to New York.

Everything's set.
I'm heading there now.

And the Hasan woman?

She arrives tomorrow.

Good.

Then don't let her
get away too.

He said he was seeing
the Hasan woman.

- Who--who could that be?
- Maryam Hasan.

She's a Sudanese-born
human rights activist,

and she'll be arriving
in New York this week

as part of a goodwill visit.

Didn't she just win
the Nobel?

Last year.

I've been following her
since university.

We're both girls who got out
of East Africa, as it were.

Wealthy parents, Oxford.

Says here she was
recognized for her fight

against human trafficking
and modern slavery.

Why would the Shop
care about that?

Michael.

Plane full of kids.

Heidecker said the Shop
tested on human subjects.

Preferably on ones
that no one would miss.

So she's messing
with their supply lines.

They're sending Smith
to kill her.

I'm going to stop him.

We can warn
the authorities.

No, they won't know
who to look for.

And they won't
stand a chance.

Sonya, can you
get me the address?

All right,
I'm just gonna say it.

I thought we were done.
No more missions.

This is the last one.

[Applause]

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

Shelters like this
are the kind of outreach

we need all over the world

to raise awareness
and to raise hope.

Ms. Hasan, Ms. Hasan!

Despite your efforts,
traffickers

continue to generate billions
in profits every year.

32 billion.

In position.
I got eyes on Hasan.

No sign of Smith, but that
doesn't mean she's safe.

Copy that.
Alex is arriving right now.

Thank you for this.

I knew Amanda
and the Shop would pop up.

I just didn't know when.

No, thank you for the big
donation to Hasan's charity.

It'll get you in close.

Yeah, well, what else
was I gonna use the money for?

Now, Nikita and I
have the perimeter.

Hasan's people told me,

your head of security,
that they wanna say hi to you,

like, right away, so you need to
get in pocket and stay there.

And look out for some
overdressed hit man

wearing yellow
shooting glasses.

You are fighting an enemy

so large, so powerful,

do you ever wonder
if winning is impossible?

I met a woman last week.

She was searching
the streets of Mumbai

for her 14-year-old daughter.

Girl was kidnapped
when she was 12,

forced to become
a sex worker.

Her mother
is still searching

day and night
in a city of 20 million.

Am I supposed to tell her
it's impossible?

Ladies and gentlemen,
if you'll give me a moment.

Ms. Hasan.

You saved me.

It's an honor.

Ms. Hasan, the work
that you're doing, it's--

it's absolutely incredible.

Alexandra--
may I call you Alexandra?

Of course.

I've been trying to get
in touch with you

for quite some time.

Me? Why?

Your story
is an inspiration.

Falling into the abyss
of human trafficking

doesn't have to be
the end of one's life

or one's dignity.

You're a hero, Alexandra.

You don't agree.

I don't know what to say.

Then what would you say

to being a special envoy
to the United Nations?

Let me ask, what have you
been doing with your time?

Well,
I've been keeping busy.

You could be doing
so much more.

Changing policy worldwide.

Pushing through
new legislation.

It's Smith.
The flower vendor.

[People screaming]

Stay with Hasan!

You're cut.
We'll get you a doctor.

[Grunts]

Yah!

[Glass shatters]
Oops.

Hey! Freeze!

I'm not with him.

Yah!

Not so tough
without your car, are you?

Smith's down.

NYPD's on the way.
Get scarce.

[Cell phone chimes]

[Distant sirens approaching]

Amanda.

The text came from
Cobalt River, northern Michigan.

Cobalt's the name we heard
on the intercept.

So what about it?

There's definitely
something there.

Doesn't show up on Google Earth
or even Shadownet.

But if we gaze through the eyes
of the Black Bird...

Area 50 3/4.

That's it.

That's where Amanda is.
I'm going.

No, you're not.

We stopped the assassination.

Maryam Hasan is still alive.
I thought this was the last one.

It is,
but it's not over yet.

Amanda texted Smith
from this place.

When I get her,
then it's over.

She did something to you.

You said so yourself.

Said Amanda
scrambled your brain

in that chair
that I pulled you out of.

What if this
is what's driving you?

No, I said
that she may have.

That's why I need you
to come with me.

In case I stop being myself.

- Birkhoff...
- Don't even need to ask.

You won't be the only one
looking out for her.

Thanks.

I mean, can you really
picture me as a...

What did she call it?
A special envoy.

Testifying before Congress,
running around

holding press conferences.

Absolutely I can.

To me, Alexandra Udinov's
always been a cover.

A bad cliche.

I suppose some of us
see you differently.

Alex, of all the people in here,
you're the only one that has

an actual life to go back to
after all of this is over.

I think it's wonderful
that she's offered you a job.

