LA FEMME NIKITA 
                              EPISODE GUIDE

by Ian J. Ball
This version:  4.03
Last updated:  September 3, 2000



TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0.0)  Introduction
      0.1)  What is a FAQ? What is an Episode Guide?
      0.2)  Where the Author Can Be Reached
      0.3)  Where Can I Find Copies of this Guide on the 'Net, Either 
               Through FTP or the WWW (the Web)?

1.0)  La Femme Nikita
      1.1)  What is La Femme Nikita (the series)? How Does It Relate to 
               the French Movie, or the US version "Point of No Return"?

2.0)  La Femme Nikita: Episode Guide
      2.1)  The Proper Order of "La Femme Nikita" Episodes Based on 
               the Production Numbers (i.e. The Episode List)
      2.2)  The Cast of "La Femme Nikita"
      2.3)  The Episode Guide for Season 1
      2.4)  The Episode Guide for Season 2
      2.5)  The Episode Guide for Season 3
      2.6)  The Episode Guide for Season 4

3.0)  Actors, Miscellanea and Trivia
      3.1)  Background on the Actors
             3.1.1)  Peta Wilson (Nikita/Josephine)
             3.1.2)  Roy Dupuis (Michael)
             3.1.3)  Don Francks (Walter)
             3.1.4)  Matthew Ferguson (Birkoff)
             3.1.5)  Eugene Robert Glazer (Operations)
             3.1.6)  Alberta Watson (Madeline)


0.0)  INTRODUCTION

This FAQ deals with the USA/CTV television show, La Femme Nikita, which 
now airs on the American cable channel USA, and will air on the Canadian 
broadcast network CTV later on.

This is the first edition of a file that will be occasionally posted 
to answer Frequently Asked Questions about the show La Femme Nikita.  
Permission is granted by the author to distribute this file in an 
UNMODIFIED form to other networks and BB's, etc. Rights to modifications 
to this file are reserved by the author.

  Note: This document may freely copied and distributed for personal 
  use or for the sake of information purposes only.  It may be 
  distributed in its entirety, with all original author and copyright 
  information intact. Any sales of this document or use of it in a for-
  profit project, or use in any other capacity save those already 
  mentioned, is expressly forbidden without the specific consent of 
  the author. Copyright, Ian J. Ball, 1997.


0.1) What is a FAQ? What is an Episode Guide?

A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) or a FAQL (Frequently Asked Questions 
List) is a document that serves to answer commonly (or perhaps not so 
commonly) asked questions about a particular subject. Such a document is 
usually posted to the internet (or to an online service) to the various 
groups or BB's (bulletin boards) to which it is relevant, in the hopes 
of answering these often asked questions. 

An episode guide is a document that serves to provide information about 
each episode of a particular TV show. This episode guides will provide a 
short synopsis of the plot of each episode, and the guest credits for 
that episode.


0.2)  Where the Author Can Be Reached

This is the first edition of this FAQ & episode guide, and it is 
probably either incorrect in parts or is missing useful information. 
If any person has any questions, comments or suggestions about this FAQ, 
please contact Ian J. Ball at:

   IJBall@aol.com              (for private correspondence)

Any help on this project will be appreciated.


0.3)  Where Can I Find Copies of this FAQ on the 'Net, Either Through FTP 
               or the WWW (the Web)?

FTP:

As of now, this Episode Guide is available from one FTP site for sure:

  The first one is my own personal folder available in one of AOL's own 
  FTP sites; the most up-to-date version of this FAQ can be found there. 
     (NOTE: Enter the menus as shown when trying to reach this site, as 
  AOL does not allow a "dir" listing of the root directory of that site, 
  as it would contain up to 2.5 million different folders!)
     (ALSO NOTE: My FAQs/episode guides for others shows, and the FAQ for 
  rec.arts.tv, can also be found here.):

     ftp://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall3/FTP/


WWW (the Web):

Presently there several Web sites for La Femme Nikita; I'll start with 
the two "official" Nikita site from USA network and the U.S. distributor 
of Nikita, Warner Brothers; then there's my site:

  The first "official" Web site for La Femme Nikita comes from the USA 
  cable network; the URL is:

     http://www.usanetwork.com/content/backlot/nikita/nikita.html

  The second "official" Web site for La Femme Nikita comes from the U.S. 
  distributor of the show, Warner Brothers; this URL can be found in the 
  Warner Brothers "backlot" are of their web site at:

     http://www.virtuallot.com/cmp/action/ac04.htm

  My "unofical" Nikita Web site is at my own personal site available 
  from AOL; the most up-to-date version of this episode guide, in HTML 
  format, can be found here. 
     (NOTE: As above, my Web sites for the FAQ/episode guides for 
  for others shows, and the FAQ for rec.arts.tv, can also be found 
  here.):

     http://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall/WWW/Nikita/Home.html

  There are several other Nikita sites; the URL's for these sites are:

  http://www.usanetwork.com/content/backlot/nikita/nikita.html
  http://lafemmenikita.com/
  http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1045/episode.html

     Jeannette(FAQ):   http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9076/
     Jeannette(guide): http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1045
                             /nikita.html
     Jeannette(index): http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~jmmyers/lafemme.html

     Baoqin:           http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4163/
     Croushorn:        http://www.croushorn.com/nikita/index.html
     Tara O'Shea       http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5235
                             /nikita.html
     'Glass Curtain'   http://members.icanect.net/~duggal/Glass_Curtain/
     Mail List:        http://cherokee.simplenet.com/codename.htm
     LFN Fan Fiction   http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5932
                             /index.html




1.0) LA FEMME NIKITA

1.1)  What is La Femme Nikita (the series)? How Does It Relate to the 
      French Movie, or the US version "Point of No Return"?

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2.0) LA FEMME NIKITA: EPISODE GUIDE

2.1)  The Proper Order of "La Femme Nikita" Episodes Based on 
               the Production Numbers (i.e. The Episode List)

The USA network aired several first season "Nikita" epiosdes out of 
order. Here is the more proper, chronological order, based on the 
production codes for the episodes:

Num   Prod No    Episode Title                  Air Date  
----  ---------  ------------------------       ----------
Season 1:
 1.1   (101)      Nikita                         01/13/97 
 1.4   (102)      Charity                        02/03/97 
 1.6   (103)      Love                           02/17/97 
 1.3   (104)      Simone                         01/27/97 
 1.2   (105)      Friend                         01/20/97 
 1.7   (106)      Treason                        02/24/97 
 1.5   (107)      Mother                         02/09/97  (Sunday)
 1.8   (108)      Escape                         03/03/97 
 1.9   (109)      Gray                           03/10/97 
 1.10  (110)      Choice                         04/07/97 
 1.11  (111)      Rescue                         04/14/97 
 1.12  (112)      Innocent                       04/21/97 
 1.13  (113)      Gambit                         06/30/97 
 1.14  (114)      Recruit                        06/23/97 
 1.15  (115)      Obsessed                       07/20/97 
 1.18  (116)      Missing                        08/10/97 
 1.16  (117)      Noise                          07/27/97 
 1.19  (118)      Voices                         08/17/97 
 1.17  (119)      War                            08/03/97 
 1.21  (120)      Verdict                        09/28/97 
 1.20  (121)      Brainwash                      09/21/97 
 1.22  (122)      Mercy                          10/05/97 

Season 2:
 2.1   (201)      Hard Landing                   01/04/98 
 2.2   (202)      Spec Ops                       01/11/98 
 2.3   (203)      Third Person                   01/18/98 
 2.4   (204)      Approaching Zero               02/01/98 
 2.5   (205)      New Regime                     03/01/98 
 2.6   (206)      Mandatory Refusal              03/08/98 
 2.8   (207)      Darkness Visible               03/29/98 
 2.7   (208)      Half Life 
                     (a.k.a. Michael's Past)     03/22/98 
 2.9   (209)      Open Heart 
                     (a.k.a. Behind Bars)        04/05/98 
 2.10  (210)      First Mission                  04/12/98 
 2.11  (211)      Psychic Pilgrim                04/19/98 
 2.12  (212)      Soul Sacrifice                 06/14/98 
 2.15  (213)      Fuzzy Logic                    07/05/98
 2.16  (214)      Old Habits 
                     (a.k.a. Serial Killer)      07/12/98 
 2.17  (215)      Inside Out 
                     (a.k.a. Outbreak)           07/26/98 
 2.13  (216)      Not Was                        06/21/98 
 2.14  (217)      Double Date                    06/28/98 
 2.18  (218)      Off Profile                    08/02/98 
 2.19  (219)      Last Night                   
                     (a.k.a. Rogue Lovers)       08/09/98 
 2.20  (220)      In Between                     08/16/98 
 2.21  (221)      Adrian's Garden                08/23/98 
 2.22  (222)      End Game                       08/30/98 

Season 3:
 3.1   (301)      Looking For Michael            01/03/99 
 3.2   (302)      Someone Else's Shadow          01/10/99 
 3.3   (303)      Opening Night Jitters          01/17/99 
 3.4   (304)      Gates of Hell                  01/24/99 
 3.5   (305)      Imitation of Death             03/07/99 
 3.6   (306)      Love and Country               03/21/99 
 3.7   (307)      Cat and Mouse                  03/28/99 
 3.8   (308)      Outside the Box                04/04/99 
 3.9   (309)      Slipping Into Darkness         04/11/99 
 3.10  (310)      Under the Influence            04/25/99  (9:00 pm)
 3.11  (311)      Walk on By                     04/25/99 
 3.12  (312)      Threshold of Pain              06/06/99 
 3.13  (313)      Beyond The Pale                06/13/99 
 3.14  (314)      Hand to Hand                   06/20/99 
 3.15  (315)      Before I Sleep                 06/27/99 
 3.16  (316)      I Remember Paris               07/18/99 
 3.17  (317)      All Good Things                07/25/99 
 3.18  (318)      Third Party Ripoff             08/01/99 
 3.19  (319)      Any Means Necessary            08/08/99 
 3.20  (320)      Three Eyed Turtle              08/15/99 
 3.21  (321)      Playing with Fire (Part 1)     08/22/99 
 3.22  (322)      On Borrowed Time (Part 2)      08/29/99 

