EPISODE

4. Pay-Off

Jones benches Amanda and takes back the reigns of the operation. He calls Nikita and offers her and the entire team complete freedom by wiping away their identities and faking their deaths if they walk away from their mission. The team lands the plane on a secluded Pakistan air strip, but when the local drug czar and his men storm the plane and demand ten million dollars, so Nikita calls Alex for the money. After Alex pulls diamonds out of a safe deposit box to pay the insurgents, Sam sees an opportunity to recoup his losses and contemplates stealing the diamonds. Meanwhile, Michael comes face-to-face with an old adversary, Ramon, who hits Michael with some hard truths.

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Jones calls Nikita and offers her and the team complete freedom by wiping away their identities and faking their deaths, only if they quit their mission. After Nikita refuses his offer, Jones decides to stick to the plan and send a missile from Pakistan to the United States. The team lands the plane on a secluded Pakistan air strip, but a local drug czar and his men storm the plane and demand a bribe of ten million dollars, so Nikita calls Alex for money. In Zurich, Switzerland, Alex attempts to take the money.

After she pulls diamonds out of a safe deposit box, Sam sees an opportunity to recoup his losses and contemplates stealing the diamonds, leaving Alex in danger. While leaving Alex in the hotel, he sees that someone is sent to kill Alex, so he returns to save her. Alex realizes that Sam is a threat. Michael confronts an old adversary, Ramon, who is also used by The Shop. Meanwhile, Birkhoff gets a message from his father who helps them in finding The Shop's location. The team goes to Dubai to stop The Shop, who decide to send the missile there. During the attack, Amanda feigns her death.

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