Nikita s03e22 Episode Script

Saying your good-byes? More like good riddance.
My trip to Washington was very fruitful.
The president came through.
We're getting our pardons.
Should have them by week's end.
She kept to her word.
That's because she's afraid of us.
She knows what we know, what we could do to her.
She's one of the only people in the world who knows about Division.
She should be afraid.
Nikita, is there something you want to say? Now's not the time to do anything rash, Nikita, or I may have to do something rash in return, like push the trigger to activate the nanotoxin in Michael's blood.
I just can't believe the end is in sight.
Yeah.
There were plenty of times I didn't think we'd make it.
So you're okay with letting go of pursuing Amanda? Michael convinced me to move on.
Yeah.
Now, that is what I call true love.
What did you want to show me? Remember when Nikki went hunting for Amanda in that aqueduct? You mean when your comms went out? Yeah, see, uh, my comms don't just go out.
Not like that.
I ran some tests.
There's nothing wrong with the tech.
Well, maybe Shadownet's not up to snuff yet.
Shadownet's got plenty of snuff.
It's got snuff coming out of its ears.
No, I did some digging-- there was a jamming field dropped over the entire area.
Jamming field? Last time we saw one of those, it was-- Amanda.
She used it in Colombia when you guys went after Ramon.
I checked.
It's the same power signature.
Why would Amanda jam that aqueduct? She didn't want us to hear something, or someone.
Nikita said there was no one down there, just her.
Yeah, see, that's the other thing.
Nikki was out of contact for 22 minutes.
That's a long time to be wandering around a supposedly empty aqueduct.
You saying she lied? If the power signature fits-- look, Mikey, we still don't know what Amanda did to her in that chair.
We've seen this before, the lies, the cover ups.
It's Alex all over again.
Where is she? I need more time.
My conditions were clear.
I gave you 24 hours to kill the president.
I need-- I need tactical plans.
I need mission support.
I need a team.
No.
No help from anyone.
You tell anyone, and Michael is dead before you finish the sentence.
Listen to me, you bitch-- - This is not a negotiation.
- I-- They say every good plan allows for some unpredictability, but I confess, I fail to see the need to enlist as volatile an element as Nikita.
The group wants the president dead.
I want Nikita branded a killer for the whole world to see.
Our interests dovetail perfectly.
Trust me, this is how we all get what we want.
Ryan, you really need to see this.
This is Dr.
Tolcher.
The scientist who developed the poison? Not just a poison.
A nanotoxin.
Microscopic particles that lie dormant in your blood until someone triggers them to release a toxin.
Scientifically, it's an incredible achievement.
What's your interest? This guy was experimenting on human subjects.
Where did they come from? Vagrants, orphans, untraceables-- In other words, human trafficking.
How does a guy like this get hooked into that world? How does he get mixed up with some shadowy global organization that trades in innocent lives? This is medical.
Yeah, Sonya, is Nikita down there with you? - No.
- Has anyone seen her? Uh, she was in Ops.
Well, she's not here anymore.
Why? What's wrong? We think Nikki's been acting weird.
Like Amanda weird.
Hang on.
Someone just started the car lift.
She's headed up top.
Where are you going? To take care of a few things.
I'm in a rush.
Is that what it feels like? Like what you have to do is so important that it just can't wait? - Michael-- - It's not real.
Amanda has gotten into your head, just like she did with Alex.
That's not it.
Nikita-- Nikita, put the gun down.
Think about what you're doing.
This is-- this is Amanda.
We've seen this before.
Yes, we have.
I'm sorry, Michael.
I can't help it.
She's in my head.
I can't shut her out.
I don't want to hurt you, but I will.
Nikita, you can fight this.
Let me help you.
There's so much I want to say.
Not now.
Not until we can be alone together.
I wish I knew when that will be.
Original air date on May 17, 2013 Sorry, Michael.
I can't help it.
She's in my head.
I can't shut her out.
I don't want to hurt you, but I will.
Nikita, you can fight this.
Let me help you.
Something's not right.
What Amanda does isn't possession.
When I did the things that I did, my actions felt natural, the result of my own choices.
I wasn't aware that I was being manipulated.