Season 4:
 4.1   (401)      Getting Out of Reverse         01/09/00  (9:00 pm)
 4.2   (402)      There Are No Missions          01/09/00 (10:00 pm)
 4.3   (403)      View of the Garden             01/16/00 
 4.4   (404)      Through the Looking Glass      01/23/00 
 4.5   (405)      Man in the Middle              02/20/00 
 4.6   (406)      Love, Honor and Cherish        02/27/00 
 4.7   (407)      Sympathy For The Devil         03/05/00 
 4.8   (408)      No One Lives Forever           03/12/00 
 4.9   (409)      Down a Crooked Path            03/19/00 
 4.10  (410)      He Came From Four              04/02/00 
 4.11  (411)      Time to be Heroes              04/16/00 
 4.12  (412)      Hell Hath No Fury              04/23/00 
 4.13  (413)      Kiss the Past Goodbye          06/25/00 
 4.14  (414)      Line in the Sand               07/02/00 
 4.15  (415)      Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate  07/16/00 
 4.16  (416)      Catch a Falling Star           07/23/00 
 4.17  (417)      Sleeping with the Enemy        07/30/00 
 4.18  (418)      Toys in the Basement           08/06/00 
 4.19  (419)      Time Out of Mind               08/13/00 
 4.20  (420)      Face in the Mirror             08/20/00 
 4.21  (421)      Up the Rabbit Hole             08/27/00   (8:00 pm)
 4.22  (422)      Four Light Years Farther       08/27/00  (10:00 pm)



2.2) The Cast of "La Femme Nikita"

The Cast:

   Nikita/Josephine              -Peta Wilson
   Michael (Samuelle)            -Roy Dupuis
   Walter                        -Don Francks
   (Seymour) Birkoff             -Matthew Ferguson
  and, 
   Operations 
     (nee: Paul L. Wolfe)        -Eugene Robert Glazer
   Madeline                      -Alberta Watson


2.3)  The Episode Guide for Season 1

Episode 1.1 (#101): "Nikita"                         01/13/97
      Falsely convicted of killing a cop, a street "kid" named Nikita, 
   is taken from prison by the highly trained, highly secret counter-
   terrorism unit "Section One", who give Nikita a choice: work for them 
   and become a trained assassin, or refuse and be "cancelled" (i.e. 
   killed).


Episode 1.2 (#105): "Friend"                         01/20/97
      In the midst of meeting a contact, Nikita comes across a woman 
   (Marnie McPhall) who says she is Julie, Nikita's friend from back in 
   grammar school. But when Operations finds out, he orders a hit on 
   Nikita's old friend, which poses a moral dilemma for Nikita.


Episode 1.3 (#104): "Simone"                         01/27/97 
      During a standard operation against a terrorist group, in which 
   Nikita poses as a potential recruit, Nikita discovers that, a) Michael 
   was once married to a fellow operative named "Simone" whom Michael 
   thinks is dead, and b) that Simone is still alive and held captive by 
   the terrorist group.


Episode 1.4 (#102): "Charity"                        02/03/97
      Section One assigns Nikita the task of romancing a man named Alec 
   Chandler (Simon MacCorkindale) whom Operations will only say is a 
   "money launderer". But Nikita wonders what Section One's real 
   interest in Alec is, especially after she starts to fall for him.


Episode 1.5 (#107): "Mother"                         02/09/97  (Sunday)
      Nikita poses as the long-lost daughter of Helen Wicke (Sherry 
   Miller), the wife half of an arms-dealing couple led by her husband, 
   John Wicke (Wayne Best). But, to recover what the Section is after 
   (a nuclear trigger), Operations may be willing to sacrifice Nikita 
   to get to the woman.


Episode 1.6 (#103): "Love"                           02/17/97  (Monday)
      Nikita and Michael pose as a married mercenary couple to capture a 
   depraved chemical weapons terrorist named Perry Bauer (Tobin Bell), 
   which complicates their feelings for each other.


Episode 1.7 (#106): "Treason"                        02/24/97
      While Section One mounts an operation to deport a murderous thug 
   (Von Flores), Nikita begins to suspect that a traitor is at work in 
   Section One trying to undermine the operation, perhaps even her 
   colleague, Roger (Peter Outerbridge).


Episode 1.8 (#108): "Escape"                         03/03/97
      Nikita gets an offer from a fellow Section One operative named 
   Eric (Jaimz Woolvett): come with him and escape from Section One, and 
   he will erase their files so that they both may be free. But Nikita's 
   high ethical standards, her fear that Section One is testing her, and 
   her feelings for Michael, may prevent her from taking the offer.


Episode 1.9 (#109): "Gray"                           03/10/97
      Section One's computer files are broken into and "The Registry", 
   the listing of all of the Section's agents, identities and 
   whereabouts, is in the hands of a terrorist who wants to sell it to 
   the highest bidder. But the search for The Registry ends up involving 
   an architect named Gray Wellman (Callum Keith Rennie) who may have 
   inavertanly gotten The Registry and whom Nikita is assigned to.


Episode 1.10 (#110): "Choice"                         04/07/97
      Nikita's affair with Gray Wellman (Callum Keith Rennie) threatens 
   Section One's ability to capture a drug lord, and Madaline begins 
   turning the screws to Nikita to make a choice: dump Wellman, or be 
   "cancelled".


Episode 1.11 (#111): "Rescue"                         04/14/97
      When an operation goes bad, Nikita and team have to abandon a shot 
   and wounded (and maybe dead) Michael in Eastern Europe. Afterwards, 
   Nikita wants to go back to try and find him, but Operations says no, 
   until word that Michael may still be alive gets back to them. 
   Meanwhile, Michael tries to get a nurse (Nancy Beatty) to hide him, 
   while the country's Head of Secret Police (Nigel Bennett) hunts for 
   him.


Episode 1.12 (#112): "Innocent"                       04/21/97
      While playing with the capabilities of Section One, Berkoff 
   discovers a nuclear bomb aboard a plane that proceeds to land at a 
   U.S. airport. And the Section One team sent to the airport soon 
   discover the only witness who saw the people moving the bomb: a 
   simpleminded drifter (Maury Chaykin) who got lost delivering pizza. 
   But Nikita becomes concerned when it becomes clear that the man will 
   never be allowed to leave Section One alive after he is debriefed.


Episode 1.13 (#114): "Recruit"                        06/23/97
      More "mind games" from Operations and Madeline: Nikita must 
   evaluate whether a recruit, Karyn (Felicity Waterman), who is two 
   weeks away from finishing her training, should be made a full 
   operative, or "cancelled". But the recruit's old mentor warns 
   Nikita that Karyn the recruit is "sick", making Nikita's difficult 
   decision even more difficult.


Episode 1.14 (#113): "Gambit"                         06/30/97
      Master terrorist and master of disguise, Gregor Kessler (Harris 
   Yulin), is about to attempt to steal some radioactive Cobalt-60 to 
   poison the water supply of a major city, and Section One must stop 
   him. But when they capture Kessler (without the Cobalt-60), Madeline 
   must interrogate him, which leads to a test of wills between 
   Madeline, who uses Kessler's secret daughter against him, and 
   Kessler, who uses his knowledge of the fate of Madeline's sister 
   against her.


Episode 1.15 (#115): "Obsessed"                       07/20/97  (Sunday)
      To get the location of "The Book", a document "damaging to western 
   interests", the Section uses Michael's romantic charms to get to 
   the abused wife, Lisa Fanning (Yvonne Scio), of the terrorist, David 
   Fanning (Douglas O'Keeffe), who has "The Book". From the "inside", 
   Operations hopes that Michael can get the location of "The Book" off 
   Fanning's home computer. But Nikita thinks that the Section's tactics 
   in this particular case will damage Lisa Fanning's already frail 
   psyche.


Episode 1.16 (#117): "Noise"                          07/27/97
      During a mission, Birkoff is forced to make his first kill, which 
   affects his mission performance and causes Operations and Madeline 
   to put him in "abeyance", which is one step short of "cancellation". 
   And, of course, Nikita feels the need to help him out of his 
   predicament.


Episode 1.17 (#119): "War"                            08/03/97
      A real nightmare: a terrorist group known as "Red Cell" has 
   obtained "The Registry" (see episode #1.9) and is waging a total war 
   against Section One. As Section operatives across the globe are 
   hunted down one by one, Operations orders the evacuation of Section 
   One Headquarters to a secret location. But Michael tells Nikita 
   the new HQ's location, and when Nikita is captured while waging 
   a counteroffensive against "Red Cell", she is tortured for the 
   information. Meanwhile, Michael must go in and get her back out, 
   before it's too late for all of Section One.


Episode 1.18 (#116): "Missing"                        08/10/97
      What starts out as a standard operation against a group of three 
   thieves who plan to steal a classified computer chip and then sell it 
   to a terrorist, turns complicated for Nikita when Operations comes 
   to her with some stunning news, and a request. It seems one of the 
   thieves, Steven Wolf (Christopher Kennedy) is Operation's son (who 
   doesn't know that Operations is still alive), and Operations wants 
   Nikita to keep him alive throughout the mission, at *all* costs. So 
   Nikita makes a deal with Operations: she'll keep his son alive, *if* 
   Operations will give Nikita her freedom.


Episode 1.19 (#118): "Voices"                         08/17/97
      After a surveillance mission, Nikita is attacked by a man, who 
   turns out to be a serial rapist/killer. But a policeman's (Stephen 
   Shellen) determination to get Nikita's testimony against the killer, 
   puts the Section's operation against a Yugoslavian diplomat and 
   terrorist, and Nikita, in jeopardy.


Episode 1.20 (#121): "Brainwash"                      09/21/97
      Trying to crack a terrorist's mysterious plan, Section One tracks 
   down one of his "phasing shells", an advanced virtual-reality device 
   that is being used by the terrorist as part of his plan. What the 
   device is being used for is unknown to the Section, so Nikita 
   volunteers to try out the device. But after the routine test, 
   Nikita begins to display an almost addiction-like behavior toward 
   the device.


Episode 1.21 (#120): "Verdict"                        09/28/97
      Nikita and Michael are on a mission to protect Jovan Mirovich 
   (Eric Peterson; an earlier assignment for Section One: see episode 
   #1.2, "Friend"), the new Head of a European nation recently racked by 
   Civil War, from an assassination attempt at the Inaugural Ball, a 
   diplomatic gathering. When they successfully neutralize the assassin, 
   they seem to be in the clear, until a distraught father named Zoran 
   Brunen (David Calderisi) and a band of rebels break in and hold 
   everyone hostage. Their intent? To try Mirovich for "Crimes Against 
   Humanity", specifically the rape and torture of the rebel leader's 
   daughter, Maria (Kate Greenhouse).


