Nikita s04e02 Episode Script

Where are we? The plane.
What? Courtesy of the Udinov family trust.
We've been using it as our command center.
How did you-- When you didn't show at the rendezvous point, I backtracked and picked up your trail from the crash.
It's through and through, but you lost a lot of blood.
You're gonna feel faint.
I had to cut your shirt off to get to the wound.
If she's awake, I need to-- No, let's let her rest.
- Nikki.
- Nerd.
Hey.
Wasn't sure we'd see you alive again.
Glad we did.
Who else is here? Right now, this is it.
- Who's flying the plane? - Autopilot.
Right now, we're halfway to D.
C.
Why? There's something you should see.
At this point, I can confirm that presidential assassin Nikita Mears was the individual who planted the explosive device resulting in the death of ENN journalist Dale Gordon.
We also believe that we have uncovered the motive for the killing.
According to his notes, Mr.
Gordon was set to report on evidence of an offshore Cayman account that, according to NSA, was in Nikita Mears's name.
That's a lie.
Graham must have planted that evidence on Dale right after he killed him.
I told Dale to go straight to the head of the FBI.
I'm the reason he's dead.
No.
He's dead because of Amanda.
She's the one controlling Graham.
Yeah, but how? How is she doing this? How is she doing any of this? I think I know.
The Deputy Director of the FBI, a German BND officer, a secret service supervisor, and the president of the United States.
All high level.
All seemingly incorruptible, yet all clearly compromised.
How? Well, if Amanda drugged them, she could have gotten them in her chair, stuck her needle in their heads? Amanda's needling takes several hours, half a day at least.
Any of these people disappear for that long, they would have been noticed.
So how did she brainwash them? She didn't.
She switched them.
Switched? A double.
A perfect replica.
Someone who's been physically and mentally altered to act as a replacement.
Uh Look, Ryan, I know you're the conspiracy guy and everything, but all this sounds a little-- Hard to believe? It would be, if we didn't know the Shop already had the tech for it.
Polymers that can make copies of someone's face, body parts regenerated from source DNA, and now, Amanda is working with them.
She can install psychic circuit breakers into a person's head, make subjects suggestible and loyal.
The way she turned Sam into Owen.
Put it all together, and you got a system to create the perfect undercover operative.
They look and act exactly like the real thing, enough to fool even the people closest to them.
Place in the right positions, these operatives would give the Shop incredible access and power.
It came together for me after Alex intercepted the Shop's latest shipment-- four Pakistani men, all the same physical type.
They're not looking for random slaves.
They're looking for a specific type of clay to mold into a preexisting form.
How did she find that out? She's been chasing human traffickers.
Ones with connection to the Shop.
- By herself? - Sonya's with her.
Anyway, it's Alex.
She knows how to take care of herself.
Shouldn't you be on a beach somewhere, doing whatever retired cleaners do? It got boring.
Turns out, I freckle.
And you couldn't think of anything else to do with your stolen money? Stolen? I earned that money.
That's payback for ten whole years Amanda's brain rape stole from me.
is pretty good payback.
It's a start.
So you just got bored Decided to come to Mumbai and hunt human traffickers? No.
I decided to come to Mumbai to hunt Russian heiresses who hunt human traffickers.
Why? 'Cause you're my best shot at finding Amanda.
She made me look like a fool, first by turning me into Owen, then by playing me at the G20 back in Toronto.
I knew you guys would be looking for her too, so I've been following you.
I saw you take that scanner off one of her operatives.
First solid lead I've seen in months, and you're gonna give it to me.
The data on this could lead us to the people who framed Nikita.
We need this.
I'm not asking.
Go, go, go, go, go! More traffickers, looking for their pals.
- Unh! - Give me a gun! Owen! Unh! I was on my way out of here.
The car was abandoned on the west side.
We've got a 50-block cordon around the area.
It won't matter.
She's gone.
She's wounded.
She'll need medical attention.
After what she just pulled, she won't stick her head up for anything, not for a very long time.
Sir, you've got a call.
It's Nikita.
Hey! Keep it down! Put her on.
This is Graham.
You know, you really had me fooled, saying you were looking for the truth.
I didn't realize you were hiding it about yourself.
You're injured.
Turn yourself in.
I promise, you'll be taken care of.
Oh, you mean the way you took care of Dale Gordon? No one else has to get hurt.
I'm going to expose you for who you really are.
I don't know what you hope to accomplish.
To everyone listening in, the man claiming to be Deputy Director Graham is an impostor.
I'm sure many of you have noticed that he's been a little off.
