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317. Third Party Rip-off
Written by Michael Loceff
Directed by T.J. Scott
Transcribed by Jean
[Note: Transcript dialogue only until updated.]
MICHAEL’S OFFICE
NIKITA: I thought there was a briefing.
MICHAEL: Twenty minutes. I called you in early so we could talk.
NIKITA: Oh, okay.
MICHAEL: We should stay together.
NIKITA: I don’t think I want that anymore.
MICHAEL: You didn’t like the way I acted when I had to take charge.
NIKITA: You became a different person.
MICHAEL: No. The same person, just playing a different role. Something we all have to do in here to survive.
NIKITA: It doesn’t matter how you intellectualize it. I feel the way I feel.
DINING ROOM
OPERATIONS: Nice result in Djakarta.
MADELINE: Except for C team.
OPERATIONS: I didn’t read the appendix. What happened?
MADELINE: There was an outbreak in the area.
OPERATIONS: Our people were infected?
MADELINE: We didn’t test; we just eliminated the variable.
OPERATIONS: The whole team?
MADELINE: Yes.
OPERATIONS: It’s too bad. Still, better to lose the hand and save the body.
MADELINE: We have an internal matter to discuss.
OPERATIONS: What’s that?
MADELINE: Michael and Nikita.
OPERATIONS: What now?
MADELINE: It’s unresolved.
OPERATIONS: I thought she pulled back.
MADELINE: She did, but I think Michael will persist.
OPERATIONS: These two have been dancing around this thing from day one. Maybe we should just let it go for now.
MADELINE: Actually, I was going to suggest a hard wedge.
OPERATIONS: You think that’s necessary?
MADELINE: I do.
OPERATIONS: What mode?
MADELINE: I’m mapping out a behavioral strategy.
OPERATIONS: Think it will work?
MADELINE: Watch and see.
MUNITIONS
WALTER: It would have vaporized if they’d used aluminum oxide.
BIRKOFF: Yeah, that’s what I thought. So, you think Germany?
WALTER: For the parts, yeah. But, it could have been assembled anywhere.
VALERIE: Walter? Here you go. Thanks.
WALTER: Valerie.
VALERIE: It’s an impressive unit, but how did you get five significant digits out of it?
WALTER: Well, years of, uh… experience.
VALERIE: Ah, you must be Seymour.
BIRKOFF: Everyone calls me Birkoff.
VALERIE: I’m Valerie. I’ve been sent over to work with the profile division.
BIRKOFF: Great.
VALERIE: I haven’t made it to Comm yet, but I hope when I do, you have some time to show me around.
BIRKOFF: Sure.
VALERIE: Well, I’ll see you both later.
BIRKOFF: Okay. Bye.
BIRKOFF: Wow.
WALTER: Yeah.
WAR ROOM:
OPERATIONS: Olivier Velden is a mid-level player in black market weapons. Instead of working with larger networks like Hammas or Red Cell, he brought his business to start-up satellite groups that are too small to be on our radar. The only documentation we have on these groups is in Velden’s client list itself.
NIKITA: So, we’re after the list.
OPERATIONS: No. We want Velden, but not dead. We want to turn him and send back out.
MICHAEL: What are the chances he’ll be receptive?
BIRKOFF: Over 70%. We have enough background to be confident he’s a good candidate.
OPERATIONS: Your panels are being uploaded now.
CLUB
MICHAEL: I’m in position.
BIRKOFF: All right. Give me a good base. Second Team, advance to mark. Nikita, we’re ready for you.
NIKITA: I’m inside. Where is he?
BIRKOFF: Mirrored door, at the back.
NIKITA: Hi. Is Mr. Mills here? Thanks.
NIKITA: Mr. Mills? Mr. Mills? Hi. Hello.
MILLS: Beat it.
MILLS: Who are you?
NIKITA: I’m Lisa. I’m a dancer. Denise said I should come on back.
MILLS: Turn up the music. Let’s see what you’ve got.
BIRKOFF: Okay, Michael, you’re clear to move up.
MILLS: Who are you?
NIKITA: You transferred funds from Olivier Velden’s account. I want the account number.
MILLS: Look, I don’t know where you’re coming from and I don’t care. You’re already dead.
BIRKOFF: I’m picking it up. It’s in the room. It’s on him.
NIKITA: Do we need this guy?
BIRKOFF: No.
NIKITA: Found it.
BIRKOFF: Okay, plug it in; we need to verify it.
