La Femme Nikita

Original title: Nikita

TV Series
1997–2001
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Condemned to death for a vicious crime she didn't commit, Nikita reluctantly chooses to live as a secret government assassin whose life is controlled by a clandestine anti-terrorist organiza... Read allCondemned to death for a vicious crime she didn't commit, Nikita reluctantly chooses to live as a secret government assassin whose life is controlled by a clandestine anti-terrorist organization Section One.Condemned to death for a vicious crime she didn't commit, Nikita reluctantly chooses to live as a secret government assassin whose life is controlled by a clandestine anti-terrorist organization Section One.

Creator
- Joel Surnow
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

11K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,952

Creator
- Joel Surnow
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 21 nominations total

Episodes96

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• 2001

Evan Caravela

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• 1999–2001

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Kris Lemche

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mellow40

Not 24

True, La Femme Nikita is no "24"..it's better than 24.If it wasn't for LFN there would be no 24. Joel Surnow creator of 24 was a script writer for LFN. It set the standard for 24 and Alias. La Femme Nikita had it's own style of story telling that was intriquing and left you wanting for more. The characters were complex and the actors put all their focus into giving the best performances out there. The soundtracks were outstanding and the wardrobe dept always outdid themselves. I for one think that the series was much better than both "Nikita" and "Point of No Return". It was a shame that the show had to end. Face it 24 and Alias-just copies of a good thing.

Kyrian3

What TV Shows should be like...!

I think this is one of the best written shows on television today! The creators of this series are really in-tune with what a tv "series" should be like. They are not afraid to have really good character development.

But each episode is also great on its own! They have got an incredible blend of character development and action and intrigue all blended together in each episode (granted with differing amounts in each episode).

The cast is truly amazing at creating the complex relationships (so that you never see the "same old" interactions all the time). And each episode delves a little deeper into at least one character (and not just the main one or two characters, but there are six relatively majorly developed characters).

F r a n z

Anti-terrorism at its best on television

La Femme Nikita is a show for all the "secret agent" fans out there. With a well constructed on-going script, excellent believeable acting, and awesome settings. It's a show that I can't bear to miss every week. One of my all time favourite series'.

7peplinski

Excellent Show

This show is one of the few that I attempt to regularly tune into each week. I'm not a die hard fan analyzing every sentence/glance/breath of every character, but I certainly enjoy the show. A person who says this show has poor acting or poor character/plot development is most likely disappointed by every TV series and not being fair to the genre. This show says more with a moment of silence than most shows say in an hour of dialog. It is impossible for a show that has run as long as this one to dot every "i" and cross every "t", of course there will be holes. But by and large the show remains true to itself and at the top of it's genre. The acting and action are appropriate, the plot works well enough to be create a suspension of disbelief and the character development is the best I've witnessed from any long term series.

Thank you for creating a thoroughly entertaining show, I will miss it greatly after this season.

mjb1606

Great Show.

When "La Femme Nikita" premiered I thought the show would be a typically cheesey USA show: no plot, lots of naked women. To my surprise I genuinely think the show is among the best on TV.

The show's plots are complex and well-thought, taking the usual conventions of the action genre and turning them on their head. Even Peta Wilson, who looked like she was originally cast in the title role solely on her looks, has turned out to be a talented actress. She lends an emotional depth to the role of Nikita that is surprising.

Very good.

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Trivia
The series' original cancellation in 2000 was due to a dispute between Wilson and the producers of the show over Wilson being offered the role of Jean Grey in X-Men (2000) and asking to be released from her contract early so she could participate. The producers refused and Wilson refused to renew her contract. It would appear, this had Peta Wilson blacklisted for the rest of her "Hollywood" career.

Goofs
In the early episodes, Section would put a stick-up microphone/earpiece behind Nikita's earlobe, before leaving for a mission. This allowed her to communicate remotely with the base. As the series progressed, in further seasons, they didn't even try anymore; they couldn't be bothered to make it look credible---perhaps assuming viewers took that for granted---and the whole "sticking the silver circle behind Peta's earlobe" was given up. Then the production took their audiences for granted. The actress would just speak her lines as Nikita, while the visuals showed she had absolutely nothing behind her ears. The same for other remotely-speaking characters on a mission. Audiences were apparently expected to suspend disbelief, whenever Nikita was then whispering sans microphone/earpiece while out---often in a loud location such as a nightclub or party, which made no sense whatsoever---and her words were expected to be somehow magically relayed to Berkoff or Michael.

Quotes
Michael Samuelle: You still believe in free will? In here there's no such thing.

Alternate versions
Originally broadcast in Canada as "Nikita". Rebroadcasts in the US make use of the film title "La Femma Nikita." In 2001, new episodes were broadcast as "Nikita" while reruns were shown as "La Femme Nikita."