Lapses in routine.
Have any of you asked him who he's been talking to on his private phone? Listen to me.
I am gonna find you.
How long do you think you can keep running? No, no, no, I don't think you're hearing me.
I've been on the run for three months, from you, from my life.
I have given up everything for even a shred of the truth, and now I have it.
So I'm not chasing shadows anymore.
I have a point of attack.
You.
I count four.
Two cover positions.
They're waiting us out.
Probably expecting reinforcements.
We should get out of here before they arrive.
We need to make it to that van.
With the cover they have? That'd be suicide.
Sonya, are you there? Alex! Why aren't you on your way back? Got held up.
We need your help.
"We"? - Me and Owen.
- Owen? - I mean, Sam.
- What's he-- - later.
Look, we got pinned down by Priya's men.
We need some sort of distraction to get past them.
I think I can hack the power grid and shut down the lights.
Will that give you enough cover? I think so.
We need to take out the headlights.
All right.
You take the left, I got the right.
Look, I get it.
You want vengeance.
After what Amanda did to you, I would feel the same way, so I get what you're doing.
But that doesn't mean I trust you.
That's okay.
I don't trust you either.
So we've got that in common.
Sonya, do it.
Alex! Unh! You shot me! In the Kevlar.
I knocked you out of his line of fire.
How did you know I had it on? Standard mission protocol.
And you're the kind to keep to protocol.
Meaning you guessed.
Next time, give me a heads-up.
I said, "Alex.
" No, I-I don't think anyone believes her.
She didn't expect them to.
She called you to let me know she's back in the game.
Do I proceed with Alpha contingency? No, she's trying to get you to react, force you into a false move.
Your name is Matthew Graham.
You're the Deputy Director of the FBI.
You have a duty to your office and to your country and to me.
This is important work we're doing.
Nikita's been living under the glare of the spotlight.
Now she thinks there may be a way to use it to her advantage.
Well, I'm going to make sure it stays on her.
I'm going to make sure it sears her.
What's Amanda trying to do with this lie about the secret account? Establish a context.
Create a narrative for Spencer's assassination.
Yeah, but why? We thought killing the president was the endgame for the Shop, but maybe it's just the beginning.
This doesn't feel like Amanda.
It's too subtle.
This is someone else.
Someone who knows how to maneuver in the financial sector.
Someone who's used to power but comfortable staying in the shadows.
And no other voices could be heard on Nikita's side of the call? No, sir, audio forensics were inconclusive.
I'm assuming the FBI tried to trace the signal.
They did, but without any success.
How did they discover the double? We left no loose ends.
Nikita has proven to be very resourceful.
No.
No, this is beyond her.
Figuring out something like this is-- it's a much more abstract level of thought.
Asymmetrical.
A unique talent for pattern recognition.
Ryan Fletcher.
Sorry.
Ugh, that's gnarly.
Could have been a lot worse.
You're lucky Mikey got to you when he did.
Lucky.
Not so much for Dale Gordon, huh? Graham had everybody fooled.
You couldn't have known.
Yeah, but I'm the one who got Dale involved.
I'm always the one.
You know, when I was out there, Nerd, I was so careful.
So careful, I just--I kept my head down, and I kept going.
I didn't contact anyone, because I knew that if I did, that someone would get hurt.
That's why I left in the first place.
Who else is going to get hurt because of me if I stay? How is he? He's a lot more focused than I've seen him in a while.
I know when I left, I hurt him.
It hurt me too.
Did he say anything? After I left? About you? He didn't say anything.
Not once? Not in front of us.
Oh, sorry, darling.
I didn't have time to make dinner.
The committee meeting ran late.
Three guesses why.
I swear, those ladies love their wine Fridays.
You want to order Italian? Listen, we need to talk.
What's the matter? Is everything okay? Yes, of course.
I just-- I wanted to thank you for everything, how you've stood by me.
Matthew, what's going on? Turn to your right a bit.
What? I don't understand.
Uh, guys! You need to see this.
If you're just joining us, we are live outside the residence of FBI Deputy Director Matthew Graham, where earlier tonight an attempt was made on Graham's life.
According to preliminary reports, shots were fired into the home, wounding Graham and killing his wife Sarah.
Authorities are still piecing together the evidence, but a source close to the investigation tells us that the FBI believes this to be the work of assassin Nikita Mears.
We wanted a response.
We got a response.
No, this is all wrong.
This is too loud for the Shop.
But not for Amanda.
This is over the top, even for her.
We put the spotlight on Graham.
Amanda shoved it back to Nikita.
