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403. There Are No Missions
Original U.S. airdate: January 16, 2000
Directed by Jon Cassar
Written by Robert Cochran
Edited by David B. Thompson
Dialogue transcribed by Cathy
[Note: Transcript dialogue only until update.]
SECTION ONE
Flashback to MPEG of ADRIAN: Hello Madeline. I'm sorry things didn't work out the way you planned. I'm sure Operations must regret the decision to keep me alive.
MADELINE: Her beta levels are practically nonexistent.
OPERATIONS: She was always calm in a crisis.
MADELINE: This isn't calmness. It's oblivion.
OPERATIONS: She's conscious, but her mind's blank?
MADELINE: And the transmission is a bluff. Staged by Michael.
MICHAEL'S HIDEOUT
ADRIAN: My name is Adrian. Your name is Michael. You told me that, but who are we? What are we? Some kind of spies?
MICHAEL: In a way.
ADRIAN: And the people we sent the message to, Operations and -
MICHAEL: Madeline.
ADRIAN: Madeline. Operations and Madeline -- they're the enemy?
MICHAEL: Yes. They captured you some time ago. They made you the subject of an experiment involving mind control.
ADRIAN: Which destroyed my memory.
MICHAEL: There's a powerful man who thinks you're dead. If he knows you're alive, he'll help us.
ADRIAN: Then let's tell him.
MICHAEL: I've been trying. He's tightly covered.
ADRIAN: So it's hopeless?
MICHAEL: I have an idea that might work.
ADRIAN: This powerful man -- is his name George?
MUNITIONS
OPERATIONS: Nervous?
WALTER: Maybe it's just that last cup of coffee.
OPERATIONS: Well, I've come here to ease your mind.
WALTER: That'll be a first.
OPERATIONS: You're aware that Michael has effectively declared war on Section?
WALTER: I'm aware there's a war. But I'm not sure who declared it.
OPERATIONS: The point is, in the past, you've assisted him when he was off profile and still managed to survive. This time, it will be different.
WALTER: How so?
OPERATIONS: The situation is hopeless. He's alone and up against the entire resource base of Section One. He will be crushed and so will anyone who attempts to help him. There will be no exceptions.
WALTER: And that puts my mind at ease -- how?
OPERATIONS: It eliminates choice. Do nothing to help Michael if you want to go on living.
OPERATIONS’ PERCH
MADELINE: The Gelman Process is holding.
OPERATIONS: How do you know?
MADELINE: She hasn't tried to contact Michael. In the past, this would have been her first priority.
OPERATIONS: Are you continuing with the maintenance?
MADELINE: Yes. As a matter of fact, she's there right now.
MUNITIONS
WALTER: Michael!
MICHAEL: Is this channel secure?
WALTER: For fifteen seconds, but --
MICHAEL: Have Birkoff issue a Y directive at 8:00 tonight.
WALTER: A Y directive?
MICHAEL: Then, two hours later, split subchannel 8 and open the tunnel.
WALTER: But that --
MICHAEL: Don't disappoint me.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
ADRIAN: Why are you helping me?
MICHAEL: Because someone else has been subjected to the same process, though more advanced. Her name is Nikita. You knew her once.
ADRIAN: And you think I can help her?
MICHAEL: Yes.
ADRIAN: As you can see, I can't even help myself.
MICHAEL: The slightest memory might lead to others.
ADRIAN: I seem to remember sleeping.
MICHAEL: Did you dream?
ADRIAN: Possibly. No. I'm really sorry, I just can't remember anything.
SECTION ONE: CORRIDOR
BIRKOFF: What's this all about? I've got a lot of work to do.
WALTER: Who would you rather be killed by, Operations or Michael?
BIRKOFF: I don't have time for games.
WALTER: It's no game.
BIRKOFF: Michael's been in touch?
WALTER: Yeah.
BIRKOFF: Oh God.
WALTER: He needs us. Answer the question.
BIRKOFF: It doesn't matter who kills you.
WALTER: If it's the only choice you have left, it matters.
BIRKOFF: Section has all the cards.
