La Femme Nikita Episode Guide

Episode Guide

La Femme Nikita: Season 5 (2001)

• Season 5 Episode 8: A Time for Every Purpose

  In the final episode of the drama series about a government assassin, the Collective reveal they have Michael's son hostage, and want to exchange him for Mr Jones. Michael succeeds in capturing Jones, but attempts a double-cross, conspiring with Haled to kill Gaff. Meanwhile, the death of Operations means Section One needs a new leader

• Season 5 Episode 7: Let No Man Put Asunder

  Operations discovers the Collective has infiltrated Section's mainframe in a bid to locate and kidnap Michael's son Adam. The agent asks Nikita for help in returning to Section One - but Jones is suspicious of his intentions. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Evil That Men Do

  The assassin's relationship with Mr Jones puts her in deadly danger as Operations takes drastic measures to secure his own position in the hierarchy. Having survived an attempt to kill her, Nikita puts her job on the line to find her arch-enemy before the Collective get hold of him

• Season 5 Episode 5: Man Behind the Curtain

  The beautiful assassin comes face to face with the true leader of the Centre - none other than her own father. Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis star

• Season 5 Episode 4: All the World's a Stage

  Mr Jones sets out to thwart the sale of deadly biological weapons, but first has to leave the protection of the Centre

• Season 5 Episode 3: In Through the Out Door

  Michael becomes Nikita's only hope of finding a cure to a condition brought on by a mind-control process

• Season 5 Episode 2: A Girl Who Wasn't There

  Quinn creates a holographic version of Madeline, and Nikita stumbles across clues that shed light on her initial recruitment

• Season 5 Episode 1: Deja Vu All Over Again

  Mr Jones orders Nikita back to work at Section One, where she gets a frosty reception from everyone - especially Operations and Kate Quinn. The sole exceptions are new operative Marco O'Brien, who appears to be in line for Michael's old job, and a couple of raw recruits who admire her attempts to introduce reforms

La Femme Nikita: Season 4 (2000)

• Season 4 Episode 22: Four Light Years Farther

  Stokes and his team capture Nikita and bring her back to Section HQ, where Operations and Madeline decide they have no option but to order her death. Meanwhile, Walter lets Jason know that Naomi is a Section One agent. Action adventure, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 4 Episode 21: Up the Rabbit Hole

  Operations launches a search for Nikita, whose plastic surgery at the hands of Red Cell agent Dr Henry Kraft has made her virtually untraceable, and she is now planning to return and help Michael escape from Section One

• Season 4 Episode 20: Face in the Mirror

  Part one of three. Michael suspects Nikita wounded herself deliberately during a mission to assassinate the Cardinal's replacement. Realising she may have been compromised by Red Cell, he decides to confront her - but she beats him to the punch and escapes from Section One

• Season 4 Episode 19: Time Out of Mind

  Michael orders Nikita to infiltrate a sinister mental institution in the guise of a patient - and ensures her symptoms are convincing by dosing her up to the eyeballs with a powerful psychosis-inducing drug. Peta Wilson and Michael Sarrazin star

• Season 4 Episode 18: Toys in the Basement

  The assassin is shot while on a mission, after becoming separated from Michael and the rest of their team. She is saved by a deranged doctor - who then holds her prisoner in a dark, eerie-looking basement full of injured animals, and tries to coerce her into marrying him

• Season 4 Episode 17: Sleeping with the Enemy

  Section One and Red Cell agree a 48-hour truce and join forces to defeat a common enemy - the unknown crime cabal destroying their installations. In a bid to provide security for both sides, Operations proposes an exchange of upper-level operatives

• Season 4 Episode 16: Catch a Falling Star

  Michael and Nikita visit a rural town to retrieve a crashed communications satellite before it falls into the wrong hands, but arrive to find someone has beaten them to it. To make matters worse, the entire community turns out to be a 'sleeper base' for the Black Storm terrorist group

• Season 4 Episode 15: Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate

  Birkoff creates an artificial intelligence computer program to serve as his replacement while he's away. Unfortunately, it develops its own agenda and runs amok, trying to kill everyone in Section One - except Nikita. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 4 Episode 14: Line in the Sand

