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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,

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 9 - Open Heart
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Open Heart

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 9 - Gray
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Gray

    S1:E9

    Section One's computer security is breached and the directory of all their agents is stolen. Michael goes to Prague to reclaim the directory, but the man who stole it is killed by another terrorist seeking the directory for himself. Nikita discovers that it was randomly left with a civilian passenger on a Prague city bus, architect Gray Wellman. Nikita is assigned to Gray in order to get close to him and retrieve the directory, but when she starts falling for him, her actions not only threaten the mission, but Section One's very existence.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Robert Cochran

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  3. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 18 - Missing
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Missing

    S1:E18

    One of the members of a criminal organization that steals classified information to sell to the highest bidder is Operations' long-lost son, Steven. Section One's mission is to eradicate this group along with a dangerous terrorist that plans to buy a smart missile chip from them, but Operations asks Nikita to keep Steven alive at all costs. Nikita agrees, only if Operations will let her finally leave the Section for good. He agrees, but Nikita threatens to kill Steven if Operations doesn't keep his word. Unfortunately for Nikita, she is unaware of Michael's true role in the mission.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 20 - Brainwash
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Brainwash

    S1:E20

    When Nikita is sent to investigate a bartender at a posh club who may be a terrorist contact, he responds to her questioning by leaping from the 65th floor window to his death. A search of his apartment turns up a strange helmet-like device, which Section later discovers is used for brainwashing. Unfortunately, Nikita has used the device several times in an effort to discover what it is, and now it is in control of her mind. When Nikita and other operatives are assigned to protect the Premier of China from other similarly brainwashed individuals, Section has no idea that the greatest threat to the Premier is Nikita herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 21 - Verdict
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Verdict

    S1:E21

    Jovan Mijovich has been elected as premier of his new nation, but there is a hit man out to assassinate him. Nikita and Michael, along with other Section One operatives, are dispatched to provide security. During the inaugural celebration, the hit man is taken out, but a hostage situation develops that no one expected. A man, Bruner, claims Mijovich raped and blinded his daughter during the nation's civil war, and threatens to kill him. Nikita tries to defuse the situation, and manages to keep Mijovich alive for the time being, but when Bruner's daughter appears to give her side of the story, the accuracy of her testimony will mean the difference between peace and war for her people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 7 - Half-Life
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Half-Life

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Maurice Hurley

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  7. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 8 - Darkness Visible
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Darkness Visible

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 5 - Mother
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Mother

    S1:E5

    A nuclear trigger is stolen by a cold-blooded terrorist couple responsible for killing an entire team of Section One operatives. In an attempt to retrieve the trigger, Nikita poses as the wife, Helen's long-lost daughter, who was put up for adoption because Helen was in prison at the time of her birth. However, this leads to unexpected consequences for both "mother" and "daughter."

    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 6 - Love
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Love

    S1:E6

    When an international arms smuggler steals a canister of deadly nerve gas, Nikita and Michael pose as a married mercenary couple in order to infiltrate his compound. However, when the gas is discovered wired to a bomb in a crowded train station, Nikita must put her life on the line to defuse it.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:Michael Loceff

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  10. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 7 - Treason
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Treason

    S1:E7

    Section One is assigned by the CIA to ""quietly"" deport Suba, a foreign anti-terrorist contact who is smuggling waste uranium out of the country for his own profit. The first attempt to capture him goes terribly awry, and Nikita is held responsible. Upon further investigation, Nikita discovers a traitor in the Section, but one who is being manipulated by Suba is holding his son hostage. Nikita must now decide whether to risk the wrath of Section One by rescuing the ""traitor's"" son.

    Director:Jerry Ciccoritti
    Writer:Robert Cochran

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  11. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 8 - Escape
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Escape

    S1:E8

    A mysterious Section One operative offers Nikita a seemingly ironclad opportunity to escape from Section One for good. All the information he gives her checks out, and Nikita seriously weighs his offer. However, Michael states making romantic overtures toward Nikita, and her emotions are divided. Is the Section just toying with her to test her loyalty, or is it the opportunity to escape a real one?

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writer:Daniel Truly

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  12. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 10 - Choice
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Choice

    S1:E10

    The CIA believes that a rogue element of their agency is responsible for a recent massacre of heroin dealers, performed in order to steal money and drugs as part of an embezzlement scheme. Section One is brought in to clean the house quietly, but Nikita's continued involvement with architect Gray Wellman is tampering her ability to be a reliable operative. As Section One's operation reaches a fever pitch, Nikita is unable to balance both sides of her life, and is forced to make a choice between the organization that controls her life and the one man that she's ever loved.

