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List of La Femme Nikita episodes

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La Femme Nikita is a television series from Warner Bros. and Fireworks Entertainment. The series premiered on USA Network on January 13, 1997 and ended March 4, 2001, with a total of 96 episodes over the course of five seasons.

The number of words comprising each episode's title is equal to the number of the season in which the episode first aired. Thus, for example, every third-season episode has a title that is three words long.

Series overview

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122January 13, 1997October 5, 1997
222January 4, 1998August 30, 1998
322January 3, 1999August 29, 1999
422January 9, 2000August 27, 2000
58January 7, 2001March 4, 2001

Episodes

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Season 1 (1997)

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No.
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No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Nikita"Jon CassarCyrus NowrastehJanuary 13, 1997 (1997-01-13)
Young Nikita is falsely accused of murder; while in prison a secretive agency makes her an offer she cannot refuse.
22"Friend"Guy MagarNaomi JanzenJanuary 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
An old friend of Nikita recognizes her while she is in a mission; danger threatens now both of them.
33"Simone"Jerry CiccorittiMichael LoceffJanuary 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
Section One is fighting the terrorist organization that assassinated Simone, Michael's late wife.
44"Charity"Kari SkoglandRobert CochranFebruary 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
Nikita is supposed to seduce Alec Chandler for reasons unknown; when she starts to fall for him she discovers something unexpected.
55"Mother"Guy MagarNaomi JanzenFebruary 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
A nuclear trigger is in the hands of two criminals, husband and wife, who intend to sell it to the highest bidder. Nikita has to get creative in order to infiltrate the criminal group.
66"Love"Jon CassarMichael LoceffFebruary 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
Section One needs to obtain information on the next terrorist attack planned by some Eric Webber. Michael and Nikita, to infiltrate that terror cell, pose as the husband and wife bodyguards that Webber has hired.
77"Treason"Jerry CiccorittiRobert CochranFebruary 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)
When things go awry in a mission, Nikita suspects there is a traitor in Section One.
88"Escape"George BloomfieldAndrew Dettmann & Daniel TrulyMarch 3, 1997 (1997-03-03)
Eric Webber, a Section One operative, proposes NIkita to escape together from Section One; however Nikita is apprehensive whether she can really trust him.
99"Gray"Ken GirottiRobert CochranMarch 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)
Section One's computer infrastructure is hacked and someone stole the directory listing all operatives in Section One. Then, a secret auction is organized by criminal mastermind Harding, and Section One has to outbid a terrorist network intended in obtaining that directory.
1010"Choice"George BloomfieldMichael LoceffApril 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)
Section One is tasked to investigate a drug deal gone wrong that caused many deaths. Among the dead is a CIA agent that was undercover in a drug network that distributes heroin in Europe and North America.
1111"Rescue"Ken GirottiPeter BellwoodApril 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)
Michael is wounded and left behind during a mission to destroy a chemical weapons installation; Nikita frantically tries to rescue him.
1212"Innocent"George BloomfieldMichael LoceffApril 21, 1997 (1997-04-21)
While Section One focuses on a man being involved on a terrorist operation, Nikita comes to believe it's a misunderstanding and that he is innocent.
1313"Recruit"Reza BadiyiLarry RaskinJune 22, 1997 (1997-06-22)
Nikita feels disquieted by Karyn, a new recruit who flirts with Michael. However, there may be deeper troubles than personal disaffection.
1414"Gambit"Jon CassarMichael LoceffJune 29, 1997 (1997-06-29)
Madeline may have found his match when Section One goes after Kessler, a cold-blooded assassin, and master of disguise, hired by a terrorist network to contaminate the water supply of a major city.
1515"Obsessed"T.J. ScottRobert CochranJuly 20, 1997 (1997-07-20)
Lisa, a married woman, is befriended by Nikita and seduced by Michael in order to obtain the computer files of her husband's computer; Nikita is anguished by the way she and Michael are deceiving Lisa.
1616"Noise"Reza Badiyi & T.J. ScottMichael LoceffJuly 27, 1997 (1997-07-27)
Birkoff kills a person during a mission. Nikita sees Birkoff seems distressed after that and tries to help him without Section One noticing Birkoff's problems.
1717"War"René BonnièreMaurice HurleyAugust 3, 1997 (1997-08-03)
When all-out war between Section One and Red Cell is triggered, Nikita and Michael are captured and tortured for information.
1818"Missing"Reza BadiyiNaomi JanzenAugust 10, 1997 (1997-08-10)
Operations promises Nikita her freedom in exchange of keeping his son, an arms dealer, alive.
1919"Voices"David Warry-SmithMaurice HurleyAugust 17, 1997 (1997-08-17)
A serial killer haphazardly attacks Nikita, who foils him. Then, a cop pursues her afterward as a key witness of those crimes.
2020"Brainwash"René BonnièrePeter BellwoodSeptember 21, 1997 (1997-09-21)
Nikita tries a VR headset but gets brainwashed into performing a murder.
2121"Verdict"René Bonnière & Gilbert M. ShiltonPeter Bellwood & Robert CochranSeptember 28, 1997 (1997-09-28)
Nikita is the bodyguard of Jovan Mijovoch, a foreign premier that is in danger of being murdered. However, the unsavory past of Jovan Mijovoch makes Nikita doubt whether he is worse than his would be assassin.
2222"Mercy"Joseph ScanlanMichael LoceffOctober 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)
Nikita makes an irreparable decision on a mission; Section One seems weary of her and Michael unable to further protect her.

