TV Review: Nikita [2010-2011]

The CW Television Network brings the fourth incarnation of Luc Besson’s 1990 French movie, La Femme Nikita on September 9, 2010 with Maggie Q. A US version was made in 1993 called Point of No Return then turned to a TV series four years later called La Femme Nikita. Maggie Q describes her character as a survivor climbing out of a deep dark hole that she didn’t put herself in. The show premiered on September 9, 2010.

MAIN CAST

- Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III, Die Hard 4.0)

- Shane West

- Lyndsy Fonseca (Kiss Ass)

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

- Aaron Stanford (Traveler, X-Men: The Last Stand)

- Melinda Clarke

- Xander Berkeley

CELEBRITY APPEARANCES
- Robin Givens

- Ray Park (Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace)

SEASON 1 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Nikita returns to take on former secret organization called Division

02 – The first meeting between Nikita and Alex

03 - Nikita saves a journalist from Division who targets her for assassination

04 - Nikita travels to Hong Kong to take on the Triade
05 - Division tries to eliminate an operative named Owen
06 - Owen reveals he killed Nikita's love Daniel and Alex is kidnapped
07 - A recruit is sent on a suicide mission while another recruit goes on a rampage inside Division 
08 - Division eliminates a Senator's mistress who happens to be a spy
09 - Michael and Nikita team-up to kill the terrorist who killed his family
10 - Owen and Nikita rescue a CIA analyst framed for an assassination
11 - Nikita is captured by Division and Alex is promoted to an Agent

12 – Alex goes out on her first mission for Division with an implant on her neck

13 – Nikita protects a Prince from an assassination orchestrated by the Princess

14 – CIA Agent Ryan Fletcher reveals of an upcoming terrorist attack on US soil

15 – Alex helps a junkie who happens to know who she was in a previous life

16 – Amanda interrogates Alex through a drug-induced reality

17 – Michael shows up a Nikita’s lair revealing he knows that Alex is the mole

18 – Nikita and Owen travel to London to retrieve a black box as Percy closes on them

19 – Nikita, Alex, and Michael stop a nerve gas attack on a foreign summit

20 – Michael and Nikita rescue a guardian protecting one of the black boxes

21 – Percy discovers Alex is Nikita’s mole and turns her against Nikita
22 – Season Finale: Percy attempts to take over the CIA as Nikita

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5