I already have. I've decided he's going to recover. His will to live is very strong. Your will to save him has to be strong, too. I'll help you. Go back inside. Tell your colleagues to do the possible...then the impossible...and then the unthinkable, until he's out of danger. Because when you're finished, Doctor, that room will contain either four living men... or four corpses. Do you understand?
“New Regime” · Season 2, Episode 5
In this episode: Nikita (5), Madeline (3), Michael Samuelle (1), Seymour Birkoff (1)
Has Petrosian offered you my position yet?
Yes.
And what did you say?
If I say no, he's going to offer it to somebody else.
That's not the point.
What is the point?
The point is you don't have what it takes to do my job. And, if you try, you'll only end by destroying yourself.
Am I under orders to please you?
Of course….. not. He can make it easier for us. We could have the chance to spend more time together outside Section.
I wouldn't put too much trust in him.
Okay, well, if I'm dealing with the devil, it's because sometimes the devil is the only one open for business. But that's not the problem, is it? Michael, it bothers you that I have so much more power now. You don't like it. Maybe it even makes you a little...uncomfortable.
No.
Shall we just have a drink? No more games, no promises, just a drink.
Birkoff. I need a favor.
Personal favors are against regulations. Walter said we're all living by the book now, even Petrosian's little pet.
Wrong, Birkoff. Petrosian's little pet gets what she wants, or what they did to Walter will look like a foot massage compared with what I do to you if you mess with me.
I think it's pretty clear. Operations is a better choice than Petrosian.
Better for whom?
If you had doubts, why did you side with us?
Petrosian was willing to give me a life, as much as one can have inside Section. But in order to get it, I lied, I bullied, and, who knows, eventually I might have even… killed in cold blood. In other words, I found out what it's like to...to be you.
And you didn't like it.
No, I didn't.
Power is addictive, Nikita. You've had a taste. It's in your blood now.
You're wrong.
You'll be back. It's only a matter of time. But there'll be one difference. The next time… I'll be waiting for you.
PPetrosian
You can't have sympathy with another persons weakness. You must use the weakness to control the person.
Of course.
PPetrosian
Everyone has a weakness, whether it is status, love of praise, a lover, a mother. Or simply the desire to go on living. You find a weakness, you control the person. Do you understand?
I think I am beginning too...
PPetrosian
Good.
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