  Birkoff discovers the secret location of the Red Cell base, while Nikita and Michael race to find the Cardinal - but their quest threatens to trigger an all-out war between Section One and George at Oversight

• Season 4 Episode 13: Kiss the Past Goodbye

  Michael keeps tabs on his ex-wife Elena and learns she's seeing a Section One Valentine Operative named Robert Corliss, who's been ordered to trace her terrorist uncle and bring him to justice. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 4 Episode 12: Hell Hath No Fury

  Madeline falls in love with her captured Red Cell counterpart Leon, but unfortunately receives orders to kill him. Birkoff continues to investigate the whereabouts of his twin brother Jason Crawford. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 4 Episode 11: Time to Be Heroes

  Michael and Nikita are assigned to train five new recruits to combat terrorist group Crystal Sky, but find their students particularly hostile. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 4 Episode 10: He Came from Four

  Section One recruit a boy with telekinetic powers to retrieve a stolen package, but have trouble ensuring his paranormal abilities are kept under their control. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 4 Episode 9: Down a Crooked Path

  A virus begins infecting Section One's members, prompting George from Oversight to order his own bio team to administer treatment - but unfortunately their efforts erase Walter and Nikita's memories, turning them into virtual vegetables. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 4 Episode 8: No One Lives Forever

  The government assassin is recruited to join a pilot programme which allows her to leave Section One : but she fears it is because she knows so much she needs to be cancelled. Futuristic drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 4 Episode 7: Sympathy for the Devil

  Michael and Nikita are assigned a personal mission to rescue war veteran Willie Kane, who has fallen on hard times since being hailed a hero for saving Operations from death in Vietnam. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 4 Episode 6: Love, Honor and Cherish

  Helmut Volker settles down to life with Nikita : but their cosy domestic routine is shattered by the revelation that he's actually an Interpol agent whose covert activities have made him a prime target for manipulation by Operations

• Season 4 Episode 5: Man in the Middle

  The assassin poses as a heroin dealer to gain access to a notorious playboy with interests in the arms trade. However, he finds himself attracted to her, and looks to make her his wife so that he can inherit his father's business, while she is ordered to accept his proposal in a bid to gain access to evidence of his dodgy dealings. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 4 Episode 4: Into the Looking Glass

  Michael enlists the help of Birkoff and Walter in a bid to rescue Nikita from Gelman's evil brain reprogramming scheme. Futuristic drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 4 Episode 3: View of the Garden

  The government assassin is brainwashed and sent to kill Michael, but her former colleague manages to turn the tables on her before she can strike. Futuristic espionage drama, starring Peta Wilson, Roy Dupuis and Don Francks

• Season 4 Episode 2: There Are No Missions

  Michael continues to evade the hit teams on his trail, but Operations and Madeline anticipate his actions and order a brainwashed Nikita to eliminate him : a task she readily accepts. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 4 Episode 1: Getting Out of Reverse

  Michael realises Nikita has been brainwashed by Section One to make her more efficient in the field and sets out to find the elusive Gelman, who perfected the technique used on her : but Operations learns of the quest and orders his death. Peta Wilson stars

La Femme Nikita: Season 3 (1999)

• Season 3 Episode 22: On Borrowed Time

  Madeline tries to reprogram Nikita in a bid to eradicate her romantic feelings for Michael, which seem to be reducing her efficiency as a field operative and jeopardising vital missions

• Season 3 Episode 21: Playing with Fire

  Part one of two. Michael and Nikita arrange secret meetings during Section missions as a way of getting around Operations' ban on seeing each other - but Madeline guesses what they're doing and sends Davenport to spy on them

• Season 3 Episode 20: Three-Eyed Turtle

  Hillinger deliberately tries to get his rival Birkoff killed during an undercover assignment, but his fiendish machinations are swiftly exposed when they return to base. Meanwhile, Operations begins acting increasingly callously toward Madeline

• Season 3 Episode 19: Any Means Necessary

  Birkoff is kidnapped by terrorists while on an undercover mission designed to test his loyalty, giving rise to fears that he may have defected

