Season One

Season One aired from September 9, 2010 to May 12, 2011 and contained episodes 22 episodes from Pilot to

Pandora.

Synopsis

A young girl robs a drug store alongside her boyfriend Robbie. She hesitates in shooting the owner of the store, and her boyfriend doubles back to shoot him before quickly running off, leaving Alex to be arrested. As she is being brought into prison, she fights the prison guards with good strength; little does she know that Michael is watching. He later processses her into Division, a covert unit of the government that takes young and susceptible criminals into their training program and forces them to do the work under penalty of death.

However, all higher up members of Division are worried because Nikita has come back online, meaning that she is targeting Division once more. What's worse is that she has a mole inside, and it is now further impossible to not trust anyone at Division.

By the end of Pilot, it is revealed that this mole is in fact Alex. The two communicate through a program Nikita created whilst still at Division called the shellbox program.

As the series progresses, Nikita routinely sabotages missions that would have been major successes for Division, and also saves the lives of recruits such as Sarah. More light is shed on the lives of the main characters, and it is revealed that Alex was sold into human trafficking by a man who had been close to her ogliarch father before his murder at the hands of Division.

Eventually, Michael joins Nikita's cause after she helps him find and kill Kasim Tariq. He tells her a story of how he had once found the perfect home for his now-deceased wife and daughter, and of the domestic life that Tariq took away from him.

Alex is forced to kill her rival, Jaden, after Nathan accidentally reveals in front of her that Alex has told him of her true occupation. Amanda tells Alex that Division now operate with new cochlear implants that are virtually undectable by even the wearers, and Jaden's recorded Alex calling Nikita. Alex is found out as the mole of Division, and is thus interrogated. Michael is locked away in Division, too.

Michael escapes courtesy of Birkhoff and rejoins Nikita, who is a fresh escapee from CIA headquarters. As the season ends, it is shown that Amanda has tricked Alex's killchip into no longer working, and wants to recruit her into Oversight. Michael and Nikita try not to worry about the future as they drive off into the oncoming storm.

