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218. Off Profile
Written by: David Ehrman
Directed by: John Fawcett
Guest Cast: Celine Bonnier, Jill Dyck, Rene Beau Dean
Transcribed by Jean
[Note: Transcript dialogue only until updated.]
SECTION: VAN ACCESS
MEDICAL TECH 1: Clear the way!
MEDICAL TECH 2: Apply the pressure bandage to...
OPERATIONS: Why did you abort?
MICHAEL: We had to. We went critical ten minutes into the mission.
OPERATIONS: We lost Korda. We'll have to start from scratch.
MICHAEL: Deployment was off by a factor of two. The mission profile was faulty.
ANDREA: No. There was nothing wrong with the profile.
MICHAEL: Who is this?
OPERATIONS: Andrea Karsov. A new mission profiler.
ANDREA: The flaw was in your execution.
OPERATIONS: Check the tapes, get this settled. You'll be going out again soon.
SYSTEMS
ANDREA: Look at sector five. They didn't penetrate, as the plan required.
MICHAEL: They couldn't. The perimeter was unsecured.
ANDREA: For less than thirty seconds.
MICHAEL: That's unacceptable.
ANDREA: We'd have captured the target.
MICHAEL: No. The window was too narrow.
ANDREA: The window was wide enough for two units to make an entry.
OPERATIONS: Hasn't this been resolved yet?
MICHAEL: Not yet.
OPERATIONS: Deal with it later. Right now, we need a new mission design.
MICHAEL: I want a different profiler. She doesn't have any field experience. Her designs are too theoretical.
ANDREA: My designs are correct.
OPERATIONS: Field experience might be useful.
OPERATIONS: Michael, she's on your team for the next mission. Make the necessary arrangements.
MICHAEL: We can't protect her out there.
ANDREA: I can take care of myself.
BRIEFING AREA
OPERATIONS: Six weeks ago these genetic codes were stolen from a lab in Zurich. These codes could be used to manufacture designer viruses.
ANDREA: Designer viruses?
OPERATIONS: Plagues genetically programmed to attack specific ethnic groups. This is Hans Korda, a geneticist connected with the group who stole these codes. The aborted mission not only failed to capture him, it exposed our intentions. You leave in two hours. No mistakes this time in design or execution.Bring back Korda.
MUNITIONS
OPERATIONS: Walter.
OPERATIONS: George called. Oversight believes we used the Winchester Protocol in Afghanistan last month.
WALTER: Yeah, we did.
OPERATIONS: Well, since it’s been forbidden numerous times at the highest levels, our position is that we didn't. George is coming here to interview the tactical group. Birkoff has agreed to support us. We expect your cooperation as well.
Walter says nothing.
OPERATIONS: Walter, I've told you. I regret what happened to Belinda, but it was standard procedure. It wasn't personal. Will you support our position? I need to know I can count on you.
WALTER: I'm not sure you can.
OPERATIONS: I strongly advise you to reconsider.
WALTER: What are you gonna do, cancel me? Go ahead.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
MADELINE: Obviously, he still blames you for Belinda's death.
OPERATIONS: I had no choice. She was in abeyance.
MADELINE: You might have postponed the final order for a few days.
OPERATIONS: Why postpone the inevitable? Besides, nobody asked him to marry someone with a weak performance record.
MADELINE: He'll put it behind him, in time.
OPERATIONS: We don't have time. The investigation is proceeding.
MADELINE: We could cancel him.
OPERATIONS: I don't want to do that. He's been here as long as I can remember.
MADELINE: And if a key member of the tactical team dies just before he's questioned, it will only complicate things further.
OPERATIONS: That, too.
MADELINE: We have a few days before George arrives. Let me work on it.
OPERATIONS: I'd appreciate that.
MUNITIONS
ANDREA: Thank you.
WALTER: Most field ops prefer to use a lighter weapon.
ANDREA: I trained with this.
WALTER: Shooting at people isn't the same as shooting at holograms.
ANDREA: Why is that?
NIKITA: Umm, people shoot back.
ANDREA: Not if they're dead.
BUILDING
Michael, Nikita and Andrea enter a building, render the guard unconscious, and forge a security pass-card.
ANDREA: You're clear to go.
MICHAEL: Keep the position clean.
Nikita and Michael penetrate further into the building while Andrea remains at the guard desk.
MICHAEL: Position and number of hostiles inside location.
ANDREA: Two guards at the entry point plus the target.
Michael and Nikita find and secure Korda.
MICHAEL: We have Korda.
ANDREA: Two guards in the stairwell. Headed down.
MICHAEL: They're yours.
ANDREA: Hold and wait for my signal.