WALTER: Whatever Michael's up to, he's trying to help Nikita.
BIRKOFF: Have you seen her lately? The Nikita we know is long gone.
WALTER: That's his point. Maybe we can help get her back.
BIRKOFF: What does he want?
SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS: Yes. He's here, now? Are you certain? Take him to Committee, I'll be right there. George is in Section.
OPERATIONS: Apparently the Y directive came from within Section.
MADELINE: Michael, it has to be.
OPERATIONS: Why would he want George in Section? Could Michael be inside again?
MADELINE: Security's too tight now, even for him.
OPERATIONS: What's he up to?
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
MICHAEL: He's in Section. The tunnel will open in sixty seconds. Are you ready?
ADRIAN: Yes.
SECTION ONE: COMMITTEE
GEORGE: Hello Paul, Madeline. Well, I assume there was a reason for the Y directive?
OPERATIONS: There was a crisis, however, it's been resolved.
GEORGE: Resolved? Just like that? Do you have any idea what I went through to get here, not to mention mobilizing three auxiliary Sections?
OPERATIONS: You have my most sincere apology. The Tangier mission threatened to go critical to the detriment of three other missions. So I decided to play it safe. Once a Y directive issues, there's no way to recall it.
GEORGE: I know the protocol, I designed it. It does assume a certain
minimum level of
competence.
OPERATIONS: I take full responsibility. It won't happen again.
GEORGE: It better not.
OPERATIONS: I'll walk you out.
WALTER: Birkoff! The signal's coming in.
BIRKOFF: It's Adrian. A live feed.
WALTER: Michael wants George to see Adrian. Make it happen now!
OPERATIONS: By the way, did you have a chance to review the Center's latest resource proposal?
GEORGE: No, not really.
OPERATIONS: I know you're tired of Section heads crying poor, but I think I have a good case.
ADRIAN: George, it's me, Adrian. I'm still alive.
OPERATIONS: I'll send a report over to you on Friday. I think you'll find it sufficient.
GEORGE: Be quiet.
OPERATIONS: Why, what's wrong?
COMM OPERATIVE: Sir, I'm receiving --
Operations shoots the monitor next to the operative.
OPERATIONS: I've told you never to open two channels on a single read. We could have been penetrated. You see what I mean? Some of these people are simply under qualified. I have a proposed training budget in my office.
GEORGE: I've wasted enough time already. Section One is making too many mistakes.
OPERATIONS: I couldn't agree more.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
ADRIAN: We didn't reach him, did we?
MICHAEL: No. He would have opened a link by now.
ADRIAN: Well, I hope I didn't do anything wr-wr-wr…
MICHAEL: Are you all right?
ADRIAN: Yes…yes, I think so. Oh. What was I saying?
MICHAEL: Hide.
MICHAEL: We're clear.
ADRIAN: How did they find us?
MICHAEL: I took precautions but they must have traced the signal.
MICHAEL: You're lying. You remember everything.
ADRIAN: What are you talking about?
MICHAEL: You have 30 seconds to confirm.
ADRIAN: My name is Adrian. I founded Section One. I was George's lover and before that his superior before I retired. And these dead men are not Section operatives, they're mine. How did you know?
MICHAEL: The P-6's. Section stopped using them a year ago.
ADRIAN: It was a stupid mistake. But my organization's fallen on hard times, what's left of it.
MICHAEL: Why the deception?
ADRIAN: Freedom. Nothing personal, I just don't like partners.
MICHAEL: Well, you have one.
ADRIAN: What makes you think I can help Nikita?
MICHAEL: You recovered. You can help her recover.
ADRIAN: Oh, I don't know that complete recovery is possible. The secret is resistance. It's a question of will. They tried to control my mind and I resisted them. I was able to leave whenever I needed to.
MICHAEL: Leave?
ADRIAN: When I was a child, my father had a beautiful garden. I loved
playing in it. In
Section, when I felt the darkness closing in, I sent my mind into the
garden where nothing could touch it.
MICHAEL: That's how you survived?
