Nikita

I know I’ve been slacking on the blogging lately but I hope to make up for it by introducing one of my new favorite shows! I have a very narrow liking when it comes to television shows, basically if its aimed at teenagers and is very soapy I’ll probably love it. However, this show is completely different. While its target audience is probably mid-twenty year olds, its an action/thrill show. The name of the series is called Nikita.

Nikita is an American television series that aired on The CW from September 9, 2010 to December 27, 2013 in the United States. The series focuses on Nikita, a woman who escaped from a secret government-funded organization known as ‘Division’ and, after a three-year hiding period, is back to bring down the organization. The show is based on the famous Canadian T.V show, La femme Nikita, that ran for ten years (from 1996-2006.)

The series centers on a secret government-funded organization known as Division, who recruit young people with troubled backgrounds, sometimes directly from prison. Division erases all evidence of their past lives and molds them into efficient spies and assassins. The recruits generally do not have the freedom to leave the agency. While in the previous series, recruits are warned they may be “cancelled” (killed) if their progress is deemed unsatisfactory, in the new series, Division also implants in them tracking devices along with kill chips. Having broken away from the government, Division now performs operations for their own gain, hurting their country if need be. However, Nikita, a Division agent, has gone rogue after her civilian fiancé is killed by Division. She makes it her mission to bring down Division.

On the outside, she trains a young woman named Alex, who then becomes a recruit inside Division, working as a mole for her mentor. Having trained Nikita, Michael, a Division operative, is ordered by his boss and Division’s leader, Percy, to deal with his former student. In the meantime, Division continues training its recruits and performing operations unaware of Nikita’s mole. Over the course of Season one, Nikita goes up against Division, as well as Gogol—a Russian security department and established enemy of Division—on many occasions. She is consistently supported by Alex’s intelligence from inside and she slowly brings other allies to her side including Michael when he realizes the true extent of Percy’s corruption as well as his own feelings for Nikita. At the end of Season one, Nikita and Michael set off on their own without Alex; having turned on Nikita after learning of her role in her father’s death, Alex is exposed and left at the mercy of Division and Oversight—the government group that controls Division.

I just finished season 1, and so far this show is amazing! Its actually kind of, sort of, not really realistic and it also has its funny and romantic moments. Anyways, this show is on Netflix if anyones interested!