La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita

1997
La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita

7.4 | en | Drama

La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.

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EP8  A Time for Every Purpose
Mar. 04,2001
A Time for Every Purpose

Michael's son, Adam is a hostage of The Collective. Michael must save his son in a trade proposed by The Collective. Meanwhile, Haled is confronted by Michael on an offer to get rid of Graff, then leading Haled to become the head employee. Nikita & Michael do so, but this isn't good because Haled isn't alive anymore. This doesn't look too good for Michael. Two new candidates, Myra Mauk & Kelley are hoping for a spot at Section. Walter didn't have the best history with Myra, so he asks Jason Crawford to take her out of the running, he does so. More trades are offered later in the episode. Nikita is now running Section One, she lets Michael go to spend time with his son. Nikita says good-bye to Michael & continues are duties at Section One.

EP7  Let No Man Put Asunder
Feb. 25,2001
Let No Man Put Asunder

The situation is dire as The Collective, still led by Graff and Haled, is cleaning Section's clock. But, just in time, Michael asks Nikita to help him return to Section, where his re-emergence is viewed with suspicion by both Mr. Jones and Operations. While new missions continue against The Collective with Michael's return, Nikita admits that she lied to him in "Four Light Years Further," and that she does indeed love him. Operations discovers that The Collective has infiltrated Section's mainframe to try to locate and kidnap Michael's son Adam, in attempt to re-assert control over him. Can Operations foil The Collective's plans?

EP6  The Evil That Men Do
Feb. 18,2001
The Evil That Men Do

Nikita and Mr. Jones have The Collective's "mole" narrowed down to four suspects: Operations, Quinn, Walter and the late Marco O'Brien, but Mr. Jones has a fifth possibility that Michael Samuelle is still alive, and that he is the "mole." While granting to Mr. Jones the theoretical possibility that Michael may be alive, Nikita denies that he would never be the "mole" for The Collective, Graff and Haled. Meanwhile, Operations sets out personally to see to it that an anti-Collective mission goes according to plan, but it's The Collective that is poised to blow Operations' plane out of the sky! Can and will Nikita save Operations' butt, one last time or should she even bother?

EP5  The Man Behind the Curtain
Feb. 11,2001
The Man Behind the Curtain

Nikita finally comes face to face with her father, the real Mr. Jones, but rather than being an "emotional" reunion, Mr. Jones is all business, and immediately sets Nikita out on a new mission; finding The Collective's "mole" in Section One! Mr. Jones' two candidates: Operations or Marco O'Brien. Mr. Jones thinks it's the latter, but Nikita suspects the former. So Nikita sets out to find the "mole." Meanwhile, the two co-heads of The Collective, Graff and Haled clash over tactics, and whether to trust their "mole's" intel about Section One. Michael finally turns up, but not until the last scene!

EP4  All the World's a Stage
Feb. 04,2001
All the World's a Stage

After someone breaches Section and breaks into her room, Nikita is more determined than ever to find out the truth about why she was brought into Section. She arranges to get at Mr. Jones personally by having him go out as "Mick Schtoppel" on a mission against an arms dealer with ties to The Collective, by the name of Massima Valenti. Was Operations telling the truth in "Deja Vu All Over Again" when he told Nikita that "Mr. Jones is not what he appears to be...?" Is Nikita making a big mistake in pushing the issue? Meanwhile, Quinn continues to put the "moves" on Operations, but what is she really up to?

EP3  In Through the Out Door
Jan. 21,2001
In Through the Out Door

After the explosion at the house of Nikita's father, Nikita enlists Walter, and then Jason Crawford, to decript its contents. The result; the location of the convelecence home where Michael took Adrian after the "Gelman Process" mess. And this just happens to coincide with Nikita's physical deterioration because of her experience with the "Gelman Process." Has Michael or Nikita's real father given her the information she needs to beat these after effects? Or is Nikita inevitably heading to the same place Adrian ended up, namely the grave? Meanwhile, O'Brien betrays Nikita, by revealing her deteriorating health to Operations, but unsure that O'Brien will be able to resist Nikita's "charms" any more than Michael did. Operations 'shadows' O'Brien with his very own 'pit bull' operative, Golliak. And Section One continues to try and crack "The Collective."

EP2  A Girl Who Wasn't There
Jan. 14,2001
A Girl Who Wasn't There

Nikita finds clues about why she was recruited into Section. Is it possible her father was an operative, codenamed Flavius, and that she has a sibling with the initial "M" who is somewhere in the covert world she lives in? Quinn redesigns Birkoff's Artificial Intelligence program to build a holographic replica of Madeline, complete with Madeline's memories and psychological profile. Although Operations is greatly pleased to have Madeline at his side once more, it soon becomes clear that despite it's complex programming, it is just not capable of being Madeline because it doesn't have her instincts.

EP1  Déjà Vu All Over Again
Jan. 07,2001
Déjà Vu All Over Again

Nikita is sent back to Section One to destroy a new terrorist threat that only she can deal with which is a summit meeting of representatives from several terrorist groups. She is teamed up with a new level 5 operative, Marco O'Brien. O'Brien was the police officer recruited four years earlier because of a mistake Nikita made, a fact that O'Brien has not forgotten. Nikita finds that besides the terrorists, she must deal with O'Brien & the hostility of much of Section personnel because of her role in Center's evaluation of Section.

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7.4 | en | Drama , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 1997-01-13 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.warnervideo.com/lafemmenikitadvd/
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La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.

