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The Best Episodes of Nikita Season 1

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Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nikita Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.0/10(1109 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who trained her as a spy and assassin. Nikita was eventually betrayed by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former boss, Percy and her former friends Michael and Birkhoff that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. Division continues to recruit and train other young people, among them Jaden and Thom, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex is a beautiful girl with a violent past and a story not so different from Nikita's. The recruits all spend part of their training with Amanda, a master manipulator who can turn any ugly duckling into a swan and any bleeding heart into a killer.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writer:Craig Silverstein

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  2. Nikita Season 1 Episode 2 - 2.0
    7.8/10(873 votes)

    #2 - 2.0

    S1:E2

    Percy and Michael take their latest assignment, a Slavic leader wanted for war crimes, into protective custody. Nikita learns of their hideout and attempts to thwart their plan, but a mysterious group of mercenaries in search of nuclear material beats her to the task. Alex is activated earlier than expected for a special assignment that throws her into the crossfire of bullets. A flashback reveals a pivotal moment in Nikita's life.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writers:David Levinson, Craig Silverstein

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  3. Nikita Season 1 Episode 3 - Kill Jill
    8.0/10(823 votes)

    #3 - Kill Jill

    S1:E3

    Nikita rescues Jill, a journalist who is trying to expose a conspiracy involving Division and a major plane crash. Michael and Percy suspect Birkhoff of being Nikita’s inside mole and send Amanda in to interrogate him. Meanwhile, Michael enlists the help of the recruits, Alex, Jaden and Thom, to help them locate their latest target.

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Amanda Segel

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  4. Nikita Season 1 Episode 4 - Rough Trade
    8.0/10(774 votes)

    #4 - Rough Trade

    S1:E4

    Nikita delves into her past when she posed as a nanny for an influential government official and decides to right the wrong of his death. During the mission, Michael comes to Nikita’s rescue and begins to doubt Percy’s motives. Back at Division, while undergoing basic training, Alex suffers from a panic attack which prompts Amanda to break her of claustrophobia.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  5. Nikita Season 1 Episode 5 - The Guardian
    8.2/10(764 votes)

    #5 - The Guardian

    S1:E5

    Divison’s secrets are at risk of being revealed to the world when Owen, a Division operative, escapes from a bank robbery and becomes a fugitive. Percy decides to search for Owen himself, which makes Michael suspicious of his motives. Meanwhile, Alex sneaks into Percy’s office to warn Nikita, but she is busted by Thom. In the end, Nikita and Owen go head-to-head until Percy joins them for a tense standoff.

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  6. Nikita Season 1 Episode 6 - Resistance
    8.2/10(753 votes)

    #6 - Resistance

    S1:E6

    A bus filled with Division recruits is attacked by terrorists who kidnap Alex and Thom, both of whom are unaware that this is a test by Division. Percy, Michael and Amanda watch as Alex is tortured. Alex breaks free and contacts Nikita for help. Meanwhile, Nikita has earned Owen's trust and he reveals some devastating news to Nikita about her fiancé.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:Kalinda Vazquez

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  7. Nikita Season 1 Episode 7 - The Recruit
    8.1/10(724 votes)

    #7 - The Recruit

    S1:E7

    Alex informs Nikita that one of the recruits has been activated to carry out a suicide mission.

    Director:Eagle Egilsson
    Writer:Amanda Segel

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  8. Nikita Season 1 Episode 8 - Phoenix
    8.3/10(715 votes)

    #8 - Phoenix

    S1:E8

    Division sends Thom to eliminate Anna, a woman who was having a secret affair with a U.S. Senator. Division agrees to cover up any trace of the affair as long as the Senator agrees to help pass a bill that will continue to fund the agency. Nikita, with Alex's help, attempts to reach out to Anna's parents, but the conversation doesn't go as she expected.

    Director:David Barrett
    Writer:Jim Barnes

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  9. Nikita Season 1 Episode 9 - One Way
    8.3/10(721 votes)

    #9 - One Way

    S1:E9

    Nikita and Michael temporarily team-up to kill a terrorist who murdered Michael’s family many years ago. When Percy learns this information, he sends Division agents to kill Nikita, who ultimately compromises the mission, leading to Michael’s capture by the terrorist group. Alex is caught going through medical files inside Division so she creates a lie that involves Jaden and almost blows her cover.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  10. Nikita Season 1 Episode 10 - Dark Matter
    7.9/10(702 votes)

    #10 - Dark Matter

    S1:E10

    Owen leaks secret information from Division’s black boxes to the media, revealing that the U.S. Government was responsible for an assassination in Chile. As a result, Percy frames a C.I.A. agent, Ryan for the crime. Nikita and Owen go to Chile to rescue Ryan from mercenaries and in doing so end up getting captured. Nikita reveals the secrets of Division to Ryan in an effort to save all of their lives. Back inside Division, Alex spies on Percy and Birkhoff and witnesses a side to Percy she has never seen before.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  11. Nikita Season 1 Episode 11 - All the Way
    8.9/10(841 votes)

    #11 - All the Way

    S1:E11

    Alex informs Nikita that Division is sending her on her first mission to kill the leader of a crime syndicate. Alex is uneasy about taking someone's life but is reassured by Nikita who insists on helping her with the kill order. Birkhoff informs Percy and Michael when he discovers the shell program that a Division mole has been using to connect to Nikita in the outside world. When the mission doesn't go as planned, Nikita makes a quick decision in an effort to clear Alex's name. Inside Division, Jayden attempts to reveal Alex as the mole but Thom steps in and a shocking accident clears her name.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Craig Silverstein

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  12. Nikita Season 1 Episode 12 - Free
    8.3/10(1972 votes)

    #12 - Free

    S1:E12

    Now an agent, Alex gets a new apartment and is given a cover job. She meets her new neighbor Nathan who invites her to a party at his house. Nikita warns Alex about getting too involved with people but Alex struggles between her duties at Division and living a normal life. Nikita realizes Division has implanted a kill chip in Alex's head and sets out to gain control of the chip. While interrogating Birkhoff, Nikita stuns Ryan by revealing a secret.