Andrea kills the two guards in the stairwell.
ANDREA: Stairs are clear.
Andrea kills another guard that suddenly appears.
MICHAEL: Let's go.
VAN ACCESS
MICHAEL: Good work.
ANDREA: It was a simple enough mission.
MICHAEL: First time under fire is never simple. (to operative) Prepare him for interrogation. (to Andrea) Would you like to join me for dinner?
ANDREA: Um, no, thank you. I don't go out much.
MICHAEL: With anyone, or only operatives?
ANDREA: With anyone, especially Section operatives.
MICHAEL: We got off on the wrong foot. It was partly my fault. I'd like to make amends.
ANDREA: It was nobody's fault. No amends necessary.
MICHAEL: No amends then. Just pleasure.
ANDREA: Forget dinner, Michael. It’s not gonna happen.
MICHAEL: Okay. How about a cup of coffee? I'd like to know you better.
COMM
NIKITA: Morning, Birkoff.
BIRKOFF: Hi.
NIKITA: You're here early.
BIRKOFF: The Bahrain situation is heating up. Your mission is, too.
NIKITA: Did Madeline interrogate Korda?
BIRKOFF: She's doing it now. He won't put up much of a fight. Most of these scientists are pretty lame. I'm an exception.
NIKITA: Have you seen Michael this morning?
BIRKOFF: Yeah, he came in.
NIKITA: Alone?
BIRKOFF: I didn't really notice. What do you think of the new Profiler?
NIKITA: Andrea? I don't know. A little arrogant, maybe.
BIRKOFF: Yeah. Profilers think they know it all. Sometimes they do.
NIKITA: Does she?
BIRKOFF: Too early to tell. She just transferred in from the Asian Sector.
NIKITA: What's her reputation?
BIRKOFF: Asia thinks she walks on water. Totally dedicated to Section.
NIKITA: Perfect operative.
BIRKOFF: That's what they say. Nothing gets to her. Nothing and nobody.
COMM
MICHAEL: Good morning.
ANDREA: Hi.
MICHAEL: I had a great time last night.
ANDREA: You talked me into coffee, then you managed to talk me into dinner. But that's as far as it goes.
MICHAEL: Why?
ANDREA: Because I like it here. Most people hate Section, or pretend to. But I like it.
MICHAEL: So do I. Doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves.
ANDREA: Section isn't exactly about "enjoyment." The cyberware, the weapons, the missions; those are real. Everything else is an illusion. People who forget that don't last long.
MICHAEL: Everything is as real as we make it -- no more, no less. It’s up to us. If you change your mind, let me know.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
WOMAN'S VOICE: (on video tape) What's the most important day of the week?
WALTER: (on video tape) It's either Tuesday or Thursday.
WOMAN'S VOICE: (on video tape) Choose one.
WALTER: (on video tape) Tuesday!
WOMAN'S VOICE: (on video tape) Which would you prefer to kill, a cat or a monkey?
OPERATIONS: What's this?
MADELINE: A tape of Walter's three-year review.
WALTER: (on video tape) I don't know. I guess...
OPERATIONS: In your opinion ...
WALTER: (on video tape) I'd probably say....
OPERATIONS: Is he really willing to die?
MADELINE: Yes.
OPERATIONS: There must be some way in.
MADELINE: I'm working on it.
OPERATIONS: What about Korda?
MADELINE: He works for a German businessman named William Glasser.
OPERATIONS: Businessman?
MADELINE: It's purely a commercial venture. He intends on selling the viruses to the highest bidder.
OPERATIONS: So we eliminate the lab before the sale can take place.
MADELINE: Birkoff's working on a package. He's meeting with the team now.
OPERATIONS: Good.
SYSTEMS
BIRKOFF: Korda didn't know the location of the lab, but he said Glasser calls it twice a day from a secure phone in his office. He's hosting a charity fundraiser tonight. Two hundred guests, security should be focused on the main floor. That should give us an opening.
ANDREA: Team One will secure the perimeter. You, Michael and I will work the inside.
NIKITA: What's the configuration?
MICHAEL: I'll work with Andrea. You'll work solo. Get ready. We leave in an hour.
GLASSER OFFICE
BIRKOFF: Nikita, twenty degrees to the left. Use the South Entrance. Soon as the guard moves away you go. Shouldn't be long.
MICHAEL: Okay, Birkoff, we're in position.
BIRKOFF: Nikita, the sequence is under way.
NIKITA: Got it.
BIRKOFF: Nikita, where are we?
NIKITA: I'm going through.
MICHAEL: Birkoff, how long?
BIRKOFF: Twenty seconds. We're clear.
