The CW has released the official description and promotional stills for the first episode of Nikita‘s third season, entitled “3.0.”
KSiteTV has the official description and photos:
NEW DIVISION. NEW LEADERSHIP — Ryan (Noah Bean) takes charge of Division with Nikita (Maggie Q) by his side. Their first mission under the new regime is to bring in “The Dirty Thirty,” the rogue agents who failed to respond to the Division recall after Percy was killed. Unfortunately, their first mission doesn’t go as planned and Michael (Shane West) is arrested, forcing Nikita to change gears and hatch an escape plan for him. Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) reprises her alter ego, the spoiled Russian princess Alexandra Udinov, in a very unique way as part of the plan to spring Michael. Meanwhile, Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) struggles to maintain a working relationship with Sonya (guest star Lyndie Greenwood), despite his growing attraction to her. Eagle Egilsson directed the episode written by Craig Silverstein (#301).
The episode description sets up one of the main goals for the third season: rounding up the “Dirty Thirty” rogue Division agents. This gives the show the opportunity to have a bad guy a week as the members of the new Division track down the rogue agents while working to clean up Percy’s mess. What it doesn’t tell us, though, is how Amanda is going to fit into the framework of the season, and we know she won’t be keeping her head down for long.
Meanwhile, Mikita romance is in the air in the promo photos below. Besides Michael and Nikita, we also get our first looks at Ryan and Birkhoff. Alex and Sean are notably missing.
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Nikita season 3 premieres Friday, October 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET.