Here we are: the Nikita season finale, picking up where "Invisible Hand" left off. In true Nikita season finale fashion, "Til Death Do Us Part" is an hour full of major twists and turns, jumping the show's narrative forward in a major way yet again. Whether or not it pays off is a matter of preference.

The show opens with a bang - literally - as Nikita has apparently shot the President in the head in the Oval Office. Because she could totally do that unnoticed without a ton of Secret Service agents swarming her. Uh...anyway, twelve hours earlier, she's wandering around an empty Division wh...

As Nikita wraps up its third season (and prepares for its final run sometime next year), it's time to meet a talented actress who was with the show at the beginning. Eliana Jones played the young Alexandra Udinov, and went on to be one of the players in Netflix's horror series Hemlock Grove. BFTV recently chatted with Eliana to find out more about both roles - and also more about this up-and-coming young actress.

The Canadian native came to acting after spending six years as a gymnast, when her mother took her to an acting class. "I went and I decided this would be really interesting and I...

The CW this morning announced its fall schedule - biggest news from the network included a new spinoff from "The Vampire Diaries," titled "The Originals," as well as some time slot changes that include "Supernatural" and "Hart of Dixie." Also big news for CW fans, it was announced that "Nikita" will be entering its final season with six episodes starting midseason.

The following below is the press release from CW as well as its new primetime schedule:

“We had a terrific season last year, growing our audience on-air, digitally and socially.  Now we are building on that success by continuin...

This week's Nikita has a title that sounds like a low-budget horror movie. Thankfully, this is Nikita, which means it's of much better quality than a low-budget horror movie. Unsurprisingly, it sets up a major finale that aims to be a springboard for things bigger, badder and more breathtaking.

Ominous music swells as Nikita walks across a mostly abandoned parking lot and retrieves the keys to a car. Once she gets inside, she has a video conference with an associate named Henry, who tells her that he can't identify the hitman who was with Amanda previously. This does not make Nikita happy ...

Following Alex's implosion last week, there are only three episodes of Nikita left for the team to pull themselves together - and for the show to hopefully secure a fourth season from The CW. "High-Value Target" is not really the way to go about either of those things.

We're going to flashbacks yet again, as in 2005 Michael debriefs Nikita on the operation that we've already seen looks back at during season one, in which she took out the head of a major drug cartel. It turns out this is film that's being watched by an associate of said drug dealer, after still-evil Owen gave it to him. He'...

So things went down at Division in last week's Nikita. Many things were broken, feelings were hurt, and a regular cast member died, although we pretty much saw that one coming. It was pretty entertaining, though it wasn't all that epic, either. Now what?

Nikita goes running through the halls of Division to find out that Ryan has woken up from his coma - which is good, because he's got a lot of work to do. He's dumbfounded as everyone else takes him to survey the damage in Operations. Michael tells him that there are only fourteen people left in Division, and there were nine casualties, inc...

Owen Elliot was sorely missed in last week's episode of Nikita, but never fear because Devon Sawa is back in "Masks" and his character is even more of a badass than before - after the show runs him through the wringer, that is.

Yet there's some unfinished business to take care of first. After a certain someone was shot previously, an enraged Nikita is on the warpath, interrogating rogue agent Rachel as the other woman takes the fall for Alex pulling the trigger. Watching the conversation alongside Sean, Alex still sounds like a little bit of a disaffected robot. Not that Sean notices.

All...

Ever since Michael lost his hand on Nikita, there's been talk about him getting it back. In that sense, "Tipping Point" is way overdue. Yet while it accomplishes some things we've been waiting for, it also telegraphs the rest of its punches.

The episode opens with Michael making nice with an office building receptionist in order to steal her keycard so that he can steal a hard drive. Nikita is amused by his tactics, and he explains to her that he's been chasing after former Division psuedo-mad scientist Heidecker, who's now in Cincinnati. Could whatever Heidecker's working on now help Mich...

After two seasons of fighting outside forces, the biggest foe in Nikita's third season is starting to be Team Nikita themselves - although the White House isn't far behind after this episode.

The President of Chad (guest star Jonathan Adams, from Bones and who kind of already played this type of character as Kamba in Burn Notice) meets with his CIA handler in a dark alley and kills him. In case you didn't know he was a bad guy, Ryan explains that to Team Nikita, saying that President Pierre is heading to a party to make a sweetheart deal with the Russians. "You're talking about another ass...

When last we left Nikita, Ari Tasarov's son Stefan was a big talking point - so it should surprise no one that this week, Stefan (now grown and played by Dylan Minnette from NBC's underappreciated Awake) is in some serious trouble.

Ari (who looks a lot better than we left him) is still answering Nikita's questions about his ex-girlfriend Amanda. Apparently Amanda felt insulted when Nikita had a gun pointed at her and decided to let her live. Ari asks Nikita if she regrets not pulling the trigger, and she doesn't answer him.

Elsewhere, Stefan is leaving school, cracking jokes about his par...

One of the best aspects of the second season of Nikita was the increased presence of veteran actor Peter Outerbridge as villain Ari Tasarov. An episode with Ari as one of the major players is both welcome and impressive.