Episode 1.22 (#122): "Mercy"                          10/05/97
      A terrorist named Gabriel Tyler (Richard Clarkin) has hired 
   a chemist named Stanley Shays (Sean Whalen) (through a 
   businessman/contact named Spidel) to develop a highly powerful, 
   yet untraceable, polymer explosive. So Section One tracks down Shays 
   to prevent Tyler from getting his hands on the explosive. But when 
   Shays is recaptured by the terrorist, Tyler, a team lead by Michael 
   and Nikita are sent in to extract him. When the operation goes sour, 
   Nikita fails to "cancel" Shays (yet another one of Nikita's 
   unfortunate attacks of conscience), prompting Operations to settle 
   the matter once and for all: he sends Nikita back in to the terrorist 
   camp, on a suicide mission! This leads to quandary for Michael (for 
   once!): does he send Nikita to certain death, or does he set Nikita 
   free...? (Stay tuned!)


2.4)  The Episode Guide for Season 2

Episode 2.01 (#201): "Hard Landing"                   01/04/98
      Six months after "Mercy": In Nikita's absence, Michael is not 
   performing up to Section standards, so he is demoted. Meanwhile, the 
   terrorist group, The Freedom League (the same group from episode 
   1.22, "Mercy") is stepping up attacks on the Section in retaliation 
   for Section One's operation against them at the end of last season 
   (i.e. also episode 1.22). And one of The Freedom League's gambits 
   involves tracking down Nikita (who is still in hiding), causing 
   Section One to discover that Nikita is alive, and setting the stage 
   for her return to the Section (and her reunion with Michael).


Episode 2.02 (#202): "Spec Ops"                       01/11/98
      Nikita is once again held in "abeyance" while the Section 
   determines whether she has recovered enough from her ordeal 
   to perform up to Section standards. So Operation and Madeline assign 
   a "special operations" operative, by the name of JŸrgen (Bruce 
   Payne), the job of seeing if Nikita has recovered, *and* whether she 
   has been totally honest about her 6 months away from the Section, a 
   situation that causes Michael to become concerned that his and 
   Nikita's story could be blown.


Episode 2.03 (#203): "Third Person"                   01/18/98
      Now back to "conditional status" as an operative, Nikita is still 
   placed under the direct command of JŸrgen (Bruce Payne), even though 
   Michael is still in overall charge of individual missions. And this 
   inevitable leads to conflict between the two men over Nikita, 
   conflict that may turn deadly for JŸrgen on missions commanded 
   by Michael.


Episode 2.04 (#204): "Approaching Zero"               02/01/98
      As Nikita gets more involved with JŸrgen (Bruce Payne), Michael, 
   and also Madeline! manipulate Nikita to spy on JŸrgen. Meanwhile, 
   it's becoming clear to Nikita that JŸrgen has some sort of special 
   status within Section One that gives him power over Michael and even 
   Operations. Are the two things related?...


Episode 2.05 (#205): "New Regime"                     03/01/98
      When a Section operative goes nuts and shoots Operations, it means 
   things must change at the Section. Sure enough, Egran Petrozian 
   (Nigel Bennett; previously seen in ep. 1.11, "Rescue") is appointed 
   acting director of Section One, and he immediately begins grooming 
   Nikita for Madeline's job of 'second-in-command'. And the resulting 
   fallout is endless: Can Petrozian be trusted? Can Nikita perform in 
   her new role, and what will it cost her to do so? Will Madeline's and 
   Michael's jealously hinder Nikita? Will Operations live to reclaim 
   his job? 


Episode 2.06 (#206): "Mandatory Refusal"              03/08/98
      During a mission to take down a terrorist go-between Dorian 
   Enquist (Gregory Hlady), Section communications are breached, and 
   Michael is ambushed. This breach immediately causes Michael to go 
   into "mandatory refusal" mode: simply, Michael must assume that the 
   Section has been breached, and he must refuse all contact with other 
   people until his mission is accomplished. The problem? While Michael 
   is in "mandatory refusal", Operations discovers that Enquist has 
   captured Madeline, and he orders that Michael must be stopped from 
   completing his mission, *at all costs*. So, Nikita must try and stop 
   Michael by friendly means, before Operations and Section stop him 
   by more ruthless means...

Episode 2.07 (#208): "Half Life" 
                        (a.k.a. "Michael's Past")     03/22/98
      Someone is planting bombs in major cities, and Nikita soon begins 
   to suspect that Michael knows something about it. Sure enough, after 
   a mission to neutralize one of the bombs, Nikita follows Michael to a 
   meeting with the man that planted the bomb, Rene Dian (Denis Forest). 
   After a little investigating, Nikita soon discovers the connection: 
   Michael and Dian were student radicals in 1984 who planted bombs, a 
   crime that Michael was convicted for, a conviction that brought him 
   to the Section in the first place. The question is, are Michael's 
   loyalties more with his old colleague or Section One?

Episode 2.08 (#207): "Darkness Visible"               03/29/98
      Nikita and Michael are sent into a war-torn country in the Balkans 
   to eliminate an arms dealer who is about to close a big deal to bring 
   a huge cache of arms into the already destabilized nation. Along the 
   way, Nikita and Michael come across two children (Kyle Downes, Kevi 
   Katsuras), victims of the war, whose parents have been taken away by 
   one of the armed groups in the country. As usual, Nikita insists on 
   helping the children, but will Michael let Nikita's 'maternal 
   instincts' interfere with the mission? Meanwhile, Birkoff discovers 
   that his lover, Gail (Tara Sloane; last seen in episode 1.16, 
   "Noise") is stealing funds from terrorist accounts and keeping the 
   money for herself, and Birkoff must grapple with whether to turn 
   her in (and risk her 'cancellation') or keep quiet.

Episode 2.09 (#209): "Open Heart" 
                        (a.k.a. "Behind Bars")        04/05/98
      It seems that terrorist group Red Cell is at it again: they've 
   surgically altered someone to create a human bomb. Problem is, the 
   Section doesn't know who the bomb carrier is or what the target is. 
   Nikita is given the mission of contacting the only Red Cell member 
   who may know: drug smuggler Jena Vogler (Gina Torres) who is 
   presently incarcerated. So Nikita is sent behind bars to get closer 
   to Vogler.

Episode 2.10 (#210): "First Mission"                  04/12/98
      Taking loses around the globe, Section is short-handed and 
   Operations is forced to get desperate for mission leaders. So Nikita 
   gets the call to head her first mission (the recovery of stolen 
   nuclear reactor fuel rods), and she assembles a three member team: 
   males Taylor (Peter Mensah) and Mentz (Neno Vojinovic), and 
   rebellious female Viscano (Janet Kidder), who causes Nikita all 
   sorts of problems. But after some digging, Nikita discovers the 
   source of Viscano's resentment of Nikita: it seems that Viscano is in 
   love with Michael. So much for Nikita's first mission command going 
   smoothly...

Episode 2.11 (#211): "Psychic Pilgrim"                04/19/98
      With its leader behind bars, terrorist group First Flag is being 
   run through the leader's lawyer, Joaquim Armel (Joaquim de Almeida), 
   which means Section One must compromise Armel to avert a terrorist 
   attack. So Nikita and Michael pose as a married couple, and Nikita 
   poses as a psychic, in order to play on Armel's weak spot: Armel's 
   grief over his son's death and Armel's desire to talk to the boy from 
   'beyond the grave'. Meanwhile, Madeline's mother is near death, and 
   Madeline makes an unusual request of Operations: she asks to see her 
   mother. This puts Operations in a difficult spot: does he follow 
   the rules and deny Madeline's request, or does he bend the rules and 
   grant her request in hopes of improving Madeline's sagging recent job 
   performance?

Episode 2.12 (#212): "Soul Sacriice"                  06/14/98
      Nikita befriends a fellow colleague, veteran agent Terry (veteran 
   actress Khandi Alexander), and ends up covering for her when Terry 
   fails to complete an objective on a mission headed by Michael. When 
   pressed for an explanation for her slip up, Terry makes a startling 
   admission: she's pregnant! Fearful that the Section will take away 
   her baby (or worse), Terry decides to try and bolt the Section, which 
   puts Nikita in a bind and tests her loyalty to Michael. Meanwhile, 
   Walter is in a foul and nervous mood, a circumstance brought about 
   by his "3 year review", an evaluation process forced upon aging 
   operatives.

Episode 2.13 (#216): "Not Was"                        06/21/98
      During a mission against Red Cell operative Orlando Perez (Sam 
   Moses), Michael (nee: Michael Samuelle) is captured and subjected to 
   mind-altering interrogation techniques. When eventually freed, Nikita 
   discovers a very different (and much more likable) Michael, but one 
   without any memory of who he is, a situation that imperils Michael's 
   life in the always demanding Section One. Meanwhile, Operations is 
   jealous of the attention Madeline is showing on a handsome 
   "valentine" operative, which put Operations in an even worse mood 
   than usual.

Episode 2.14 (#217): "Double Date" 
                        (a.k.a. Rogue Lovers)         06/28/98
      David (Douglas O'Keeffe) and Lisa (Yvonne Scio) Fanning are back 
   (see "Obsessed", episode 1.15): it turns out that Section didn't 
   eliminate David Fanning after Nikita's and Michael's last mission 
   against him, but instead made him a Section One operative. And 
   despite Nikita's warnings to Operations that Fanning wants revenge, 
   Fanning is sent out on an operation with Michael and Nikita. Sure 
   enough, Fanning takes Nikita hostage, and makes a simple demand: 
   Michael must find and return Fanning's wife Lisa to him within 48 
   hours. So with Birkoff's (coerced) help, Michael tracks down Lisa, 
   and once again plays mindgames with her, while Nikita tries to escape 
   from David Fanning.

Episode 2.15 (#213): "Fuzzy Logic"                    07/05/98
      With Birkoff unable to do more than superficially decrypt a 
   message that Section One has intercepted, Operations orders the 
   temporary kidnapping of math professor, Greg Hillinger (Kris Lemche), 
   who should be able to decrypt the message. The twist? This math 
   "professor" is a precocious, rambunctious teenage genius who views 
   the whole kidnapping endeavor as a game (and a joke), a viewpoint 
   that could lead to the usual unpleasant Section One outcomes (e.g. 
   permanent captivity, his own cancellation, etc.). Meanwhile, Nikita 
   keeps getting bothered by a neighbor (Dan Redican), and she soon 
   figures out that the man is using her, so Nikita sets about to teach 
   him a lesson he'll never forget.

