Joel Surnow
Director
La Femme Nikita (1997)
Season 2
Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.
Released Jan. 13, 1997
Episode 45 min
15+
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Network: USA Network
Country: United States
Languages:
English
8.5
S2E1 - Hard Landing
With Michael's help, Nikita survived the destruction of a Freedom League hideout in the first season's final episode. Since then, she has been on the run from Section One. While working as a waitress, Nikita is captured by the Freedom League and used as bait to lure Section One into a trap. During a raid by a Section team led by Michael, Nikita saves Michael's life and they manage to escape together. Later, on an abandoned ship, Nikita and Michael share a night of passion. However, Michael's lies about Nikita's whereabouts are in danger of being exposed.
Jan. 4, 1998, midnight
7.0
S2E2 - Spec Ops
While Nikita is reassigned to Special Operative Jurgen, Section is contacted by one of Freedom League's operatives in order to verify Nikita's story about her capture.
Jan. 11, 1998, midnight
6.0
S2E3 - Third Person
Nikita is brought back to full operative status when Birkoff discovers a six-man terrorist team are making several random attacks.
Jan. 18, 1998, midnight
7.0
S2E4 - Approaching Zero
Section believes that terrorists are after the nuclear power source of a downed satellite. They later discover the terrorists are actually after it because it is a military satellite and it will give them access to the Pentagon if they are able to salvage it and crack the codes. Nikita grows closer to Jurgen and Section uses it to their advantage.
Feb. 1, 1998, midnight
7.0
S2E5 - New Regime
Egram Petrosian, the former Section deep cover agent rescued by Section One, takes over and promotes Nikita to second in command when Operations is seriously wounded by an insane operative.
March 1, 1998, midnight
6.0
S2E6 - Mandatory Refusal
During a mission, Michael is forced into a stage where he must cut communication with Section and complete the mission at any cost, but the target of Michael captures Madeline, and Operations is willing to kill Michael in order to protect her.
March 8, 1998, midnight
6.0
S2E7 - Half-Life
Michael's loyalties are divided when Nikita discovers his friend is a bomber and Operations tells him to betray his friend.
March 22, 1998, midnight
6.0
S2E8 - Darkness Visible
Nikita and Michael are sent on a mission to take out someone in a Balkan nation, but Nikita must force Michael into protecting two displaced children, however that protection prevents Nikita from hitting their target, and they must risk their lives in order to get him down.
March 29, 1998, midnight
3.0
S2E9 - Open Heart
On an assignment to capture a Red Cell agent known as Jenna, with valuable information, Nikita is arrested and brought to jail in order to serve time, where Jenna is also serving time. But she is forced to betray the trust she has with Jenna when she must escape the jail along with her, only for Jenna to be captured and interrogated.
April 5, 1998, midnight
S2E10 - First Mission
Nikita is promoted to team leader early and is sent on a much more dangerous than expected mission with a disobedient operative.
April 12, 1998, midnight
S2E11 - Psychic Pilgrim
Section believes that an imprisoned terrorist leader is ordering an attack through his lawyer. Nikita and Michael go undercover as a couple, and Nikita is supposed to be a psychic. The terrorist's lawyer asks Nikita to contact his dead son, but Nikita is shocked to discover something else.
April 19, 1998, midnight
S2E12 - Soul Sacrifice
A Section operative known as Terry fails a mission and admits to Nikita, the cause was her pregnancy. When she is teamed up with Nikita and Michael, she plans to escape from Section, and Nikita must choose a side.
June 14, 1998, midnight
S2E13 - Not Was
Michael is captured and interrogated by terrorists, then loses his memory and does not know who he is.
June 21, 1998, midnight
S2E14 - Double Date
Michael and Nikita are sent on a mission along with former hit man David Fanning, but during the mission he takes Nikita hostage and demands that Michael return his wife, or Nikita will be killed.
June 28, 1998, midnight
S2E15 - Fuzzy Logic
Section captures a mathematician in order to decode a code that is aiding terrorists in their attacks.
July 5, 1998, midnight
S2E16 - Old Habits
Section is trying to stop a terrorist group from engaging in suicide bombings, and Nikita is assigned to recieve information from an agent known as Formits, who, unbeknownest to Nikita, is in fact a serial killer.
July 12, 1998, midnight
S2E17 - Inside Out
Section falls into a trap when a mission to take out a Red Cell munitions base causes a virus to be spread throughout Section.
July 26, 1998, midnight
S2E18 - Off Profile
A new recruit named Andrea is romanced by Michael. When she learns that it was just a setup to gain allegiance to Section, she wants Nikita's help for revenge. Upon Nikita's refusal, Andrea proves dangerous to both Nikita and Michael when their mission ends up in a dangerous lab containing viruses.
Aug. 2, 1998, midnight
S2E19 - Last Night
Operations orders a raid to capture the leader of a terrorist group, which turns out to be a sentient computer.
Aug. 9, 1998, midnight
S2E20 - In Between
When Section discovers a wealthy terrorist plans to fund upcoming civilian attacks, Michael and Nikita pose as money launderers in order to stop him. However, his assistant, Giraldi, claims to be a Section operative who has been in the field for nine years and wants to be brought back in. When Nikita informs Operations, he tells her to ignore his request, but when Madeline finds out, she insists Nikita bring him in. Now, Nikita is caught between Madeline and Operations, and a man's life hangs in the balance.
Aug. 16, 1998, midnight
S2E21 - Adrian's Garden (1)
When the founder of Section One comes back to destroy her own creation, Nikita must make a choice between the life of Michael or the existence of Section.
Aug. 23, 1998, midnight
S2E22 - End Game (2)
With Adrian's help, Nikita manages to breach the most sensitive area of Section and secure a file, code named Gemstone, which contains evidence which will bring down Operations and destroy Section One. Meanwhile, Operations forces Michael to identify the Section operative most likely to work with Adrian to undermine Section, Nikita. Michael confronts Nikita in order to try to find a way to protect her, but she denies any association with Adrian. Now Michael is forced to kidnap both Nikita and Adrian and bring them back to Section, knowing that Nikita and Adrian will be cancelled and that the incriminating Gemstone file will be permanently erased.
Aug. 30, 1998, midnight
Network: USA Network
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 4320 min.
Released: Jan. 13, 1997
Last Air Date: March 4, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 15+
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