She's really playing hardball.
Then it's time we did the same.
If Graham is a double, we expose him to the world.
We have no physical proof.
The FBI, they have to have a sample of the real Graham's DNA, right? Sure.
All personnel are required to provide one.
Then we have them compare it to what's on file, to the impostor's DNA.
I don't think the double is going to cooperate.
So we don't give him a choice.
The FBI has to take a DNA sample while they're doing an autopsy.
You want to kill the deputy director of the FBI? Amanda already did that.
She wants the world to see me as an assassin? Let's give her what she wants.
Graham's holed up at his casa.
Not surprisingly, the security detail has doubled, as has the media presence.
Getting close is gonna be insanely hard.
Getting close without being seen, forget about it.
Standard kill protocols won't work, not with our limited resources.
We're gonna have to run a bluff.
Get him out of there, or at least, get him to want to come out of there.
This only works as a two-man Op.
Are we okay with that? Yeah, absolutely.
Well, thanks for your help.
If you think I'm leaving here without that scanner, you're wrong.
Not gonna happen.
Without a fight? Look, we don't even know what's on that thing, right? I say we crack it first, decide then.
I'll contact you when we find something.
Uhuh, I'm not letting you or it out of my sight.
Besides, you keep mixing it up with boys like that at the warehouse, you are gonna need me.
Need you? The way we needed you at Division during the mutiny? Instead of backing us up, you put a gun to Birkhoff's head, and you tried to shoot Michael.
In my defense, it was Michael.
Okay, look, look.
I've been thinking about what you said.
Back in Toronto? Don't do this.
Your time as Owen has to mean something.
Yeah, it means I lost ten years of my life.
It wasn't just a loss.
You gained as well.
All of us.
We care about you.
I-I did shoot the Black Box.
I'm not your enemy.
Maybe we could help each other out.
You can stick around until Sonya decrypts the scanner.
After that, no promises.
Thugs like Nikita Mears think that by killing the messenger, they kill the message.
Instead, it just makes the truth even louder.
I can now confirm that the secret Cayman account in Nikita Mears's name was, in fact, funded by Pakistani intelligence.
Now, tracing this connection has not been easy because the money was carefully laundered through a key third party, a party that we are closing in on as we speak.
They want it to look like Nikita is working for the Pakistanis.
- Why? - If they can prove the Pakistani government was behind the president's assassination, then the U.
S.
would have grounds to invade.
Prove? This is America.
All they have to do is hint.
Vaguely insinuate.
Well, then they're planning to hint their way into a world war.
Pakistan is a nuclear power.
Well, why the hell would the Shop want that? All we know is this was always bigger than framing Nikita.
Now we know how much bigger.
What's up with that? The shoe yet to drop.
This is the second time Graham has referenced NSA intel.
What, you think he's got a double-in-arms over there? Could be.
Can you hack into the FBI's communication logs? Find who Graham has been communicating with at the NSA.
Gonna be a big list.
Not if you filter the results using our earlier search criteria.
Just stick to the higher-level names.
They want people to think Nikita is a terrorist.
Well, in that case, they're gonna love what she does next.
I'm in position.
Be ready soon.
Copy that.
I'm in the lot.
Are you sure the right car is here? Yep.
Black SUV, level five.
Using the Remington 700? No, the PSG-1.
Gonna have enough stability with that? Yeah, I'll be fine.
Well, you haven't shot in a while.
Well, some things you don't forget.
Let's hope not.
Michael, leaving you almost killed me.
Don't have to explain.
It was to protect you.
All of you.
Well, you made that clear.
If I had to do it over again, I would.
Because your call is always the right call.
- None of this is my call! - No one else is allowed to decide.
Not if it puts you in danger.
This whole impossible situation is not something I chose.
I shouldn't even be here now.
I should leave again.
No.
You belong here.
We're all better working together.
We always have been.
So you're upset I left because it hurt the team? That's right.
The team needs you.
It always has.
I needed all of you too.
I know.
Welcome home.
Digital mask is almost done.
How's it look? Pretty damn good, if I say so myself.
Squib placement was dead-on.
Nikki hit him perfectly with the false round.
I never cease to amaze myself.
Almost ready to transmit.
Copy that.
We'll be ready.
Try .
38s.
It's a smaller barrel.
It'll fit better.
Don't think that's enough stopping power.
We're only getting one shot at this.
Then use hot-loaded hollow points.
Hot loading, huh? Where'd you learn that? Texas.
It's common practice with Los Zetas.
I spent a couple of weeks with them.
Los Zetas.
That's a rough gang.