Episode 2.16 (#214): "Old Habits"
                        (a.k.a. "Serial Killer")      07/12/98
      Nikita gets yet another nightmare assignment: Section is out 
   to stop a new terrorist group, Bright Star, and they have a contact 
   inside the group, a document forger by the name of Gregory Formits 
   (Chris Leavins). Of course, he also happens to be both a genius, and 
   a serial killer with a need to mutilate prostitutes, including his 
   new target, a prostitute named Erica (T.L. Forsberg) whom Nikita has 
   already put under her protection. Will Nikita do right by the 
   Section, or will she end Formits's quest to be the next Jack the 
   Ripper? In the meantime, Walter prepares to marry his girlfriend, 
   Belinda (Jill Dyck).

Episode 2.17 (#215): "Inside Out" 
                        (a.k.a. "Outbreak")           07/26/98
      Personal problems plague the Section: while vindictive Operations 
   is countermanding Madeline's orders, Birkoff is dumped by Gail (Tara 
   Sloane; last seen in episode 2.8) for a fellow Section One operative, 
   and a biotech expert, named Janklow (Paul Miller). However, all of 
   this pails in comparison to the real trouble that befalls the Section 
   when operative Mowen (Roman Podhora; last seen in episode 2.6, 
   "Manditory Refusal") brings back a sample from a Red Cell lab in 
   Scotland, and promptly keels over from a deadly "genetically modified 
   bacteria". With Section One contaminated by a biological hazard, 
   Birkoff has no choice by to "segment" and quarantine the Section, 
   to prevent the further spread of the plague. But is he too late? 
   Meanwhile, on the outside (and out of danger), Michael and Nikita 
   must track down biological weapons designer Anatol Biseroff 
   (Martin Doyle) who may have the counteragent/cure. But can they get 
   to him in time?

Episode 2.18 (#218): "Off Profile"                    08/02/98
      After a mission goes bad, Michael complains about the new mission 
   profiler, Andrea Kosov (CŽline Bonnier), and Operations agrees that 
   she could use some field experience. Once on the mission, Andrea 
   reveals herself to be the anti-Nikita: an excellent killer and 
   a by-the-book operative who actually *likes* life in Section! And 
   this causes Michael to reverse course, and take an interest in the 
   woman, which causes some repressed jealousy from Nikita. Meanwhile, 
   Walter still blames Operations for the death of his wife, Belinda 
   (Jill Dyck), and may get Operations in trouble with a review board 
   as a result. Will Walter risk cancellation to take his revenge on 
   Operations, or can Madeline (and Nikita) convince him to abandon 
   reckless actions?

Episode 2.19 (#219): "Last Night"                     08/09/98
      Section has determined that someone is reading Section One's 
   deployments and is waging terrorist attacks in those areas of the 
   globe where Section's forces are lightest. So Operations sends 
   Michael and Nikita out on a mission to find the culprit, Brutus. 
   And who is "Brutus"? Well, it turns out that "Brutus" is nothing 
   more than a computer with artificial intelligence programming. So 
   Madeline, Birkoff and Walter set out to study it, but are they 
   studying Brutus, or is the computer studying them? Meanwhile, 
   Nikita goes to Albania to make sure a girl injured during a mission 
   is all right.

Episode 2.20 (#220): "In Between"                     08/16/98
      A particularly shocking episode: while on a mission against 
   terrorist money man Abel Golner (Alan Peterson), Nikita is contacted 
   by Golner's right hand man named Giraldi (Steven Berkoff), who claims 
   to be a Section One operative who's been "out in the cold" for a 
   *long* time. When Nikita meets up with the man again, he claims to be 
   Charles Sand, a Section One operative thought to be dead for the last 
   nine years. But it turns out that Sand has been trying to get 
   retrieved and brought back into Section the entire time. When Nikita 
   investigates further, she discovers two things: 1) that Operations 
   has been intercepting Sand's retrieval communications and trashing 
   them, and 2) that Sand is Madeline's husband! Meanwhile, Carla 
   (Anais Granofsky) has tracked down Nikita, and the two renew their 
   friendship, which includes Nikita meeting Carla's new boyfriend, 
   Steven (Geoff Murrin). 

Episode 2.21 (#221): "Adrian's Garden"                08/23/98
      Nikita returns home after a mission, and is immediately 
   kidnapped by Carla (Anais Granofsky) and her "boyfriend", Steven 
   (Geoff Murrin). When Nikita awakes, she is brought before a woman 
   named Adrian (Si‰n Phillips) who claims to be the creator of Section 
   One (and who shares Madeline's appreciation of horticulture). Adrian 
   declares that Operations and Section One are out of control, and must 
   be destroyed, and she wants Nikita to help her do it. So, returned 
   to Section One, a confused Nikita must discover all she can about 
   Adrian (whom Walter says is the only person that Madeline has ever 
   been afraid of!), whether Adrian is correct about Operation's 
   dangerous manipulations of Section One objectives to his own ends, 
   and whether she should join her cause. Meanwhile, Operations foists 
   a new 'Executive Strategist' (and possible replacement) on Madeline: 
   Ray Leeds from 'oversight' (Ted Atherton), who may or may not be part 
   of Operation's plans to manipulate Section One to his own ends. 
   Part 1 of 2.

Episode 2.22 (#222): "End Game"                       08/30/98
      Nikita continues to spy and steal Section documents (while almost 
   getting caught on several occasions) for Adrian (Si‰n Phillips), 
   but she is unable to locate the most important file, codenamed 
   "Gemstone". So Adrian has Nikita set Michael up so that they can 
   discover the location of "Gemstone" inside Section. When they finally 
   do obtain the file, it seems to confirm all of Adrian's claims about 
   Operation's plans. Meanwhile, Operations (and Michael) are hot on 
   the trail of Adrian's spy inside the Section, and are close to 
   nailing Nikita. Can Nikita and Adrian get "Gemstone" to the right 
   people in time? Will Nikita finally escape Section? Or will 
   Operations track them down, and cancel both Adrian and Nikita?...  
   Carla: Anais Granofsky.
   Part 2 of 2.


2.5)  The Episode Guide for Season 3

Episode 3.01 (#301): "Looking For Michael"            01/03/99
      All the Section One witnesses to Nikita's defiance when Adrian was 
   brought to Section are all being killed on missions, leaving only 
   Nikita alive. And, sure enough, Operations and Madeline make sure 
   things go awry on Nikita's next mission (not led by Michael, but by 
   an operative named Chris Ferrera (Raoul Trujillo)) which almost costs 
   Nikita her life. Afterward, Nikita frantically tracks down Michael 
   (who continues to be mysteriously absent from Section), in hopes that 
   he can help her stay alive. But even Nikita isn't prepared for what 
   she discovers when she finally does find Michael. Meanwhile, 
   Operations and Madeline try to keep "George" (David Hemblen) from 
   Oversight away from the truth about the Adrian fiasco.  
   Elena: Samia Shoaib.  Adam: Evan Caravela.

Episode 3.02 (#302): "Someone Else's Shadow"          01/10/99
      Section One continues trying to reel in Elena's (Samia Shoaib) 
   terrorist father, Salla Vacek (Hrant Alianak), who may be one of 
   Section's biggest targets. So Operations and Madeline use Michael and 
   Nikita, and the vast resources of Section, to try and arrange a 
   meeting between Vacek and his estranged daughter, Elena.  
   Misha Barenz: John Bourgeois.  David Henderson Williams: 
   Barry MacGregor.

Episode 3.03 (#303): "Opening Night Jitters"          01/17/99
      To flush out Vacek (Hrant Alianak), Operations and Madeline order 
   Michael to poison Elena (Samia Shoaib), but Michael can't bring 
   himself to do it. So Section poisons Elena anyway while Michael is 
   out on a mission, and her survival will depend on whether Vacek has 
   enough conscience to visit his daughter in her time of need. 
   Meanwhile, Section moves sleazy informant Mic Schtoppel (Carlo Rota) 
   in as Nikita's neighbor.  Misha Barenz: John Bourgeois.  Adam: 
   Evan Caravela.

Episode 3.04 (#304): "Gates of Hell"                  01/24/99
      After effectively losing his wife and son forever, Michael's 
   performance begins to seriously suffer. So as Nikita seeks to restore 
   Michael's will to live and to protect him from Section's latest 
   enemy, Operations and Madeline bicker over what is the best strategy 
   to handle fragile Michael. Meanwhile, Birkoff goes to Walter about 
   a file Birkoff discovers, a file that contains incriminating evidence 
   on Operations.

Episode 3.05 (#305): "Imitation of Death"             03/07/99
      Nikita is sent on a mission against Ivan Chernov (Eugene 
   Lipinski), an enterprising sort who is kidnapping and training 
   children as terrorists and then selling them to the highest bidder. 
   But when Nikita is finally in Chernov's clutches, it turns out his 
   plans for her are even more sinister than that (and Section's plans 
   are more sinister still!). Meanwhile, Birkoff is threatened with 
   death by a Section operative named Felix, after Birkoff's bad 
   evaluation of the operative leads to Felix's being put in "abeyance", 
   and it's causing Birkoff to become paranoid and stressed.

Episode 3.06 (#306): "Love and Country"               03/21/99
      An operation is launched against Nikolai Markali (David 
   Mcllworth), a politician who may have ties to a terrorist group, 
   but who is undeniably married to Operations' (nee: Paul) former wife 
   Corrine (Cherie Lunghi). So when this operation involves using 
   Markali's wife Corrine to get to him, Nikita (and Madeline, and 
   virtually everyone else) suspects that Operations' motives may have 
   more to do with personal vendettas than with counterterrorism. 

Episode 3.07 (#307): "Cat and Mouse"                  03/28/99
      Nikita's tormentor (James Faulkner) from "War" (episode 1.17) is 
   back, and he has an interesting plan this time: he captures Nikita 
   and replaces her with a lookalike (named Abby). By threatening 
   to kill Michael, the man gets the real Nikita to give instructions 
   to her doppleganger, in hopes of learning how Section operates. But 
   can Nikita figure out a way to warn Section before it's too late?

