Nikita s01e17 Episode Script

The people I used to work for, called Division.
A black-ops program that has now gone rogue.
If I was inside, I could tell you what they were planning before they do it.
This is Ari Tasarov, a high-ranking member of the Russian agency, Gogol.
You know Gogol will provide you with unlimited cash, weapons? What you need to take Division on.
- What are you doing here? - I'm here to help you kill Kasim.
I know what Kasim took from you.
Nikita, I had him.
You stopped me from getting Kasim in the airport because you had to save me.
That is what you took from me.
You know how you keep saying I should get out? Uh-huh.
I might be starting to see your point.
Ask me how I got here.
Michael.
Hi.
I'm sorry to surprise you.
Come all this way to wish me luck? I'm your date.
- My date? - We didn't think a target would buy a woman like you alone at a black-tie event.
Right.
This was Division's idea? Well, since you're here, I need help.
I'm stuck.
So I guess this counts as our first overseas mission together.
I guess so.
It feels different.
No big Division eye watching over us.
I'm the big Division eye.
- Then how do I look? - Perfect.
Good answer.
You can surprise me anytime.
- Michael.
- Disarm.
You know the drill.
Knife in your boot.
Jacket too.
How's Alex feeling? What do you want? This place should be crawling with Division agents, but you're here alone.
Why do you think that is? I hope it's because you've decided to leave Division, Michael.
- You know I want you on my side.
- Then why did you lie to me? About Alex? I was protecting her.
It's not about Alex.
- It's about Kasim.
- What? You told me that you would help get the man who killed my family.
- I would.
- You had a way to do so for months and you've done nothing.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- You're working with Gogol.
- Gogol? - Think I wouldn't find out there's a connection between Gogol and Kasim? - Michael, you are mistaken.
- No, I'm not.
Kasim's group smuggles heroin through Chechnya.
That is Gogol's territory.
They're business partners.
I mean about me.
- I don't work for Gogol.
- You've worked for them twice, at least.
I didn't help.
I've stopped them.
They hate me as much as Division does.
Michael, please.
I want you to get Kasim.
I wanted to be the one to help you do it.
I wanted to be the one to help you do it so that you could leave Division.
I've heard this all before.
It's still true.
You have to believe me.
Because you would never try to deceive me, would you? Go ahead.
Pick it up.
Just leave her out of this.
Sit down.
Now.
So this is it.
This is where the magic happens.
Michael, I'm not trying to fight you.
You're here because Division can't help you.
I can.
Yes, you can.
And you're gonna do what I say, or I will feed Alex to Amanda.
I want you to contact Ari Tasarov.
- No.
- Yes.
Tell him you're sorry, that you need a job.
You're putting me in danger.
Division SAT phone.
I'm sure you remember the unlock code.
If you haven't given me Kasim's location in the next 24 hours, I know you failed.
Michael.
Michael, please.
Please what? Don't do this to you? Don't do this to us.
There is no us.
There never was.
Michael, did you lose something in Chechnya? - Sir? - Operations said they've been running satellite sweeps for the past three days, your orders.
Only during off-peak hours.
Is it about Kasim? Possibly.
I'm having the intel vetted.
If you need the satellites No.
I hope it pans out.
Son of a bitch can't hide forever.
What happened to the computer? Getting an upgrade.
Something's wrong.
What is it? I can tell.
You know, sometimes I think, "I can do this.
I know I can.
" And then other times, it's like, "What was I thinking?" If you want me to stay, I will.
No.
No.
You've done enough.
You've risked a lot.
I had a dream when I was detoxing and it felt real.
I saw myself in the future after I had gotten my revenge.
And that person scared the hell out of me.
I realized what you said was right.
I have a chance to get out before it's too late and I have to take it.
You will.
I'll help you.
What about Nathan? Amanda knows I care about him.
Then you have to break it off.
Completely.
And let her know you've done it.
MAN Hello.
You've reached Kebrushka Toys for Toddlers order line.
Nobody is here to take your call, but leave a message and we'll get back to you.
NIKITA I know Gogol monitors this line.
Right now your voice analysts are going to confirm what I'm about to tell you next.
My name is Nikita.
And I'm requesting a meeting with Ari Tasarov tomorrow, 2100 hours.
I'll be at Maritime Victory Park in St.
Petersburg.
Alone and unarmed.
Where's Ari? Ah.
I don't believe it.
Birkhoff has all those computers, but he couldn't figure out that my seduction target - isn't into women? - When did you figure it out? When I realized he was paying more attention to you than me.
I do make an excellent honey trap.
You could've kept him distracted for a little longer.
A little bit longer, and I'd have to shoot him.
- Did you get it? - Of course.
All in one piece.
- Great.
- Unlike my ego.
Whoa! Nikita, the man is gay.
So? You know what? You're right.
You're an excellent honey trap.
Wait.
I can't.
Michael.
We're in the middle of nowhere.