Season 2 (1998)

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No.
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season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
231"Hard Landing"Jon CassarMichael LoceffJanuary 4, 1998 (1998-01-04)
Nikita escaped Section One and is believed to be dead; while working as a waitress she is kidnapped by the Freedom League, a terrorist group that locks her up in their HQ.
242"Spec Ops"T.J. ScottRobert CochranJanuary 11, 1998 (1998-01-11)
Nikita is afraid Section One may discovers her deceitfulness when she is assigned to Jurgen, an agent who will evaluate her psychological and emotional fitness.
253"Third Person"Jon CassarMichael LoceffJanuary 18, 1998 (1998-01-18)
Jurgen keeps training and monitoring Nikita and they start to share a bond; Michael is distrustful and Jurgens fears Michael wants to kill him.
264"Approaching Zero"René BonnièreMichael LoceffFebruary 1, 1998 (1998-02-01)
Jurgen invites Nikita to his country house; when they are to make love Section One interrupts them with an important assignment. Jurgen accepts to run in a suicide mission. Unbeknownst to Nikita, Jurgen is blackmailing Section One.
275"New Regime"Jon CassarRobert CochranMarch 1, 1998 (1998-03-01)
The new chief of Section One, Egran Petrosian, begins to perform significant changes to the agency while Operations is in recovery of an assassination attempt. Petrosian offers Nikita to be his right hand, which diminishes Madelaine's role.
286"Mandatory Refusal"Ken GirottiDavid EhrmanMarch 8, 1998 (1998-03-08)
Michael is sent to kill a terrorist called Dorian Enquist, but the mission goes wrong. As Enquist captures Madeline, she uses her to blackmail Operations into stopping Michael, who keeps trying to accomplish his original mission.
297"Half Life"René BonnièreMaurice HurleyMarch 22, 1998 (1998-03-22)
Michael meets again Rene Denon, the leader of a terrorist group, and an old friend of his. Rene Denon looked after Michael's sister after Section One faked Michael's arrest and death, and now Michael tries to return the favor by helping Rene to escape from Section One.
308"Darkness Visible"Ken GirottiDavid EhrmanMarch 29, 1998 (1998-03-29)
While in a mission in the Balkans to stop an international arms dealer to procure weapons for a rebel force, Michael and Nikita help two kids to escape the country.
319"Open Heart"René BonnièreElliot SternApril 5, 1998 (1998-04-05)
Red Cell uses a surgeon to implant a bomb in the abdomen of a person. Nikita has to contact Jenna Vogler, the only person who can identify the human bomb, and purposefully lets herself be arrested for hashish smuggling.
3210"First Mission"Guy MagarPeter Mohan & Jim HenshawApril 12, 1998 (1998-04-12)
Operations has many active missions and not enough team leaders, so Michael designates Nikita as team leader. Nikita has to choose her own team to capture Phillip Stark, who has been acquiring worn out fuel rods from Eastern Europe nuclear reactors.
3311"Psychic Pilgrim"René BonnièreMichael LoceffApril 19, 1998 (1998-04-19)
Michael and Nikita pretend to be a married couple to gather information from Roland Armel, the lawyer of the leader of First Flag, a terrorist group.