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Peta Wilson , Roy Dupuis , Matthew Ferguson

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bogus_fn LFN is one of my all time favorites. The cast is absolutely wonderful, the writing is brilliant and the soundtrack is exceptional. The series altogether is exciting, unpredictable, luring and very sensual. At first glance you might think it's only some blonde chick blowing up buildings, but there's a great depth to all the main characters that slowly unravels throughout the series. The use of innovative technology is quite striking for 1997 which makes it even more appealing.Aside for being drop dead gorgeous, Peta Wilson does a wonderful job in bringing great vulnerability and emotion to the character of Nikita. The progress of the character throughout the series is credible and convincing. Roy Dupuis as Michael is absolutely fascinating. Alberta Watson is amazing as well as the supporting cast. Most importantly, the chemistry between the actors, especially Peta and Roy, is mesmerizing and just a joy to watch. The only reason LFN doesn't get a 10 from me is S4, which almost from the start suffered greatly from bad writing to the point of ruining most beloved characters, as well as its finale which was horrid for most LFN fans. Luckily they salvaged what they could with the short S5 which leaves you with a good taste. S2 is the absolute best in my opinion although the whole of the first 3 seasons is excellent. If you watch S4, be sure not to miss S5 though :)I believe this series is wonderful to watch even in 2011 and I highly recommend it as one of the best ever made.
poisondel I've recently seen this show and I want to add that I love the plot, the show atmosphere and the characters complexity, not to mention that the suppressed attraction between the main characters, Nikita and Michael it's breathtaking and intense.I think Peta Wilson was wonderful for Nikita's role, she's very beautiful, but her beauty isn't fragile. She's perfect, first of all because she is a tall strong woman. If she were to be an anorexic fragile lady it wouldn't be too believable that she could actually kick down trained big muscular men.Not to mention Roy Dupuis who plays Michael, he's acting was amazing. The character is cool, strong and icy cold and he hides incredibly well his humanity. The fact is he feels a lot, his look says all. I'm stunned by his performance on the show.I'm not yet sure which is my favorite episode, I guess there are more.I had some minor disappointments; for example when season 3 started and most of the characters got a haircut. They looked terrible, like some evil hairdresser caught them all, Nikita was the only one who avoided having her hair cut for the time being, by some evasive maneuver, I'm sure. One other thing that was not too great is the way Madeline and Operations go down. This characters have strong personalities, they are very intelligent and always follow their interest, planning webs in manipulating everyone else. It's not too believable the way they end. It seems rather rushed. In fact season 5 doesn't have the same approach and feeling as the other seasons. I don't know what happened here, why they hurried, but in the end at least remains credible, it could have been worse.I think that old TV series, "La Femme Nikita"s show, as well are better developed then the new ones. These days most of the series seem shallow, with some exceptions of course.Other things I like about "La Femme Nikita"'s show was the technology they use, considering the series is filmed in the late 90's and early 2000 it quite stands for our days. The soundtrack is great too, the songs fits perfectly with the scenes they're added to enhancing the moments.In one word this series has become one of my favorite. So if you like the "Secret Agent" theme, suspense, romance and espionage go for it. Everyone in it did a great job and it's worth it all.
elshikh4 First off, I started to believe that everything has (Luc Besson)'s name on it must have a certain amount of ridiculousness even if it's supposed to be fun. This time (Besson) is slightly related to the work but the symptoms are all here. (Peta Wilson) is a beauty but she did in this show some of the worst acting I have ever seen (strangely she's better in anything else it !). Although I love to see her, but sorry, with her same unexplainable complainant look and couple of known by heart unchangeable passions, she was too irritating, pretenses and boring. (Roy Dupuis) is the worst of the lousiest of the most awful actors ever been on TV ! Man.. Can he act ? Or rather can he exhibit any sort of emotions on his face ?! His portrayal for his character (if originally I can call it so !) wasn't deep or dark as it was obviously intended, No it was ideally idiot. Yes, his role is an emotionless guy but he delivered it emotionlessly, and while he's a smart secret agent he looked so stupid, wearing oddly the same clothes, being like humdrum robot. The thing not to provoke but to shock is that this untalented, unattractive, and totally dead as a doornail dude was the second lead in a 96 episodes 5 seasons series ?!! Nevertheless, still the lowest element is the state of false seriousness that this show was determined to achieve. Actually it wanted so hard to be interesting action spy show and somehow serious and profound in the same time, yet by poor and pretender style. While it's the girlie version of James Bond it tried to be so dramatic in the wrong place almost every time or at least by the wrong ways. The direction was aiming to be stylish however ended up as so pedant. For simple instance look at its image; it's mostly between azure and pink but with no meaningful or catchy thing in between. So with a ruining weak production, an average at best action, and the REAL bad acting it transformed into a dull experience and genuine silly time. Therefore I find myself scream madly when someone ever compares this to "Alias". OH MY GOD (or rather Mon Dieux !) How could anybody even think about that in the first place ?! True that Alias began 4 years after, and it got its own flaws and catastrophes as well, but there is no comparison whatsoever, and if you want to do it, so I might say one thing : Alias does have drama, acting, music, action, thrill, high guest stars, big budgets, memorable moments, and imagination while "La Femme Nikita" doesn't.. End of the story!
George Parker Although it does merit consideration as a DVD watch, the "La Femme Nikita" TV series doesn't measure up to the new standard of excellence in its genre set by the huge hit "24". The "Nikita" series has few artifacts from Beeson's original hit French film and Wilson is plunked down in our midst as a secret agent babe who sallys forth in each episode kicking booty and dispatching evildoers. Wilson makes a solid centerpiece for this girl power series but everything around her is B-movie or soap opera production quality stuff somewhat lacking in originality, creativity, imagination, and chemistry. Check out "24" first unless you want to save the best for last, have to have a bow at the end of each episode, or just lust for Peta Wilson. (B-)