Episode 3.08 (#308): "Outside the Box"                04/04/99
      Attempting to obtain a terrorist registry named "The Cycle", 
   Section frames a man with a photographic memory named Faulkner 
   (Christopher Bolton) for murder, in a way that bears a striking 
   resemblance to the crime Nikita was framed for. So Nikita begins 
   to investigate the circumstances of her frame-up, while training 
   Faulkner to be a Section operative. Meanwhile, Birkoff has two people 
   to deal with: his new flirtatious assistant Tatiana (Lara Rhodes), 
   and arch-nemesis Greg Hillinger (Kris Lemche; last seen in episode 
   2.15) who is working with Birkoff on locating "The Cycle" and whom 
   Birkoff still doesn't trust.

Episode 3.09 (#309): "Slipping Into Darkness"         04/11/99
      In a shocking turns of events, Michael give Operations a poison 
   that degrades Operation's mental faculties, in an apparent scheme 
   to take control of Section One himself. Soon enough, Operations has 
   turned Section inside out looking for an old (and dead) nemesis of 
   Section's. As Operations gets more and more out of control, Nikita 
   begins to organize an insurrection to take Operations out of the 
   command structure. But is Nikita's insurrection playing right into 
   Michael's plans?

Episode 3.10 (#310): "Under the Influence"            04/25/99 (9:00 pm)
      Nikita is assigned to 'play' the fiancee of a terrorist named 
   Karl Peruze (Val Venis) whom the Section has captured and 
   subsequently 'memory wiped', in order to get to Karl's terrorist 
   brother Simon (Alan Van Sprang). But she is suddenly and inexplicably 
   attracted to him (even though she rationally finds him, and what he 
   has done, repugnant), so Nikita suspects that Section is playing with 
   her mind too. Meanwhile, Birkoff discovers that a terrorist whom 
   Operations is scheduled to have a meeting with (along with George 
   (David Hemblen) from Oversight!) has killed Operation's only son (see 
   episode 1.18, "Missing"), and Birkoff (and Madeline) are afraid of 
   what Operations might do.

Episode 3.11 (#311): "Walk On By"                     04/25/99
      An old acquaintance of Nikita's from the neighborhood, a cocky guy 
   named Jamie (Gabriel Hogan), is a new Section recruit, but Nikita is 
   only partly inclined to help him, until Jamie makes her an offer: if 
   Nikita helps him with his Section training, he'll tell Nikita where 
   to find her long-lost mother, Rebecca Worth (Margot Kidder). Nikita 
   soon determines that her mother has hired investigators to find 
   Nikita (whom Rebecca does not believe is dead), which puts Rebecca's 
   life in danger if Section finds out. So Nikita enlists Michael's help 
   to keep her mother safe. Meanwhile, Walter tries to find out 
   information about an old paramour in Belize, but Madeline is way 
   ahead of him.

Episode 3.12 (#312): "Threshold of Pain"              06/06/99
      Nikita and two other operatives (who are lovers) are sent on a 
   mission against Simon Crachek (Adam Ant) and Caroline (Guylaine St. 
   Onge), the two heads of a new terrorist organization Black March. 
   But the mission goes sour, one of the operatives is killed, and the 
   other, a guy named Mark, gives information about the security of a 
   Section One substation. After Nikita and Mark try (and fail) to 
   eliminate Crachek and Caroline themselves, Mark goes to Operations 
   to admit that the security breach... was Nikita's doing! Will 
   Madeline and Operations believe Nikita, or the liar Mark? Meanwhile, 
   Walter blames the mission's failure on himself, and gets cranky.

Episode 3.13 (#313): "Beyond The Pale"                06/13/99
      Operations passes over Michael for Chief Strategist in favor of 
   a smarmy Section operative by the name of Zalman (Jamie Harris), and 
   Michael is so furious that he plots with Nikita to escape from 
   Section One. Indeed, after stealing a Section One 'Field Router', 
   Michael and Nikita successfully disrupt a mission against new 
   Red Cell leader Vincent Tomas, and make their escape. But Zalman 
   refuses to take the fall for Michael's and Nikita's escape, and 
   he will stop at nothing to find them.

Episode 3.14 (#314): "Hand to Hand"                   06/20/99
      On an operation to get industrialist and terrorist financier 
   Charles Meyer (Marjean Holden), Nikita is sent to a "modeling agency" 
   run by Amalin Anagar (David Ferry), which is, in reality, not just 
   a brothel but also an arena where beautiful girls are forced to fight 
   each other to the death in a place called "The Pit". While undercover 
   at Anagar's, Nikita tries to protect a naive young girl named Sandra 
   (Kristin Booth) from fighting in "The Pit", while also trying to 
   figure out a way to save all the girls at Anagar's (an objective 
   which is not in the mission profile!). Meanwhile, Madeline appears 
   to be jealous of Renee (Brioni Farrell) from Oversight who is 
   visiting Section One. And she may have reason to be, as Renee 
   immediately puts moves on the very willing Operations.

Episode 3.15 (#315): "Before I Sleep"                 06/27/99
      This time, Section is out to get an outfit by the name of 
   The Alliance, and Section's way in is a psychotic courier by the name 
   of Jan Bailin (Juliet Landau). But Bailin has other plans and she 
   kills herself before the Section can use her. So, as a backup, 
   Section employs a meek, terminally ill lookalike for Bailin by the 
   name of Sarah Gerrard (Juliet Landau, again). But as she trains her, 
   Nikita starts to get suspicious: did Section purposely make Sarah ill 
   to make it easier for Section to convince Sarah to work for them? And 
   if so, will Section even let Sarah live if she completes the mission?

Episode 3.16 (#316): "I Remember Paris"               07/18/99
      After an operation against a terrorist group, Michael brings one 
   of the terrorists back to the Section for questioning. But the 
   "capture" is a plant, and he knocks Madeline out during interrogation 
   and runs amuck in Section One's HQ. Before Michael finds and 
   eliminates the man, he successfully uploads many of Section One's 
   crucial files, including the Registry (which is at least encrypted, 
   and will take the terrorists several days to decipher) and the exact 
   location (unencrypted) of Section's HQ (which turns out to be in 
   Paris!). So Operations orders the evacuation and destruction of 
   Section One's HQ. With Section in temporary quarters, Operations 
   takes over the counter-operation personally, and goes out on a 
   mission with a less than thrilled Nikita. Will Operations be able 
   to find the terrorist base before the terrorists decode The Registry?
   [Editor's note: Section's location in Paris seems to me to contradict 
    some of the earlier "Nikita" episodes which implied that Section One 
    was located either in the U.S. (specifically Washington, DC) or in 
    Canada. On the other hand, it's location in Paris would explain why 
    Nikita and Michael seem to be able to get to their European missions 
    so fast.]

Episode 3.17 (#317): "All Good Things"                07/25/99
      With the "situation in the Balkans" again reaching critical, 
   Operations is called off on a consulting job in the field by "The 
   Center" (whoever they are! I wonder if they know where Jarod The 
   Pretender is!), and he turns over (temporary) full control (lock, 
   stock and barrel!) of Section One to Michael (with Madeline to serve 
   in her usual second-in-command/advisor capacity). But Operations 
   leaves Michael with one warning: George (David Hemblin) from 
   Oversight wants a full-scale campaign waged against terrorist 
   financier Luigi Bergomi, but Michael must resist this as Bergomi is 
   too strong and would overwhelm Section forces. But after meeting with 
   George, Michael has a change of heart, and decides to launch an 
   operation against Bergomi, despite Madeline's (and later Nikita's) 
   strong objections. Has the absolute power of running Section One gone 
   to Michael's head? Meanwhile, now that they are 'officially' lovers, 
   Michael promotes Nikita as his lieutenant over another agent named 
   Wallace, and when Wallace turns up dead after an operation against 
   Bergomi, Nikita wonders if Michael is playing favorites, and trying 
   to protect her.

Episode 3.18 (#318): "Third Party Ripoff"             08/01/99
      Madeline has decided that Michael's romantic involvement with 
   Nikita is affecting his performance, and so she sets about putting 
   pressure on Michael to halt the relationship. Soon enough, Michael is 
   no longer in charge of Tactical Oversight (so he loses his office!), 
   and is no longer running missions: he's replaced by Davenport 
   (Lawrence Bayne), a decent guy who's now in charge of field 
   operations. Can Michael give up all the power he's earned in Section 
   One for Nikita? And will Nikita let him give it all up, even if he 
   wants to?! Meanwhile, a sultry operative by the name of Valerie 
   (Soo Garay) is putting heavy moves on *both* Walter and Birkoff, 
   which soon enough puts a strain on their friendship.

Episode 3.19 (#319): "Any Means Necessary"            08/08/99
      After Birkoff chokes in the middle of remotely directing an 
   operation (and is then promptly upstaged by arch-nemesis Greg 
   Hillinger (Kris Lemche) who pulls the frying pan out of the fire 
   and saves the mission), Operations promotes Hillinger to Birkoff's 
   job and reassigns Birkoff to his first field operation. Birkoff's 
   mission is to infiltrate and perform reconnaissance on a mercenary 
   terrorist organization 'Soldat de la LibertŽ', run by a man named 
   Jean-Marc Rousseau (Andrew Gillies) who employs brainwashing on young 
   people to fill the ranks of his organization. Birkoff is convinced 
   that Operation's real objective is to set him up with an impossible 
   mission, so that Operations can eliminate Birkoff and permanently 
   replace him with the more obsequious and pliable Hillinger. And sure 
   enough, once inside the group Birkoff discovers ties between 
   Rousseau's organization and the infamous Red Cell, and Operations 
   refuses to extricate Birkoff preferring to leave him in place to 
   gather more information. Can Nikita help Birkoff get out of the 
   organization before Birkoff is totally brainwashed by Rousseau? And 
   is Operations really out to eliminate Birkoff?

Episode 3.20 (#320): "Three Eyed Turtle"              08/15/99
      During an operation, Hillinger's (Kris Lemche) goofing off costs 
   an operative his life, and Hillinger pleads with Birkoff to cover 
   for him, which Birkoff (inexplicably) does. Hillinger doesn't return 
   the favor, however, when Birkoff is sent out to direct a mission from 
   the field, and Hillinger deliberately tries to get his rival Birkoff 
   killed off once and for all. But the joke's on Hillinger when Birkoff 
   exposes what Hillinger did. Sure enough, Operations puts him in 
   abeyance and Hillinger's days seem to be numbered. At the same time, 
   Operations is acting more and more viciously toward Madeline (whom 
   he's treating as a virtual slave). But Operations' timing is 
   terrible, as George (David Hemblin) from Oversight is turning up 
   the pressure on Operations, just as he's acting out with Madeline. 
   Will Madeline get even with Operations by betraying him to George? 
   [And keep on eye on the ending of this one: it has more twists and 
   turns than the Pacific Coast Highway!]