Not as rough as Michigan winters.
Or seeing that you've become public enemy number one.
Yeah, I think we got a hit on you in Texas.
Birkhoff had a hell of a time keeping the border patrol from picking up your trail.
Well, I'm glad that Nerd was watching out for me.
Yeah.
He was worried about you.
I'll have to thank him.
E.
M.
P.
is ready.
Fire the pulse.
Hey, I just lost juice here.
No, I didn't do anything.
We weren't even transmitting.
Yeah, yeah, I'll go check the cable.
Michael, he's coming back.
We're back.
It's got a cryptographic chip, but the encryption algorithm is like nothing I've seen.
Great.
We're gonna have to unpack the source code.
- How long will that take? - Well, assuming the Shop didn't protect it with too much dark magic, a couple hours.
All right.
I can deal with Sam until then.
Sam.
Don't forget, he's a pod person.
May look all normal on the outside, but deep down inside, he is sith.
I'm keeping an eye on him.
Besides, he does seem more manageable, more Owen-like.
Yo, come on, man.
I need a little more time.
I told you, I'm gonna pay you back.
You know me.
Have I ever not come through? That doesn't count.
No, hey, no! Don't send guys! I'm getting the money now.
Graham.
Turn on the news.
To be that of Deputy Director Graham.
You can see, he approaches his car, and we have confirmed that the make and model of the vehicle is the same one Graham drives.
And then-- Now, I want to repeat this again.
this video was provided to us by an anonymous tipster, and we have been unable to confirm this is, indeed, Deputy Director Graham.
We've called the FBI-- Why didn't you put an end to this? It just came through, but it's already all over the media and the Internet.
Call a press conference.
I'll be at the office in half an hour.
Wait, we could issue a denial from here.
She's playing mind games! She's trying to get me to back down, to keep me in a hole.
I'm putting a stop to this, right now.
That could be exactly what Nikita wants, to draw you out at an unscheduled time.
She might attack during transit.
You're right.
No need to risk it.
We can do this, right here.
Now, I want to repeat this again.
This video was provided to us by an anonymous tipster.
- What are you doing, Nikita? - We have been unable to confirm this is, indeed, Deputy Director Graham.
We've called the FBI but were told he's not available at this time.
I need one of our guests from level "B" brought up to me, and then I need to place a call.
There they go.
Wait! We're online.
Status on the remote gun? Green light.
We're ready to go.
Alex, you've got a call.
It's coming from the front desk.
Someone's calling you at the hotel.
Hello? One good thing about leading such a public life is it makes it much easier for your fans to find and contact you.
Is that what you are, Amanda? A fan? Oh, of course, Alex.
I've especially enjoyed watching you lead this crusade against human trafficking.
What do you want? - Manners, dear.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
I'd be happy to give you a much warmer greeting in person.
Just tell me where I can find you.
That'll have to wait.
For now, I need to speak with Nikita.
It's rather pressing, so let's stop wasting time, and have Birkhoff connect us.
Seymour, we have a situation.
Excuse me, Deputy Director.
Can you tell us what's going on? - Here we go.
- Target acquired.
A video was released, reported to show my death.
This was nothing but an elaborate lie Nikki, you've got a call in.
Perpetrated by presidential assassin Nikita Mears.
What? It's Amanda.
- Just another attempt-- - Hello, Nikita.
I don't know where you are, but my guess is you're poised to kill one of our important assets.
- Shake - Gold star, Amanda.
Well, before you do, there's something you should know.
When we swap out a target for a double, we hold on to the original subject to assist in operational support.
The real Matthew Graham is right here next to me.
If our asset dies, there's no reason to keep the original alive.
Do you understand what I'm saying, Nikita? You pull that trigger, you'll be killing the real Matthew Graham.
These tricks, these attempts at deception, are nothing more than signs of an increasingly desperate individual.
And I am alive-- Once this press conference is over, we lose our shot at him, and if that happens, who knows how much more damage he'll do? Yes, Nikita.
Stop Graham at all costs.
All it will require of you is the death of one more innocent.
You have so much blood on your hands already, what's one more life? How do I know you're not bluffing? You could have killed the original Graham a long time ago.
Tell her.
This is-- this is Matthew Graham.
- Birkhoff.
- On it.
Can you tell me where you are? I have no idea where I am.
- Incoming, Nikki.
- These lunatics have been holding me here for months.
Who is this? I need you to listen to me carefully.
There's another person posing as Matthew Graham.
He's running a task force for the FBI, so I need to confirm you are who you say you are.
