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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Inconstant Moon
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #1 - Inconstant Moon

    S2:E12

    When a lonely physics professor realizes the sun is going to burn out, he knows that he and humanity have only a few hours to live. In that time, Stan resolves to make up for lost years. He courts and proposes to Leslie, a woman he has known for two years but never dated. Leslie, although puzzled, finds herself more and more entranced by Stan until she finds out the reason for Stan's sudden attention. Based on a short story by famed sci-fi writer Larry Niven, this episode brings its characters face to face with both death and their own visions of life - with surprising results.

    Director:Joseph L. Scanlan
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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - End Game (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - End Game (2)

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:Joseph L. Scanlan
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 22 - Four Light Years Farther
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Four Light Years Farther

    S4:E22

    Michael and Nikita have been traveling from place to place, keeping one step ahead of Section One's attempts to find them. When George is eliminated from the picture after leaking intel to Red Cell in order to discredit Section One, the newly-empowered Operations and Madeline finally track down Michael and Nikita. They bring them back to Section. Just as Michael and Nikita are about to be cancelled, all of Section's systems suddenly stop. Mr. Jones, the mysterious head of Center, is on his way to Section One in order to conduct an evaluation, and has put Section in stasis. When Jones arrives, he is really Nick Shtoppel Nikita's neighbor and Section informant. He reveals that Nikita has been secretly working for Center for the last three years. Nikita assists Jones with his evaluation, and things change radically. Operations is forced to remain at Section One for the next seven years. Madeline takes her own life rather than be cancelled. Walter is transferred to the Farm, where he will

    Director:Joseph L. Scanlan
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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - In Between
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - In Between

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Joseph L. Scanlan
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - Playing with Fire (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Playing with Fire (1)

    S3:E21

    Literally playing with fire, Michael and Nikita are setting up clandestine rendezvous on Section missions as a way to get around Operations and Madeline's ban on their seeing each other (See Third Party Ripoff). Operations and Madeline still suspect Michael and Nikita of seeing each other on the side, so Madeline starts sending Davenport along on Michael's and Nikita's mission to spy on them. Meanwhile, Madeline orders Birkoff to sweep Michael's and Nikita's computer panels for secret communication, and when Birkoff does indeed discover communications between the two, it implicates Walter as their go-between. Will Birkoff turn in Walter? And, if so, what will happen to Michael, Nikita and Walter?

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Another Mother
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Another Mother

    S2:E13

    September 30, 1981: As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to be seen again, is made more interesting by the fact that his youngest daughter can see both him and Al.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Mercy
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Mercy

    S1:E22

    Section One is hot on the trail of Tyler, one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. After Tyler kidnaps a young inventor who has created a new, completely un-detectable plastic explosive, Nikita is sent to try and rescue the inventor and keep his knowledge out of Tyler's hands. When the mission is unsuccessful, Nikita is given orders to cancel the inventor, but she refuses. Operations decides that Nikita has crossed the line, and he purposely sends her on a suicide mission to destroy a terrorist hideout. Michael intervenes and gives Nikita the means to escape, but her freedom will change both of their lives forever.

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Contagion
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #8 - Contagion

    S2:E11

    Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Time Squared
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #9 - Time Squared

    S2:E13

    Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - The Sentence
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Sentence

    S2:E22

    Let the punishment fit the crime: an ambitious inventor, Dr. Jack Henson, creates a "" virtual prison"" and wants the government to adopt it nation-wide. Using his invention, convicts serve a life sentence in just a few hours. Henson claims the harsh sentences will ensure that criminals never offend again while the short time required cuts prison costs. He seems to be making his point until they connect an innocent man to the apparatus and the demonstration goes sour. To save the young man's life, Henson must submit to his own invention -- and to a lesson in the true meaning of justice.

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Straight and Narrow
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Straight and Narrow

    S2:E8

    Rusty Dobson has always been a problem child. His single mom decides to send him to the Milgram Academy, an ultra-strict private school that has produced some of the nation's top business and political leaders. What Rusty's mom doesn't know - and what Rusty finds out the hard way - is that Milgram doesn't just build the leaders of tomorrow, it controls them. The academy installs small computer chips in the student's brains, turning them into blindly loyal servants of the academy and The Committee, a shadowy body that controls the project. Thanks to a malfunctioning chip, Rusty has eluded their control so far, but can he escape from this prison of the mind?

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - The Deprogrammers
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #12 - The Deprogrammers

    S2:E16

    With Earth under alien rule and millions dead, the human race has been programmed to slavery. A small band of rebels kidnaps Evan, alien leader Koltok's personal slave. Trent Davis, leader of the rebels, tries to return Evan to his former self through arduous deprogramming sessions. To aid in the process, Evan is reintroduced to his wife Jill. As his sessions progress, Evan learns of the death of his daughter. He agrees to join the rebels and assassinate his former master - with devastating results.

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Catch a Falling Star
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Catch a Falling Star

    S4:E16

    An important Center satellite named Comstat Alpha crashes near a small town in Kentucky by the name of Dingman's Hollow. Michael and Nikita are then sent on a mission to retrieve it; the first mission with Birkoff's replacement, Corman. The data it carries, before it falls into the wrong hands. When Michael and Nikita get to Dingman's Hollow, they discover that the satellite is missing from its crash location. Soon enough, Nikita discovers that strange things are afoot in the town of Dingman's Hollow. It turns out that the entire town is a ""Sleeper Base"" for the Black Storm terrorist group, making Michael and Nikita's mission that much more difficult. Meanwhile, Naomi, the girlfriend of Birkoff's brother, Jason Crawford, is taking him to Aruba. Can Section One be far behind?

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Big Goodbye
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    #14 - The Big Goodbye

    S1:E11

    Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - Resurrection
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Resurrection

    S2:E17

    A scientist develops a pill to ""ressurrect"" some ""dead"" criminal men in Metropolis. Clark is jealous because a man who is trying to solve Mayson's murder shows interest on Lois, and she thinks he is attractive.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - The Message
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #16 - The Message

    S1:E17

    A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Skin of Evil
    6.6/10(68 votes)

    #17 - Skin of Evil

    S1:E22

    Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Unnatural Selection
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Unnatural Selection

    S2:E3

    Howard and Joanne Sharp are going to have a baby. Like many people in the near future, they are mulling over the possibility of black-market genetic enhancement. The upside is a perfect baby, able to compete with all those other perfect babies created by the popular, but illegal process. The downside is GRS - Genetic Rejection Syndrome - which turns one in every 10,000 genetically enhanced babies into a monster. The Sharps are willing to take the risk and go ahead with the procedure. Then they learn of the dark secret that their neighbors and best friends, Tony and Fran Blake, keep in the basement.

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Virtual Future
    5.2/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Virtual Future

    S1:E7

    A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.

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Joseph L. Scanlan Ratings Summary

"Inconstant Moon" is the best rated episode directed by Joseph L. Scanlan. It scored 8.4/10 based on 10 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 4/12/1996 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "End Game (2)".