♪♪[Gaze by sweetback playing]
♪♪[Volume reduces]
♪ I need somebody ♪♪
Something's bothering me.
What's that?
Your past.
Your life before section.
Michael said what you told me wasn't true.
That you were dangerous before, and you still are now.
What do you think?
I don't know.
That's why I'm asking you.
There's nothing I can do or say to prove to you
who I was or who I am.
I guess you have to ask yourself,
why would either of us lie to you?
Maybe you both just want something from me.
I know you were not a hostage
for the 6 months you were out.
I also know that Michael had something to do with your return.
That alone is enough to extort anything
I would want from you or him.
[Knocking on door]
Excuse me.
Michael.
I was in the area.
I thought I'd drop in to see how things were going.
It's good.
It smells like you're cooking.
Yes, I am.
Can I come in?
Of course.
Hi.
Hi, Michael.
(Nikita) We were just sitting down to have some dinner.
Did you want to join us?
No. I have some things to do.
I just wanted to see how you were doing.
Are you sure?
Yes.
[Woman speaking French]
(Operations) As you know, most satellites have a nuclear power source,
a material that could be used as a weapon.
Normally, this doesn't pose a security threat,
as these orbiters burn up
when they reenter the atmosphere.
[Beeping] Yesterday, however,
while a Norwegian satellite was on the way up,
a booster exploded
causing the payload to fall into the north sea, intact.
(Michael) What about their recovery team?
(Operations) 3 choppers went down. No survivors.
There was a naval ship in the area
that was sent in to investigate.
We've lost contact with them. Someone wants that satellite.
Was there a beacon?
It was destroyed.
Mr. Birkoff is in systems, preparing a spreadsheet.
Every hour that passes, chances of recovering the satellite
are reduced by a factor of 2.
Get on it.
Birkoff's running the numbers now.
There's a ship in the north sea where the satellite fell.
We've hailed them but they haven't responded.
Start running the numbers.
I want you to get me on that vessel.
(Birkoff) It's too far offshore.
If anything goes wrong out there, you're alone.
There's a NATO carrier 300 kilometers away.
Let them take it.
No. Orders are to work autonomously.
I'll see what I can do.
Did you pull something?
There are 2 connections we backed into through
the satellite's manufacturer.
Both are soft,
but one of them we know to have an interest
in acquiring nuclear capability.
Do we have location or personnel?
They're working on that now.
(Birkoff) What do you want to do?
Prepare a chopper and a zodiac.
Do you want to use advance ops?
No. I want to use my team.
♪♪[Burn by sister machine gun playing]
(Birkoff) They're approaching target.
They're at the ship.
♪ I look at you and then I see your fire ♪
♪ and I think about desire ♪
♪ yes, I think about desire ♪
♪ tell me things that you try to hide ♪
♪ now I'm burnin' up inside ♪
♪ oh, now I'm burnin' up inside ♪
♪ when I think about the first time ♪
♪ that I saw your face ♪
♪ I've never felt this way ♪
No one's on deck. We're going down.
(Birkoff) keep looking.
♪ Now I'm thinkin' that you feel the same ♪
That signal's coming from somewhere.
♪ And I get down on my knees and pray ♪
♪ you're like a burning flame ♪
♪ and I'll never be the same ♪
♪ no, I'll never be the same ♪
♪ you're like a burning flame ♪
♪ and I'll never be the same ♪
♪ no, I'll never be the same ♪
♪ What kind of fool am I? ♪
(Jurgen) Michael?
Anything else?
No, just this.
[Radar beeping]
Something's out there.
I'm picking up something in the air.
What?
I'm not sure yet.
Probably a commercial airliner. I'll check.
Nikita, give me a visual, 40 degrees to the southeast.
♪ No, I never had before ♪
♪ and now I'm livin' in my own reality ♪
♪ 'cause all the things you did to me ♪
Looks like a vapor trail.
(Birkoff) a vapor trail?
Whatever this is, it's getting closer.
Could be a NATO plane on maneuvers?
Not on that trajectory. Get them off the ship.
Michael, get your team to exit point now.
We have an abort condition.
♪ And I'll never be the same ♪
Looks like you got a hostile sukhoi,
30 kilometers and closing.
You've got a live warhead aimed at you.
Get out of there, Michael.
[Whistling]
[Boat engine revving]
♪ You're like a burning flame ♪
♪ and I'll never be the same ♪
♪ no, I'll never be the same ♪♪
Birkoff tracked the sukhoi. He'll fill you in.
Did you get any debris from the ship?
Jurgen's off-loading it.
Good. Let's work up an analysis.
This is all I got from the satellite.
Take this to Walter.
Play back the data on the assault.
Tear it apart and rebuild it until we get a clear picture.
Jurgen.
Go help Walter run down the hardware.
Oh, it'll take him a couple of hours.
I'll get to it in the morning.
How'd you get away with that?
I don't answer to Michael.
And operations? He was standing right there.
If it was important, I would've done it.
Oh.
So, how do you get to decide?
It's... it's complicated.
Let's go.
How was your visit to the north sea?
Brief.
How'd your team hold up?
There were no incidents.