Can you tell me what your last post was before the Bureau? I was a weapons officer in the Navy.
Wait a minute, are you telling me that that's why they took me? What the hell is going on out there? What about Sarah? She'd never go along with something like this.
Matthew, Sarah's dead.
- What? - The double had her killed, and they're trying to pin it on me.
Because it was your fault.
If you hadn't sent that message to the FBI, she'd still be alive, but as always, you never gave a thought to the collateral damage you might cause.
Nikita, Graham's double is a key link for the Shop.
He established the Cayman and Pakistan connection, and if I'm right, the path he's leading everyone on could lead to many more casualties, possibly a war.
Yes, let's talk casualties.
Because of you, Dale Gordon is dead.
Because of you, Sarah Graham is dead.
We'll see.
That's all for questions.
I just have Nikita, this is our last chance.
One statement that I would like to read.
Whoever you are out there, blow that bastard away! They're gonna kill me anyway, and I'll be damned if I let this psycho bitch win, so do it! Do it! Nikita.
How many more have to die because of you? He'll cause thousands of casualties.
- We're gonna lose him.
- One of the things we know is that she is a callous and cold-hearted killer, with no regard for human life.
She believes that such cruelty is a sign of strength.
I am here to tell you that it is precisely the opposite.
She will be found, and she will be punished.
Congratulations, Nikita.
You've managed to eliminate an operative who had already outlived his usefulness.
All you've succeeded in doing is you've spilled more innocent blood.
I hope she finds you.
So do I.
It had to be done.
Amanda never would have let Graham out of there alive.
And she's the one who killed those people, not you.
She was just playing more of her head games.
Thank you.
I forgot how much I need you guys.
Oh, hey.
Another voice to add to the chorus.
Nikita? Hey, Alex.
It's good to hear your voice.
How are you doing? I'll get by.
How are you? I heard you took on some traffickers.
How'd it go? Nothing I couldn't handle.
And I had some help from an old friend.
Old friend? Sam's here.
Says he wants revenge on Amanda and that we should work together to find her.
He helped me out of a jam, but I'm still not sure I can trust him.
Owen.
Give him a chance.
I-I still think that the person I knew is somewhere inside there.
You know, Alex, I think I just-- I need to believe that there are people still worth fighting for, you know? You know Michael still cares about you.
I know, I just hope he does too.
I gotta go.
I'll check in soon.
Hey, be careful.
Get down, get down! Do it now! Don't move! Get down! - You've got the wrong person! - I said, get down! Aah! Come on, move! Hey, hey, hey! We gotta help- Listen to me.
We can't do anything from inside a cell! Let's clear out, and we can figure it out, but right now, we gotta go! Go! Authorities are still investigating Graham's shocking murder.
One piece of the puzzle they're analyzing is the video, sent to news outlets shortly after the attack.
I apologize for taking such a drastic action, but the man calling himself Matthew Graham was not who he said he was.
I am so sure of that that I will make this offer.
Do a DNA test on his body and compare it to the samples already on file.
Do that, and I will turn myself in.
This is exactly the sort of undue attention we sought to avoid.
DNA tests, autopsies, contingencies we've planned for.
Taking established protocols into account.
Not the volatile movements of Nikita.
I have to admit, I was a bit surprised she pulled the trigger.
Perhaps she really has changed.
Michael Thank you.
I know there are going to be casualties in this war, but today, I didn't have to be a killer because of you.
You know, the hardest part about being out there was seeing myself on those wanted posters.
This constant reminder of my worst fear, that all I am is what Division made me.
Division doesn't define any of us anymore.
We fight because we want to and because we're here for each other.
That's why we're a team.
Michael, can we stop talking about the team, please? Nikita, there's a reason why I'm talking about the team.
I'm still here to help you, and I always will.
And I'm still here to fight Amanda and the Shop.
But I am done fighting for us.
No matter how the FBI autopsy plays out, this has already forced us to accelerate our timeline.
Revealing Alexandra Udinov as the third party who helped Pakistan finance the assassination was not supposed to have happened until later.
Does it really matter? It's not like Alex can deny she's funding Nikita.
A look at the Udinov accounts will show she's been financing their little band for months.
How are they going to fight the truth, hmm? The projects we have under way are overlapping and interdependent.
That is why timing is so important.
Graham had more of a part to play.
Then we'll adjust.
Don't forget, we still have one more ace in the hole, and his mission is just beginning.
Hey, Birkhoff.
How's the NSA search going? You find any doppelgangers yet? Not yet, Shadowbot's still doing his thing.
I guess you're just gonna have to wait.