Episode 3.21 (#321): "Playing with Fire"  (Part 1)    08/22/99
      Literally playing with fire, Michael and Nikita are setting up 
   clandestine rendezvous on Section missions as a way to get around 
   Operations and Madeline's ban on their seeing each other (see episode 
   3.18). But Operations and Madeline still suspect Michael and Nikita 
   of seeing each other on the side, so Madeline starts sending 
   Davenport (Lawrence Bayne) along on Michael's and Nikita's mission 
   to spy on them. Meanwhile, Madeline orders Birkoff to sweep Michael's 
   and Nikita's computer panels for secret communication, and when 
   Birkoff does indeed discover communications between the two, it 
   implicates Walter as their go-between. Will Birkoff turn in Walter? 
   And, if so, what will happen to Michael, Nikita and Walter?  
   Mic Schtoppel: Carlo Rota.
   Part 1 of 2.

Episode 3.22 (#322): "On Borrowed Time"  (Part 2)     08/29/99
      Michael and Nikita are sent on an operation to find out who 
   a pharmaceutical plant owned by a company named Genefex (and a 
   supplier of Red Cell) is selling a biological weapon named Gandium 
   to. But, unbeknownst to Michael and Nikita, the operation has a 
   secondary objective: to end Michael and Nikita's love affair once 
   and for all. So once the mission objective is achieved, Nikita is 
   sent to another part of plant, where Madeline is waiting to 
   'reprogram' Nikita to eliminate her feelings for Michael. Meanwhile, 
   Operations finally does the unthinkable: he sends Walter to 
   'retirement' (and what *does* happen to people in Section 
   'retirement' anyway?...). But Birkoff has other ideas, and he 
   immediately sets about sabotaging Walter's replacement, a young 
   and innocent chap by the name of Giles (Andrew Kraulis).  
   Damon Arel: Elias Zarou.
   Part 2 of 2.


2.6)  The Episode Guide for Season 4

Episode 4.01 (#401): "Getting Out of Reverse"         01/09/00  (9:00 pm)
      Nikita continues to show evidence of the "reprogramming", 
   including ordering the elimination of a captured Section operative 
   and endangering the lives of children during a mission, and taking 
   part in the beatings of a captive. But Michael is determined to 
   reverse Nikita's reprogramming, and he soon determines that the 
   former Section operative who came up with the "reprogramming" 
   process, Ross Gelman (Colin Fox), may be the key. Meanwhile, 
   Operations couldn't be more proud of the "new" Nikita, but Madeline 
   is still worried. Eventually, Operations concludes that Michael's 
   attempts at restoring Nikita have gone too far, and takes extreme 
   measures.
   Mic Schtoppel: Carlo Rota. Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.
   Part 1 of 4.

Episode 4.02 (#402): "There Are No Missions"          01/09/00 (10:00 pm)
      Michael continues to evade the hit teams out to get him, but 
   Operations and Madeline anticipate that Michael will contact Nikita 
   and so they order Nikita to cancel Michael herself (a task she 
   willingly accepts). The kicker? On Nikita's mission to eliminate 
   Michael, Michael tricks all of Section and sneaks back in! Inside 
   Section, Michael works with Birkoff to get the original subject of 
   Gelman's "reprogramming" out of Section and into Michael's control. 
   Who's the original subject? None other than Adrian (Si‰n Phillips) 
   herself! Meanwhile, Madeline dumps new recruit, Dori (Jennifer 
   Finnigan), on Birkoff, who tries to talk her out of her determination 
   to escape, but the girl is determined to find out if there is an 
   exit from Section on 'Level 20' (the only 'Clearance One' level 
   of Section!). 
   Mic Schtoppel: Carlo Rota. Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.
   Part 2 of 4.

Episode 4.03 (#403): "View of the Garden"             01/16/00
      Madeline and Operations figure out from Michael's message from 
   Adrian (Si‰n Phillips) that she doesn't remember anything, but how 
   much does she remember? Regardless, Adrian's mental faculties 
   continue to deteriorate, so Michael must move fast before Adrian 
   degenerates into a state of dementia. So Michael has two tasks: 
   1) he sets out to capture Nikita so that he and Adrian can attempt 
   to "deprogram" her; and 2) he attempts to contact George from 
   Oversight (David Hemblin) to let George know that Adrian is still 
   alive. But this causes Operations to panic, and he orders that 
   George be assassinated. Can Michael prevent the assassination, let 
   George know that Adrian is still alive, and deprogram Nikita before 
   it's too late?...
   Part 3 of 4.

Episode 4.04 (#404): "Through the Looking Glass"      01/23/00
      After Michael receives a belated message from Adrian (Si‰n 
   Phillips) (recorded before her mind deteriorated) on how to 
   "deprogram" Nikita, Michael pulls out all the stops to save her. 
   And he needs to do it fast because her "reprogramming" will become 
   permanent in less than a week. While Operations and Madeline try 
   to pin down Michael's time in an undercover mission against terrorist 
   Allesandro Terragamo (Martin Randez), Michael arranges for Nikita's 
   mission to go sour. With a "hit team" after her, Operations puts 
   Nikita into hiding (and, thus, out of his immediate watching), 
   allowing Michael to kidnap her. Now with the proper 
   "deprogramming" method from Adrian, Michael sets about to restore 
   Nikita to her former self. Meanwhile, Michael asks Birkoff to 
   fill in for him on the Terragamo mission, which Birkoff does (with 
   an assist from Walter!).
   Part 4 of 4.

Episode 4.05 (#405): "Man in the Middle"              02/20/00
      Section's newest target is the son of a wealthy industrialist, 
   by the name of Helmut Volker (Maxwell Caulfield), who is supplying 
   drugs at his parties when not funneling arms to Red Cell. 
   The twist? Operations and Madeline have figured out that Michael 
   has "restored" Nikita, so Operations uses this operation to once 
   again drive a wedge between Michael and Nikita. How? Helmut Volker 
   must marry if he is ever to inherit hit father's business, so 
   Operations orders Nikita to marry Helmut when he proposes! Meanwhile, 
   Michael does everything he can to prevent that from happening.
   Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.
   Part 1 of 2.

Episode 4.06 (#406): "Love, Honor and Cherish"        02/27/00
      A nice "compare and contrast" in this episode, as we learn that 
   Helmut Volker (Maxwell Caulfield) is, in fact, an agent for Interpol! 
   who has been assigned to trying to foil Red Cell's planned terrorist 
   attack. The catch? Section is really after Red Cell's "leading 
   strategist", Eric Callstrom, and letting the attack go forward is 
   a key component of this strategy. So when Operations leans on 
   Interpol to block Helmut from stopping that attack, Helmut insists 
   upon doing the right thing, namely preventing the attack himself. 
   (And Nikita is impressed!) Meanwhile, Nikita tries to navigate 
   the family politics of the Volker clan, as patriarch Wolfgang 
   declares his disapproval of Helmut's (apparent) playboy life style, 
   while "white sheep" (and Wolfgang favorite) brother Christof may be 
   up to no-good.
   Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.
   Part 2 of 2.

Episode 4.07 (#407): "Sympathy For The Devil"         03/05/00
      Operation calls Michael and Nikita out on a "favor": he orders 
   them to protect a Vietnam vet by the name of Willie Cain (Stephen 
   McHattie), a man who is now little more than a drifter and a bum, 
   from the thugs who are out to get him in a deal gone bad. Why? 
   Operations believes that he would not have survived capture (and 
   torture) in Vietnam without Willie's help. What Nikita and Michael 
   don't know is that they are embarking on a mission that will mix 
   them up with Operation's Vietnamese torturer Fan Van Lin, Carlo 
   Bonaventure (James Purcell) the head of a Mafia crime family, and 
   a twist involving Willie, Operations, and (of all people!) Walter. 
   Meanwhile, Birkoff develops a sudden interest in how he became part 
   of Section (a place he has been in all his life), an interest that 
   leads him to the discovery of an unknown twin brother, and a 
   duplicitous history involving Walter.

Episode 4.08 (#408): "No One Lives Forever"           03/12/00
      The unbelievable happens! Nikita is called before Operations 
   and Madeline and is given fantastic news: she's free! As part of 
   a "pilot program", Nikita is granted her freedom (and a normal life), 
   as long as she never contacts anyone from Section again, and as long 
   as she agrees to be regularly evaluated. Nikita is skeptical at 
   first, but after 6 weeks on "the outside", she starts to believe that 
   maybe this is for-real. But, sure enough, George from Oversight 
   (David Hemblin) shows up with the "strings": in exchange for her 
   freedom, Nikita must do one thing: return to Section One (hopefully 
   temporarily) to kill Operations! the man whom George claims killed 
   Nikita's real father. Will Nikita do it? (Who wouldn't?!)

Episode 4.09 (#409): "Down a Crooked Path"            03/19/00
      Another "incursion" takes place in Section One, this time in 
   the form of a virus that is making Section One's members sick, one 
   by one. Taking matters into his own hands, George from Oversight 
   (David Hemblin) orders in his own Bio Team to treat Section's 
   members. But Operations suspects George has an ulterior motive. 
   Sure enough, when Section's people (starting with Walter, followed 
   by Nikita) go in for their "examination" with George's Bio Team, they 
   come out vegetables. It seems George's team is "mind wiping" 
   (i.e. downloading the contents of the brains) of Section's members 
   (a process that causes them to relive their lives, before leaving 
   them vegetables). Can Michael and Birkoff stop George's team before 
   everyone in Section One gets their brain "sucked"?! [Partly a 
   "clip" show.]

Episode 4.10 (#410): "He Came From Four"              04/02/00
      Seeking a lost "command clone" (a computer-like device that 
   apparently allows the user to command a Section without outside aid) 
   that was apparently captured by Red Cell and then *stolen* by another 
   terrorist group, George and Oversight orders Section one to work 
   together with an agent from Section Four to search for the missing 
   "command clone". What is Section Four? Apparently, it's the Section 
   where people/agents with "extrasensory" abilities are developed. So, 
   who is the agent from Section Four? None other than a 12-year old boy 
   by the name of Gerome (Michael Cera). Of course, with his 
   "extrasensory" abilities, Gerome soon overwhelms that ability 
   of Madeline and Operations to control him. Can Nikita bring Gerome 
   under control before he destroys Section One (or escapes out into 
   the world)?