3412"Soul Sacrifice"David Warry-SmithMichael LoceffJune 14, 1998 (1998-06-14)
Terry is an operative that, being pregnant, decides to escape Section One to save her unborn child. Michael and Nikita bring her back to Section One and, to save her life, do not report her transgression.
3513"Not Was"René BonnièreMichael LoceffJune 21, 1998 (1998-06-21)
Section One steals some secret files from a high level operative of Red Cell. Later, Michael is kidnapped by Red Cell, interrogated and injected with a drug that ends up erasing his memory.
3614"Double Date"Jon CassarRobert CochranJune 28, 1998 (1998-06-28)
David Fanning, that was supposed to have been assassinated by Section One, comes back to work for Section because of his knowledge on Nikolai Kusto, the next target and former head of the Romanian Secret Police. However, David Fanning in a psychopath, an assassin and a brutal wife-beater.
3715"Fuzzy Logic"Ken GirottiMichael LoceffJuly 5, 1998 (1998-07-05)
A new terrorist group causing small bombings is detected by Section One, that suspects they are preparing for an attack of mass destruction. Section One needs to uncover the computer cipher the group is using to have any chance of stopping them.
3816"Old Habits"Terry IngramMaurice HurleyJuly 12, 1998 (1998-07-12)
Nikita sees a bus depot exploding while full of people, and swears to herself to stop Bright Star, the culprit terrorist group. Section One has found out that Gregory Formitz is who forges the passports and visas used by the group, and they try to recruit him for a mission targeting Bright Star.
3917"Inside Out"Ken GirottiMaurice HurleyJuly 26, 1998 (1998-07-26)
Section One identifies a possible munitions depot of Red Cell near Glasgow and sends a team to attack and destroy the depot. However, when Mowen returns to Section he is infected with a deadly virus.
4018"Off Profile"John FawcettDavid EhrmanAugust 2, 1998 (1998-08-02)
Andrea Karsov, a beautiful and snotty mission profiler, is assigned to Michael's team to gain field experience.
4119"Last Night"Clark JohnsonRobert CochranAugust 9, 1998 (1998-08-09)
Nikita is searching for Julia, a nine year old girl she met during a mission to capture Jaochin Beeka, a mercenary demolitions expert hired by a terror group.
4220"In Between"Joseph ScanlanMichael LoceffAugust 16, 1998 (1998-08-16)
Oligarch Abel Goellner uses his huge financial assets to destabilize Third World countries aligned with the West. Nikita and Michael pose as money brokers to meet with Goellner.
4321"Adrian's Garden"Brad TurnerMichael LoceffAugust 23, 1998 (1998-08-23)
Nikita is kidnapped by Carla, her former neighbor, together with her boyfriend Steven, and taken to the country house of Adrian, founder of Section One and the only person alive who has been able to leave it.
4422"End Game"Joseph ScanlanRobert Cochran & David EhrmanAugust 30, 1998 (1998-08-30)
Adrian convinces Nikita that he wants to destroy Section One. Adrian instructs her how to obtain compromising files from privy areas in Section that would incriminate the agency, but Operations and Madeline are suspicious of Nikita concerning several security breaks that have been detected in Section.