BIRKOFF: Nikita, you’ve got incoming hostiles.
NIKITA: Can you back me out? I’ve got twenty more seconds here.
BIRKOFF: No. You’re going to have to go through them.
MICHAEL: I’ll cover you.
BIRKOFF: No, Michael. I need you at the front to prepare egress. Nikita can handle herself.
MICHAEL: Send Niles. I’m getting Nikita.
BIRKOFF: Michael, what are you doing?
NIKITA: Okay, Birkoff, got it all?
BIRKOFF: Yeah, get to your exit point.
MADELINE’S OFFICE
NIKITA: Yes?
MADELINE: Sit down. Do you understand what just happened on your mission?
NIKITA: I haven’t debriefed, but it was a contained dispersion. There was an incident at the second mark.
MADELINE: How many times do you think Michael can break position before a team goes down?
NIKITA: I didn’t ask for his help. Why don’t you talk to Michael?
MADELINE: Have you ever heard of anyone in the Section talk about a Type One Directive?
NIKITA: No.
MADELINE: It’s an internal dictum, a decision. Once it’s been made, it can’t be changed and is always executed. One has been initiated regarding you and Michael. You two will extricate the personal component of your relationship.
NIKITA: If your spies had been doing their jobs properly, then you would know that the personal component of our relationship doesn’t exist.
MADELINE: Michael isn’t letting go. You will have to make him.
NIKITA: You’re talking to the wrong person.
MADELINE: I don’t think so. That’ll be all.
NIKITA'S APARTMENT
NIKITA: What’s up?
MICHAEL: Did they talk to you?
NIKITA: Well, what do you mean?
MICHAEL: Did Madeline suggest you stay away from me?
NIKITA: She called it a Type One Directive.
MICHAEL: And how did you respond?
NIKITA: I didn’t.
MICHAEL: They don’t want us to be together.
NIKITA: No, they don’t.
MICHAEL: What about you?
MICHAEL: Yes. All right.
NIKITA: What time is it?
MICHAEL: Three thirty.
NIKITA: Um.
MICHAEL: We have to go in.
MUNITIONS
VALERIE: It seems like it took you forever.
WALTER: It was just three minutes.
VALERIE: It was too long.
WALTER: No more. Come on.
VALERIE: Why not?
WALTER: Oh, it’s…
VALERIE: It’s been almost six hours.
WALTER: Yeah, it’s just too dangerous, that’s all. It’s bad enough I brought you back here.
VALERIE: That’s what makes you so exciting.
BIRKOFF: Hey, Walter!
WALTER: Yeah, Birkoff?
BIRKOFF: Where’s my PDA?
WALTER: Just hang loose. I’ll be right there.
WALTER: I’m sorry, I forgot. I was checking inventory.
BIRKOFF: You did that yesterday.
WALTER: I had to double run the scanners.
BIRKOFF: Come on. I want to leave early tonight; I’m in a hurry.
WALTER: You got a hot date?
BIRKOFF: Actually, I do.
WALTER: Who is it?
BIRKOFF: It’s Valerie, the new profiler.
WALTER: Huh?
BIRKOFF: Anyways, I gotta go. Thanks.
WALTER: We can’t do this here.
VALERIE: What’s wrong?
WALTER: Oh, nothing. I just thought we could do something romantic. Just you and me.
VALERIE: But, I don’t see anyone else here.
WALTER: Uh… no. I meant, I meant, maybe we could go and have dinner, huh? Huh? Tonight.
VALERIE: Tonight?
WALTER: Yeah.
VALERIE: Tonight is, um, not so good.
WALTER: You’re not on. I mean, what’s the… what’s the problem?
VALERIE: I’m busy. Look, Walter, I am never going to ask you for your itinerary, please don’t ask for mine.
WALTER: Sure.
SYSTEMS
BIRKOFF: The files that we extracted from Mill’s office were productive. We found three primary accounts; one of which Velden manages personally. This is the Rosay Bank in Zurich. Based on the pattern of deposits, we know he’ll show within 48 hours.
NIKITA: Is this a grab?
DAVENPORT: No. We’re going to tag him, that’s all. From there, we’ll plan an end game strategy.
MICHAEL: Why are you running the scenario?
DAVENPORT: The scenario? Didn’t anyone tell you?
MICHAEL: What?
DAVENPORT: This is my team.
MICHAEL: Then, why was I called in.