It's not about that.
It's not about Division.
It's not about you.
It's about my wife.
Your what? And my daughter.
You're married and you have a daughter? No.
No, I did.
They're gone.
They were killed in a car bomb.
March 21 st, 2001.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
Nobody knows.
Only Percy and Amanda.
And now you.
And Kasim.
As in Kasim Tariq? Before 2001, Kasim wasn't a famous terrorist.
He was a low-level snitch.
Then all that changed when he betrayed me.
After he killed my family, he became a hero in the ranks of al Qaeda.
That's the reason why I joined Division in the first place.
To find him.
And until I kill him, I can't move forward.
Hey.
I will do anything to help you.
Do you know what I'm thinking about right now? I'm thinking about that time you approached me outside that bar in D.
C.
I was tailing you and you spotted me and you walked right over to me, fearless.
Are you fearless now? I'm not here to fight you.
- I need money.
- Don't we all? You offered me unlimited weapons and cash if I join you.
You want to join Gogol? Oh, hell, no.
That's the first thing out of your mouth that I've believed.
I have a one-time business proposal for you.
Low-risk, mutually beneficial.
I'm listening.
You have a relationship with al Qaeda.
When they smuggle heroin through your territories, you look the other way, for a price.
You're not exactly partners in crime, though.
And I think you wanna be.
What would happen if one of their trucks were attacked? You want me to rob al Qaeda? No, I'm going to.
Posing as a third party, I'm gonna jack one of their shipments, deliver it to you.
- They'll never know you were connected.
- When they call to complain? You tell them that you are aware of the situation and that you're looking into it.
And in the meantime you're offering personal convoy protection to those who pay for it.
Maybe you can even rent them some transport.
Those drugs belong to Kasim Tariq, al Qaeda's CFO.
- I don't care.
- You will if he kills you.
You win whether I live or die.
All I need are the coordinates on the truck routes.
I'm expecting the haul to be worth around 60 million.
Hmm.
What's your cut? Eight, 4 up-front.
Two up-front, 3 upon completion.
You have got two strikes against us, Nikita.
If there is a third, I promise you Gogol will divert an absurd amount of resources towards finding you.
And when we do it will be unpleasant.
And the city I walk in So formal around here, I kind of feel like I'm at a job interview or something.
Hey, you okay? So here's the thing.
I have a lot on my plate right now with work and moving into the city, it's a lot, and It's just I don't think we should see each other anymore.
Okay.
- Nathan.
- No, no, you know what? It's cool, okay? I get it, you know? We're cool.
We're cool.
Um, and I'm still right next door, so Right.
Tell you what, why don't you just call me when you get back? Or whenever things get normal.
- What do you mean? - Look, Alex.
You can't tell me what you do.
You can't tell me who your friends are.
The first night I met you you beat some guy down in front of a room full of people.
Alex, you're not normal.
Do you think I asked for this? - Do you think I wanna be this way? - Listen to me.
You're not normal, and I like that.
I don't know if you asked for it or not.
But all I can tell is, whatever it is, you don't seem to want it.
I don't.
Then what do you want? I'm serious.
What do you want? That I wanted to hear? What was the answer You wanted me to find out? Chatter from Ml6 is heating up.
There's a possible lead on Kasim.
I may need to hop a plane to Europe.
Request denied.
Sir, I need to be on the ground in case there's a window.
I can't commit resources to attack a possible lead.
I'm not asking you for resources.
I'm going on my own.
Last time that happened, you almost got killed.
Percy, I need to go.
And I need you here.
Do you know what that is? It's a black box.
Secure hard drive, unbreakable encryption.
It contains evidence of every job Division's ever done which also makes it your insurance policy against oversight.
Not just mine.
That box and its duplicates are what keep Division where it needs to be safeguarding this nation.
That is why you're here, isn't it? Defend the nation? There are changes coming, Michael.
Take my word for it.
And that box is what's gonna make those changes possible.
Make what possible? Freedom.
Freedom to conduct our business the way it needs to be conducted.
I'm talking about freedom from the stranglehold of government.
You're planning a move against the government? It's a little bit more complicated than that.
I wanna bring you into this.
But I need to know your focus is here, a hundred percent.
And as much as you hate to hear it, Kasim's gonna have to wait.
NIKITA NIKITA NIKITA KASIM Come on, come on.
Damn it.
KASIM Sorry, Ari.
We gotta do this again.
Strike three, here I come.
Who are the Knights of Shi'ra? We're not here to discuss intel.
I am.
I want to know exactly who I'm paying to be protected against.
Or am I to believe that Gogol is somehow protecting itself against a threat it knows nothing about? Very well.
The men who robbed you are highly motivated.
They are well-organized and can move very fast.
They utilize unconventional attacks matched with organized chaos.
You don't wanna stand in their way.
They burned up the heroin they were trying to steal.
That's someone who should be pitied, not respected.
On the subject of respect, you know what Gogol can bring to the table.
