Like ALIAS? You will love this!
Ah, memories...
I saw pretty much every episode of this when it aired yeeeears ago on Channel 5 (I believe) at a rediculous hour of the night.
Anyway, without further adue, I bring you...
LA FEMME NIKITA.
Click the link for clips from all five seasons, season synopsis, etc.
It was on air long before Alias, which is a basic rehash with a slightly different plot in the later seasons (the whole thing in Alias with the "destiny" and the mother, etc isn't a NIKITA thing. ... I like the Nikita plot a lot, lot more). It is a Canadian-born program. The Americans loved it, and when it died they made Alias. It was just a little bit more populour because of a certain actress...
Free episodes (entirely legal I assure you) viewable online (or alternatively downloadable to your PC, which is the only option if you live outside the US/Canada) from can be viewed here, although I do not recommend viewing later seasons for fear of spoilers.
I recommend that you all buy it on DVD. Now. ... That is, if you can import it through Amazon (or eBay) and have a Region 1 DVD Player.
Intro (season two I believe):
Taken from the Wiki:
La Femme Nikita (Nikita in Canada) is a television spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc Besson, co-produced by Jay Firestone (Firestone Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and created for television by Joel Surnow, who later co-created 24 with fellow La Femme Nikita executive consultant Robert Cochran. This television series debuted in the United States on USA Network in January 1997 and ran for five seasons until March 2001.[1] La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons; also distributed on television in Canada (as Nikita) and, ultimately, internationally, it continues to have a strong cult following, according to the definitive book on the series written by Christopher Heyn in 2006.[2]
In the original Luc Besson film (and in the American remake Point of No Return, also released by Warner Bros.), Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who kills a police officer in cold blood during an attempted heist of a convenience store. She is later arrested, sentenced to life in prison, then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly-trained assassin who cannot be traced, since as far as the outside world is concerned, she has died in prison and no longer exists.
The television series differs from the film versions in one fundamental respect: Nikita (Peta Wilson) is innocent. She is not a killer, nor a drug user, just a homeless young woman in the wrong place at the wrong time. Section One- an elite, top-secret counter-terrorist organization with no affiliation to any specific government- falsely believes Nikita is a killer, and has what it takes to become a deadly operative. Because Nikita will be killed (or "canceled") if she fails to comply, she is forced to carry out the organization's ruthless methods of fighting terrorism, while attempting to keep her moral integrity - and her soul - intact. This personal struggle becomes the primary conflict of the series.
Over time, Nikita's secretive and risky romantic involvement with her trainer, the mysterious Michael Samuelle (Roy Dupuis), will become another source of conflict, and the series' most significant relationship. Just prior to the conclusion of the series, Nikita also learns the truth of why she was recruited into Section One.
I saw pretty much every episode of this when it aired yeeeears ago on Channel 5 (I believe) at a rediculous hour of the night.
Anyway, without further adue, I bring you...
LA FEMME NIKITA.
Click the link for clips from all five seasons, season synopsis, etc.
It was on air long before Alias, which is a basic rehash with a slightly different plot in the later seasons (the whole thing in Alias with the "destiny" and the mother, etc isn't a NIKITA thing. ... I like the Nikita plot a lot, lot more). It is a Canadian-born program. The Americans loved it, and when it died they made Alias. It was just a little bit more populour because of a certain actress...
Free episodes (entirely legal I assure you) viewable online (or alternatively downloadable to your PC, which is the only option if you live outside the US/Canada) from can be viewed here, although I do not recommend viewing later seasons for fear of spoilers.
I recommend that you all buy it on DVD. Now. ... That is, if you can import it through Amazon (or eBay) and have a Region 1 DVD Player.
Intro (season two I believe):
Click to viewTaken from the Wiki:
La Femme Nikita (Nikita in Canada) is a television spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc Besson, co-produced by Jay Firestone (Firestone Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and created for television by Joel Surnow, who later co-created 24 with fellow La Femme Nikita executive consultant Robert Cochran. This television series debuted in the United States on USA Network in January 1997 and ran for five seasons until March 2001.[1] La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons; also distributed on television in Canada (as Nikita) and, ultimately, internationally, it continues to have a strong cult following, according to the definitive book on the series written by Christopher Heyn in 2006.[2]
In the original Luc Besson film (and in the American remake Point of No Return, also released by Warner Bros.), Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who kills a police officer in cold blood during an attempted heist of a convenience store. She is later arrested, sentenced to life in prison, then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly-trained assassin who cannot be traced, since as far as the outside world is concerned, she has died in prison and no longer exists.
The television series differs from the film versions in one fundamental respect: Nikita (Peta Wilson) is innocent. She is not a killer, nor a drug user, just a homeless young woman in the wrong place at the wrong time. Section One- an elite, top-secret counter-terrorist organization with no affiliation to any specific government- falsely believes Nikita is a killer, and has what it takes to become a deadly operative. Because Nikita will be killed (or "canceled") if she fails to comply, she is forced to carry out the organization's ruthless methods of fighting terrorism, while attempting to keep her moral integrity - and her soul - intact. This personal struggle becomes the primary conflict of the series.
Over time, Nikita's secretive and risky romantic involvement with her trainer, the mysterious Michael Samuelle (Roy Dupuis), will become another source of conflict, and the series' most significant relationship. Just prior to the conclusion of the series, Nikita also learns the truth of why she was recruited into Section One.