- Operations offers Nikita her freedom if she agrees to keep his son, an arms dealer, alive.
- "This assignment could be the way out Nikita's been seeking. In exchange for her freedom, she agrees to protect one of the targets of a Section sting -- a target who happens to be the son of Section's top exec."
This episode opens with Operations visiting Nikita's apartment late at night. He tells her there is a mission coming up and he wants one of the men (Steven Wolf) Nikita will be working with to be protected by her. Operations also doesn't want Steven to know about him. When Nikita asks what makes Steven so special, Operations tells her that Steven is is son.
The mission is to steal a chip before Steven's team can and offer it to them for a share of the profits from its sale to a terrorist name Broson. Nikita poses as a security guard at the company where the chip is stored. She approaches Steven's team at a diner and proposes the deal. Michael poses as a scientist willing to steal the chip for them. They hold Nikita until Michael comes back with the chip. He has until midnight to return.
Michael breaks into the vault where the chip is stored only to find out that the chip is missing. He has to stop the chip's transport to the airport. He requests a backup team to take out Steven's crew in case he fails, but Operations denies his request. Michael rides the roof of the van transporting the chip. He takes out the escort car by shooting its tires and gets the chip from the back of the van.
Dean, a member of the crew, hits on Nikita throughout the night, implying that he will rape her before he kills her. Steven stands up for her and is about to fight with Dean, but Nikita steps in and takes care of him by kneeing him in the balls and disarming him. Michael comes in the apartment right at midnight just as she's about to be shot. They verify that it is the chip and let Michael and Nikita go.
When Nikita gets home, Operations is there waiting for her. They argue about the lack of a backup team. Nikita demands her freedom from Section in return for her protecting his son. Operations gives her his word before leaving. He then calls Michael in to Section with orders to keep an eye on her.
Nikita has videotaped her conversation with Operations and she takes it to a safe place. Nikita and Steven go to meet the buyer's representative. Steven tells her that she reminds him of his father. Steven doesn't believe that his father is dead. He tells Nikita that his father was a PoW (Prisoner of War) in Vietnam and that he inspired all the other prisoners not to break. He was the only one not released at the end of the war. Steven's motivation for acquiring all this money is to find his father. Operations is listening to this conversation and it is obvious that he is affected by his son's devotion.
At the final meet, Michael hands over the codes for the chip and Broson's car pulls up. Steven's team hands over the chip and Broson's men verify that it is real. As Steven is verifying the money, the shooting begins. The other two members of Steven's team die. Steve is convinced that Michael double-crossed them and he goes to shoot Michael. Nikita shoots Steven to save Michael.
After Section is done cleaning up the mission site, Nikita helps Steven up; she had shot him with a tranquilizer. He inquires about the money and says he will find it another way when Nikita tells him its gone. She tries to dissuade Steven from wasting his life looking for his father.
The episode ends with Nikita calling in Operations's promise. He tells her he tried, but was unable to get her out. Expecting this, Nikita tells him about the videotape and how it is intended to go to Steven. Operations pulls the tape out of his pocket and leaves Nikita wondering whether or not it was Michael who stole the tape.
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