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Nikita: Pilot

When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn't tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Ultimately, Nikita was betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. For the time being, however, Division continues to recruit and train other young people, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex, is just beginning to understand what lies ahead for her and why the legendary Nikita made the desperate decision to run.

Source: The CW


8.4/10 (40 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x1
Production Number: 276051
Airdate: Thursday September 09th, 2010


Alternate Airdates:

UK (LIVING) Oct 07, 2010

Guest Stars
Hamish McEwanHamish McEwan
As John
Recurring
Manuel UrregoManuel Urrego
As Billionaire / Guillermo
Recurring
Rob Stewart (6)Rob Stewart (6)
As Roan
Recurring
Sebastien RobertsSebastien Roberts
As Daniel Monroe
Recurring
Rothaford GrayRothaford Gray
As General Safwani

Co-Guest Stars
Emmanuel KabongoEmmanuel Kabongo
As Safwani's Bodyguard #4
Recurring
Chris GillettChris Gillett
As Senator Markus
David CartyDavid Carty
As Safwani's Bodyguard #2
Jarrod MacLeanJarrod MacLean
As Agent in Suit
Jason StutzJason Stutz
As Division Agent
Moses NyarkoMoses Nyarko
As Safwani's Bodyguard #1
Tig FongTig Fong
As Division Martial Arts Trainer
Winston MarshallWinston Marshall
As Division Tech
Main Cast
Maggie QMaggie Q
As Nikita
Shane WestShane West
As Michael
Aaron StanfordAaron Stanford
As Birkhoff

Recap

Nikita is introduced to the show and she narrates that she was recruited by a secret government that turned her into a killer and that she is going to do everything to stop. The show kicks off with a robbery at a pharmacy and two people with rabbit masks clear off the shelves. One of the robbers keeps looking back that their partner and a clerk grabs the gun that the robber is holding. He is about to shoot one of them but is shot in the back before he could do it. They rush out and one of the robbers trips and the drugs go everywhere. The police arrive and uncover the mask. It is a girl, Alex from Detroit, Michigan. Later the guards escort her to her cell and she starts fighting. A man watches from behind the jail cell. Alex wakes up in a room and a man tells that she is no longer in the prison and that her death was faked along with the remains. He tells that his name is Michael and tells that they are going to give her a second chance. He tells that she killed the guy that they have been trying to catch for years. She tells that Ronnie killed the guy and Michael tells that Ronnie was found dead of a drug overdose. He tells that she is going to have to learn how to walk, talk, sit and act right and learn how to serve her country and not herself. ..

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Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
8MMNo Way Back 
Bomba EstereoFuego 
The Duke SpiritStep and the Walk 
The EnemyThe Elephant Song 


Other Episode Crew

Executive ProducerCraig Silverstein  |  McG  |  Peter Johnson  |  Danny Cannon
ProducerMarc D. Alpert
Associate ProducerJames Hilton (1)
Production DesignerDoug Kraner
EditorMark C. Baldwin
CastingRebecca Mangieri  |  Barbara Fiorentino  |  Wendy Weidman
First Assistant DirectorMichael Viglietta
Second Assistant DirectorTim Singh
MusicDavid E. Russo
Music EditorAshley Revell
Music SupervisorHit The Ground Running
Costume DesignerChristopher Hargadon
HairstylistDebra Manou
Set DecoratorClive Thomasson
Property MasterRobert Shipman
Production CoordinatorAngie Winstl
Assistant EditorPhilip Malamuth
Supervising Sound EditorMace Matiosian
Re-Recording MixerRoss Davis  |  Aaron Levy
Director of PhotographyDavid Stockton
Stunt CoordinatorBranko Racki
Art DirectorAndrew M. Stearn
Production ManagerD.J. Carson
Sound MixerJohn J. Thomson
Makeup ArtistJulia Valente
Canadian CastingTina Gerussi
Developed ByCraig Silverstein
 

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