Season 3 (1999)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
451"Looking for Michael"Jon CassarMichael LoceffJanuary 3, 1999 (1999-01-03)
Nikita is desperately seeking Michael while Operations and Madeline are setting up a plan to kill her. Nikita meets Michael's wife and son.
462"Someone Else's Shadow"René BonnièreMichael LoceffJanuary 10, 1999 (1999-01-10)
Section One captures and tortures a friend of Salla Vacek to gather information about his terrorist plans, while Nikita moves closer to Elena, his daughter.
473"Opening Night Jitters"Jon CassarDavid J. BurkeJanuary 17, 1999 (1999-01-17)
Michael poisons his wife Elena, as he was ordered by Section One in order to trap her father, terrorist Salla Vacek.
484"Gates of Hell"René BonnièreRobert CochranJanuary 24, 1999 (1999-01-24)
Michael considers suicide after he is forbidden to have any contact with his son. Nikita is kidnapped during a mission with Michael and he tries to rescue her without any regards for his own life.
495"Imitation of Death"Brad TurnerCyrus NowrastehMarch 7, 1999 (1999-03-07)
Section One wipes out a genetics lab created to produce perfect terrorists. Nikita has a suspicion on Section One having a similar lab, but Michael remains unconvinced.
506"Love and Country"Ted HanlanLaurence HertzogMarch 21, 1999 (1999-03-21)
Madeline tries to convince the wife of a South American politician to kill his husband; she is also a former wife of Operations.
517"Cat and Mouse"Terry IngramEd HorowitzMarch 28, 1999 (1999-03-28)
During an operation Nikita is kidnapped and, unbeknown to all others, supplanted by a terrorist made to look exactly like her.
528"Outside the Box"Gord LangevinJim KorrisApril 4, 1999 (1999-04-04)
Benjamin Kruger, a man with eidetic memory, is kidnapped by Section One, but refuses to cooperate. Madeline, to threaten him, shows Kruger a fake tape of him murdering someone.
539"Slipping Into Darkness"Rick JacobsonPeter M. LenkovApril 11, 1999 (1999-04-11)
Michael slips a psychotropic agent int Operation's coffee. As Operation's mind breaks apart into paranoia and delusions he sends several operatives to apprehend a man who has been dead for years.
5410"Under the Influence"Rick JacobsonPeter M. LenkovApril 18, 1999 (1999-04-18)
Section One tries to find anthrax rockets that two terrorist brothers stole. A risky plan with Nikita posing as the wife of one of the brothers is put into effect by erasing his memory.
5511"Walk on By"René BonnièreMichael LoceffApril 25, 1999 (1999-04-25)
An old acquaintance of Nikita tells her where is Nikita's mother. As she realizes her mother does not believe Nikita is dead, and wants to hire a private eye to find her, she asks Michael to pose as a private detective.
5612"Threshold of Pain"Terry IngramMichael SloanJune 6, 1999 (1999-06-06)
Nikita and two operatives are captured when Section One attacks a terrorist network called Blak March. One operative gives out the location of a Section substation to save his lover; later, he blames Nikita for the unveiling.
5713"Beyond the Pale"René BonnièreLawrence HertzogJune 13, 1999 (1999-06-13)
Zalman gets promoted to head strategist instead of Michael. Nikita and Michael escape from Section, but he is captured. Michael resists torture but when Zalman threatena his son he reveals Nikita's location.
5814"Hand to Hand"T.J. ScottEd HorowitzJune 20, 1999 (1999-06-20)
Nikita infiltrates a white slavery ring while Michael poses as a business man in order to take out a terrorist that is a client of the ring.
5915"Before I Sleep"Joel SurnowPeter M. LenkovJune 27, 1999 (1999-06-27)
6016"I Remember Paris"Terry IngramMichael LoceffJuly 18, 1999 (1999-07-18)
6117"All Good Things"Terry IngramEd HorowitzJuly 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)
6218"Third Party Ripoff"T.J. ScottMichael LoceffAugust 1, 1999 (1999-08-01)
6319"Any Means Necessary"David StraitonLawrence HertzogAugust 8, 1999 (1999-08-08)
6420"Three Eyed Turtle"Jon CassarMaurice HurleyAugust 15, 1999 (1999-08-15)
6521"Playing With Fire"Joseph ScanlanPeter M. LenkovAugust 22, 1999 (1999-08-22)
6622"On Borrowed Time"Ted HanlanPeter M. LenkovAugust 29, 1999 (1999-08-29)