• Season 3 Episode 18: Third Party Ripoff

  Madeline decides that Michael's romantic involvement with Nikita is affecting his performance and pressures him to end the relationship - but he resists and finds himself forced to relinquish control of Tactical Oversight

• Season 3 Episode 17: All Good Things

  Michael is given complete control of Section One, on the condition that he wages a full-scale campaign against Luigi Bergomi, a terrorist financier whose firepower makes him a formidable foe

• Season 3 Episode 16: I Remember Paris

  A captured terrorist overpowers Madeline while being interrogated, and runs amok in Section One's HQ, stealing crucial files including the all-important Registry. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 3 Episode 15: Before I Sleep

  A terminally ill woman is recruited for a crucial and dangerous mission, but Nikita suspects her condition was deliberately induced by Section One to convince her she had nothing to lose by working for them. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 3 Episode 14: Hand to Hand

  The assassin infiltrates a white slavery ring and uncovers crimes far more sinister than expected. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 3 Episode 13: Beyond the Pale

  Michael decides to quit Section One, angry and frustrated at being overlooked for promotion yet again - but an emergency makes him reconsider

• Season 3 Episode 12: Threshold of Pain

  Adam Ant guests as sadistic terrorist Simon Crachek, who kidnaps Nikita and two colleagues, and tortures them to extract details of a Section One substation. Attempting to cover for her fellow agents, the assassin ends up on trial for releasing information that jeopardises the entire operation. With Peta Wilson

• Season 3 Episode 11: Walk on By

  An old acquaintance of Nikita is recruited to the Section, but she is reluctant to help train him - until Jamie offers to reveal the whereabouts of her long-lost mother. Margot Kidder guests

• Season 3 Episode 10: Under the Influence

  A sadistic terrorist is implanted with a false memory, leading him to believe Nikita is his wife, in an effort to recover deadly anthrax missiles

• Season 3 Episode 9: Slipping into Darkness

  Michael is seen meeting enemy agents, and proceeds to wreak havoc at Section One by drugging Operations. As confusion reigns, he leads former lover Nikita into a deadly trap and attempts to form a partnership with terrorist group Red Cell

• Season 3 Episode 8: Outside the Box

  A scheme to blackmail a man with a photographic memory into helping Section One prompts Nikita to reconsider the reasons why she was recruited in the first place. Stylish drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 3 Episode 7: Cat and Mouse

  The assassin finds herself kidnapped and replaced with a double produced by terrorist organisation Red Cell to infiltrate Section One. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 3 Episode 6: Love and Country

  Cherie Lunghi guest stars as the wife of a prominent politician, whom Section believes is connected with a terrorist group. But the agents' suspicions are aroused when it turns out she was once married to Operations - and their mission appears to be nothing more than an act of revenge. With David McIlwraith

• Season 3 Episode 5: Imitation of Death

  The plucky heroine goes undercover to look into the activities of a known terrorist, who appears to be kidnapping children and training them to be assassins. An unguarded comment from Madeline leads her to suspect Section of running a cloning operation - and she receives a shock on investigating further. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 3 Episode 4: Gates of Hell

  Michael's work begins to suffer as a result of effectively losing his wife and son for ever - and when Nikita is kidnapped, his rescue attempt is needlessly dangerous. Meanwhile, Birkoff discovers a file containing incriminating documents about Operations

• Season 3 Episode 3: Opening Night Jitters

  Michael defies Section One orders to administer a dangerous drug to his wife Elena in a bid to lure master terrorist Salla Vacek out into the open. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 3 Episode 2: Someone Else's Shadow

  Michael and Nikita are ordered to arrange a meeting between Elena and her terrorist father Salla Vacek, who figures prominently on Operations' wanted list

• Season 3 Episode 1: Looking for Michael

  Operations and Madeline deliberately jeopardise Nikita's life during a mission, prompting her to set off in pursuit of Michael : who continues to be mysteriously absent from Section One : in the hope that he can help her stay alive

La Femme Nikita: Season 2 (1998)

• Season 2 Episode 22: End Game

  Part two of two. Adrian enlists the help of Nikita in his plan to destroy Section One - but the feisty assassin has other ideas. Glossy thriller, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 2 Episode 21: Adrian's Garden