Episode List: 2010-2011

Image	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate	#
	Pilot	Writer: Craig Silverstein	Director: Danny Cannon	September 9, 2010	#1
	A young girl robs a drug store alongside her boyfriend Robbie. She hesitates in shooting the owner of the store, and her boyfriend doubles back to shoot him and quickly runs off, leaving Alex to be arrested. As she is being brought into prison, she fights the prison guards with good strength, and Michael is watching. He later processses her into Division.
	2.0	Writer: Craig Silverstein	Director: David Levinson and Craig Silverstein	September 16, 2010	#2
	Percy and Michael take custody of a Slavic leader wanted for war crimes, a man they plan to convert as their latest assignment. Nikita tracks down their whereabouts and tries to thwart their plans, but a group of mercenaries is already ahead of her. Alex is activated earlier than expected for a special assignment that puts her directly in the line of fire. A flashback reveals a crucial turning point in Nikita's life.
	Kill Jill	Writer: Amanda Segel	Director: David Solomon	September 23, 2010	#3
	Nikita saves a journalist who is in danger when he tries to expose a conspiracy. Birkhoff is suspected of helping Nikita from inside. Michael tries to find his target with the help of Jaden, Alex and Thom.
	Rough Trade	Writer: Carlos Coto	Director: Nick Copus	September 30, 2010	#4
	Nikita revisits her past when she posed as a nanny for a key government official and decides to right the wrong of his death. During the mission, Michael rescues Nikita and starts to have doubts about Percy's intentions. Alex suffers from a panic attack during basic training at Division, and Amanda helps Alex break her claustrophobia.
	The Guardian	Writer: Craig Silverstein	Director: Terrence O'Hara	October 7, 2010	#5
	Percy decides to search alone for a known fugitive, who happens to be a Division operative named Owen, which makes Michael suspicious of his motives and leads to a stand-off between Percy, Owen, and Nikita. Meanwhile, Thom catches Alex during her attempt to send Nikita a warning.
	Resistance	Writer: Kalinda Vasquez	Director: Guy Ferland	October 21, 2010	#6
	A group of terrorists attack a bus filled with Division recruits and kidnap Alex and Thom, who are both unaware that the attack is a test orchestrated by Division. Michael, Percy, Michael and Amanda watch as Alex is tortured, but Alex manages to escape contact Nikita for help. Meanwhile, as Owen begins to trust Nikita, he reveals some alarming information about her fiance.
	The Recruit	Writer: Amanda Segel	Director: Eagle Egilsson	October 28, 2010	#7
	Alex alerts Nikita that Division has activated one of the recruits to execute a suicide mission. Nikita intercepts the recruit at the same time Michael arrives, and the two exchange gunfire. Meanwhile, back at Division, a recruit attacks several guards, which leads to mass chaos.
	Phoenix	Writer: Jim Barnes	Director: David M. Barrett	November 4, 2010	#8
	In return for continued funding, Division authorizes Thom to eliminate a U.S. senator's mistress and cover up the affair. Nikita attempts to get to the mistress through her parents, but things don't go as planned.
	One Way	Writer: Albert Kim	Director: Ken Fink	November 11, 2010	#9
	Michael goes after the terrorist who killed his family, and Nikita decides to help him. When Percy learns of her involvement, he sends agents to kill her, compromising the mission. Meanwhile, Alex puts Jaden at risk when she lies to cover her own slip-up while going through Division medical files.
	Dark Matter	Writer: Carlos Coto	Director: Danny Cannon	December 2, 2010	#10
	Owen reveals some top-secret information from Division's black boxes to the media, leaking news that the U.S. Government was behind an assassination in Chile. In response, Percy frames Ryan, a C.I.A. agent, for the assassination. Nikita and Owen get captured when they travel to Chile and attempt to rescue Ryan from mercenaries, and Nikita reveals Division's secrets to Ryan in an effort to save all of their lives.
	All the Way	Writer: Craig Silverstein	Director: Terrence O'Hara	December 9, 2010	#11
	Alex informs Nikita that Division is sending her on her first mission to kill the leader of a crime syndicate. Alex is concerned about killing someone, but Nikita reassures her and demands that she help execute the kill order. Birkhoff uncovers the shell program that a Division mole has been using to communicate with Nikita in the outside world and informs Percy and Michael
	Free	Writer: Kalinda Vasquez	Director: Jonathan Glassner	December 9, 2010	#12
	Alex informs Nikita that Division is sending her on her first mission to kill the leader of a crime syndicate. Alex is concerned about killing someone, but Nikita reassures her and demands that she help execute the kill order. Birkhoff uncovers the shell program that a Division mole has been using to communicate with Nikita in the outside world and informs Percy and Michael
	Coup de Grace	Writer: Albert Kim	Director: Nathan Hope	February 3, 2011	#13
	On her first mission, Alex and a group are assigned to kill the Prince of Georgia at a museum gala. When Alex tells Nikita about the assignment, they build a plan to prevent the assassination. However, Nikita puts her trust in wrong person and the plan falls apart, leading to a stand-off and letting Division know that Nikita is in the building.
	The Next Seduction	Writer: Carlos Coto	Director: David Solomon	February 10, 2011	#14
	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
	Alexandra	Writer: Andrew Colville	Director: Ken Fink	February 17, 2011	#15
	During a mission, Alex runs into Irina, a friend from her past. Alex tries to help Irina escape from her captor, but Irina betrays her and turns Alex over to a Russian mobster named Vlad, who has a debt to settle.
	Echoes	Writer: Kristen Reidel	Director: Nick Copus	February 24, 2011	#16
	Hoping to speed up her recovery, Amanda sedates Alex after her most recent mission and takes advantage of Alex's drugged condition to question her about the secrets Amanda suspects Alex is hiding. Realizing Alex is in danger, Nikita works to secure her another identity to smuggle her out of the country.
	Covenants	Writer: Jim Barnes	Director: Eagle Egilsson	April 7, 2011	#17
	Michael shows up in Nikita's lair and tells her that he knows Alex is the mole. Michael threatens to tell Percy about Alex unless Nikita finds Kasim, the man who killed Michael's family, in the next 24 hours.
	Into the Dark	Writer: Albert Kim	Director: Jeffrey Hunt	April 14, 2011	#18
	Owen returns with information about the whereabouts of one of Percy's black boxes. Nikita travels to London with Owen to retrieve the box, but she notices that he is acting strangely. Owen tells Nikita that he wants to release the contents of the black box, then turns on Nikita when she disagrees with his plan.
	Girl's Best Friend	Writer: Carlos Coto	Director: Robert Lieberman	April 21, 2011	#19
	Nikita decides it's getting too risky for Alex stay at Division and encourages her to disappear. Alex agrees, but before she can get away Division assigns Alex and Jaden to an overseas mission to stop the son of a foreign president from selling a new chemical weapon. When things don't go as planned, Alex must decide between saving the mission or saving herself.
	Glass Houses	Writer: Kalinda Vasquez	Director: Ralph Hemecker	April 28, 2011	#20
	Upset that Nikita continues to pursue the black boxes, Percy sends Michael to Pennsylvania to check on one of the boxes and the guardian protecting it. Nikita arrives at the town first and is surprised to learn that the guardian is a normal woman named Dana who has abandoned her guardian job and is trying to lead a normal life with her husband and child
	Betrayals	Writer: Andrew Colville	Director: Eagle Egilsson	May 5, 2011	#21
	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.
	Pandora	Writer: Craig Silverstein	Director: Ken Fink	May 12, 2011	#22
	Percy attempts to take over the CIA, Alex goes rogue, and Michael finds himself trapped inside Division, unable to help Nikita, whose life is in danger after helping Alex.