Season Three
Episode Summaries
By Dana
301 Looking For Michael
Nikita's life is endangered as Operations and Madeline try to get her
killed during missions she is doing under a new team leader. With
Birkoff's assistance, she locates Michael and comes to his home to ask
for help. She is greeted by his wife Elena and their son Adam. Alerted
about the situation, Michael blackmails Madeline and saves Nikita's
life.
302 Someone Else's Shadow
Nikita finds the truth about Michael's marriage to Elena, that it is a
mission aiming to get her father, Sala Vacek. Nikita must live with
the couple for a few days so that she can befriend Elena and convince
her to contact her father. Elena finally gives in but the father
doesn't show up himself and sends a representative instead.
303 Opening Night Jitters
Michael is asked to poison Elena to persuade her father
to see her, but he can't get through with it. Section finds a way to do the
deed anyway. When he finds out that his daughter is dying, Vacek shows up at
the hospital and is killed. Michael's death is also simulated and he is out of
Elena and Adam's lives as the mission comes to an end.
304 Gates Of Hell
Michael has a hard time accepting the separation from his child and
his performance sours through the missions. Nikita is doing night
shifts to protect him. To get him back on track, Operations causes
Nikita to be kidnapped. Michael disobeys orders and saves her,
regaining his will to live in the same time, but Operations and
Madeline are concerned that there's nothing keeping the two operatives
apart anymore.
305 Imitation Of Death
Nikita infiltrates a terrorist compound where children are trained to
become perfect fighters. They collect one of her eggs for genetic
experiments. The group is taken down and the compound destroyed, but
Nikita suspects that Section has already mastered the technology to
clone their operatives. Birkoff must deal with an angry abeyance
operative who threatens to survive and come back to kill
him.
306 Love And Country
Nikolai Markali, husband of Operations' ex-wife Corine, is suspected
of having ties to terrorist organizations. His popularity as a
politician makes him a difficult target, so Nikita poses as a student
to seduce him. Meanwhile Madeline replaces Corine's therapist and
makes her take some drugs that impair her judgment. Even though
Markali resists temptation, Section makes Corine believe that he
cheated on her and she eventually kills him.
307 Cat And Mouse
Dominic (War) from Red Cell creates a clone of Nikita, Abby, and
substitutes her for Nikita during a mission. Threatening to kill
Michael, Dominic persuades Nikita to guide Abby through Section's ways
and protocols. Operations and Michael suspect Nikita of working for
Red Cell. A careful hidden message that Nikita passes to him through
Abby leads him to her, but not before Abby seduces both Birkoff and
Michael.
308 Outside The Box
Section needs someone with very good memory for a particular mission
and an innocent is recruited for this purpose. Nikita trains him and
uses him to retrieve information from her own file. She finds out that
her recruitment into Section was a setup but the operative responsible
for it disappears before he can tell her anything else.
309 Slipping Into Darkness
Operations' behavior becomes erratic and he gradually loses control
under the influence of a drug. As his condition deteriorates, Michael
takes over Section, then confirms it with a Red Cell leader who has
been orchestrating the whole operation from the beginning. As it turns
out, this was a Section plot to take the terrorist out and Operations
receives the antidote just in time.
310 Under The Influence
Nikita poses for a mission as the girlfriend of an amnesiac terrorist,
Simon Peruze, whose brother was killed by Section. She is puzzled to
notice that she is really attracted to him, until Walter discovers a
subliminal method used by Section to substitute Michael's face for
his, to make her cover more credible.
311 Walk On By
Nikita finds out that her mother is looking for her, which brings back
some memories. To avoid a possible nuisance, Michael poses as a
detective and lets the mother think that Nikita is brain-dead and used
for medical experimentation. Nikita's mother can thus say good-bye to
her and orders her body removed from the life support. Nikita is moved
by Michael's willingness to help her.
