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La Femme Nikita Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Nikita

First aired: Jan/13/1997
Writer: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Jasper Cole (Detective), Kevin Connolly (Injured Operative), Bill MacDonald (Giddion Van Vactor), James Vezina (Bellhop), Kurtys Kidd (Man In Restaurant), Robbie Rox (Stokes), Ric Reid (Stan), Anais Granofsky (Carla)

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.



2 :01x02 - Friend

First aired: Jan/20/1997
Writer: Naomi Janzen
Director: Guy Magar
Guest star: Lorne Hunchuck (Soltis), Billy Otis (Harry), Ravinder Toor (Prisoner), Joseph Scoren (Tiko/Interrogator), David Calderisi (Jovan Mijovich), Marnie McPhail (Julie Roarke)

While meeting a contact, Nikita is recognized by an old friend - dating to before he entered Section. When Nikita reports to the contact, she worries about what Operations will do.



3 :01x03 - Simone

First aired: Jan/27/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Guest star: Barry Kennedy (Pilot), Mark Cohen (Hester), Mung-Ling Tsui (Simone), Ingrid Veninger (Siobhan), Julian Richings (Errol Sparks), Alisa Wiegers (Jade), Lyon Smith (JB)

Nikita poses as a recruit to a terrorist group... only to learn that the group has had a Section agent prisoner for years - someone who is very important to Michael.



4 :01x04 - Charity

First aired: Feb/03/1997
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Kari Skogland
Guest star: Mackenzie Gray (Skyler), Stefan Brogren (Guard)

Nikita is ordered to romance a man that Section believes to be laundering money for terrorist organizations.



5 :01x05 - Mother

First aired: Feb/09/1997
Writer: Naomi Janzen
Director: Guy Magar
Guest star: Bruce Tubbe (Larry)

Nikita poses as the long-lost daughter of a woman, who with her husband is attempting to sell a nuclear trigger.



6 :01x06 - Love

First aired: Feb/17/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar

Nikita and Michael pose as guns for hire to infiltrate an arms dealer's organization and prevent a biological attack.



7 :01x07 - Treason

First aired: Feb/24/1997
Writer: Robert Cochran

When a Section operation fails, Nikita begins to suspect that someone inside Section may be tipping off their target.



8 :01x08 - Escape

First aired: Mar/03/1997
Writer: Andrew Dettmann
Director: George Bloomfield

Nikita is approached by another member of Section - leave, and escape with him. But Nikita can't decide if it's merely a test by Section, and her feelings for Michael also complicate the matter.



9 :01x09 - Gray

First aired: Mar/10/1997
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Ken Girotti

A Section database is stolen, and Nikita is assigned to help recover it. But the mission becomes complicated for her when her feelings for the man she's assigned to get close to start to become real.



10 :01x10 - Choice

First aired: Apr/07/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: George Bloomfield



11 :01x11 - Rescue

First aired: Apr/14/1997
Director: Ken Girotti
Guest star: Nigel Bennett (Col. Egran Petrosian)



12 :01x12 - Innocent

First aired: Apr/21/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: George Bloomfield



13 :01x13 - Recruit

First aired: Jun/22/1997
Director: Reza Badiyi



14 :01x14 - Gambit

First aired: Jun/29/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar



15 :01x15 - Obsessed

First aired: Jul/20/1997
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: T. J. Scott



16 :01x16 - Noise

First aired: Jul/27/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: T. J. Scott, Reza Badiyi



17 :01x17 - War

First aired: Aug/03/1997
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: René Bonnière



18 :01x18 - Missing

First aired: Aug/10/1997
Writer: Naomi Janzen
Director: Reza Badiyi



19 :01x19 - Voices

First aired: Aug/17/1997
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: David Warry-Smith
Guest star: Oliver Becker (Jack Crane)



20 :01x20 - Brainwash

First aired: Sep/21/1997
Director: René Bonnière
Guest star: William Colgate (Shadowy Man)



21 :01x21 - Verdict

First aired: Sep/28/1997
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: René Bonnière, Gilbert M. Shilton
Guest star: Joanna Bacalso (Friend)



22 :01x22 - Mercy

First aired: Oct/05/1997
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Joseph Scanlan



23 :02x01 - Hard Landing

First aired: Jan/04/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar

Six months have passed since Michael engineered Nikita's escape from Section, during which time he's heard no word from her; and causing his performance to degrade. And after six months of being on the outside, Nikita is captured by Freedom League, causing her to wonder if the only freedom she can have is by returning to Section.