And Jurgen and nikita?
They're forming an attachment.
Good.
Stay close to it. Let me know when it's time.
What's up?
We're going out again.
Is my panel up-to-date?
No. Comm's finishing up the sequences.
You weren't home when I called.
I went out for dinner.
Why? Is that a problem?
No.
All right, Michael, so what is this?
So I went out to dinner.
Why do you care?
[Sighing]
Patented Michael answer, the blank stare.
If you're jealous, just be jealous.
Tell me not to see him.
Is that all it would take?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
But at least it would be something real,
an emotion,
instead of this cryptic game of 20 questions.
You're right.
I shouldn't have asked.
So, that's where we stand?
You really don't care if I see Jurgen?
See you upstairs.
We've distilled all the current data from the ambush attempt.
Tactical must have originated from within Norway.
This matches up with one of the two groups we backed into,
the 5th order.
Russian mafia?
They have been underwritten by various organized factions
inside the former Soviet union.
But we still don't know specifically
who is motivating the action.
If they're so well-financed,
why go to all the trouble to steal some fuel rods?
That's not what they're after. Birkoff?
This wasn't a landsat orbiter after all.
It was a military communications satellite.
It has the hard-wired decryption codes of the main command
and control lines to the Pentagon.
If the 5th order can figure out
how to leverage these codes in time,
it would become a global security emergency.
How much time before the Pentagon can reprogram?
Not fast enough.
We have to recover that satellite.
Mr. Birkoff is triangulating the location.
We're on close quarters standby.
Madeline wants to see you in her office.
How are things going?
Fine.
I never got a chance to congratulate you
on your full return to status.
A lot has changed for you.
Has it?
Tell me.
I want to hear it in your own words.
Well, all I wanted to do back then was get out.
And now?
I won't lie to you. I'm not happy to be here,
but it's not about getting out anymore.
What is it about?
Having a better life.
Has Jurgen helped you come to this point?
Actually, yes.
He seems to be able to do things
that you said weren't possible.
Like what?
He makes his own choices.
Jurgen is an unusual case.
[Door opens]
We're ready.
Birkoff's got a location?
It's a twin location. We'll have to use parallel teams.
(Madeline) Who's running point?
(Michael) I'll be using nikita.
Then get her wired.
Birkoff's going to be pulling off a transmission frequency.
Cover as much space as you can.
And if I'm detected?
We'll be in the basement.
You'll have to cover the first 10 seconds alone.
After that, look for us and... and stay out of the line of fire.
Finish her up and get her to access.
(Walter) Yeah. Ok.
How's that feel?
Tight.
It'll loosen up. As long as you can breathe.
Sir?
What?
There's a mission loading.
I don't have our location yet. What's going on?
Don't worry about it. Keep working.
[Phone buzzing]
Yes?
Are you sure?
Ok.
Advance team just arrived on site.
Target's been abandoned.
Mission's off?
Yes.
I thought advance team already confirmed.
No.
Nothing should surprise you about this place.
Oh, it's just we've never aborted during egress.
[Walter scoffs]
I remember once heading to Italy.
We were on a plane. We did a mid-game abort.
I had it all planned, too.
I was going to take out an armory Friday morning,
and then, have the weekend to see selendra.
Where's that?
Not where is it, who is it?
Oh.
She was a section op out of Rome, and we made...
(Madeline) Walter, can you come here immediately?
(Michael) I'll take it.
Put this stuff on here.
So, are we still on close quarters standby?
No, you can leave.
Is that it?
You're all set.
I'll do it.
(Nikita) What a beautiful house.
I was surprised to get your call.
Yeah, it was an early abort.
They lost the location.
I'm glad.
Can I get you anything?
(Nikita) no, thank you.
(Jurgen) what's up? You seem distracted.
I wanted to tell you
that you were right.
There was something between Michael and me.
Is there still?
I spoke with him today.
And?
It's over.
For him or for you?
For both of us.
Can I fix you a drink?
Let me know when you get a lock.
You know, it wasn't easy for me to train you.
Really?
Why was that?
Sometimes, to get
trainees to cross the line
I have to become their enemy.
Well, I guess it just didn't work this time.
You know, I'm just a little...
No rush.
[Sighing]
You... you're not ready.
It's not that.
We can wait.
No. Come here.
Birkoff, you have sync yet?
Almost.
Hurry.
It runs at 500 megahertz. I can't change that.
Ok, there it is.
Is that all we need?
I still need to cycle the combinations, but we can do that on site.
Good.
[Phone dialing]
[Phone ringing]
Hello?
Josephine?
Now?
Yes.
Ok.
Lt. Comdr. Ronald arka.
We believe he's the pilot of the sukhoi that bombed the freighter.
He's been on leave for 2 weeks.
Birkoff connected him to a paymaster for the 5th order.
Where is he now?
He's stationed in Nova Scotia.
He's due to return tomorrow.
Why do we think it's him?
There were 23 sukhoi pilots unaccounted for
at the time of the incident.
Birkoff worked them all up,
found linkage between 5th order and arka.
Any questions?
Is Michael leading the team?
No, he won't be going.
It's just the two of you and backups.