312 Threshold Of Pain
Nikita is kidnapped by Black March together with two operatives, Mark
and Angela, who are a couple, and they are all tortured for
intel. Mark gives in when they threaten Angela who is killed
anyway. When they get back to Section, Mark pretends that Nikita is
the one who broke and Michael has to go out of his way to discover the
truth and save her from cancellation.
313 Beyond The Pale
Operations names Zalman head strategist instead of Michael who decides
this is the moment to escape Section taking Nikita with him. Great
means are deployed to bring them back and Michael is captured. Zalman
tortures him for Nikita's location and Michael reveals it when Adam is
threatened. As they capture Nikita, the whole operation proves to be a
setup to expose Zalman who was leaking intel to Red Cell.
314 Hand To Hand
Nikita goes undercover to a facility providing entertainment in form
of fights to death between women recruited under the cover of a talent
agency. Michael poses as a wealthy businessman to take out one of the
clients targeted by Section. He has a hard time finishing the mission
while Nikita is in a fight.
315 Before I Sleep
Section recruits a terrorist, Jay Baylin, to help with a mission, but
Jay commits suicide rather than work for them. Madeline enlists the
help of an innocent lookalike, Sarah, who is dying from leukemia, and
Nikita helps with her training. Nikita becomes suspicious that Sarah's
condition might have been caused by Section and Madeline lies
confirming it to get the mission done.
316 I Remember Paris
Sparks resurfaces when a terrorist escapes from the White Room and
manages to send him Section's critical files. They are encrypted but
Sparks can extract Section's location out of the data - Paris. Section
is forced to evacuate and move to a new compound. Nikita accompanies
Operations on a mission to locate Sparks and confronts him about his
methods. Michael and Nikita share a romantic dinner.
317 All Good Things
Michael and Nikita are finally together as a couple. Operations is
called to Center for a few days and he leaves Michael in
command. Michael pushes everyone over the limits to get Bergomi, a
terrorist that George wants taken out, disregarding Madeline's
advice. He takes Nikita out of the field to protect her until she
protests it. Operations and Madeline wonder is Michael is too
ambitious, or if he is just better than them.
318 Third Party Ripoff
Unhappy with the development of Michael and Nikita's relationship,
Operations and Madeline downgrade Michael's status to coerce them to
give up. Davenport is made team leader in Michael's place, but during
the mission he is overwhelmed and gives Michael the control
back. Michael concedes to renounce being intimate with Nikita, but
secretly promises her that they will be together.
319 Any Means Necessary
Birkoff is sent to infiltrate a Red Cell chapter led by Jean-Marc, but
Madeline is doubtful about his chances of success. As the mission goes
well, Operations decides to make him stay there indefinitely to gather
intel. To prove himself worthy, Birkoff attracts Nikita into a trap
from which he knows she can escape, but Section believes that he has
turned and his recall is arranged. He convinces them of his
innocence.
320 Three Eyed Turtle
Greg Hillinger makes a number of mistakes on a mission that George
cares about. He is put into abeyance. As Operations takes his anger on
Madeline, she meets with George in secret to overturn him. This turns
out to be a plot of Operations and Madeline from the start to put
George in a vulnerable position and make him concede on a number of
points.
321 Playing With Fire
Michael and Nikita appear to have ceased their intimate relations, but
with Walter's help, they manage to meet during missions. Operations
and Madeline become suspicious and investigate the couple. The scheme
is revealed and Operations and Madeline make Walter arrange another
rendezvous to find out if they were plotting for anything else. Walter
finds a way to alert them and they come out clean from the mission but
their relation is exposed.
322 On Borrowed Time
Michael and Nikita are sent to a chemical facility that produces
biochemical weapons. They plan to secretly meet again, but as she
enters the meeting room, Nikita finds Madeline instead of
Michael. Madeline subjects Nikita to a mind-altering process designed
to strip her of all emotion and turn her into the perfect
operative. Michael realizes that something has been done to her when
she cuts him off and tells him she does not love him anymore. He
promises not to let them do this.