  Part one of two. The founder of Section One decides that the unit has become too ruthless and needs to be suppressed. However, he knows he cannot do this without Nikita's help. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 20: In Between

  The assassin is ordered to target Madeline's husband, a Section One operative investigating the destabilisation of Third World countries. Operations decides the team no longer require his services : with tragic results. Peta Wilson stars, with guest Steven Berkoff

• Season 2 Episode 19: Last Night

  A mission to capture a freelance demolition expert finds Nikita imprisoned in a dungeon, but a nine-year-old girl whose life she saved comes to the rescue. Once reunited with her colleagues, Nikita's bid to destroy an evil terrorist leader turns into a deadly battle

• Season 2 Episode 18: Off Profile

  A disgruntled mission profiler plots a dastardly revenge on Michael for trying to rubbish her work, and it's up to Nikita to save him. Action-packed drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 2 Episode 17: Inside Out

  An operative returns from a successful mission in Scotland only to discover he's carrying deadly anthrax-related bacteria deliberately planted to wipe out the whole of Section One. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 2 Episode 16: Old Habits

  A modern-day Jack the Ripper is brought in to help Section One locate a terrorist leader. Drama about a government assassin, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 2 Episode 15: Fuzzy Logic

  The agency kidnap a teenage computer genius to obtain a terrorist code, while Nikita is drawn into a drug deal. Adventures with the government assassin, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 14: Double Date

  The assassin is held hostage by a psychotic murderer who demands Michael's help to trace his missing wife. Unfortunately, both Nikita and Michael have reason to believe the villain may target them too - and struggle to escape his evil designs without putting his errant spouse in danger. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 13: Not Was

  Reluctant assassin Nikita saves Michael from an evil Red Cell operative in Belgium intent on rotting his brain. She races to restore his memory before the unsympathetic Section One learn of his plight. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 12: Soul Sacrifice

  A pregnant fellow operative tries to escape the organisation to ensure the safety of her unborn child. Nikita is forced to decide whether to help her or stick to procedure. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 2 Episode 11: Psychic Pilgrim

  Michael and Nikita go undercover, pretending they're a happily married couple to infiltrate a terrorist gang. Posing as a psychic, the female assassin gains the confidence of the leader and places a secret transmitter in his house. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 2 Episode 10: First Mission

  A rookie agent recruited by newly promoted Nikita shows an independent streak that threatens a mission to capture a crooked dealer. Drama, starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis

• Season 2 Episode 9: Open Heart

  The reluctant assassin is sent to retrieve a Red Cell operative from detention in a foreign prison, aiming to foil a plot to create a human time bomb

• Season 2 Episode 8: Darkness Visible

  Michael accompanies Nikita on a mission behind Balkan lines to assassinate an arms dealer supplying weapons to rebels engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 7: Half Life

  Reluctant assassin Nikita becomes suspicious of her partner Michael and begins monitoring his activities. She discovers he once belonged to a French activist group : and still has links with a known terrorist wanted in connection with a bombing

• Season 2 Episode 6: Mandatory Refusal

  Madeline and Michael are sent to steal explosives, but find themselves at risk from a dangerous terrorist as the assignment progresses - and it's Nikita's job to bail them out. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 2 Episode 5: New Regime

  Section One gets a new leader in the form of former agent Egran Petrosian, after Operations is shot by a crazed operative. He quickly promotes Nikita to second in command - but apparently has a secret agenda. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 2 Episode 4: Approaching Zero

  The reluctant assassin continues spending time with Jurgen, fascinated by his freedom within Section One. A group of terrorists hear reports of a downed satellite and race to find it first. Drama, starring Peta Wilson

• Season 2 Episode 3: Third Person

  The reluctant heroine is restored to full operative status to tackle a six-man mercenary team who, Birkoff reports, are making seemingly arbitrary strikes on various targets

• Season 2 Episode 2: Spec Ops

  The agent is reassigned to Special Operative Jurgen, who is told to find out whether she has recovered from her ordeal. Meanwhile, a member of Freedom League contacts Section One with information about her capture. Peta Wilson stars

• Season 2 Episode 1: Hard Landing

  The plucky heroine is abducted by the Freedom League, but manages to escape with the help of Michael : with whom she shares a night of passion. Fantasy drama, starring Peta Wilson