24 :02x02 - Spec Ops

First aired: Jan/11/1998
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Bruce Payne (Jurgen)

Nikita suddenly comes back to Section after disappearing for 6 months, saying that she was held captive by the terrorist Freedom League all this time. Operations is suspicious and asks an operative named Jurgen to do her retraining while surreptitiously checking out her story. Michael is worried because he knows Nikita is lying.



25 :02x03 - Third Person

First aired: Jan/18/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Bruce Payne (Jurgen)

Nikita is approved to return to active service; but reports now to Jurgen instead of Michael. Jurgen's obvious interest in her, combined with Michael's coldness, puts Nikita in the middle of two very dangerous men. Meanwhile, Section is on the trail of new terrorist group known as Helix.



26 :02x04 - Approaching Zero

First aired: Feb/01/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: René Bonnière
Guest star: Bruce Payne (Jurgen)

As Nikita's relationship with Jurgen develops, there are signs that not all is well inside Section. Meanwhile the team is on the hunt for a satellite that crashed due to a launch failure.



27 :02x05 - New Regime

First aired: Mar/01/1998
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Nigel Bennett (Col. Egran Petrosian)

Operations is shot by one of his own operatives, and Egran Petrosian returns to take over Section - choosing Nikita as his second-in-command.



28 :02x06 - Mandatory Refusal

First aired: Mar/08/1998
Writer: David Ehrman
Director: Ken Girotti

When Michael's communication with Section during a mission is compromised, resulting in mission failure, Michael is forced to adopt the "Mandatory Refusal" protocol. Now he must complete the mission on his own, even though Section now wants the mission canceled, and mobilizes their agents to stop Michael.



29 :02x07 - Half-Life

First aired: Mar/22/1998
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: René Bonnière

When Nikita and Michael discover a bomb at a local park, Michael discovers that someone from his past is back.



30 :02x08 - Darkness Visible

First aired: Mar/29/1998
Writer: David Ehrman
Director: Ken Girotti

Nikita and Michael are sent into a war-torn Bosnia-type country to stop an arms deal from taking place; however, the mission is complicated when Nikita takes two refugee children under her protection.



31 :02x09 - Open Heart

First aired: Apr/05/1998
Writer: Elliot Stern
Director: René Bonnière

A Red Cell operative, who possesses crucial intelligence on a Red Cell mission, is being held in prison in a hostile country. Nikita must enter the prison, and then escape with the operative.



32 :02x10 - First Mission

First aired: Apr/12/1998
Writer: Jim Henshaw, Peter Mohan
Director: Guy Magar

Nikita is made a team leader for the first time. Now she must plan and execute a mission, as well as deal with a troublesome team member.



33 :02x11 - Psychic Pilgrim

First aired: Apr/19/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: René Bonnière

Nikita poses as a psychic to gain access to head of a terrorist organization - a man who wants her to get in contact with his dead son.



34 :02x12 - Soul Sacrifice

First aired: Jun/14/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: David Warry-Smith

Working to take down a rogue intelligence agent, Nikita learns that a member of her team has a secret - a secret that both jeopardizes her teammates performance, and possibly the mission. Nikita has already been warned by Operations that her unorthodox methods must come to an end; once again putting Nikita in the position of hiding information from Section.



35 :02x13 - Not Was

First aired: Jun/21/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: René Bonnière

During a mission, Michael is captured and injured while under interrogation before they can get him out. Nikita, fearing that Michael could be canceled if Operations learns of his disability, tries to hide this information from Section.



36 :02x14 - Double Date

First aired: Jun/28/1998
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Jon Cassar

David Fanning, an assassin that Michael and Nikita captured during a prior op has been recruited to Section; and assigned to work a mission with them. Things go wrong during the mission, and Michael is forced to contact Lisa, Fanning's wife.



37 :02x15 - Fuzzy Logic

First aired: Jul/05/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Ken Girotti
Guest star: Kris Lemche (Greg Hillinger)

Unable to crack an enemy code, Birkoff suggests that they co-opt the services of someone outside of Section One - a genius in the field who also still happens to be a teenager.



38 :02x16 - Old Habits

First aired: Jul/12/1998
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: Terry Ingram

In order to gain intel on a group known as Bright Star, Nikita makes contact with a forger, named Formits, who works for them. But during the assignment, Nikita learns that Formits has his own dark side - pitting her inherent sense of right and wrong, against Section's goals.



