La Femme Nikita - Season 1 - Eps 22: Mercy
Section One is hot on the trail of Tyler, one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. After Tyler kidnaps a young inventor who has created a new, completely un-detectable plastic explosive, Nikita is sent to try and rescue the inventor and keep his knowledge out of Tyler's hands. When the mission is unsuccessful, Nikita is given orders to cancel the inventor, but she refuses. Operations decides that Nikita has crossed the line, and he purposely sends her on a suicide mission to destroy a terrorist hideout. Michael intervenes and gives Nikita the means to escape, but her freedom will change both of their lives forever.
About La Femme Nikita
Title: La Femme Nikita
First Air Date: 1997-01-13
Last Air Date: 2001-03-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.429/10 (from 260 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 96
Network: USA Network
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.
Cast
Peta Wilson
Nikita
Roy Dupuis
Michael
Matthew Ferguson
Seymour Birkoff
Eugene Robert Glazer
Operations
Don Francks
Walter