La Femme Nikita: Season 1 (1997)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Mercy

  Section One step up their pursuit of dangerous warlord Tyler. When they learn he has kidnapped the inventor of an undetectable explosive, they send Nikita to rescue the scientist. Her attempt is unsuccessful, and she refuses to go ahead with her superiors' Plan B - who instead send her on a suicide mission

• Season 1 Episode 21: Verdict

  The Section One operatives are sent to protect a prominent politician who has reportedly been targeted for assassination. The hit-man assigned to carry out the murder is killed himself, but an unexpected hostage situation ensues when a father comes forward accusing the party leader of raping his daughter

• Season 1 Episode 20: Brainwash

  The assassin is sent to interrogate a bartender, who leaps to his death rather than answer her questions. A routine search at his apartment turns up a mysterious helmet

• Season 1 Episode 19: Voices

  The assassin is given a secret mission, but while conducting her investigation she is challenged by a serial rapist. Though she easily defeats him, her cover is blown in the process

• Season 1 Episode 18: Missing

  Operation's long-lost son emerges behind enemy lines among a gang of crooks, who have stolen confidential information from Section One and plan to sell it to the highest bidder

• Season 1 Episode 17: War

  Confidential information is leaked to one of Section's enemies, forcing the team to take drastic measures. Nikita and Michael try to get to the bottom of things, but are captured

• Season 1 Episode 16: Noise

  Borkoff is forced into battle for the first time, but struggles to adjust to the life-threatening situations that are part and parcel of the job

• Season 1 Episode 15: Obsessed

  Section One target a notorious hit man, and develop a plan to take him down with the help of his emotionally damaged ex-girlfriend

• Season 1 Episode 14: Gambit

  A master of disguise threatens to poison the city's water supply, so Nikita leads the chase to find him and beat him at his own game

• Season 1 Episode 13: Recruit

  A new recruit joins the team, and it is up to Nikita to assess her progress - but she doesn't bargain for the challenge that's in store

• Season 1 Episode 12: Innocent

  The team respond to reports of a live nuclear weapon smuggled into the country, but get off to a slow start since their only witness is a mentally challenged pizza delivery driver

• Season 1 Episode 11: Rescue

  Michael goes on a mission in Russia, but is injured in the process and left behind. Section One appear unwilling to go back to rescue him, leaving him uncertain about his future

• Season 1 Episode 10: Choice

  The assassin continues her ill-advised affair with a civilian, but is forced to choose between working for the agency, or the love of her life

• Season 1 Episode 9: Gray

  Section One's security is breached, and the computer database comprising all of their agents' details is stolen, prompting Nikita to investigate

• Season 1 Episode 8: Escape

  The assassin finds herself in an unenviable dilemma, when she is offered the chance to leave Section One. Despite the allure of the proposal, she suspects it's all a ruse

• Season 1 Episode 7: Treason

  Section One's attempts to deal with a selfish profiteer go terribly wrong, and Nikita comes under suspicion of compromising the operation

• Season 1 Episode 6: Love

  Michael and Nikita disguise themselves as a couple of mercenaries in an attempt to recover a canister of lethal nerve gas

• Season 1 Episode 5: Mother

  A nuclear trigger is stolen, and the assassin goes undercover to pose as the long-lost child of a violent terrorist couple in an attempt to recover it

• Season 1 Episode 4: Charity

  The assassin investigates a case of money laundering, but faces a moral dilemma when she becomes infatuated with the man who is pulling the strings

• Season 1 Episode 3: Simone

  The assassin goes undercover and infiltrates a terrorist organisation. She is shocked to find that the group are holding an important hostage, who was presumed dead long ago

• Season 1 Episode 2: Friend

  The assassin is assigned to protect target Jovan Mijovich - but when she runs into an old friend, the mission and her secret identity are threatened

• Season 1 Episode 1: Nikita

  Pilot episode of the espionage series, starring Peta Wilson. A street girl is wrongly imprisoned for murder, but she is offered an escape clause by a covert governmental agency who want to employ her as an assassin. With Roy Dupuis and Alberta Watson