So you're saying this isn't one of Amanda's Jedi mind tricks? I don't think so.
Nikita's doing this on her own? Doing what? And why the act? To send us a message.
Susan? Janet Malcolm.
President Spencer's personal aide.
We met in Toronto during the G20.
I arranged for you to get into the gala.
Yes, of course.
How are you? - Good.
- It's good to see you.
You too.
Well, what are you doing here? I'm teaching a seminar at Georgetown.
Oh.
The press department was looking for you in Toronto.
Yeah, they wanted to do a little media package on your close relationship with the president, get you talking about her impact on your life.
She has had an impact.
Janet, I'm glad I ran into you.
I need to ask you something.
I need to get on the President's calendar today.
- Today? - I know it's short notice, but I have something very important I need to speak with her about.
Well, I'm sorry, but no one gets on the President's calendar that fast.
I mean, not unless World War III is breaking out.
And plus, the Secret Service would still have to pre-screen-- I'm sorry.
I really am.
But I'm not asking.
She said there were things she wanted to say, but we had to "Wait until we can be alone together.
" "Wait until we can be alone.
" Maybe she knew we were watching her on security cams? Or maybe Amanda was listening.
When Amanda forced me to be her mole, I couldn't tell any of you, because I knew that she was monitoring me.
That's why Nikki was acting so squirrelly.
Nikita was trying to tell us she's been bugged.
Tolcher's subcutaneous comm.
Amanda could have implanted one in Nikita.
Birkhoff, can you reverse engineer the chip in Tolcher? Isolate the frequency Amanda's using? We might be able to use that to-- To track the comm that's in Nikki.
Yeah, I think so.
You want to go play operation? Call in, tell them you'll be out sick, and get me on the President's schedule.
I don't have the authority to do that.
Janet, I found you.
I can easily track where your home is, your family.
Tracy.
Could you do me a favor? I forgot to put someone on the schedule.
Uh, a Susan Mason.
Okay, I got a lock on the frequency.
It's coming from D.
C.
She's in Washington? I just checked the armory.
In addition to her Glock, she took a silencer, a PSG-1 sniper rifle and scope, plus match grade ammo.
That's a kill mission kit.
She told me Spencer should be afraid of her.
She was trying to warn me.
Warn you of what? She's going to try and kill the President.
Look, I'm not going to hurt you, all right? A construction crew will be here in a few hours.
They'll find you.
You'll be fine.
You try to get by Secret Service without clearance, and they will shoot you.
If I fail, there'll be no reason to live.
Amanda, the president is inside the White House all day.
No chance to sniper from long range.
But I did get an appointment to see her.
I knew you'd find a way.
I still have to get past White House security.
I told you I needed a team for this.
Not that you would know anything about needing friends.
Oh, I know all about how valuable having the right friends can be.
Get me Stirling.
Nikki, I'm talking to you through your car's onboard navigation system.
- Birkhoff? - No time to explain.
We have a very short window.
Win window for what? Alex.
You have to get out of here now.
Nikita-- Let me go.
You don't know what you're doing.
We know about Amanda's bug.
Birkhoff's jamming it.
No.
You can't.
She'll know.
No, it's disguised as interference.
She'll think you went through a tunnel or something.
As long as we don't cut her out for too long.
Just long enough to stop you from killing the President.
We know.
We got your message.
I've lost Nikita's signal.
If you can't clear it up in a few seconds, let me know.
We know Amanda didn't alter your brain, so what did she do to you? She didn't do anything to me.
She did something to you.
The nanotoxin is embedded in the carbon fiber bone of your new hand.
If I don't fulfill her mission, she won't give me the antidote.
I kill the President, or you die, Michael.
I have to go.
Amanda's going-- There's no way I'm letting you go through with this.
What happens to you if you do? I'd rather-- You'd rather die? That's why I didn't tell you.
- You can't just-- - What choice do I have? Why did you give us clues if you didn't want us to stop you? Because if I have to go through with this, I wanted you to know why.
What if there's another way? We take the nanotoxin out of play.
We know there's an antidote.
No, we already used the last dose on Maryam Hasan.
Okay, so we find more.
In the research, we found another scientist.
His name is Kang.
If anything, it looks like Tolcher was working heavily from his theories.