Season 4 (2000)

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No.
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season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
671"Getting Out of Reverse"Jon CassarMichael LoceffJanuary 9, 2000 (2000-01-09)
682"There Are No Missions"René BonnièreMichael LoceffJanuary 9, 2000 (2000-01-09)
693"View of the Garden"Jon CassarRobert CochranJanuary 16, 2000 (2000-01-16)
704"Into the Looking Glass"René BonnièrePeter M. LenkovJanuary 23, 2000 (2000-01-23)
715"Man in the Middle"Ted HanlanLawrence HertzogFebruary 20, 2000 (2000-02-20)
726"Love, Honor and Cherish"Terry IngramLawrence HertzogFebruary 27, 2000 (2000-02-27)
737"Sympathy for the Devil"Brad TurnerLawrence HertzogMarch 5, 2000 (2000-03-05)
748"No One Lives Forever"Brad TurnerPeter M. LenkovMarch 12, 2000 (2000-03-12)
759"Down A Crooked Path"Terry IngramPeter M. LenkovMarch 19, 2000 (2000-03-19)
7610"He Came From Four"René BonnièreEd HorowitzApril 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)
7711"Time to be Heroes"Jerry CiccorittiPeter M. LenkovApril 16, 2000 (2000-04-16)
7812"Hell Hath No Fury"René BonnièreLawrence HertzogApril 23, 2000 (2000-04-23)
7913"Kiss the Past Goodbye"Brad TurnerFrederick RappaportJune 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)
8014"Line in the Sand"Joel SurnowPeter M. LenkovJuly 2, 2000 (2000-07-02)
8115"Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate"Brad TurnerPeter M. LenkovJuly 16, 2000 (2000-07-16)
8216"Catch A Falling Star"Joseph ScanlanLawrence HertzogJuly 23, 2000 (2000-07-23)
8317"Sleeping With the Enemy"Jon CassarErica ByrneJuly 30, 2000 (2000-07-30)
8418"Toys in the Basement"René BonnièreLawrence HertzogAugust 6, 2000 (2000-08-06)
8519"Time Out of Mind"Brad TurnerDavid EhrmanAugust 13, 2000 (2000-08-13)
8620"Face in the Mirror"René BonnièrePeter M. Lenkov & Lawrence HertzogAugust 20, 2000 (2000-08-20)
8721"Up the Rabbit Hole"Terry IngramLawrence Hertzog & Peter M. LenkovAugust 27, 2000 (2000-08-27)
8822"Four Light Years Farther"Joseph ScanlanMichael LoceffAugust 27, 2000 (2000-08-27)

Season 5 (2001)

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No.
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season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
891"Déjà Vu All Over Again"Jon CassarRobert CochranJanuary 7, 2001 (2001-01-07)
902"A Girl Who Wasn't There"Terry IngramLawrence HertzogJanuary 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)
913"In Through the Out Door"René BonnièreDavid WolkoveJanuary 21, 2001 (2001-01-21)
924"All the World's A Stage"Joel SurnowDavid WolkoveFebruary 4, 2001 (2001-02-04)
935"The Man Behind the Curtain"René BonnièreLawrence HertzogFebruary 11, 2001 (2001-02-11)
946"The Evil That Men Do"Roy DupuisAndrew J. Horne & Katherine TomlinsonFebruary 18, 2001 (2001-02-18)
957"Let No Man Put Asunder"René BonnièreLawrence HertzogFebruary 25, 2001 (2001-02-25)
968"A Time For Every Purpose"Brad TurnerMichael LoceffMarch 4, 2001 (2001-03-04)
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