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Kalinda Vazquez

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  13. Nikita Season 1 Episode 13 - Coup De Grace
    8.1/10(694 votes)

    #13 - Coup De Grace

    S1:E13

    Alex’s first assignment is a group mission to kill the Prince of Georgia at a museum gala. After Alex tells Nikita about the order, the two devise a plan to foil the assassination. However, Nikita trusts the wrong person and their plans are foiled, resulting in a stand-off and alerting Division that Nikita is in the building. Percy sends Michael in to kill Nikita.

    Director:Nathan Hope
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  14. Nikita Season 1 Episode 14 - The Next Seduction
    7.8/10(654 votes)

    #14 - The Next Seduction

    S1:E14

    Ryan intercepts information about a dangerous new weapon coming into the U.S. and asks Nikita to help him prevent its delivery. Nikita learns that the man bringing the weapon into the country is Voss, a man Division forced her to have a relationship with while working undercover. She reluctantly resumes her alter ego to prevent the weapon from being delivered. Meanwhile, Michael interferes with Alex's relationship with Nathan.

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  15. Nikita Season 1 Episode 15 - Alexandra
    8.5/10(730 votes)

    #15 - Alexandra

    S1:E15

    While out on a mission for Division, Alex runs into Irina, a woman from her past. Alex tries to help Irina break free from her captor, but her old friend double crosses her and turns Alex over to Vlad, a Russian mobster, with a debt to settle. Nikita realizes Alex is in trouble and sets out to save her but runs into Michael who is searching for his missing agent. Realizing she can’t compromise Alex’s secret, Nikita must find a way to work with Michael to save Alex without getting her friend killed by Division.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Andrew Colville

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  16. Nikita Season 1 Episode 16 - Echoes
    8.1/10(691 votes)

    #16 - Echoes

    S1:E16

    In order to speed up her healing, Amanda sedates Alex after her last mission then takes advantage of Alex’s drugged condition to question her about the secrets Amanda believes Alex is keeping. Nikita realizes Alex is in danger and tries to secure her another identity to smuggle her out of the country. However, Nikita’s contact double-crosses her and she comes face to face with a surprising opponent. Meanwhile, Michael becomes suspicious of Alex and asks Birkhoff to investigate her.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writer:Kristen Reidel

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  17. Nikita Season 1 Episode 17 - Covenants
    8.6/10(723 votes)

    #17 - Covenants

    S1:E17

    Michael confronts Nikita in her lair and reveals that he knows Alex is the mole. He tells Nikita that she has 24 hours to find Kasim, the man who killed Michael’s family, or he will tell Percy about Alex.

    Director:Eagle Egilsson
    Writer:Jim Barnes

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  18. Nikita Season 1 Episode 18 - Into the Dark
    8.2/10(648 votes)

    #18 - Into the Dark

    S1:E18

    Owen returns with information on one of Percy’s black boxes. Nikita returns to London with him to retrieve it but notices that Owen is acting strangely. Owen tells Nikita that he wants to release the contents of the black box and when Nikita disagrees, he turns on her. Meanwhile, Percy finds out Nikita is in London and dispenses Michael to kill her. Also, Amanda overhears Jaden arguing with Alex about the escape tunnels so she hooks Alex up to a lie detector to get the truth out of her once and for all.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  19. Nikita Season 1 Episode 19 - Girl's Best Friend
    8.3/10(659 votes)

    #19 - Girl's Best Friend

    S1:E19

    Nikita believes it's getting too dangerous for Alex at Division and decides its time Alex disappeared. Alex agrees but before the plan can be put in motion, she and Jaden are assigned to an overseas mission to stop the son of a foreign president from selling a newly developed nerve toxin. Things go awry and Alex must decide between saving the mission or saving herself.

    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  20. Nikita Season 1 Episode 20 - Glass Houses
    8.2/10(641 votes)

    #20 - Glass Houses

    S1:E20

    Frustrated that Nikita continues to intercept his black boxes, Percy sends Michael to check on one of the boxes and the guardian attached to it. Nikita makes it to the small Pennsylvania town first and is shocked to find that the guardian is a normal woman named Dana who has abandoned her post and is attempting to live a normal life with her husband and child. Tensions mount when Michael is forced to report Dana’s actions and Division swarms in to clean up any evidence of her existence. Meanwhile, Alex and Jaden get into an argument and Nathan gets caught in the middle.

    Director:Ralph Hemecker
    Writer:Kalinda Vazquez

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  21. Nikita Season 1 Episode 21 - Betrayals (1)
    8.8/10(693 votes)

    #21 - Betrayals (1)

    S1:E21

    After Michael learns that Percy has ordered Divison to kill anyone who could decrypt the black boxes, he sends Nikita in to save the last person on the list, a CIA cryptographer named Malcolm. Nikita kidnaps Malcom and takes him to Ryan for protection. Meanwhile, Percy turns on Alex.

    Director:Eagle Egilsson
    Writer:Andrew Colville

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  22. Nikita Season 1 Episode 22 - Pandora (2)
    8.8/10(727 votes)

    #22 - Pandora (2)

    S1:E22

    Percy makes a move to take over the CIA, Alex goes rogue, and Michael gets trapped inside Division making him unable to help Nikita, who may have to pay with her life for helping Alex.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Craig Silverstein

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Nikita" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1109 votes. Directed by Danny Cannon and written by Craig Silverstein, it aired on 9/9/2010. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "2.0".