I'd find out more.

And by the way,
Alexandra is not a cover.

She's you.

25% on the satellites?
I can't hold the hack with that.

It's the best we could do
with secondary service.

Not good enough.

Mikey and Nikita
are about

to break into a Shop facility
uninvited.

The last time
we tried to do that--

Okay, I will go down
and reconfigure.

Stop.

Don't--don't do that.
I can...

I can make it work.

Seymour,
I understand your concern.

Believe me, I do.
That's not it.

If we really are
done with this place,

and it looks like
we might be...

Where do we go after this?

Where?

What I'm trying
to say is...

Is...

We, right?

- Seymour--
- I just need to know.

Of course.

[Exhales]

Cool.

'Cause things might get
kinda hectic out there.

I just wanna make s--

Shut up.

[Computer beeps]

They've reached the perimeter.
Yeah.

- Perimeter's clear.
- I haven't seen one patrol.

Yeah,
that's what scares me.

Let's have a look through
the Shop's eye in the sky.

[Beeping]

Whoa, stop.

Everybody stop.
What? What?

I don't see anything.

Pressure sensors
all over.

- What do they trigger?
- Let's not find out.

Birkhoff, guide us in.
Okay. Follow my lead.

Oh, that's not terrifying.

Just follow
the fence on the left.

The system's fighting me.

I've tapped into
the security network.

You got it?

Got it.

"Velcome."

[Beeps]

All right, guys,
it looks like they have

some automated countermeasures
here, so watch your six.

And your seven,
eight, and nine.

They kept people here.

Michael.

Please, please,
don't do this.

Don't do this, please.

You already know it works.
Please don't!

[Machinery whirring]

[Alarm sounding]

Birkhoff, I thought you said
you had their security.

Which node
are those cannons on?

C17,
but they're re-routing.

Just give me a second!

[Gunfire]

[Alarm stops]

[Beeps, latch clicks]

Help me, please.

Please.

Whatever that is,
don't do it.

[Beeps]

[Groans]

[Grunting]

Where's Amanda?
Where is she?

Guys, I can't
hold these cannons down.

You gotta get gone.
Let's go!

The response time
is too fast.

They're gonna
get locked in.

[Whirring]

[Grunts]

- Michael, you're hit.
- Yeah, I'm all right.

- Shut it down!
- I can't.

The system knows
it's been compromised.

- Birkhoff--
- Just give me a second.

We don't have it!

[Beeping]

[Latch clicks]

Come on.

[Exhales]

There.

Can we hurry this up?

You field agents
and your drama.

Now I know where Seymour
gets it from.

Dr. Loren Tolcher.

You've been a busy bee.

That man you killed
back at the lab,

how'd he end up there?

My guess is that
you bought him.

Is that why your people
tried to kill Maryam Hasan?

She put a dent in your
little guinea pig supply.

It makes her a priority target,
doesn't it?

I don't have a target.
I'm just a biologist.

What does Amanda want
with your work?

I don't know who that is.

What about your experiments?

Our guy says you're using
some kind of micro particle

in this fluid?

Nanoparticle.

Don't pretend
to understand my work.

I miss this place,
by the way.

Division was one of
our best proving grounds.

Such a waste.

You don't have enough
test subjects

for your little virus?

[Laughing]
A virus?

You need to crawl out
of the 20th century.

You should be careful
with that.

There's only one antidote,
and it's the blue one.

I think I get it.

Ah! Are you insane?
[Gasps]

Depends on who you ask.

You need to administer
the antidote now!

Not until you tell me what
Amanda's doing at Cobalt River.

She came by earlier today
to inspect the facility.

So you do know her.

She's planning to use
the nanotoxin

on a high-profile victim.

That's all I know!
I swear!

- Yeah? Who is it?
- I don't know!

I just design!
I don't implement!

Please.

They know Cobalt
was compromised.

I'm a liability now.

- You want this?
- Yeah!

Tell me how it works.

Haemo-plasmic nanotoxin.

The particles are introduced
into the bloodstream,

and when triggered,

it leads to acute vascular
degeneration.

English.

Every blood vessel
in the body explodes inside you!

It's an upgrade
to the kill chip, you idiots!

[Sighs]
No surgery required.

Inject the nanos,
hit the trigger.

What trigger?
The button you had?

A focused microwave
frequency.

Aimed anywhere
in the world.

Give me the antidote!
I swear that's all I know!

Okay.
Good talk.

Seymour, the satellite
just re-engaged

its communications array.

It's emitting a signal burst...
Toward us.

I don't like
the sound of that.

Let's cut the uplink.

[Beeping]

No!
[Gagging]

Michael!

[Groans]

Officially done
dissecting Shop property.

I prefer the car.