DAVENPORT: Because you’re on it. I thought you knew, Michael. Sorry. Once he’s tagged, we’ll put two teams on him. We’ll thread into his network from the front end, and when we have a secure window, we’ll isolate and determine whether or not he needs to be brought in.
HALLWAY
NIKITA: What’s happening.
MICHAEL: They’ve put Davenport in charge. It’s started.
NIKITA: I know. Why?
MICHAEL: They want to take me down.
STAIRWAY
BIRKOFF: Hey, Walter!
WALTER: What’s up?
BIRKOFF: I need the name of that restaurant you told me about by the river. It’s really romantic. Chez something Bistro something?
WALTER: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
BIRKOFF: Sure you do, come on, I need it for the weekend.
WALTER: Something happening this weekend?
BIRKOFF: Valerie. Things are really working out. I can’t believe it took me this long to discover older women. I mean, she’s…
WALTER: When this weekend?
BIRKOFF: What?
WALTER: What night?
BIRKOFF: Sunday.
WALTER: Not Saturday.
BIRKOFF: No, she has plans. Dinner with a girlfriend.
WALTER: Dinner with a girlfriend. That’s what she said?
BIRKOFF: I think so. Wh… what’s the problem?
WALTER: You’re the problem! Valerie’s going out with me on Saturday night.
BIRKOFF: What?
WALTER: Just like last weekend and the weekend before that.
BIRKOFF: Walter, I didn’t know that.
WALTER: No, of course not. You’ve been so busy with your little techie toys in there, you could even see that there’s something between me and her right underneath your nose.
BIRKOFF: Well, I…
WALTER: You what?
BIRKOFF: I’m sorry.
WALTER: You should feel sorry for yourself, because you haven’t got the chops to hang onto her.
BIRKOFF: What the hell does that mean?
WALTER: Look, save yourself the letdown and just take it like a gentleman.
BIRKOFF: Oh, you think she’s going to dump me for you?
WALTER: Let me let you in on a little secret.
BIRKOFF: Okay.
WALTER: You’re not even there for the dumping. Seymour.
VAN ACCESS
OPERATIONS: Did the target transfer en route?
DAVENPORT: Yes, he did.
OPERATIONS: What about their comm?
DAVENPORT: We downloaded their files. I brought back a sample for Walter.
OPERATIONS: Well done.
DAVENPORT: Well, there wasn’t that much resistance, sir.
OPERATIONS: That’s the sign of a mission well profiled.
MICHAEL: You want me to debrief?
DAVENPORT: They’ve asked for singulars this time. I’m not sure why.
MICHAEL: Yes or no.
DAVENPORT: Yes, if you don’t mind.
NIKITA: You okay?
MICHAEL: Yes. If that’s the game they want to play, I’ll play it.
NIKITA: What are they trying to accomplish?
MICHAEL: Take away my authority. They think it means something to me.
NIKITA: And, it doesn’t?
MICHAEL: Not really.
NIKITA: So what does?
MICHAEL: Whatever I do, I need to do it well, the best I can. That means something to me. Don’t worry. Whatever they want to do to me, I can handle.
MICHAEL: What are you doing?
MADELINE: Since you’re not going to be performing tactical oversight, you won’t be needing the space.
MICHAEL: Where will I be?
MADELINE: On Six with everyone else.
MUNITIONS
BIRKOFF: These primes are all out of range. What were you doing?
WALTER: I was compiling.
BIRKOFF: Compiling? Why didn’t you use a hash table?
WALTER: Look, don’t talk down to me, Birkoff! I was sourcing triggers when you were still in short pants, and that wasn’t very long ago.
BIRKOFF: Long enough for the world to change and leave you behind.
WALTER: Just solve the problem, okay? Never mind the flapping of the lips.
BIRKOFF: If you’d just come to me in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess.
VALERIE: Hi, guys!
BIRKOFF: Hi.
WALTER: Hi.
BIRKOFF: Can I help you with something?
VALERIE: Do I need a reason to just drop by and say hello?
WALTER: No.
VALERIE: Well, you two seem busy. I’ll see you later.
BIRKOFF: Okay.
SYSTEMS
DAVENPORT: Team One will do advance. Take out light security and prep for incoming. Teams Two and Three will implement the profile. Twelve minute check; everyone is divided into perimeter and backup. We’re out in ten. Let’s go.
DAVENPORT: Michael, I didn’t want to say this in front of the team…
MICHAEL: Why?
DAVENPORT: You’re posted at nine.
MICHAEL: That’s backup.