He may be able to make more antidote.
I can't go.
Amanda's watching.
We can.
Stick to your plan so she doesn't suspect.
We'll go find the antidote.
I can buy you some time.
Nikita-- Michael, if you want to save me, save yourself.
How do we know Dr.
Kang isn't working for the Shop too? We don't.
Part of me hopes he's dirty.
At least I could punch someone.
Alex, look.
If this goes bad, I'm worried about what it'll do to Nikita.
Make her understand that her family, the one that she's built, is there for her.
She started this journey by herself.
I need to know she will not end it alone.
She won't.
I promise.
Excuse me.
You can't be here.
Dr.
Kang, CIA.
We need a moment of your time.
I'm here on Commander Evan Danforth's orders.
You have anything about this? This is Blue 1.
We have an unsub in the tunnels and are investigating.
Lock it down.
This is This is outrageous.
So you recognize what Tolcher was doing? He took my nanoparticle drug delivery system and weaponized it.
How did he get this? The people he's working with have eyes everywhere.
So someone's spying on my lab? Possibly.
More importantly, is there a way to counter the nanotoxin? I don't know.
Maybe.
Nanocells are designed to mimic human tissue, so they can't survive without a live host for more than 20 minutes.
Doctor, yes or no? Yes.
Yes, if I had a live, infected subject to work with.
Well, you've got one.
These tunnels are classified.
How did you get access? I'm a covert operative for Commander Evan Danforth.
He told me to use them.
Commander Danforth is dead.
I know.
But my mission is still active.
I couldn't risk being seen going through a public route.
I have very important intel for the President.
Regarding what? For her ears only.
We'll check out your story.
I'm going to need supplies.
We have a lab ready to go.
Why can't I just work here? Security could be an issue.
Well done.
So Dr.
Tolcher had you infect Kang with the nanotoxin? Yes, sir.
A failsafe in case Kang ever discovered that we had been hacking his research.
Excellent foresight.
Let's, um--let's keep this between us, shall we? Amanda might feel compelled to do something rash in response to this action, which wouldn't be prudent for anybody.
Of course.
- Come with us.
- Where are we going? Uncuff her.
Return to your posts.
Sir, we really should stay with-- I said, dismissed.
I've cleared agents from the blue sector for the next ten minutes.
I can get you as far as the Oval Office.
You'll need this.
How much did Amanda pay you to betray your country? I don't work for Amanda.
But the people I do work for want to make sure she gets what she needs, and this has nothing to do with money.
Then why are you doing this? Be a good girl and take the gun.
I told you, Nikita, I know all about how valuable it is to have the right friends.
Then why not have him do the job? Do you really need to ask? You're the one who has to suffer, so you're the one who has to take the fall for this.
Now, no more excuses or unforeseen problems, because I've thought of everything.
Birkhoff, do you have a read on Nikita's position? Just give me a sec.
If I'm not careful, Amanda's going to figure out she's on a party line.
You find the Doc? He's dead.
Where is she? - Just outside the oval.
- Can you patch me in to Nikita over Amanda's comm without Amanda hearing? Are you nuts? If Nikita's signal drops out now, Amanda's definitely going to know something's up.
I just need a few seconds.
Can you do it? - Technically, yes-- - Then do it.
Single shot to the head.
Make it count.
Ms.
Mason, you can go in now.
Thank you.
What are you doing here, and how the hell did you get on my schedule? There's something I have to do.
I've settled everything with Fletcher.
You have no more obligation to me or the government.
This is about saving someone.
Have you ever had to decide between two impossible choices? Of course.
But if you step back, you'll usually see that one is more important than the other.
Nikita, can you hear me? - Michael? - What? It's okay.
Amanda can't hear us.
Do you have the antidote? Have you lost your mind? Okay, look, I-I don't have a lot of time, so-- Michael, do you have the antidote? Tell her.
We don't have it.
Yes.
We have it.
The threat's been neutralized.
You can abort.
Oh, thank God.
I love you.
I love you, too.
There's something you need to know.
There are people trying to kill you.
A lot of people are trying to kill me.
I'm the President of the United States.
I'm talking about your inner circle.
One of your Secret Service gave me this to kill you, to take you out.
