Nikita (2010– )

Nikita is a trained assassin gone rogue trying to stop a secret U.S. agency known only as Division from recruiting deeply troubled teenagers and training them to be assassins.

Creator:

Craig Silverstein

Stars:

Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Maggie Q	...	Nikita (67 episodes, 2010-2013)
Shane West	...	Michael (67 episodes, 2010-2013)
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Alex (67 episodes, 2010-2013)
Aaron Stanford	...	Seymour Birkhoff (67 episodes, 2010-2013)
Melinda Clarke	...	Amanda (64 episodes, 2010-2013)
Xander Berkeley	...	Percy (45 episodes, 2010-2012)
Dillon Casey	...	Sean Pierce (39 episodes, 2011-2013)
Lyndie Greenwood	...	Sonya (36 episodes, 2011-2013)
Noah Bean	...	Ryan Fletcher (33 episodes, 2010-2013)

Storyline

When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn't tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Throughout her grueling training at Division, Nikita never lost her humanity, even falling in love with a civilian. When her fiancé was murdered, Nikita realized she had been betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust, so she did what no one else before her had been able to do: she escaped. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | teenager | rogue | teenage girl | m16 rifle | 

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Taglines:

Looks do kill.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Никита

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sesfonstein Productions, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Carla (Erica Gimpel) is a hybrid of two characters from the original "La Femme Nikita"; Carla, Nikita's trusted friend and neighbor from Season One, and Adrian, the creator of Section One from Season Two.

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Connections

Spoofed in Mad: Wreck-It Gandalf/The Big Bird Theory (2013)

User Reviews

Not the old "Nikita" but still excellent.

I'm really surprised at the negativity directed at this new "Nikita" simply because it's not the old "Nikita". I enjoyed Peta Wilson's Nikita and I enjoyed Maggie Q in this latest version. I think it needs to be taken on it's own merits rather than compared to the original. If your problem is that this is not a frame-by-frame remake of the 1997 version, just Netflix it or buy the DVDs and watch it. (Incidentally, the frame-by-frame remake thing was tried with Hitchcock's "Psycho" and nobody liked it.) Other complaints seem to be about the shows believability, but how does that have anything to do with anything? How believable was "Lost" or "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "The Twilight Zone" or any of hundreds of great shows? You could sit there and pick plot holes in all of them if you were determined not to like them. So forget the old "Nikita" for sixty minutes and take this one on it's own merits and I think you'll like it.