ADRIAN: Mentally, yes. Physically, that's another matter.
MICHAEL: Can you teach Nikita to do the same thing?
ADRIAN: If we can localize the similar emotions -- something she cares deeply about. If I do this, will you find a way to take me to George?
MICHAEL: Agreed.
ADRIAN: Then the sooner we st-st-st… Oh. Oh. As you can see, resistance has its price. What was I saying?
MICHAEL: The sooner we start, the better.
ADRIAN: We'll need some way to attract their attention.
SECTION ONE: CORRIDOR
MADELINE: We just received a report that the chem plant in Saratov is under dark surveillance.
OPERATIONS: That plant produces anti-invasives.
MADELINE: Just what Michael and Adrian might be looking for. Which of course we know they know.
OPERATIONS: You think it's a trap.
MADELINE: Most certainly.
OPERATIONS: Then you suggest we ignore it?
MADELINE: No. I suggest we set a team. Set a trap of our own.
NIKITA’S APARTMENT
Her cell phone rings.
VOICE: Josephine.
SARATOVS
ADRIAN: Michael.
MICHAEL: More than one Nikita. I can't tell which is real.
ADRIAN: Kill them all.
MICHAEL: What?
ADRIAN: All but one. Only the real Nikita is good enough to survive.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
MICHAEL: They changed you.
NIKITA: Something better.
MICHAEL: You only think that because you can't remember what you were.
NIKITA: I remember. I prefer this. No needs, no fears, no desires. I used to think you were like that. But you're not, are you? You're weak. You should let them make you feel stronger.
MICHAEL: There was a time when we used to care for each other.
NIKITA: Well that time is gone. There's nothing you can do to change that. If you think otherwise, then you're the one that needs help.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
MICHAEL: Tell me more about the Gelman process.
ADRIAN: It requires maintenance. Drugs, ocular therapy - s-s-s- …Oh.
Both sometimes. When maintenance stops there may be temporary recovery,
but this is followed by a relapse and, um, the end result is living death.
She'll be feeling the first symptoms shortly. Aphasia, headaches. Then
a rapid decline. We have to move quickly while I'm
still able to help.
MADELINE’S OFFICE
MADELINE: He took a calculated risk. He succeeded.
OPERATIONS: It was a mistake to send Nikita.
MADELINE: She was the only one with a realistic chance to take him.
OPERATIONS: It's remarkable. We did everything right, yet we lost.
MADELINE: So it seems.
OPERATIONS: Won't take long before Michael finds a way to get through to George. We have to find him before he does.
MADELINE: We're using every available resource.
OPERATIONS: Give it 12 hours.
MADELINE: And then?
OPERATIONS: You know as well as I do.
MADELINE: That's an option I'm not completely comfortable with.
OPERATIONS: Twelve hours. Then we push the button.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
ADRIAN: Hello, Nikita. Tell me what you want.
NIKITA: Nothing from you.
ADRIAN: Everyone wants something. Tell me what you want.
NIKITA: I want to go back to Section.
ADRIAN: Why?
NIKITA: Because it's where I belong.
ADRIAN: No one belongs in Section.
ADRIAN: They've taken her to places they never took me. Maybe to places they've never taken anyone.
MICHAEL: Can she be brought back?
ADRIAN: Oh, I don't know. It's hard to say. I've only just become… We've driven Operations into a corner. He has only one move yet.
MICHAEL: To assassinate George.
ADRIAN: Yes, and he'll move quickly.
MICHAEL: We have to locate George now. I need to reconfigure the laptop.
MADELINE’S OFFICE
MADELINE: I want the hookup now. Tell Frazee it's a matter of life and death -- his.
OPERATIONS: I take it we're not making much progress.
MADELINE: I located some Agency uplinks we haven't been plugged into. It's being remedied now.
OPERATIONS: We're not going to find Michael with Agency uplinks.
MADELINE: No, but used in tandem with our own intel, there's a reasonable --
OPERATIONS: Madeline, we're out of time.
MADELINE: Eight more hours. Please.
OPERATIONS: I'm sorry. No.