That's from my security? Yes, it is.
I know who, but there could be more.
Do you understand what I'm telling you? Do you know what you have to do? I know exactly what I have to do.
Got a gun.
Secure the exits.
Secure them now.
We need a medic.
Down.
I said, down.
Get trauma down here now.
Eagle is down.
Eagle is down.
Eagle is down.
I told you I've thought of everything.
- Eagle is down.
- Lock down castle.
Alert the M.
U.
Eagle is down.
We need a trauma unit.
Get the Vice President to the bunker.
Initiate priority security protocol.
Get her secure off site.
Use the tunnels.
No eyes.
Go.
Go.
Please tell me that didn't just happen.
It happened.
It--it really happened.
The President is dead.
And somehow, Amanda was responsible for it.
This was all a trap to frame Nikita.
It was a contingency.
Amanda made sure Nikita would go down for the assassination even if Nikita couldn't pull the trigger.
The game was rigged all along.
But how? Could she have gotten in Spencer's head? Somehow gotten her in her chair? Oh, how would she gain that kind of access? And if she did, why not kill the President then? Guys, this is the Shop we're talking about.
It's got to be some kind of-- Hey, hey.
None of this matters.
What matters is we have to save Nikita.
The Secret Service is going to be all over her by now.
That's if they haven't already dropped her in the deepest hole they got.
Hey.
Where are you going? Getting her out.
- Michael, you're at risk-- - Screw that.
Look, Michael, we will rescue Nikita, but you can't do anything if you're dead.
I'm dead already.
Kang is gone, as is any chance of me getting an antidote.
And I'll be damned if I stand around while Nikita's in trouble.
Wait, you're not dead yet.
Look, I've been thinking, Kang said that the nanocells react just like living tissue.
They die when the host body dies.
So? So what if the host body dies? I get it.
We kill Mikey, we kill the nanocells.
Then we revive him.
It's what Amanda did to me to deactivate my kill chip.
We don't have that time.
You remember what Nikita said? To save her, you have to save yourself.
What's that? It's to lower your body temperature.
We have to stop your heart for 20 minutes.
That's how long Kang said it takes to kill the nanocells.
The only way to prevent brain damage is to induce hypothermia.
Preventing brain damage would be good.
You're trying to figure out why I did it this way, aren't you? See, my associates needed the President dead, but they also needed a specific narrative.
So I gave them an assassin with an axe to grind.
From now until the end of history, every man, woman, and child will know your name.
Booth, OswaldNikita.
You know, it's funny, I'm the only one who hasn't gone through this.
All of you have already done this resurrection thing.
Well, it's about time you joined the club.
Your story's not going to hold up.
You're right.
Your testimony could confuse matters, which is why I can't allow you to speak to anyone, ever.
Stand down.
There's been a change in orders.
Sir? Return to castle.
The suspect's coming with me.
No, stop.
Don't listen to him.
Sir, the protocol is very clear.
We're changing the protocol.
Now turn her over.
That's an order.
He's working with the people who killed the President.
Agent, you've lost control of your prisoner.
Will you shut her-- Up? This is Stirling.
I have control of the situation.
All agents stand down.
All agents down.
Wait a minute.
He's on Amanda's frequency.
I might be able to overload the relay.
Make it look like she got loose and killed the others, but not before they fatally shot her first.
Thanks, Birkhoff.
Listen, whatever you guys are going to do, do it fast, because Amanda is definitely going to be on to us now.
Welcome to Division.
Start the clock.
Stirling, report in.
Stirling.
Birkhoff.
Send the kill signal, and trigger the nanotoxin now.
Birkhoff, how is he? Uh, he's--he's dead, but, uh, not the way you think.
We had to flatline him to kill the nanotoxin.
What? What about the antidote? They, uh, they never got it.
It's okay, though.
Alex is on top of it.
to bring him back.
I'm on my way.
Birkhoff, listen to me.
Don't let him die.
Do you understand? Don't you dare let him die.
We sent out a signal but never got a valid response.
The nanotoxin was never activated.
There's a group of gentlemen I hired for quite a bit of money recently.
Former employees, actually.
They're on standby.
I'd like you to tell them it's time to go to work.
What orders shall I give them? Tell them to return to Division and wipe everyone out.
One, two, three, four, five.
Clear.
Adrenaline.
Clear.
There.
Damn it! One, two, three-- Guys, we have multiple hostiles incoming.
They are well-armed.
Judging from their cover formation, they're well-trained.
Damn it.
Come on, Michael.
Michael, come on! Son of a-- Nikki, I've gotta go.
We're under attack.
It's the rest of the Dirty 30s.
If you've got any power-ups left for that car, now's the time to use them.
Everybody, we've got bad guys on the way down.
You guys go.
I'll stay with Michael.
One, two, three-- - Who are they? - I caught a couple faces.
Trevor, Morgan, Allenby-- Dirty 30s are attacking us? Amanda.
She's got Shop money now.
She can afford them.
Let's get them away from medical.
Fall back! How you like me now? Clear! I'm out.
Me too.
I got three rounds.
Make them count.
Draw them up top.
We'll flank 'em.
I got something I want to say.
I never liked you guys.
Well, then, you got nothing to lose.
We'll be fine.
Go.
Go.
He's been down for so long.
I don't know if his body's strong enough.
All right.
Okay.
He's strong enough.
Come on, Michael.
Give him the adrenaline.
Now.
Michael.
Michael.
Do you remember when I told you that you were the strongest person I'd ever met? We were standing in the snow.
We'd just gotten Kasim, and you told me about the life he took from you.
And I thought, how could anyone survive that? You did.
You did.
And then you saved me, too.
Michael, you pulled me out of the darkness when there was no other way.
And I need you to be strong for me right now.
If you want to save me Save yourself.
Please.
Please.
All of you went through that? As the nation continues to mourn President Spencer's death, the country's law enforcement agencies have launched the largest manhunt in history as they begin the search for the assassin.
The Secret Service has released the following description.
Female, dark hair, roughly 5'7".
They've also released an image, taken from security camera footage within the White House.
The image is grainy, but take a close look.
If you have any information regarding this person, you are asked to contact local authorities.
We're going to clear your name.
No question.
They got nothing.
That could be Bigfoot.
They'll find a better image.
We'll expose the truth before that happens.
The problem will be getting people to believe it.
I know the truth, and I can hardly believe it.
That's why we need to get to the bottom of what's really going on Find out why Amanda and the group wanted the President dead, how they made her commit suicide.
Those answers are what's going to clear Nikita's name.
We'll need somewhere to work from.
Do you think maybe you could convince your hacker buddies to let us use this place for a while? We're going to need a safehouse, since we lost those presidential pardons.
I'm putting you all in the line of fire.
We can handle it.
No.
This will be heat like we've never seen before.
Bring it on.
Nikita, we can beat this.
I was ready to die today, but you and Alex and everyone refused to let that happen.
You remember when Amanda tried to teach us that our loved ones were a liability? Well, it's a good thing you've got more than one.
Okay.
Till death do us part, right? A toast to a successful beginning.
Nikita's still alive.
We tend not to view these things as zero-sum games.
What needed to happen happened.
The President is dead.
At least, to the outside world.
You should know that I am worthless as a hostage.
The United States will not negotiate with terrorists.
Typical of an American to think she's being held as some type of leverage.
It is understandable.
Grabbing her, as you did, at the G20, she probably suspects some foreign enemy.
It could all come crashing down because of Nikita.
We could release a clearer image, make sure people know who they're chasing.
No, meddling now would raise too many questions.
Remember, we are the Invisible Hand.
Nikita has a habit of chopping off hands.
Then we shall grow another.
These are all Shop facilities.
- Yup.
- A lot of these locations correspond to known hubs for human trafficking.
Maryam Hasan offered me a position at the U.
N.
to work on the global trafficking problem.
If I took it, I'd have the influence and cover to get us into a lot of these places.
You want to be a diplomat? It'd be a chance for Alexandra Udinov to do some good.
Make the name into something that I could finally be proud of.
And it'll help us nail the people working with Amanda and get us closer to clearing Nikita's name.
That's not a bad strategy.
Nikita? She was right here.
Come on, Nikita.
Answer your damn phone.
Answer, damn it.
Answer your phone.