We should incinerate
the body.

Not until we confirm
his story.

I believe it's confirmed.

It is more than a virus.

Nanites that mimic human cells
with a micro-dose of toxin.

You could have it
in your bloodstream,

and no one would know.

Only if you knew
what you were looking for.

No symptoms
till you turn on the microwave,

and then bam!

Blood pudding.

So it was the button
at the facility.

Only this time, it was Amanda
pushing it from somewhere else.

Even if it was her,

how would she know
that you injected him?

Birkhoff,
check his inner ear.

Amanda once exposed Alex
by putting a cochlear implant

in another agent's ear.

Maybe she did it again.

[Device whirring]

[Device beeping]

Okay.
Got something.

I'm reading it.

This is much more advanced
than an implant.

It looks as if
it was injected

directly into
the tympanic cavity.

Kind of like
a permanent comm device.

It's brilliant.

Brilliant and twisted.

She could hear everything.

Okay.

So who's her next target?

Tolcher said
it was high-profile.

And to make that work,

she'd have to infect
the target first

and then kill them with...

The frequency later.

Ladies and gentlemen,

there is no limit
to what we can do.

We have made
important progress,

but the work continues.

Eh, "work" or "battle"?

What about "struggle"?

[Laughs]

Perfect.

I'm glad you returned.

You didn't let that attack
scare you off.

Why should I?

Hasan? She walked away
without a scratch.

One scratch.

That shiv.

Smith must have infected her
with that.

The whole incident
will only garner more publicity.

She'll die tonight.
Tonight?

She's giving a speech
in two hours.

She'll die
in front of millions.

And Amanda's gonna
pull the trigger.

Alex...

They're gonna kill her
tonight.

If it's triggered
by satellite, let's kidnap her,

shield her from the signal.

That's not an option.

The signal penetrates
underground.

Our best plan
is to get the antidote to you.

We have one...
That we didn't use.

That's gonna be difficult
to explain to her.

Well, we dose her
without her knowing.

Maybe with a smaller needle,

but it's an Op that would
take days to plan.

We don't have days.
Alex...

We gotta think about this
and call you back.

Don't take your eyes
off Hasan, okay?

Count on it.

[Sighs]

- Got it.
- Got what?

Amanda knew exactly
when to push that kill button.

But the signal came through
their satellite.

Which you already hacked.

Sonya and I were there
when the signal came through.

I was able to back-trace it.

There.

Amanda hit the switch

at an old aqueduct
in downtown Philly.

Connection's still active.

Find Sonya.

Prep for dual operations.

Dual operations?

You can get the antidote
to Alex.

Hasan's bodyguards
are not very good.

They know you.
We'll get you back in there.

And what are you gonna do?

I'm going to Philly.
I have to stop the trigger.

You mean to stop Amanda.

No, that's not
what I'm doing, Michael.

Really?

Then let me go to Philly
and you go to New York.

I can't! Hasan's bodyguard
already saw me in the alley.

I wouldn't even get close.

[Exhales]

Michael...

We can't let this women die.

And I can't lose you either.

Okay.

Okay.

If you get to her
before I get to the trigger,

I will stand down.

Or I will wait for you
for backup.

Promise?

Would you like to stay
for the talk?

I would love that.

I can have my people
find you a seat.

Madam!

Some of your supporters
have gathered outside.

You did say you want to see them
before your speech.

Actually, I would love
to hear more about the U.N. job.

My staff can set a lunch
for next week.

We'll talk then.
I'm traveling.

Besides, doesn't the U.N.
need to have an answer soon?

The Secretary General
can wait.

What matters is that the right
person takes up the torch.

Are you sure it's a goa idea
to be going out there?

I have to show them
I'm strong.

The world is watching.

Guys, she's heading outside.

I'm five away.
Stay with her, Alex.

Nikita, what's your status?

I'm on site.

- Just stay on the line.
- And go slow.

Copy.
I'm waiting on you.

I got no countermeasures,
no bogies.

Place is clean.

All right, I'll let you know
what I Fi--

[static, Nikita cuts off]

What the hell?

Birkhoff?

Birkhoff!

Birkhoff?
Did you lose her?

Uh...I lost her.

[Sighs]

Glad you could make it.

Kill me
and you kill yourself.

- Where's the trigger?
- The trigger?

You don't really think this is
about Maryam Hasan, do you?

Nikita, my target is
and always has been...

You.

So...
Where is everybody?

You think your guys
could get a shot off

before I took you out?

No guys.
It's just you and me.

Right.
Unarmed?

Oh, I fired my shot
weeks ago.

It's just reaching you now.

- The chair.
- No.

No, no, your brain is fine.

That was just...
Theater.