Episode 4.11 (#411): "Time to be Heroes"              04/16/00
      Operations gives Michael and Nikita an almost impossible task: 
   they must get five absolutely, brand spankin' new recruits (Aaron 
   Ashmore, ClŽ Bennett, Kira Clavell, Megan Fahlenbock, Brian Poth) 
   up to full, field-level operatives, in a very short amount of time! 
   to go up against new terrorist group, Crystal Sky (who recently did 
   a number on Section Eight). Nikita doesn't think it can be done. Is 
   this another of Operation's gambits, in which the five new recruits 
   are 'cannon fodder' for some mission? If so, can Michael and Nikita 
   save them from this fate? And, if these recruits aren't ready by the 
   time of the mission, could their inexperience also put Michael and 
   Nikita themselves in peril?
   Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.

Episode 4.12 (#412): "Hell Hath No Fury"              04/23/00
      Section One is (finally!) moving hard against Red Cell. Their 
   objective? The capture Chief Strategist (and thus Madeline's 
   opposite) in Red Cell, a man code-named Leon (Colm Feore). Once 
   captured, Leon and Madeline begin a dangerous game of mental and 
   emotional 'cat and mouse'. But is Madeline actually developing an 
   emotional attachment to Leon that is interfering with her objective? 
   And what is with the incision that Birkoff discovers behind 
   Madeline's ear? Meanwhile, Birkoff is giving Walter the cold 
   shoulder, and continues to investigate the whereabouts of his twin 
   brother, Jason Crawford (see episode 4.07, "Sympathy For The Devil"). 

Episode 4.13 (#413): "Kiss the Past Goodbye"          06/25/00
      Michael is keeping track of Elena (Samia Shoaib) and Adam 
   (Evan Caravela) (see episodes 3.01-3.03), and he becomes concerned 
   when a new man enters their life. Sure enough, the man turns out 
   to be a Secion One "Valentine Operative" by the name of Robert 
   Corliss (Jospeh Scoren) whom Operations has sent into to get Elena's 
   Uncle, Stefan Vacek (Chuck Shamata). It seems Uncle Stefan is taking 
   over Elena's father's old terrorist business. Can Michael protect 
   Elena and Adam once again without being exposed as still being alive? 
   And can Corliss be trusted with Elana and Adam?

Episode 4.14 (#414): "Line in the Sand"               07/02/00
      Birkoff may have stumbled on Section One's biggest coups yet: a 
   chance to nab a top Red Cell operative by the name of "The Cardinal", 
   who has eluded Section One for more than 15 years. Unfortunately, 
   Birkoff's archnemesis Greg Hillinger (Kris Lemche) is convinced that 
   Birkoff is wrong, and Hillinger convinces George (David Hemblin) that 
   Operations and Section One are walking into a trap. Based on 
   Hillinger's intel., George moves against Operations on the assumption 
   that the operation against The Cardinal is bogus. But is Brikoff 
   right after all? And if Birkoff is wrong, is this the end of 
   Operations, and Birkoff too?
   Mic Schtoppel: Carlo Rota.
   [Editor's Note: The revelation about Mic Schtoppel in this episode is 
    a doozy!]

Episode 4.15 (#415): "Abort, Fail, Retry, Terminate"  07/16/00
      Birkoff creates an artificial intelligence (A.I.) program to serve 
   as his replacement, when he's away. In fact, Birkoff is up for a 
   large batch of downtime, when a critical situation arises and 
   Operations cancels Birkoff's downtime. But Birkoff's A.I. program, 
   which is maybe just a little too attached to old Seymour, doesn't 
   take this news well, and proceeds to take matters into its own hands. 
   The A.I.'s solution to Birkoff's predicerment? Kill everyone in 
   Section One, except Nikita, so Birkoff can escape (with Nikita as 
   his companion!). Can Birkoff save Section One before his A.I. program 
   carries out its insane plan?

Episode 4.16 (#416): "Catch a Falling Star"           07/23/00
     An important "Center" satellite named Comstat Alpha crashes near a 
   small town in Kentucky by the name of Dingman's Hollow. Michael and 
   Nikita are then sent on a mission to retrieve it (the first mission 
   with Birkoff's replacement, Corman), and the data it carries, before 
   it falls into the wrong hands. But when Michael and Nikita get to 
   Dingman's Hollow, they discover that the satellite is missing from its 
   crash location. Soon enough, Nikita discovers that strange things are 
   afoot in the town of Dingman's Hollow. It turns out that the entire 
   town is a "Sleeper Base" for the Black Storm terrorist group (based 
   out of Chechnya), making Michael and Nikita's mission that much more 
   difficult. Meanwhile, Naomi, the girlfriend of Birkoff's brother, 
   Jason Crawford, is taking him to Aruba: can Section One be far behind?
   Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.

Episode 4.17 (#417): "Sleeping with the Enemy"        07/30/00
      After a substation is destroyed and Section's own self-destruct 
   sequence is activated, the initial evidence points to Red Cell. 
   But when Birkoff's newest replacement, Kate Quinn (Cindy Dolenc), 
   examines the data further, she concludes that a third party is 
   playing Section and Red Cell off one another. So Operations convinces 
   the head of Red Cell, The Director (Conrad Dunn), to a 'cease fire' 
   with a twist: to guarantee the 'cease fire', the two sides agree 
   to swap their Second-in-Commands: Madeline goes to Red Cell, and 
   Red Cell sends their #2, Satin Tate (Emily Hampshire), a young, 
   pretty former CIA operative. Needless to say, both have ulterior 
   motives: Madeline is at Red Cell to gather intel., while Satin Tate's 
   mission seems to be to try and 'turn' Michael. All the while, both 
   sides are looking for the 'third party' that caused this whole mess 
   in the first place. Meanwhile, Jason Crawford is installed as 
   Kate Quinn's #2.

Episode 4.18 (#418): "Toys in the Basement"           08/06/00
      During a mission against terrorist group Bright Star (the mission 
   involves getting the terrorist group's database), Nikita (who 
   successfully obtains the database) is shot, and then disappears. 
   While Operations mounts further missions to recover the lost database, 
   Michael tells Operations that he is taking the 15 days-off promised 
   to him (and Nikita, back in episode 4.07, "Sympathy for the Devil") 
   to try and find Nikita (whom Operations and Section have listed as 
   "KIA"). Operations agrees, but only if no Section resources are used 
   by Michael during his search for Nikita. Michael, of course, ignores 
   that. So, after he makes progress in his search, Michael attempts 
   to obtain further help from Kate Quinn (Cindy Dolenc), who refuses 
   to help him. Luckily for Michael, Jason Crawford is much more willing. 
   Meanwhile, Nikita is help captive by Henry Paul Collins (Robert 
   Knepper), a very disturbed man who lives with his mother (Dawn 
   Greenhalgh).  Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.

Episode 4.19 (#419): "Time Out of Mind"               08/13/00
      Whilst first appearing to lose her sanity in the opening teaser, 
   we quickly discover that Nikita has been sent on a mission. Her 
   mission? Enter a Zurich mental hospital to get close to David French 
   (Kelly Harms). David is the son of Crystal French, a woman armsdealer 
   who is about to supply a deadly anthrax-based toxin called 
   Drakium A.S. to the terrorist group, the Freedom League. Operations 
   hopes to get Nikita close enough to David French to determine 
   the location of the toxin, Crystal French, or both. But can Michael, 
   Jason and Madeline get through to the disturbed Nikita and convince 
   her to take the antidote to the psychosis-inducing drug she took 
   so that she can resume her mission? Or will Nikita's time in this 
   mental hospital drive her irrecoverably over the edge?  
   Dr. Lukas: Michael Sarrazin.  Kate Quinn: Cindy Dolenc.  
   Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.

Episode 4.20 (#420): "Face in the Mirror"             08/20/00
      This week's mission? To assassinate Maurice Grenet (Lawrence Dane), 
   the man who has replaced "The Cardinal" at Red Cell, at his daughter's 
   wedding; Nikita is to be the shooter. But things go terribly wrong 
   during the mission, Nikita is shot, and Grenet escapes unharmed. When 
   Michael follows up on things, he determines that Nikita shot herself 
   during the mission, and that she is having rendezvous with Grenet 
   herself. Has Red Cell compromised Nikita? Or does Nikita have her own 
   agenda? Meanwhile, Madeline employs "leverage" on Jason to keep him 
   in line in his stint as "Birkoff" while working at Center: she 
   uses Section to capture Jason's girlfriend, Naomi. But is Naomi for 
   real, or is she just another Section operative stringing Jason along 
   so that Madeline and Operations get what they want?
   Kate Quinn: Cindy Dolenc.  Mic Schtoppel: Carlo Rota.  
   Part 1 of 3.

Episode 4.21 (#421): "Up the Rabbit Hole"             08/27/00  (8:00 pm)
     Nikita's daring escape from Section with the help of Maurice Grenet 
   (Lawrence Dane) of Red Cell has all of Section, and especially 
   Operations, on edge. Further, Nikita's plastic sugery at the hands 
   of Red Cell's man, Dr. Henry Kraft, has made her virtually 
   untraceable, despite Operations' demands that Nikita be found 
   no matter what. Will Nikita attempt to get Michael out of Section 
   as well? Or is Nikita finally free, and gone for good? While this 
   is going on, Operations and Madeline use Jason's tour in Center 
   to get the dirt on George (David Hemblin) from Oversight, dirt 
   that Operations will use to cancel George.
   Kate Quinn: Cindy Dolenc.  Davenport: Lawrence Bayne.  
   Part 2 of 3.

Episode 4.22 (#422): "Four Light Years Farther"       08/27/00 (10:00 pm)
      Operations is outraged by Michael and Nikita's escape from Section 
   and he turns the screws to Madeline to find them. Soon enough, 
   Madeline, with help from Stokes (who's filling in for Kate Quinn) and 
   his team (which includes Naomi), does track Michael and Nikita down, 
   and they are brough back to Section. Operations and Madeline debate 
   which of the two to cancel (to permanently break them up, and teach 
   the survivor a lesson), and end up choosing Nikita to be cancelled. 
   But just before Nikita is cancelled, Mr. Jones (aka. Mic Schtoppel: 
   Carlo Rota) calls up Operations with two bits of stunning news: 
   1) he is coming to Section One to "evalutate" Section from top 
   to bottom, and 2) he's had an "inside" agent in Section the whole 
   time. Mr. Jones' "plant"? None other than Nikita herself! What will 
   this mean for the continued survival of Operations, Madeline, Michael, 
   Walter and Section One itself? Is this the end of all of them? 
   Meanwhile, Walter lets Jason know that Naomi is a Section One agent, 
   and Jason doesn't take the news too well.
   Part 3 of 3.