DAVENPORT: That’s where they profiled you.
NIKITA'S APARTMENT
NIKITA: Anyone get hurt?
MICHAEL: Three down, one lost.
NIKITA: How bad were the three?
MICHAEL: I don’t know, I wasn’t close enough.
NIKITA: Are you thinking that the outcome would have been better had you been team lead?
MICHAEL: No. Davenport’s capable.
NIKITA: Capable is okay for some missions; other’s it’s not.
MICHAEL: I don’t want to talk about it.
NIKITA: You’re not the same. You said this wasn’t going to affect you, but it has.
MICHAEL: I’ll get over it.
NIKITA: Maybe you shouldn’t try to. Maybe the job means more to you.
MADELINE’S OFFICE
MADELINE: Come in. Yes?
NIKITA: I want it to stop.
MADELINE: I assume you’re speaking of Michael?
NIKITA: Yes.
MADELINE: Well, that’s a step. You’re seeing things from a different perspective, and that’s good.
NIKITA: You’ve created a situation where everyone loses, Madeline?
MADELINE: Have I?
NIKITA: Well, you’ve determined that my relationship with Michael is affecting his performance. By how much? 10%? 12%?
MADELINE: Actually, just under one and one half percent. Which is unacceptable.
NIKITA: And, for that you’re willing to sacrifice him altogether? Lose everything?
MADELINE: An operative in Michael’s position can cause damage if he’s off even by a fraction.
NIKITA: Whatever. It’s like I said, he’s yours. You win.
MADELINE: It has to come from him, and it has to be his idea, not yours. Otherwise, he’ll just resist on principle.
NIKITA: What are you asking me?
MADELINE: That he stops loving you.
NIKITA: And how do I do that?
MADELINE: You have to want it to happen.
SYSTEMS
DAVENPORT: Velden will be making his deal with the Libyans at 3:00. We can’t take him in front of witnesses. Our goal is to release him and send him back out.
BIRKOFF: We’ll be able to secure these four areas. Everyone on the inside will be hostile.
DAVENPORT: No one but Velden and our people will walk away. We’ll have seven minutes max. Four for the primary teams, three for housekeeping. Questions? Right, let’s go.
HALLWAY
VALERIE: Birkoff. Are you done after this mission?
BIRKOFF: Yeah, why?
VALERIE: I thought maybe we could get together.
BIRKOFF: You told me you had plans.
VALERIE: I have a confession to make. I was sort of seeing someone else for some time, but it… it meant nothing.
BIRKOFF: Anyone I know?
VALERIE: No. It was a touchy-feely guy. A loser.
BIRKOFF: Yeah, sure.
VALERIE: What? What’s the matter?
BIRKOFF: Walter’s not a loser just because he has feelings. But, if you think he is, I guess I’m one too, because one day I hope to turn out half as good as him.
MUNITIONS
McDANIEL: What are you doing? That’s my comm unit.
MICHAEL: No, it’s not.
McDANIEL: You’re third team now. You shouldn’t even be in prep ‘til we’re done.
NIKITA: Forget it, Michael. You can use mine.
McDANIEL: I would listen to her, Michael. Listen to her, listen to me, pretty much everybody… We’re all above you now.
WALTER: What are you doing, McDaniel?
McDANIEL: You know, I’m just giving a little back. For five years, I’ve been doing his grunt work, and not once do I get a ‘Thank you! Nice job, McDaniel!’
NIKITA: That’s not true.
MICHAEL: Nikita. You’re wrong on this one. It’s mine.
DAVENPORT: Hey! Let it go, Michael.
DAVENPORT: Michael could have killed you, but he didn’t. I’m not as patient as he is.
OPERATIONS’ LOFT
OPERATIONS: Was McDaniel your idea?
MADELINE: Yes. Michael was degenerating, but not fast enough.
OPERATIONS: I don’t expect Nikita’s been much help.
MADELINE: I spoke with her. She won’t be proactive, but my instinct is she won’t interfere.
OPERATIONS: Don’t we need more than that?
MADELINE: Michael’s self-esteem is tied into Nikita’s perception of him. I’m sure it’s very painful for him.
OPERATIONS: Good.
MISSION
McDANIEL: Velden’s car just rolled in.
BIRKOFF: Do we have a confirmation on Velden in the car?
McDANIEL: We have visual confirmation. He’s coming to you.
DAVENPORT: Okay, Birkoff, we’re ready down here. What’s your status upstairs?
