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The Best Episodes of La Femme Nikita Season 2

Every episode of La Femme Nikita Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of La Femme Nikita Season 2!

La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.

Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:USA Network

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "La Femme Nikita" season 2 is "Hard Landing", rated 8.6/10 from 111 user votes. It was directed by Jon Cassar and written by Michael Loceff. "Hard Landing" aired on 1/4/1998 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Spec Ops".

  • Hard Landing
    8.6/10 111 votes

    #1 - Hard Landing

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1998

    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.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Michael Loceff

  • Spec Ops
    8.7/10 111 votes

    #2 - Spec Ops

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1998

    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.

    Director: T.J. Scott

    Writer: Robert Cochran

  • Third Person
    8.3/10 101 votes

    #3 - Third Person

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1998

    Nikita is brought back to full operative status when Birkoff discovers a six-man terrorist team are making several random attacks.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Approaching Zero
    8.5/10 100 votes

    #4 - Approaching Zero

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Loceff

  • New Regime
    8.3/10 97 votes

    #5 - New Regime

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mandatory Refusal
    8.1/10 97 votes

    #6 - Mandatory Refusal

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Half-Life
    7.9/10 91 votes

    #7 - Half-Life

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/1998

    Michael's loyalties are divided when Nikita discovers his friend is a bomber and Operations tells him to betray his friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Darkness Visible
    7.6/10 91 votes

    #8 - Darkness Visible

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Open Heart
    7.7/10 93 votes

    #9 - Open Heart

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • First Mission
    8.1/10 88 votes

    #10 - First Mission

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/1998

    Nikita is promoted to team leader early and is sent on a much more dangerous than expected mission with a disobedient operative.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Psychic Pilgrim
    8.2/10 96 votes

    #11 - Psychic Pilgrim

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/19/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Soul Sacrifice
    7.7/10 87 votes

    #12 - Soul Sacrifice

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/14/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Not Was
    8.1/10 93 votes

    #13 - Not Was

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/21/1998

    Michael is captured and interrogated by terrorists, then loses his memory and does not know who he is.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Date
    8.0/10 90 votes

    #14 - Double Date

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/28/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fuzzy Logic
    7.6/10 88 votes

    #15 - Fuzzy Logic

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/5/1998

    Section captures a mathematician in order to decode a code that is aiding terrorists in their attacks.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Michael Loceff

  • Old Habits
    7.9/10 81 votes

    #16 - Old Habits

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 7/12/1998

    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.

    Director: Terry Ingram

    Writer: Maurice Hurley

  • Inside Out
    8.3/10 90 votes

    #17 - Inside Out

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/26/1998

    Section falls into a trap when a mission to take out a Red Cell munitions base causes a virus to be spread throughout Section.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Maurice Hurley

  • Off Profile
    8.0/10 88 votes

    #18 - Off Profile

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/2/1998

    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.

    Director: John Fawcett

    Writer: David Ehrman

  • Last Night
    7.6/10 81 votes

    #19 - Last Night

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 8/9/1998

    Operations orders a raid to capture the leader of a terrorist group, which turns out to be a sentient computer.

    Director: Clark Johnson

    Writer: Robert Cochran

  • In Between
    8.1/10 79 votes

    #20 - In Between

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 8/16/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: Michael Loceff

  • Adrian's Garden (1)
    8.5/10 96 votes

    #21 - Adrian's Garden (1)

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 8/23/1998

    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.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Michael Loceff

  • End Game (2)
    8.9/10 96 votes

    #22 - End Game (2)

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 8/30/1998

    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: David Ehrman, Robert Cochran