Betrayals

Nikita
Season 1, Episode 21
Episode	21
Air date	May 5, 2011
Written by	Andrew Colville
Directed by	Eagle Egilsson
Episodes
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Betrayals is the twenty-first episode of Season One and the series.

Synopsis

Michael learns that Percy has ordered Divison to kill anyone with the ability to decrypt the black boxes, so he sends Nikita to protect the final person on the list, a CIA cryptographer named Malcolm. Nikita kidnaps the cryptographer and takes him to Ryan for safety. Back at Division, Percy turns on Alex.

Cast

Main Cast Maggie Q as Nikita Mears Shane West as Michael Lyndsy Fonseca as Alexandra Udinov Aaron Stanford as Seymour Birkhoff Melinda Clarke as Amanda Xander Berkeley as Percival Rose

Recurring Cast Rob Stewart as Roan Noah Bean as Ryan Fletcher Eliana Jones as Young Alex Vieslav Krystyan as Nikolai Udinov Guest Cast Rich Sommer as Malcolm Mitchell

Plot

SPOILERS AHEAD

With Alex's identity as Nikita's mole in Division revealed, Amanda takes great pleasure in torturing Alex in an electric shock chair. Meanwhile, Nikita and Michael plan on decrypting the information on their black box , and they need Burkhoff's help to do it. Percy tells Amanda to leave him alone with Alex, as he wants to deal with her one on one. He tells Alex that she's going to lead him straight to Nikita and to the black box she stole. When Alex initially refuses, Percy believes that she'll change her mind fairly quickly. Michael speaks with Amanda (who is angry at not being present with Percy and Alex), and Michael grows suspicious because Alex is receiving a really long debriefing. Afterwards, Michael speaks with Birkhoff , and he shows Michael that Percy is taking down all cryptographers who could conceivably break into the black boxes. Only one is left, CIA agent Malcolm Mitchell. Nikita gets to Malcolm before Division agents do, and Percy warns Birkhoff that he has to keep close tabs on Ryan Fletcher . Percy then goes back to talking with Alex, revealing information contained on one of the black boxes, intel on the death of Alex's parents. Her father's right hand man orchestrated the murders (on orders from Oversight ), and the shooting was carried out by Nikita herself. Also, the tracking chip in Alex that Nikita had supposedly deactivated is actually a kill chip that Percy still has control over. He could kill her right now if he wanted to. Michael enters the room, sees Alex, and immediately pulls a gun on Percy. Percy, however, takes Michael down with an electric shock right through his body. Nikita meets Ryan at Union station, and after ducking a few more Division agents, she asks him to help decrypt the black box. Ryan says that he can't do it himself, but he has to take the box to the CIA so that they can take a look at it. Nikita reluctantly agrees. Percy admits that he knew about Michael's involvement with Nikita all along, and was playing them all in order to obtain the black boxes, including the one sent to the CIA. Nikita arrives home to find Alex, who draws a gun on her former mentor. She calls for Nikita to admit her involvement in her parents' death. However, Nikita doesn't get a chance to answer because Alex pulls the trigger.

Memorable Quotes

• "Did you kill my father? I need to know!"
• "You rigged this whole thing, Percy. And I couldn't have done it without you."
• "Nikita is a light woman with a heavy foot and a lot of tracking."
• "My life is on this box, the lives of people I care about, Fletcher. I'll guard it with mine."
• "Nikita and Alex are en route. When it's over, clean them both."
• "Tom Cruise on a harness couldn't get in there."
• Nikita: "Operation Sparrow? Honestly, where does he come up with these names?"
  Michael: The more innocuous they sound, the more lethal they are."

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Trivia

• This is the first episode to credit only six main cast members. This and the following episode are the only two episodes of the show with only six credited main cast members.
  • The season started out with eight main cast members, got reduced to seven halfway and now to six.
  • The whole second season would credit seven main cast members.
  • The whole third season would credit eight main cast members.
  • The whole fourth season would credit seven main cast members.