BIRKOFF: Velden should be moving to the rendezvous point now. We have to wait for a visual on the Libyans.
MICHAEL: Davenport, hold. Velden’s team’s still outside your perimeter.
DAVENPORT: How do you know?
MICHAEL: Look at the payphone behind you. Birkoff took out the land channels. That guy’s just posted.
NIKITA: The Libyans are moving to rendezvous.
DAVENPORT: All right, start your check. Team One, go.
DAVENPORT: Excuse me!
LIBYAN: Yes?
VELDEN: The train station.
DAVENPORT: All right, we’re down for the moment, Birkoff. We may have been made.
BIRKOFF: He’s backtracking to a new position to make sure the Libyans don’t have a net.
DAVENPORT: Okay, can we go one layer out?
BIRKOFF: Not with the collateral. You’ll hit innocents, for sure.
MICHAEL: Let it play out, Birkoff. Libyans are heading back to the train station. Nikita?
NIKITA: Velden’s team’s converging. They’ve split into upper and lower teams.
MICHAEL: Nikita, move to third position.
BIRKOFF: They’re heading inside. They must have a clean room in the garage.
DAVENPORT: All teams abort.
MICHAEL: No. We won’t get a control window like this for months. We have to use it.
DAVENPORT: How?
MICHAEL: Teams One and Two, rotate. I need a roll to the south.
DAVENPORT: What are you doing, Michael?
MICHAEL: We’ll make it look like a third party rip-off. I need 60 seconds of fire time in a pocket.
BIRKOFF: Okay.
MICHAEL: Make sure all exits are blocked.
DAVENPORT: What about the Libyans?
MICHAEL: We’ll keep two alive.
McDANIEL: Davenport, what is the chain of command?
DAVENPORT: I’m giving it to Michael. Where do you want me, Michael?
MICHAEL: Birkoff, put in the new program and start sequencing.
LIBYAN: What’s he doing?
VELDEN: They’re bleeding our accounts.
VELDEN: What’s going on?
MICHAEL: We only have a few seconds, so listen to me carefully. Your money and your client’s money is now being stolen. In 24 hours, you’ll be contacted by our people - if you don’t do what they say, we’ll make it look like you masterminded this rip-off. They’ll hunt you down and kill you.
VELDEN: What do you want?
MICHAEL: Information. You work for us now.
VELDEN: How do I get out of here?
VELDEN: You have a car nearby?
LIBYAN: Yeah.
VELDEN: Put the money back.
NIKITA: That’s it.
VELDEN: Let’s go.
VAN ACCESS
DAVENPORT: Michael. I couldn’t do what you did out there today. I learned a lot.
MICHAEL: Thank you.
NIKITA: So, what are you going to do now?
MICHAEL: Let’s go home.
NIKITA: You can’t deny to yourself what happened today, Michael. You’re a Level Five operative. That’s the only way you can live.
MICHAEL: I don’t want to think about it right now.
NIKITA: You’re going to have to, because when you lead missions, we survive.
MICHAEL: We were on to something. Maybe there’s another way.
NIKITA: They’re not going to let this play on for much longer. There’s no other way. If we end it now, then we can at least preserve our friendship.
OPERATIONS’ LOFT
OPERATIONS: Yes, Michael?
MICHAEL: I want my status reinstated.
OPERATIONS: What about you and Nikita.
MICHAEL: It’s over.
OPERATIONS: You know it will be pointless for you to deceive me on this.
MICHAEL: I know.
OPERATIONS: Level Five status reinstated, effective immediately.
OPERATIONS: Will it hold?
MADELINE: For now.
MUNITIONS
BIRKOFF: Walter?
WALTER: What?
BIRKOFF: I forgot to return this to you.
WALTER: Oh yeah, thanks. I thought you had a date tonight.
BIRKOFF: No. I don’t think it’s going to work out with me and Valerie.
WALTER: That’s too bad.
BIRKOFF: Oh, not really. She’s not my type.
WALTER: Look, Birkoff… Don’t worry about me, okay? I mean, if you want to see her, see her. It’s no big thing.
BIRKOFF: I don’t think so. I don’t have a lot of friends. I didn’t like the way it felt, not being able to talk to you.
WALTER: You can talk to me anytime you want.
BIRKOFF: Thanks, Walter.
WALTER: Where were we?
NIKITA'S APARTMENT
NIKITA: Come in.
MICHAEL: No. I just came by to tell you something.
It’s not over. We will be together.
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