La Femme Nikita Season 5 Episode Summaries:
Episode 1 - "Deja Vu All Over Again";
Written by Robert Cochran; Directed by Jon Cassar; 1/7/01
Her days as a field operative are over...but not over long. Mr. Jones reneges on his promise, reassigning Nikita to Section One and sending her to infiltrate a meeting of terrorist factions.
Episode 2 - "A Girl Who Wasn't There";
Written by Lawrence Hertzog; Directed by Terry Ingram; 1/14/01
Together again: Operations and Madeline - but this time, she is a computer simulation. Section tries to uncover the Collective, Nikita seeks answers to why she was originally recruited.
Episode 3 - "In Through the Out Door";
Written by David Wolkove; Directed by Rene Bonniere; 1/21/01
It's like a high-risk scavenger hunt. The disc Nikita found has coordinates that may tie to the answers she's seeking. Meanwhile, the mind-control process forced upon her tightens its disorienting hold.
Episode 4 - "All the World's A Stage";
Written by David Wolkove; Directed by Joel Surnow; 2/4/01
Continuing to combine her personal quest with Section forays, Nikita decides to get answers from the top. But is Mr. Jones really the top? And is he really Mr. Jones?
Episode 5 - "The Man Behind the Curtain";
Written by Lawrence Hertzog; Directed by Rene Bonniere; 2/11/01
He's the real Mr. Jones. And he's Nikita's dad. But Nikita's meeting with him isn't the father-daughter reunion she may have imagined, not when events reveal the presence of a mole inside Section.
Episode 6 - "The Evil That Men Do";
Written by Andrew J. Horne & Katherine Tomlinson; Directed by Roy Dupuis; 2/18/01
Some problems can be simply eliminated. But sometimes things aren't so simple. Operations' attempt to kill Nikita and Center's subsequent attempt to kill Operations leave both elite agents alive and at odds.
Episode 7 - "Let No Man Put Asunder";
Written by Lawrence Hertzog; Directed by Rene Bonniere; 2/25/01
One in, one out. Michael returns under a cloud of suspicion. Operations dies in a firefight. But Michael returns may be brief: The Collective kidnaps his son as a way to lure him back.
Episode 8 - "A Time For Every Purpose";
Written by Michael Loceff; Directed by Brad Turner; 3/4/01
A devil's bargain. The Collective will surrender Michael's son for Nikita's father, Mr. Jones. It's an agreement Jones will accept...if Nikita becomes what she never wanted to be: the new Operations.