Michael's needed elsewhere.
We'll go in here.
[Beeping]
Here's the carrier of his backup system.
Just have to invert it and wait.
Got it.
I just heard from Michael.
It's done.
Thank you.
What? Who are you?
What do you want?
I haven't done anything.
So.
So?
Shall we continue where we left off?
Has he offered up anything since our last transmission?
No. He will need to be squeezed.
Before you leave, Jurgen, I'd like you to debrief.
I'll do it tomorrow.
You'll do it now.
You heard me.
From now on, you'll follow orders
without question.
Jurgen, wait.
Is everything all right?
[Tires screeching]
I don't understand.
I'm dead.
(Nikita) What'd you have in there?
You asked how I could live like this,
on my own terms.
I had damaging intel that I could have used against them.
Who? Operations?
It doesn't matter.
It kept everyone off my back.
Why didn't they just cancel you?
They couldn't. I had a fail-safe.
I distributed the damaging intel
among servers around the world.
If I didn't refresh the codes every few days,
it was scripted to automatically upload to the agency.
But you still have all the data, don't you?
It's too late.
They've done damage control.
The only people who can corroborate the allegations
are probably dead by now.
It doesn't make sense.
I, uh, had a one-sided security hold on the house.
A dynamic carrier frequency.
The only way you can tap in without...
Detection
was from the inside.
You were the only person I allowed in.
They broke in hours after you were here.
No.
[Buzzes]
[Beeps]
I don't understand.
The mission.
What mission?
I told you about it yesterday.
The early abort.
They wired me to go out.
Walter got called off.
Michael finished.
They used you.
Jurgen.
Get out.
Let me help you through this.
They can't take everything away from us.
"Us"?
There is no "us."
There's not even a "me," not anymore.
Will they cancel you?
No. I never posed a malicious threat.
I just wanted to be treated like a human being, I think.
They understood that.
That's how we all feel.
I can't live that way.
I never could.
It won't be exactly as it was.
But I'm here.
Please
leave me alone now.
Did you get it all?
The name arka gave us connected
to a software firm in Brussels.
The firm is a cover.
Cover or not, do they have the technology
to recover the codes from the satellite?
Definitely.
Go.
[Beeping]
This is never an easy job.
Sometimes unbearable, for all of us.
I respect Jurgen for who he is
and what he tried to do,
but there are certain things that are absolute.
Jurgen could not be allowed to hold the section hostage.
How could you do this, Michael?
I just told you.
Not to him, to me.
It was never my intention to hurt you.
Oh, so that makes it ok?
How far back does it go?
My training with Jurgen,
or when you brought me in?
The night we had together?
Everyone's been contacted.
Walter needs you in inventory.
In a minute.
Well, that's the first time you've had the section wait for me.
When you were at his house, I was listening.
I had to keep my feelings separate.
That's how I live my life, nikita.
Split in two.
I never let anyone see the other half, but it's there.
Always part of me.
Well, it's just too little, too late.
I'm going to help Jurgen through this, if he lets me.
Oh...
I've become part of his life.
Remember, we're not looking to retrieve the satellite.
Just the on-board computer.
Only signal birkoff when you get visual confirmation.
It's on your panel.
Whoever gets it, hold your position.
I'll need to do a scan.
Once we get a positive I.D., you'll be given a 2nd burst.
We'll do a surgical.
♪♪[Carroussella by les jumeaux playing]
Magnetic sensor deactivated. Proceed.
[Groans]
♪ Nobody's clown ♪
♪ carroussella ♪
Sensor circuit is closed.
You're clear to enter.
♪ Carroussella ♪
Read it, birkoff. What are they doing in there?
Give me a zoom on the main console.
[Gun firing]
♪ Spin around ♪
Yeah, that's it. They're cycling codes.
Can you get it?
♪ Carroussella ♪♪
I can't get to it.
Well, you better do something quick.
Because it looks like in about 90 seconds, they're going to be uploaded.
Whoever's on the receiving end is going to have those codes.
[Gun firing]
[Groaning]
Everybody out. I'm arming.
When's the detonation?
5 seconds.
[Beeping]
What's wrong?
They jammed the remote.
It's not activating the detonator.
We'll have to rearm.
How much longer before we lose our window?
Less than a minute.
Can you fix it?
It'd have to be done manually.
Stop.
Let me do it, Michael.
I'm not going to make it anyway.
Jurgen, no.
Put down the gun, and stay in the Van.
[Gun fires]
[Groaning]
You got 21 seconds.
(Madeline) You've had to endure a number of difficult things
since you've come back to us.
We all have to come to terms with our personal losses,
look into our souls, find a way to cope.
We can't help you with that,
but I know you,
and know that you'll be able to find that inner strength.
Although we rarely do this with such a young operative,
we're willing to make an exception in your case.
(Madeline) We want you to take some time for yourself.
Anywhere in the world you'd like to go.
That'll be all, nikita.
Nikita.
Some of the things I said about Jurgen are not true.
I tell you this in case you have any doubt
as to what kind of man he was.
I'm sure you don't.
Jurgen trained me when I first came to section.
I'll miss him.
So will I.
[Woman speaking French]