We have the best trained agents at our disposal.
There is nothing we can't handle.
Really, Kasim if I wanted you dead you would be.
Follow me.
We have backup at the Hotel Kruschev.
Follow us east on the highway.
- Go.
- I got him.
Where's your location? - No.
- No? You wanted this kind of relationship, you got it.
You don't get Kasim until you do something for me.
- What? - I want verified locations - of the black boxes.
- Nikita.
The identities of the guardian attached to each one.
Are you out of your mind? I still have Alex.
I guess you'll have to weigh that against how much you want Kasim, won't you? You would let a known terrorist go free just to spite me? No.
But I would let him go to prison for the rest of his life and yours.
There's not a prison on Earth that Division can't negotiate him from.
Beijing bombing 2008, Kasim was responsible.
You think if I drop Kasim in the president of China's lap that Division could negotiate his release? Didn't think so.
Be a good boy and do as you're told.
You're gonna regret this.
One of us will.
If I don't hear from you in 24 hours, I'll know you failed.
This could never work.
Uh, it seems like it was working just fine to me.
Yeah, right here, right now, sure, but But what? If I have to go, I have to start over.
Where you going? I don't even know.
Then how do you know I can't go with you? Because you have a life here.
You have a job, a family.
I do, huh? Dad died when I was young.
Mom, a few years ago.
- Only child.
- Me too.
So we got a lot more in common than you realize.
We just gotta talk about it.
So you could just pick up and go if you wanted? Uh-huh.
Yeah, which reminds me, I'm out this weekend.
I got a DJing gig in the Hamptons.
How big is your hotel room? MICHAEL There's a C-141 fueling up at McGuire right now with a flight plan to Ramstein.
Do you have intel on the black boxes or not? Yes.
But you're not getting anything until we meet face-to-face.
Nikita? I'm where we had our first mission together.
Give me 12 hours.
I'm heading to the server room now.
Hands up.
You think I'd be stupid enough to leave you with an unlocked phone? You hit my convoy all by yourself.
But you let the cargo burn.
Why? This isn't about money.
So then it's personal.
Vengeance can sometimes be justified.
You look like someone with faith.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Although I do recall praying for the day when I would find your elusive ass.
Were your prayers answered the way you thought they would be? You've been praying to the wrong person, Nikita.
How do you know my name? That's something we can discuss another time.
- You don't have a lot of time left.
- If you cooperate tell me everything I want to know I promise that you will die without pain.
Last time I checked, you were my prisoner.
Those without faith can never see the truth even if it's staring them in the eyes.
How did you warn them? Stay down.
MAN Don't move.
Open the door.
Michael.
You've come a long way to be disappointed.
Get up.
I'm not who you think I am.
- Shut up.
- It's true.
He used it to call for help.
How do you know how to use that? How? You know how.
He's Division.
No, he's not.
He works for Percy.
Percy told me that we must sacrifice the lives of a few in order to save the lives of many.
Even if those sacrifices have to come from blood of our own countrymen.
In this particular case, only one soldier needs to fall.
When al Qaeda learns that you have taken this man out they will welcome you into their jihad.
And I'll have a man on the inside.
And together, we can save thousands.
After a time, I came to see that Percy was not a man of honor.
So I cut my ties with Division.
And I joined those who I was sent to betray.
Percy walked into your hospital room nine years ago and has been using you ever since.
He promised you vengeance against a ghost that he himself has created.
You deserve to know the truth.
I was following orders.
Like you did so many times.
You and I are not the same.
Oh, yes, we are.
If you were me you'd go for the gun.
I would.
I bought them a house.
Elizabeth and Hailey.
One night, Lizzy and I just started flipping through a housing catalog.
Lizzy saw this house in Hawaii and her eyes just lit up.
So I tore out the page and without telling her, I started saving up.
Before you knew it, I had enough money for the down payment.
When I called the realtor and he said the place was still available I nearly jumped out of my chair.
My plan was to fly them there for a vacation.
And tell them that that house was a rental.
And I know on the last day of vacation Hailey would just look up at me and tell me it's time to go home.
But I would look back down at her and I'd tell her: "We are home.
" Percy took that away from me.
He made me into this.
I'm going to go into his office and I'm gonna shoot him.
If Percy goes down this country will never recover.
Do you remember telling me that? I don't care.
I don't believe you because you're stronger than that.
You're the strongest person I've ever met.
You do the things that other people won't do.
You sacrifice and you dedicate your life to people you know are innocent.
I don't think you're capable of not caring.
We will find the rest of the black boxes and then we will kill Percy.
And he will not be able to do this to anyone ever again.
I lied to you.
I didn't get the locations.
I was coming here to double-cross you.
Well you didn't.
Did you think about what we discussed? Yes.
And? I'm with you 100 percent.
You were right.
No.
Yeah, you were right.
If I had just listened to you five years ago things could have been different.
Things will be different.