About

Nikita

When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita (Maggie Q, "Live Free or Die Hard," "Mission Impossible 3") was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn't tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Throughout her grueling training at Division, Nikita never lost her humanity, even falling in love with a civilian. When her fiancé was murdered, Nikita realized she had been betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust, so she did what no one else before her had been able to do: she escaped. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation.

A continuation of the 1990 Luc Besson film of the same name.
This new version is closer to the film than the earlier La Femme Nikita series from 1997. (Source: The CW)

1.17 - Covenant

  • Episode number: 1x17
  • Production Number: 3X6267
  • Airdate: Thursday April 07th, 2011
  • Director: Eagle Egilsson
  • Writer: Jim Barnes

Michael (Shane West) confronts Nikita (Maggie Q) in her lair and reveals that he knows Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) is the mole. He tells Nikita that she has 24 hours to find Kasim (guest star Haaz Sleiman), the man who killed Michael's family, or he will tell Percy (Xander Berekley) about Alex. Eagle Egilsson directed the episode written by Jim Barnes.