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writer:Michael Loceff

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  13. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 16 - Noise
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Noise

    S1:E16

    While on a mission to tag a stockpile of Stinger missiles, the Section van is breached, and Birkoff is forced to defend himself for the very first time. Now, his fear of being killed on future missions is interfering with his ability to protect Section operatives, unless Nikita can help him overcome this fear, Birkoff is in danger of being cancelled.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 17 - War
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - War

    S1:E17

    The stolen Directory has ended up in the hands of Red Cell, and operatives are being hit around the world. Section is being forced to evacuate. In order to learn Red Cell's next move, Nikita and Michael attempt to capture Red Cell's next move, Nikita and Michael attempt to capture Red Cell's counterpart to Birkoff, but instead, they themselves are captured and tortured. Neither of them are willing to divulge Section's current location, but when Michael admits his love for Nikita, she breaks, because she can not stand to see Michael tortured any further. Far from destroying Section One, Nikita quickly discovers that this was the intended plan all along, and Section has a big surprise for Red Cell.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writer:Maurice Hurley

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  15. La Femme Nikita Season 1 Episode 19 - Voices
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Voices

    S1:E19

    While working undercover near a Central European Consulate, Nikita is confronted by a known serial rapist. Nikita easily subdues the man, leaving him battered and bruised. O'Brien, the police detective on the case, has been pursuing the man for years, and realizes that the rapist's victim was no ordinary woman. With the help of a witness he manages to break through Nikita's cover story and track her down. O'Brien now knows the truth about Nikita, he will have to be cancelled, unless Nikita can turn the situation around to her advantage.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writer:Maurice Hurley

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  16. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 3 - Third Person
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Third Person

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 6 - Mandatory Refusal
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Mandatory Refusal

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 12 - Soul Sacrifice
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Soul Sacrifice

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 15 - Fuzzy Logic
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Fuzzy Logic

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Michael Loceff

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  20. La Femme Nikita Season 2 Episode 19 - Last Night
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Last Night

    S2:E19

    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

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  21. La Femme Nikita Season 3 Episode 2 - Someone Else's Shadow
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Someone Else's Shadow

    S3:E2

    Nikita has a new mission, to get David Henderson Williams, Vacek's associate. She also learns more about Michael's history with Elena & Simone. Elena offers Nikita to stay with her & Michael. Nikita accepts, but she doesn't feel too cozy after her thoughts & memories get the best of her. More problems come about as Vacek misses a meeting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Loceff

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  22. La Femme Nikita Season 3 Episode 3 - Opening Night Jitters
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Opening Night Jitters

    S3:E3

    To flush out Vacek, Operations and Madeline order Michael to poison Elena, but Michael can't bring himself to do it. So Section poisons Elena anyway, while Michael is out on a mission, and her survival will depend on whether Vacek has enough conscience to visit his daughter in her time of need. Meanwhile, Section moves sleazy informant Mick Shtoppel in as Nikita's neighbor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. La Femme Nikita Season 3 Episode 4 - Gates of Hell
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Gates of Hell

    S3:E4

    After effectively losing his wife and son forever, Michael's performance begins to seriously suffer. So as Nikita seeks to restore Michael's will to live and to protect him from Section's latest enemy, Operations and Madeline bicker over what is the best strategy to handle fragile Michael. Meanwhile, Birkoff goes to Walter about a file Birkoff discovers, a file that contains incriminating evidence on Operations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. La Femme Nikita Season 3 Episode 12 - Threshold of Pain
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Threshold of Pain

    S3:E12

    Nikita, along with two other operatives Mark and Angela, are kidnapped by a two-person sibling terrorist team. Both Mark and Angela are tortured, but Mark breaks during the torture and tells the terrorist duo the location of a Section sub-station. After being rescued, Nikita plans with Mark to lie to Section and try to defeat the brother/sister team on their own. But when her plan fails, Mark blames Nikita for revealing the information, and she is put under trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. La Femme Nikita Season 4 Episode 5 - Man in the Middle
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Man in the Middle

    S4:E5

    Section's newest target is the son of a wealthy industrialist, by the name of Helmut Volker, who is supplying drugs at his parties when not funneling arms to Red Cell. The twist is Operations and Madeline have figured out that Michael has "restored" Nikita, so Operations uses this operation to once again drive a wedge between Michael and Nikita. Helmut Volker must marry if he is ever to inherit hit father's business, so Operations orders Nikita to marry Helmut when he proposes! Meanwhile, Michael does everything he can to prevent that from happening.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Open Heart" is the worst rated episode of "La Femme Nikita". It scored 4/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/1998. This episode scored 2.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Gray".