9.2/104 votes#1 - Pay-Off
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2013
Jones benches Amanda and takes back the reigns of the operation. He calls Nikita and offers her and the entire team complete freedom by wiping away their identities and faking their deaths if they walk away from their mission. The team lands the plane on a secluded Pakistan air strip, but when the local drug czar and his men storm the plane and demand ten million dollars, so Nikita calls Alex for the money. After Alex pulls diamonds out of a safe deposit box to pay the insurgents, Sam sees an opportunity to recoup his losses and contemplates stealing the diamonds. Meanwhile, Michael comes face-to-face with an old adversary, Ramon, who hits Michael with some hard truths.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.0/105 votes#2 - Sideswipe
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2012
Nikita and Michael capture Cyrus, an arms dealer, who is purchasing a weapon-jamming device for Ari. Nikita convinces Ryan to let them use Cyrus as bait to capture Amanda but Cyrus manages to escape the trap. However, when Amanda double crosses Cyrus, his only hope for survival is Nikita. Meanwhile, Birkhoff is hot on the trail of Amanda’s mole and Alex starts to unravel.
Director: Joshua Butler
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.0/105 votes#3 - Broken Home
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2013
Strapped down and drugged, Nikita is subjected to Amanda's horrific mental conditioning process, sending her down a terrible trip through memory lane. In the process, Nikita discovers Amanda's deepest, most guarded secret ever. Now revealed as leader of the uprising, Alex struggles to save everyone as events violently escalate. With Michael locked away by Division conspirators, Birkhoff and Sean must step up to save the women they love. Meanwhile, Owen's newfound memories drive him to disturbing actions during Division's lockdown.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.0/1011 votes#4 - The Beginning (2)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 7/6/2018
When all hope is lost, Cole must complete his cycle so that his younger self will one day arrive at the end with the answer.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.8/1013 votes#5 - The Beginning (1)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/6/2018
The final battle against the Witness as the fate of time and mankind hangs in the balance. All the pieces finally come together to mark the end of the beginning.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.6/105 votes#6 - Reunion
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/2013
In order to gain control of the black box, Amanda makes plans to kidnap Ari's son Stefan (Dylan Minnette) to use him as leverage. Still in Division’s protective custody, Ari begs Nikita for help. However, Stefan’s bodyguard Krieg (Andrew Divoff) manages to capture both Nikita and Amanda and the two must work together to escape. Owen is furious with Michael after Michael assigns Alex to be Nikita’s back-up instead of him.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.5/1024 votes#7 - The Last Generation
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2023
In a desperate last stand, Jean-Luc Picard and generations of crews both old and new fight together to save the galaxy from the greatest threat they’ve ever faced.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.4/105 votes#8 - Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2020
Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws in its security. But when it’s discovered that the general is planning an attack using the weapon, Phoenix must stop Acosta before the weapon is uploaded.
Director: Alexandra La Roche
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.3/1025 votes#9 - No Win Scenario
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2023
With time running out, Picard, Riker and crew must confront the sins of their past and heal fresh wounds, while the Titan, dead in the water, drifts helplessly toward certain destruction within a mysterious space anomaly.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.2/1011 votes#10 - Memory of Tomorrow
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/18/2016
Cole and Railly have finally found peace living in the past. When a mysterious woman with apocalyptic visions of the future tells Cole it's not over, he must do the unthinkable to save the world... and the woman he loves.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.2/109 votes#11 - Witness
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2017
The final battle with the Witness begins.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.0/104 votes#12 - Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2020
Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planned to be used by a mysterious organization for a devastating attack on a major U.S. city.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.0/1010 votes#13 - Ouroboros
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/15/2018
Travelers come face to face with ghosts from their past when they find themselves maneuvering around their own timelines.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.9/1028 votes#14 - The Next Generation
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2023
After receiving a cryptic, urgent distress call from Dr. Beverly Crusher, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard enlists help from generations old and new to embark on one final adventure: a daring mission that will change Starfleet, and his old crew forever.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.8/1013 votes#15 - Die Glocke
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 6/22/2018
The team infiltrates a Nazi gala to steal an artifact known as 'Die Glocke'. Their operation comes undone when French Resistance interferes and an unexpected guest arrives.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.7/1021 votes#16 - Arms of Mine
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2015
Cole and Railly attempt a final confrontation with their closest enemies, while Jones faces a new threat to all that she's accomplished.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.7/109 votes#17 - Nightfall
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2011
A crashing meteor wipes out all technology and wreaks havoc on the colony. Meanwhile, Maddy and Reynolds are stuck out in the wilderness, Elisabeth and Skye work together to save a life and Taylor tries to prevent Mira and the "Sixers" from invading Terra Nova. Also, a mystery man makes his presence known.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.7/1031 votes#18 - Splinter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2015
27 years after a virus wipes out most of humanity, scientists send a man back to 2015 to stop the plague from ever happening. Cole's only lead is a virologist, who knows the dangerous source of the outbreak.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.7/109 votes#19 - Mother
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/19/2017
In the apocalypse of 2163, a desperate Cole searches for Titan. Meanwhile, a captive Railly is faced with an impossible choice as the 12 Monkeys await the arrival of The Witness.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.6/1022 votes#20 - Paradox
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2015
With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.6/1031 votes#21 - The Star Gazer
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2022
Starfleet must once again call on legendary Jean-Luc Picard after members of his former crew – Cristóbal Rios, Seven of Nine, Raffi Musiker, and Dr. Agnes Jurati – discover an anomaly in space that threatens the galaxy.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.6/1019 votes#22 - Year of the Monkey
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2016
Cole and Ramse repair their broken friendship while on the run; Railly and Jones navigate an uncertain future in 2043.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.5/1020 votes#23 - Divine Move
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2015
Forces come to a head when Ramse does what it takes to protect his newfound family, leaving Cole to deal with the aftermath.
Director: Magnus Martens
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.4/1020 votes#24 - Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015
Cole finds himself in 2017 at the height of the plague. Out of options, Jones faces an impossible choice to replace the Core.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Terry Matalas
7.3/1032 votes#25 - Penance
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2022
Picard finds himself transported to an alternate timeline in the year 2400 where his longtime nemesis, Q, has orchestrated one final “trial.” Picard searches for his trusted crew as he attempts to find the cause of this dystopian future.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Terry Matalas
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"Pay-Off" is the best rated episode written by Terry Matalas. It scored 9.2/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by Dwight H. Little. It aired on 12/13/2013 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Sideswipe".