8.0/101,047 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2010
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
7.8/10825 votes#2 - 2.0
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2010
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
Writer: David Levinson, Craig Silverstein
8.0/10774 votes#3 - Kill Jill
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2010
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
8.0/10729 votes#4 - Rough Trade
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2010
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
8.2/10721 votes#5 - The Guardian
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2010
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
8.2/10709 votes#6 - Resistance
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2010
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
8.0/10684 votes#7 - The Recruit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/2010
Alex informs Nikita that one of the recruits has been activated to carry out a suicide mission.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: Amanda Segel
8.3/10673 votes#8 - Phoenix
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/2010
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
8.3/10678 votes#9 - One Way
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/2010
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
7.9/10659 votes#10 - Dark Matter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2010
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
8.9/10794 votes#11 - All the Way
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2010
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
8.3/101,932 votes#12 - Free
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2011
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
8.1/10648 votes#13 - Coup De Grace
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2011
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
7.8/10614 votes#14 - The Next Seduction
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2011
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
8.5/10688 votes#15 - Alexandra
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2011
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
8.1/10650 votes#16 - Echoes
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2011
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
8.6/10682 votes#17 - Covenants
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2011
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
8.2/10610 votes#18 - Into the Dark
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/2011
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
8.3/10618 votes#19 - Girl's Best Friend
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/2011
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
8.2/10604 votes#20 - Glass Houses
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/2011
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
8.8/10656 votes#21 - Betrayals (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/2011
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
8.8/10689 votes#22 - Pandora (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2011
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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Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:The CW
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Nikita" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1047 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".