VAN ACCESS
BIRKOFF: Nikita. Madeline wants to see you in her office.
NIKITA: Madeline? Why?
BIRKOFF: She didn't say.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
MADELINE: The mission was successful?
NIKITA: Yes.
MADELINE: Good. Have you talked to Walter lately?
NIKITA: I talk to him all the time.
MADELINE: Has he mentioned Belinda?
NIKITA: He misses her very much.
MADELINE: Does he talk about Operations? Make any comment about him?
NIKITA: Nope.
MADELINE: You sure?
NIKITA: Positive. Is that all?
MADELINE: No. No, it isn't.
MADELINE: You let your comm view drift ... for a full three seconds.
NIKITA: No harm resulted.
MADELINE: Nevertheless, it was a lapse.
NIKITA: I'll be more careful next time.
MADELINE: They work well together. They may even be entering into a relationship.
NIKITA: I wouldn't know.
MADELINE: I hope they are -- for their sake, and for yours.
NIKITA: For my sake?
MADELINE: It's better for operatives to find relationships that won't affect their work. Your passion for life is very strong, Nikita. It enables you to accomplish things that no one else can. It can also destroy you.
NIKITA: Now are we done?
MADELINE: Yes.
ANDREA'S APARTMENT
Michel and Andrea make love.
ANDREA: Michael…anything wrong?
MICHAEL: Everything's fine.
ANDREA: I think I could love you. It's Nikita, isn't it?
MICHAEL: What do you mean?
ANDREA: You had a relationship with her. At least, that's what people say. Is it true?
MICHAEL: Yes.
ANDREA: Did you love her?
MICHAEL: Does that matter?
ANDREA: It does to me.
MICHAEL: Yes, I loved her.
ANDREA: And now?
MICHAEL: Now there's you.
MUNITIONS
NIKITA: Hey, Walter. So, what's doing on with you?
WALTER: Nothing much.
NIKITA: That's not what I've heard.
WALTER: Operations wants me to lie to Oversight.
NIKITA: Lie about what?
WALTER: What difference does it make?
NIKITA: The difference between life and death.
WALTER: You of all people are telling me to lie?
NIKITA: No. I'm telling you to survive.
WALTER: Well, I'm really not interested in surviving any more. What I am interested in is living. That's where the real difference is. Oh, hell, I've been hanging around this place too long already.
NIKITA: Walter.
WALTER: Hmmm?
NIKITA: Don't talk like that again.
WALTER: It's just like I've always said. You're one of the good ones. Don't change.
MADELINE: Walter.
WALTER: Right here.
MADELINE: I would like to meet with you.
WALTER: Sure thing. In your office?
MADELINE: No. In the White Room.
WHITE ROOM
WALTER: Killing me I can understand. But torture?
MADELINE: Please sit down.
Walter takes a seat.
MADELINE: You're not going to be tortured. And you're not going to be killed. ... Whatever you tell George tomorrow, we'll just have to deal as best we can.
WALTER: Then why am I here?
MADELINE: We'd like you to take a look at something.
WALTER: What's on this?
MADELINE: Play it and you'll see.
Madeline leaves the room. Walter loads the CD into the machine. A ghostly image of Belinda appears.
BELINDA: Hello, Walter.
WALTER: Belinda?
BELINDA: Yes, it’s me. Well, almost me. I've missed you terribly, but I'm back now. I hope you're glad to see me. Obviously, it can't be the way it was, but we can have something together. Do you want that, Walter? I do. I love you.
Walter walks around the holograph.
BELINDA: And I want to do this again, as often as you want. I hope we see each other soon.
The hologram disappears.
COMM
ANDREA: Hi.
MICHAEL: Do you have the security workup?
ANDREA: Yes. They have an unusual package. Heartbeat I.D.
MICHAEL: We'll need one other people with the appropriate clearance.
ANDREA: We already have him. We'll imprint his EKG on the digital patch.
MICHAEL: Good, let me see the lap. Make sure the secondary egress is adequate coverage.
ANDREA: I will. I'll be finished here in an hour. Get something to eat?
MICHAEL: I'm busy.
ANDREA: How about later?
MICHAEL: It’s a bad time right now.
ANDREA: What do you mean?
MICHAEL: Just what I said.
ANDREA: Did I do something wrong?
MICHAEL: It’s nobody's fault. Some things are not meant to be.
ANDREA: Let's at least talk about it.
MICHAEL: We have.
NIKITA'S APARTMENT
NIKITA: Hey.
Andrea enters.
NIKITA: Come in.
ANDREA: Is he here?
NIKITA: Who?
ANDREA: You know who -- Michael.