Like the car crash
that led you to the chip,

which then led you
to the private satellite

where you intercepted
the scripted phone call

that pointed you
to Maryam Hasan.

You planned
an entire assassination

just to get me here?

Well, the group
does want Maryam dead,

which may still happen,

depending on Michael or whoever
else you sent to New York.

Tell me, did the group
have a problem

with me taking out Smith
for you?

He was supposed
to drop his phone in the alley

for you to trace to Cobalt.

But you got a little
ahead of him, didn't you?

Oh, well.

Dr. Tolcher,
on the other hand,

he did have to die.

I needed you
to see firsthand

just how the nanotoxins kill

so that you can carry out
your final mission with clarity.

Final mission?

You think you can
control me with fear?

Like I haven't been injected
with poisons before, Amanda?

It doesn't have
to be injected.

See, the nanotoxins
can just as easily be imbedded

in carbon-fiber bone.

For example,
if one were to receive

an artificial limb...

You didn't really think
that hand was free, did you?

The day I struck an alliance
with the group,

I told them to give Michael's
hand back with an asterisk.

Like I said,
I fired my shot weeks ago.

There is a trigger
for Michael

that's very close by.

Touch me and Michael dies.

Of course you could have
given Michael the antidote,

but he's probably using
the one dose you have

right now.

[Cheers and applause]

Hello! Hello!

Thank you!
Thank you so much!

It's been a real pleasure.

It means so much to me,
thank you.

Oh, it's so wonderful,
all your support.

You're wonderful!

- Madam, it's time.
- Yeah?

Thank you all so much.

[Cheers and applause]

It has been a pleasure,
Alexandra.

Remember...

You are not what the world
or anyone else makes you.

You are
what you make yourself.

Thank you!
Thank you all!

[Cheers and applause]
Yes! Yes!

Birkhoff, we're code red here.
Where's Michael?

Gun!

[All screaming]

Ah!

Get inside!

Birkhoff, do you have Nikita?
Tell her it's done.

I got nothing, Mikey.

He does wear
that white hat well, doesn't he?

You can save Michael.

All you have to do is carry out
one final assassination for me.

Who?

Your target
is Kathleen Spencer,

the president
of the United States.

Kill the President
in the next 24 hours,

or Michael dies.

If you complete your mission,

Michael will be provided
with the antidote.

Why kill the president?

I don't care, really.
I'm apolitical.

But the group needs her dead.
Publicly.

I just knew the perfect girl
for the job.

The perfect killer.

My most perfect creation.

Now, if you try
and get anyone to help you,

Michael dies instantly.

If you try to save
or even warn the president,

Michael dies instantly.

There is no one
you can turn to.

But do you wanna know
the best part?

You can't even tell
the man you love.

He would rather
sacrifice himself

than watch his beloved
commit such a horrible act.

Telling him would be
sentencing him to death.

And that is something
even you can't live with.

The world is about to see you
for who you really are, Nikita,

and there is nothing
you can do about it.

Even if I do this...

Even if Michael lives...

We'll never
be together again.

[Sighs]

My life is over.

No, silly.

The President's life
is over.

Your life will go back
to what it should be.

You think you're a hero?

You think
you're better than me?

You are what I made you,

now and forever.

[Device whirring]

There.

Now I can track you
and hear everything you do.

Run along home
and get started on mission prep.

Good girl.

[Beeping]

I managed to get Shadownet
interlaced at 75%.

However--

Seymour.

What did you do?

I figured since
we opened Pandora's box,

I might as well dig
to the bottom.

I pinged
some of their other locations.

And?

This would be the pong.

We've been operating
under the assumption

that the Shop
is an American think tank.

This tells me
they're a hell of a lot bigger.

What happened?

They kicked us
out of their system.

Do you think they know
we were looking?

They know.

The question is,
do they care?

Nikki.

You made it.

Why didn't you call in?

I just wanted to get back.

Where's Michael?

Uh, medical,
last I checked.

Okay.

Oh, thank God!

Hi.

What happened?

Uh, the place was empty.
Just a maze.

Bunch of twists and turns.

I think she just wanted me
to get lost,

buy her some time
so she could win.

Guess she didn't know who
she was messing with, did she?

- So she's still out there.
- For now.

And we'll get her.

The important thing
is that we saved Maryam.

She's an incredible woman.

So strong.

Like someone else I know.

I thought I lost you.

What is it?

Nikita?

You're right.

Okay, something is wrong.

About moving on
with our lives.

Let's do it.

Let's get married.

You ask me what I wanted.
That's what I want.

Yeah, okay.

Still got those plane tickets?

Yeah, let me just go confirm.

I'll catch up with you.
I--

I just have a headache.
I'm gonna find something for it.

Sure.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==