MADELINE: Of all the people on the planet to target for assassination, George is by far the most dangerous.
OPERATIONS: Then we'll have to go about it very carefully, won't we?
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
ADRIAN: They'll target his travel schedule. Transit security is always more vulnerable than fixed point.
MICHAEL: When it's over, I'll bring him back here.
ADRIAN: No. I don't want him to see me like this. Look, my memory's failing already. It's really difficult to find the words. If I'm unable to tell him the truth -- you'll have no witness.
MICHAEL: I'll handle it. Can you track his itinerary?
ADRIAN: Not directly, but there are signs that --
MICHAEL: Adrian? Adrian? George is in danger. We have to help him.
ADRIAN: Yes.
MICHAEL: His itinerary?
OPERATIONS’ PERCH
MADELINE: He'll be in Kurijca at 7:00
OPERATIONS: How do you know?
MADELINE: The situation in the Balkans.
OPERATIONS: Oversight never secures the admin sector as well as it should. You use filters?
MADELINE: A Z-screen. Any backtrace will point at Section Three.
OPERATIONS: Who will execute?
MADELINE: An independent called the Asni group.
OPERATIONS: I assume they have no idea we're behind the request.
MADELINE: Of course not.
OPERATIONS: Still, it might be prudent that this Asni group be destroyed once the mission is carried out.
MADELINE: It's already been arranged.
OPERATIONS: There's nothing more for us to do than wait.
KURIJCA
OPERATIVE: Sir, your transport's arrived.
GEORGE: The scheduled layover is over an hour. I want that cut in half.
GEORGE: The Center wants our progress report by Friday. Then piggyback it on a level eight subchannel, all right?
GEORGE: Who are you? If you wanted me dead, I'd be dead. So what do you want?
Men shoot down the helicopter George was to take.
GEORGE: You saved my life, but you won't tell me who you are. You don't want me to recognize your voice.
OPERATIONS’ PERCH
OPERATIONS: Join me? What's wrong?
MADELINE: The initial report was mistaken.
OPERATIONS: We had satellite confirmation.
MADELINE: The helicopter exploded. But George managed to survive. He's in Vienna now, on his way back.
OPERATIONS: He'll triple security. We'll never get to him now. Not before Michael does anyway.
MADELINE: No.
OPERATIONS: I'm sorry.
MADELINE: Not at all. You were right, it was our only move. It just didn't work. No point in letting this go to waste.
MICHAEL’S HIDEOUT
MICHAEL: Adrian. George is well.
ADRIAN: George? Who's George?
PRIVATE CARE FACILITY
ADRIAN: A garden! How lovely. May I look at the flowers?
MAN: Whenever you like.
MICHAEL: She's to receive the best of everything. I've taken great pains to ensure that no one knows she's here. I expect you'll do the same. This will be your monthly fee.
MAN: Yes, Monsieur.
MICHAEL: If there's any trouble, leave a message at the number inside.
MAN: I understand.
MICHAEL: If you fail -- I'll kill you.
MICHAEL: Goodbye.
ADRIAN: Goodbye.
SECTION ONE: MAIN FLOOR
MICHAEL: I'm back.
OPERATIONS’ PERCH
MICHAEL: I want Nikita put back on maintenance immediately.
OPERATIONS: Or?
MICHAEL: George will be put in touch with Adrian.
OPERATIONS: Without the drugs, Adrian will die.
MICHAEL: Perhaps you underestimate her will to survive. Are you willing to take that risk?
MADELINE: You tried to inform George before and failed.
MICHAEL: I've had more time to prepare. This time the message will get through.
OPERATIONS: Stalemate. We keep Nikita alive; you keep Adrian away from George.
MICHAEL: Plus I return to my former status. Do we have an agreement?
OPERATIONS: Yes, I suppose we do. There's been increased Red Cell activity in the Ukraine during the past month. The profile will be on your panel within the hour. Prepare for a briefing at 7:00.
MICHAEL: Of course.
OPERATIONS: Michael. Welcome back to Section.
MICHAEL: Thank you.
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