NIKITA: No, he's not here.
ANDREA: He won't see me anymore. One minute everything was wonderful; the next, he was cold. He doesn't want anything to do with me.
NIKITA: Did he say why?
ANDREA: No. What's going on?
NIKITA: I don't know.
ANDREA: Did he get through to me just to prove he could? Is he that much of a monster? Is that what he did to you?
NIKITA: Andrea....
ANDREA: It’s not right! It’s just not right.
NIKITA: I don't pretend to understand him, but he lost someone a while ago. It scarred him. He might not want to get too close again.
ANDREA: You're making excuses for him.
NIKITA: I don't think so. I'm just being realistic.
ANDREA: He can't do this. We can't let him get away with it.
NIKITA: What does that mean?
ANDREA: I mean, we have to do something.
NIKITA: Such as?
The phone rings.
NIKITA: Hello?
MICHAEL: Josephine.
SECTION CORRIDOR
OPERATIONS: George is ready for you now.
Walter goes into the office.
SYSTEMS
MICHAEL: I'll handle demolition. Nikita will ensure Egress. Since Birkoff is working on the Bahrain mission, Andrea will provide tactical. Any questions?
ANDREA: I have a question. Who the hell do you think you are treating me like this? Nikita, stay. This concerns you, too. You toyed with me like a cat with a mouse. I won't tolerate it.
MICHAEL: I didn't toy with you.
ANDREA: Then what were you doing?
MICHAEL: Investigating.
ANDREA: Investigating what?
MICHAEL: You.
ANDREA: Why?
MICHAEL: You were suspected of leaking intel to Red Cell. I needed access to your personal files.
ANDREA: I've never leaked intel to anybody.
MICHAEL: I know that. The suspicions were unfounded.
ANDREA: Then you never cared for me at all.
MICHAEL: I respect you as a colleague.
ANDREA: I see. Investigation's over now?
MICHAEL: Yes. You've been cleared. I'm sorry.
Andrea leaves.
MICHAEL: The mission begins in an hour. Better get ready.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
OPERATIONS: Once we've secured funding for the Eastern Region, we have to make sure that we have to...
Walter enters.
OPERATIONS: I was going to stop by later to thank you for your cooperation. You saved us a great deal of inconvenience.
MADELINE: If you're getting tired of that one, we can have others made up.
WALTER: I erased the disk. Don't make up any others. And don't ever mention Belinda's name again!
OPERATIONS: If the disk didn't make him cooperate, what did?
MADELINE: I've studied his file very carefully. Reviewed his evaluations; assessed his psychological profile in great detail.
OPERATIONS: And?
MADELINE: I don't know.
VAN ACCESS
NIKITA: Have you spoken to Andrea since the briefing?
MICHAEL: No.
NIKITA: Maybe you should. She's more than just angry, Michael: she's dangerous.
MICHAEL: What can she do?
NIKITA: I'm not sure. Just be careful.
LOADING DOCK
ANDREA: Begin the sequence. Perimeter team, take your position.
The Section team invade, killing hostiles and guards.
MICHAEL: I'm in.
Andrea uses the computers to trap Michael.
MICHAEL: Andrea, what's happening? I'm locked in. Andrea. Andrea.
Andrea removes her comm unit.
MICHAEL: Nikita, I need your help.
Back in Section, Andrea leaves Comm.
MICHAEL: We need a heartbeat. See if any technicians are alive.
LAB TECH: Please, help me.
Michael and Nikita escape just before the building goes up in flames.
VAN ACCESS
NIKITA: Michael, we deactivated the failsafe on the way in.
MICHAEL: Yes.
NIKITA: Then, why did the door close behind you? 'Cause the failsafe was reactivated. There's only one person who could have done it.
MICHAEL: I know.
NIKITA: Michael, she tried to kill you! What are you going to do about it?
MICHAEL: Nothing.
NIKITA: Why not? Because you feel guilty? What if she tries again?
BRIEFING AREA
OPERATIONS: Is anything wrong?
NIKITA: No, I'm fine.
OPERATIONS: Andrea has been canceled.
NIKITA: So you knew she tried to kill Michael.
OPERATIONS: Yes. We were disappointed, but not surprised. We arranged a test -- she failed.
NIKITA: A test?
OPERATIONS: We knew she wasn't guilty of treason. But we did suspect her of being emotionally unstable. Obviously, we were right.
NIKITA: So were you testing me, too? See if I'd report what I knew?
OPERATIONS: There was no need to. You'd have told us.
NIKITA: How can you be so sure?
OPERATIONS: We've been watching you very closely, Nikita.
You're one of us now.
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