39 :02x17 - Inside Out

First aired: Jul/26/1998
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: Ken Girotti

A deadly bacteria is released into Section, and it's up to Nikita and Michael to track down the designer and obtain an antidote.



40 :02x18 - Off Profile

First aired: Aug/02/1998
Writer: David Ehrman
Director: John Fawcett

After a mission goes wrong, Michael blames the mission profiler, Andrea Kosov. Operations assigns her to Michael's team to get some real field experience. Andrea turns out to be the opposite of Nikita - someone who likes their job, and life in Section.



41 :02x19 - Last Night

First aired: Aug/09/1998
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Clark Johnson

During a mission to take out a maned code-named Brutus, that has been intercepting Section communications, Nikita and Michael instead find an empty building - with only a sophisticated computer in place.



42 :02x20 - In Between

First aired: Aug/16/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Joseph Scanlan

While on an operation to infiltrate the organization of Abel Goldner, a man known to fund rebel leaders, NIkita is approached by the Golner's aide - who claims to know about Section.



43 :02x21 - Adrian's Garden (1)

First aired: Aug/23/1998
Writer: Michael Loceff

Nikita is contacted by a woman named Adrian, who claims to be the founder of Section. Adrian claims that Operations, and Section, are out of control, and must be taken down. Nikita must decide whether to join Adrian's cause.



44 :02x22 - End Game (2)

First aired: Aug/30/1998
Writer: Robert Cochran, David Ehrman
Director: Joseph Scanlan

In the season 2 finale, Adrian dispatches Nikita to retrieve a file code-named Gemstone. Gemstone, according to Adrian, will give them the proof to take down Operations and Section.



45 :03x01 - Looking for Michael

First aired: Jan/03/1999
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar



46 :03x02 - Someone Else's Shadow

First aired: Jan/10/1999



47 :03x03 - Opening Night Jitters

First aired: Jan/17/1999
Writer: David J. Burke
Director: Jon Cassar



48 :03x04 - Gates of Hell

First aired: Jan/24/1999
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: René Bonnière



49 :03x05 - Imitation of Death

First aired: Mar/07/1999
Writer: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Guest star: Shawn Roberts (Milan)



50 :03x06 - Love and Country

First aired: Mar/21/1999
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: Ted Hanlan
Guest star: Cherie Lunghi (Corinne Markali)



51 :03x07 - Cat and Mouse

First aired: Mar/28/1999
Director: Terry Ingram



52 :03x08 - Outside the Box

First aired: Apr/04/1999
Director: Gord Langevin
Guest star: Kris Lemche (Greg Hillinger)



53 :03x09 - Slipping Into Darkness

First aired: Apr/11/1999
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Rick Jacobson

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.



54 :03x10 - Under the Influence

First aired: Apr/25/1999
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Rick Jacobson



55 :03x11 - Walk On By

First aired: Apr/25/1999
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: René Bonnière



56 :03x12 - Threshold of Pain

First aired: Jun/06/1999
Writer: Michael Sloan
Director: Terry Ingram



57 :03x13 - Beyond the Pale

First aired: Jun/13/1999
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: René Bonnière
Guest star: Michael Cram (Fredricks)



58 :03x14 - Hand to Hand

First aired: Jun/20/1999
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Marjean Holden (Charles Meyer)



59 :03x15 - Before I Sleep

First aired: Jun/27/1999
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Joel Surnow



60 :03x16 - I Remember Paris

First aired: Jul/18/1999
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Terry Ingram



61 :03x17 - All Good Things

First aired: Jul/25/1999
Director: Terry Ingram



62 :03x18 - Third Party Ripoff

First aired: Aug/01/1999
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Mark Lutz (McDaniel), Soo Garay (Valerie), Mike Beaver (Mills)



63 :03x19 - Any Means Necessary

First aired: Aug/08/1999
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: David Straiton
Guest star: Kris Lemche (Greg Hillinger)



64 :03x20 - Three Eyed Turtle

First aired: Aug/15/1999
Writer: Maurice Hurley
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Kris Lemche (Greg Hillinger)



65 :03x21 - Playing with Fire (1)

First aired: Aug/22/1999
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Joseph Scanlan



66 :03x22 - On Borrowed Time (2)

First aired: Aug/29/1999
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Ted Hanlan



67 :04x01 - Getting Out of Reverse

First aired: Jan/09/2000
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Jon Cassar



68 :04x02 - There Are No Missions

First aired: Jan/09/2000
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: René Bonnière
Guest star: Jennifer Finnigan (Dory)



69 :04x03 - View of the Garden

First aired: Jan/16/2000
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Jon Cassar



70 :04x04 - Into the Looking Glass

First aired: Jan/23/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: René Bonnière



71 :04x05 - Man in the Middle

First aired: Feb/20/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: Ted Hanlan



72 :04x06 - Love, Honor and Cherish

First aired: Feb/27/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: Terry Ingram



73 :04x07 - Sympathy For The Devil

First aired: Mar/05/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog

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.



