Nikita Questions Herself and Her New Role (My Ep. 3 Thoughts)
**MAJOR SPOILER ALERT*"Nikita" - ep. 3x03 ("True Believer")
- The girl (Mia from Division) by the wall looks familiar to me...does anyone know where?
- FBI infiltrate the Third Wave
- Mia is captured...Ryan debriefs Nikita and the others
- Nikita is shocked that a Percy-mission was still in progress
- Michael reveals that Division never had a retrieval plan for captured agents
- Nikita declares that she's going after Mia -- Alex goes after her
- Nikita reveals that she doesn't trust the government that Ryan takes orders from
- Michael (and Sean) go check on area intel Birkhoff found
- Michael and Sean run into the security team (SPN's Gordon Walker)
- Nikita meets with Birkhoff and Sonya (tense atmosphere)
- Sonya gives her congrats to Nikita's engagement
- Nikita asks Birkhoff to take Amanda's role in dressing Alex for the op
- Alex and Nikita are in the prison -- ready for Mia's extraction
- Some conflict between Nikita and Mia before they suit up
- Why did Nikita play the prisoner while Mia changed to the FBI cover?
- Mia turns (she's part of Third Wave) and shoots Alex
- Didn't Alex just heal from a broken arm she acquired in her final fight against Roan in the season 2 finale? Plus Alex seems to always get shot at during the first few episodes in a season.
- TITLE CARD
- Sean is by Alex's side when they wheel her into Division's Infirmary
- Birkhoff has a shouting match with Sonya (which stops when a bloody Nikita enters the room)
- He's affected by Alex's condition...it seems
- Mia is at Third Wave Headquarters -- she meets with Joshua (the leader) and she confesses about Division
- There seems to be a thing between Mia/Joshua
- Birkhoff goes through Mia's phone (with Alex) -- they found offshore accounts and property near the arena
- Mikita and a Division team infiltrate Third Wave Headquarters
- Nikita pulls a gun on Joshua -- Mia reveals herself with a bomb vest
- Michael encounters Joshua but he gets away
- Mia reveals how disgusted she is when Nikita let Division 'live'
- Mia throws Nikita out of a window
- COMMERCIAL
- Alex checks in on a banged up Nikita (who seems shaken up by Mia's words)
- "It was like looking into a mirror." -Nikita (or a phrasing like that)
- I definitely love the dynamic between Nikita and Alex
- Michael trains with Sean to figure out Joshua's fighting technique (possible MMA fighter or a former SEAL)
- Nikita disagrees with Ryan's order to eliminate Mia on sight -- the original mission still stands
- Birkhoff hands out the gadgets
- Birkhoff reveals his new robot (the "BUTR" because it's slick like that...says Birkhoff)
- Michael and Nikita pose as FBI with the Senator's security team
- Sean checks in on Alex (who studies Mia's profile)
- "What are we doing here Alex? Fighting monsters?" -Sean to Alex (or a paraphrased version)
- Alex tells Sean that she believes in Nikita
- Is it me or did Alex/Sean have a silent moment?
- Nikita has BUTR on her phone
- Nikita spots Mia but she doesn't have the bomb vest on her -- someone in a orange sweatshirt does and he passed by security
- COMMERCIAL
- Nikita tries to get through to Mia
- Nikita compares Joshua to Percy
- Mia reveals that Joshua was Delta (Special Ops -- Travis Ryerson)
- Alex and Sean check Joshua's background...they learn that he has a partner
- Michael confronts the partner (the security leader...Ex-Gordon...who was in the same Special Ops unit as Travis/Joshua)
- COMMERCIAL
- Nikita awaits for confirmation on the bomb's sighting
- Nikita tries to get Mia to understand why she kept Division running (to keep the agents like them alive)
- Michael tries to go after Ex-Gordon
- Sonya and Bikrhoff cooperate during the operation
- Mia fights Nikita
- The two Ex-Special Ops argue about their setup against the Senator so that they could get more clients
- Birkhoff/Sonya give Nikita a clear connection through the BUTR (which Mia witnesses the plan change through Nikita's phone)
- Mia seems distraught by her part in the plan
- COMMERCIAL
- Mia offers to go after the bomber (Salvatore, I think)
- Michael (and Sean) pulls a gun out on the two Ex-Special Ops
- During a knife fight, Michael kills Joshua
- Nikita takes out the two Third Wave Spotters
- Slow-mo as the bomber makes his move (Mia tries to get to him)
- Mia takes a few bullets to the back when shots are fired at the bomber
- Nikita knocks the bomber out before it blows
- Birkhoff/Sonya sigh in relief in Operations
- Mia dies after thanking Nikita
- Nikita meets with Ryan
- Ryan agrees to no Percy-missions (or was it active missions)
- Ryan tries to comfort Nikita about Mia's death (she died a hero)
- Nikita helps Ryan organize his paper-notes (he needs to get with the
- Promo for 3x04: OWEN!!!!! Owen reveals to Nikita that he can't remember his life before Division...Owen was also imprisoned in a Russian prison...Amanda hacks into Division...Division experiences a bio-hazardous attack within its walls
- I'm excited for Owen's return!! I missed the Nikita/Owen scenes and I can't wait to see Owen meet Alex and Sean or what he thinks about the New Division.