3.0)  ACTORS, MISCELLANEA AND TRIVIA

3.1)  Background on the Actors

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reuse or rebroadcast this information without the express consent of NBC:

 3.1.1)  Peta Wilson (Nikita/Josephine)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Highlander (1996, syndicated; as "Inspector" (in ep.: "Promises"))

   Movies: 
     Naked Jane (1995)
     The Sadness of Sex (1995; as "girl of his dreams") 
     Woman Undone (1995; as "receptionist")
     Loser (1996)
     Vanishing Point (1997 FOX TV Movie; as "motorcycle girl")
     One of Our Own (1998; as Cpl. Jennifer Vaughn)


 3.1.2)  Roy Dupuis (Michael)

   TV show regular:
     Les Filles de Caleb (1990; as Ovila Pronovost)
     Scoop (1992-93; as Michel Gagne)
     Blanche (1993; as Ovila Pronovost)

   Movies: 
     Comment faire l'amour avec un noir sans se fatiguer (1989; a.k.a. 
               "How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired"; 
               as "pusher #2")
     Dans le ventre du dragon (1989; as Jean-Marie)
     JŽsus de MontrŽal (1989; a.k.a. "Jesus of Montreal") 
     Le MarchŽ du couple (1990) 
     Being at Home with Claude (1992; as Yves)
     Cap Tourmente (1993; as Alex O'Neil)
     Entangled (1993; as Max)
     C'Žtait le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues (1994; 
               a.k.a. "Chili's Blues"; as Pierre-Paul) 
     Million Dollar Babies (1994 TV Miniseries; as Oliva Dionne)
     Screamers (1995; as Becker)
     Homme idŽal, L' (1996; as Christian)
     Waiting For Michelangelo (1996) 
     Aire libre (1997; a.k.a. "Out In the Open"; as AimŽ Bonpland)
     Hemoglobin (1997) 
     J'en suis! (1997; a.k.a. "Heads or Tails" and "Heads or Tales"; 
               as Dominique Samson)


 3.1.3)  Don Francks (Walter)

   TV show regular:
      Ewoks (1985-86, (animated) TV Series; a.k.a. "Star Wars: Ewoks"; 
               as Umwak, Dulok Shaman (voices))
      AlfTales (1988, (animated) TV Series; (voice))

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Mission: Impossible (1968; as Nicholas Groat 
               (in ep.: "A Game of Chess"))
     Mission: Impossible (1969; as Major Alex Denesch 
               (in ep.: "The Numbers Game))
     The Wild, Wild West (1966; as T. Wigget Jones 
               (in ep.: "The Night of the Grand Emir"))

   Movies: 
     Ivy League Killers (1959; a.k.a. "The Fast Ones") 
     Finian's Rainbow (1968; as Woody)
     McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971; as Buffalo)
     Drying Up the Streets (1976)
     Fast Company (1979; as "Elder")
     Fish Hawk (1980; as Dent)
     Heavy Metal (1981; as Grimaldi, Co-Pilot, Barbarian  (voices))
     My Bloody Valentine (1981; as Chief Newby)
     Rock & Rule (1983; a.k.a. "Rock 'n' Rule" and "Ring of Power"; 
               as Mok (speaking voice))
     Countdown to Looking Glass (1984 TV Movie; as Don Geller)
     Terminal Choice (1985; as Chauncy Rand)
     The Big Town (1987; as Carl Hooker)
     The Christmas Wife (1988 TV Movie; as "Social Arranger")
     Hot Paint (1988 TV Movie)
     Labor of Love (1990 TV Movie)
     On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990 TV Movie)
     Quiet Killer (1992 TV Movie; a.k.a. "Black Death"; as Dr. Martin)
     The Diviners (1993 TV Movie; as Royland)
     Married To It (1993; as Sol Chamberlain)
     Madonna: Innocence Lost (1994 TV Movie; as Jerome Kirkland)
     Paint Cans (1994; as Maitland Burns)
     First Degree (1995; as Lou Matlin)
     Johnny Mnemonic (1995; as Hooky)
     The Possession of Michael D. (1995 TV Movie; a.k.a. 
               "Legacy of Evil"; as Marcel) 
     A Vow to Kill (1995 TV Movie; as Smithford)
     Bogus (1996; as Dr. Surprise)
     Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996 TV Movie; as Risser)
     The Conspiracy of Fear (1996 TV Movie; as Norman)
     Harriet The Spy (1996; as Harrison Withers)
     Heck's Way Home (1996; as Red)
     Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996 TV Movie; as Marty)
     Dinner at Fred's (1998; as Gus)
     Summer of the Monkeys (1998; as Bayliss Hatcher)


 3.1.4)  Matthew Ferguson (Birkoff)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Material World (1990?)
     Top Cops (199?)
     Psi Factor (1998?; as Kilmartin (in ep.: "Two Lost Old"))

   Movies: 
     On My Own (1992; as Simon Henderson)
     I Love a Man in Uniform (1993; a.k.a. "A Man in Uniform"; 
               as Edward Nichols ) 
     Love & Human Remains (1993; as Kane)
     The Club (1994; as Darren)
     Eclipse (1994; as Angelo)
     Life with Billy (1994 TV Movie; as Allan Whynot)
     Lives of Girls & Women (1994 TV Movie)
     Billy Madison (1995; as a "Tenth Grader")
     Harrison Bergeron (1995 TV Movie; a.k.a. "Kurt Vonnegut's 
               Harrison Bergeron"; as Garth Bergeron) 
     Lilies (1996; as "young Bilodeau")
     The English Patient (1996; as "injured Canadian soldier")
     Uncut (1997; as Peter Cort)


 3.1.5)  Eugene Robert Glazer (Operations)

   TV show regular:
     General Hospital (1992; as Peter Kaufman)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Charlie's Angels (1980; as Marty (in ep.: "Homes $weet Homes"))
     Whiz Kids (1984; as Kaster (in ep.: "Amen to Amen-Re"))
     The (New) Twilight Zone (1988; as Michael Stephens)
     Tropical Heat (1992; as Colt (in ep.: "Alive and Kicking"))
     Tropical Heat (199?; as Garitti (in ep.: "The Mariah Connection"))
     E.N.G. (1993; as Tom Kennedy)
     Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993; as Jason Torrence 
               (in ep.: "Reunion"))
     Walker, Texas Ranger (1994; as Sanderson (in ep.: "The Legend 
               of Running Bear"))
     FX: The Series (1996?; as Gary Castle (in ep.: "Supernote"))

   Movies: 
     Joy of Sex (1984; as Dr. Fox)
     Vendetta (1986; as David Greene)
     Hollywood Shuffle (1987; as "Director/Teacher")
     No Way Out (1987; as "C.I.D. Man")
     I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988; as "Officer")
     Intruder (1988; as Danny)
     Harlem Nights (1989; as Detective Hogan)
     Dollman (1991; as Captain Shuller)
     Eve of Destruction (1991; as "Buddy #2")
     The Five Heartbeats (1991; as David Green)
     Stepping Out (1991; as Frank)
     The Women of Windsor (1992 TV Movie)
     Bounty Tracker (1993; a.k.a. "Bounty Tracer"; as Luis Sarazin) 
     The Substitute (1993 TV Movie; as Ben Wyatt)
     It's My Party (1995; as Jim Bixby)
     Scanner Cop II (1995; a.k.a. "Scanner Cop II: Volkins Revenge"; 
               as "Institute Director")
     Skyscraper (1995; as Cranston)
     While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)


 3.1.6)  Alberta Watson (Madeline)

   TV show regular:
     Buck James (1987; as Rebecca Meyer)

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     King of Kensington (1975?; as Mitzi (in ep.: "War and Peace"))
     The Hitchhiker (1984; as Jill Feelang (in ep.: 
                                            "Remebering Melody"))
     Fortune Dane (1986; as Amy Steiner)
     Law & Order (1991; as Miss Hanley (in ep.: "His Hour Upon 
                                        the Stage"))
     Law & Order (1992; as Angela Brant (in ep.: "Skin Deep"))
     The (New) Outer Limits (1995 (in ep.: "If These Walls Could Talk"))

   Movies: 
     In Praise of Older Women (1978; as Mitzi) 
     Stone Cold Dead (1979; as Olivia Page) 
     Dirty Tricks (1980; as Tony)
     Best Revenge (1982; as Dinah)
     The Soldier (1982; a.k.a. "Codename: The Soldier"; as 
                  Susan Goodman)
     The Keep (1983; as Eva Cuza)
     Kane & Abel (1985 CBS? TV Miniseries; as Zaphia)
     Murder in Space (1985 TV Moive; as Dominica Mastrelli)
     Women of Valor (1986 TV Movie; as Lt. Helen Prescott)
     White of the Eye (1987) 
     Red Earth, White Earth (1989 TV Movie; aka "Snake Treaty")
     Shannon's Deal (1989 TV Movie (pilot for series)) 
     Destiny to Order (1990) 
     The Hitman (1991; as Christine De Vera)
     Zebrahead (1992; as Phyliss)
     Frame-up (1993 TV Movie)
     Relentless: Mind of a Killer (1993 TV Movie; as Ellen Giancola)
     Spanking the Monkey (1994; as Susan Aibelli)
     Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994 TV Movie; a.k.a. 
               "Frame Up"; as Deborah Walsh Bradford) 
     A Child Is Missing (1995 TV Movie)
     Hackers (1995; as Lauren Murphy)
     Bullet (1996)
     Giant Mine (1996 TV Movie; as Peggy Witte)
     Gotti (1996 HBO cable TV Movie; as Victoria Gotti)
     Seeds of Doubt (1996; as Anna)
     Shoemaker (1996; as Anna)
     Sweet Angel Mine (1996; as Megan)
     The Sweet Hereafter (1997; a.k.a. "De beaux lendemains"; 
               as Risa Walker)
     The Girl Next Door (1998; as Mary Bradley)