74 :04x08 - No One Lives Forever

First aired: Mar/12/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov

The government assassin is recruited to join a pilot programme which allows her to leave Section One - but fears it is because she knows so much she needs to be killed.



75 :04x09 - Down a Crooked Path

First aired: Mar/19/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Terry Ingram

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.



76 :04x10 - He Came from Four

First aired: Apr/02/2000
Director: René Bonnière

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.



77 :04x11 - Time to Be Heroes

First aired: Apr/16/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov

Michael and Nikita are assigned to train five new recruits to combat terrorist group Crystal Sky, but find their students particularly hostile.



78 :04x12 - Hell Hath No Fury

First aired: Apr/23/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: René Bonnière



79 :04x13 - Kiss the Past Goodbye

First aired: Jun/25/2000
Writer: Frederick Rappaport



80 :04x14 - Line in the Sand

First aired: Jul/02/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Joel Surnow
Guest star: Kris Lemche (Greg Hillinger)



81 :04x15 - Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate

First aired: Jul/16/2000
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov



82 :04x16 - Catch a Falling Star

First aired: Jul/23/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: Joseph Scanlan



83 :04x17 - Sleeping with the Enemy

First aired: Jul/30/2000
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Christopher Heyerdahl (Colin Starnes)



84 :04x18 - Toys in the Basement

First aired: Aug/06/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: René Bonnière
Guest star: Dawn Greenhalgh (Mrs. Collins)



85 :04x19 - Time Out of Mind

First aired: Aug/13/2000
Writer: David Ehrman



86 :04x20 - Face in the Mirror (1)

First aired: Aug/20/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog, Peter M. Lenkov
Director: René Bonnière



87 :04x21 - Up the Rabbit Hole (2)

First aired: Aug/27/2000
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog, Peter M. Lenkov
Director: Terry Ingram



88 :04x22 - Four Light Years Farther

First aired: Aug/27/2000
Writer: Michael Loceff
Director: Joseph Scanlan



89 :05x01 - Deja Vu All Over Again

First aired: Jan/07/2001
Writer: Robert Cochran
Director: Jon Cassar
Guest star: Stephen Shellen (Marco O'Brien), Polly Shannon (Michelle), Carlo Rota (Mr. Jones), Lubomir Mykytiuk (Josef Dolmatov), Noah Klar (Kristov), Paul Eves (Piket), Cindy Dolenc (Kate Quinn), Lindsay Collins (Elizabeth)



90 :05x02 - A Girl Who Wasn't There

First aired: Jan/14/2001
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: Terry Ingram
Guest star: Kira Clavell (Jasmine Kwong), Michelle Duquet (Vera Mason), Malcolm Xerxes (Owen Tell)



91 :05x03 - In Through the Out Door

First aired: Jan/21/2001
Writer: David Wolkove
Director: René Bonnière



92 :05x04 - All the World's a Stage

First aired: Feb/04/2001
Writer: David Wolkove
Director: Joel Surnow



93 :05x05 - The Man Behind the Curtain

First aired: Feb/11/2001
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: René Bonnière

Nikita comes face to face with the true leader of the Centre - none other than her own father.



94 :05x06 - The Evil That Men Do

First aired: Feb/18/2001
Director: Roy Dupuis
Guest star: Alberta Watson (Madeline)

Nikita'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 on her life, Nikita puts her job on the line to find her arch-enemy before the Collective get hold of him.



95 :05x07 - Let No Man Put Asunder

First aired: Feb/25/2001
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
Director: René Bonnière

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 returning to Section One - but Jones is suspicious of his intentions.



96 :05x08 - A Time for Every Purpose

First aired: Mar/04/2001
Writer: Michael Loceff

Michael insinuates his way into Section One, where he promptly tries to kidnap Mr Jones and hand him over to the Collective in return for his son - forcing Nikita to make a terrible choice.