It opens like a bad joke: a former Russian spy walks into a bar. Then the bartender goes into the back and tells his mysterious friends that the down-and-out Russian spy is there. Cut to Michael breaking the news to the whole of Division. Nikita wants to know why Amanda isn't with her better half. This cues another cut to the Wicked Witch herself, who's listening to her ne...

This week's Nikita opens with a reminder that Michael is missing a hand. Apparently, Nikita is still thinking about that, because she's still sleeping alone. And Birkhoff's still thinking about it, because he's searching for Heidecker (guest star John Billingsley, Star Trek: Enterprise, Suits). The nerd recruits how the man saw Division's agents as "lab rats" and he's found the next one: an evil diplomat named Kosta, who lost his leg when the CIA tried to kill him and somehow has it back thanks to Division's mad scientist.

Nikita wants to bring Heidecker back to Division in order to give M...

This week's Nikita is slightly reminiscent of last week's episode: after chasing a Cleaner down to Mexico, now Nikita and Owen are in pursuit of another one, who really can't let his ex-wife go. No, literally, he's holding her hostage.

Nikita is wandering around an art gallery, snarkily remarking on how its entire inventory is stolen, before she introduces the art dealer Angela to her boss - who happens to be played by Owen. While he attempts to distract the art dealer and struggles at it, Michael directs Nikita elsewhere, so that she can break into a safe.

Unfortunately, Owen's horrible ...

Devon Sawa is kicking behind and taking names. As Owen Elliot, the former "Guardian" turned good guy on The CW's Nikita, he's putting bad guys and rogue agents in their place on a weekly basis. Yesterday, he took time out from saving the day to chat with BFTV about what's ahead for his character.

Devon first appeared in the season one episode "The Guardian," came back multiple times through season two, and now in season three, he's joined the regular cast. How does he feel about the promotion? "I'm so happy," he said. "I don't know if Owen was supposed to go on, but I was surprised and exc...

After some serious things went down in last week's Nikita - namely, Michael lost a hand, continuing Shane West's tradition of not being able to get through a TV show with all of his character's body parts - there's a lot to deal with.

It's been three weeks since the last episode, and a still understandably cranky Michael gets a new robo-hand, courtesy of Birkhoff, who makes a Six Million Dollar Man joke that no one gets. Nikita tries to convince Michael to "work through" things, adding that she wants him to come home. Michael brushes this off, and he's entitled to be a little distant, cons...

The CW's Nikita is back, and the series doesn't overlook all the juicy information it dropped at the end of its last episode. Picking up after the winter finale 'The Sword's Edge' by not long at all, 'Intersection' opens with Amanda (Melinda Clarke), now sporting red highlights, meeting with an operative in a dark alley (where else?) while Nikita (Maggie Q) tries to crash the party.

Back at Division, Sonya (Lyndie Greenwood) - previously revealed as Amanda's mole in the reconstituted agency - tells Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) that she tipped off Amanda, which means Nikita's walking into a tr...

Nikita's midseason finale is one with a bang. Arms dealer Cyrus (Old Spice commercial star Isaiah Mustafa) is surprised to see Nikita wak into his business deal. He congratulates her and Michael on their engagement but gets uncomfortable when she says she wants Amanda as a wedding present.

Amanda is watching the news reports of the death of the President of Uzbekistan with Anne in their new lair. The pair get a message from their mole in Division - and Birkhoff and Sonia watch it happen.

During his interrogation, Cyrus tells Michael and Nikita that life as a rogue agent is a lot bet...

When last audiences saw the characters of Nikita three weeks ago, they were dealing with the returns of Owen, Amanda and Ari. Their situation is not improving.

As the action of 'The Sword's Edge' begins, rogue agent Edward (guest star Jonathan Goad) is questioning Division's motives before revealing himself to the people of Uzbekistan as their newly-elected leader Markov. Ryan sums it up thusly: "One of the Dirty Thirty is the leader of a foreign country."

He declares that a move needs to be made on Edward/Markov when he heads their way for a scheduled visit to the White House, and...

'Consequences' is the Nikita episode fans have been waiting for since the start of Season 3 - with the returns of Owen (Devon Sawa, now a series regular) and Amanda (Melinda Clarke), it's almost like another season premiere.

The former is discovered in a Russian prison, where an agent named Anne is sent to obtain his release in exchange for the location of "the device." When Owen doesn't go peacefully, he gets knocked out and winds up in the back of her van. When he comes to, he attacks Anne again and succeeds in driving the van off the road, allowing him to make his escape.

While ...

The third episode of Nikita's third season again plays with the ideas of belief and skepticism, as Nikita and company contend with a Division agent who is willing to die for what she believes in - which is not anything that falls in line with the new precepts of Division.

It seems that the no longer so shadowy government agency still has one active mission on its books. Undercover Division agent Mia (Scottie Thompson, previously on NCIS) is about to have a really bad day, as she's arrested by the FBI with Ryan. Ryan explains to Nikita, Michael and Sean that Mia was inside a terr...

This week's Nikita could be classified as a 'very special episode,' with all the connotations that entails. It begins as someone's breaking into an Army research lab, and it's not Nikita. She's busy admiring the engagement ring that Michael gave to her last week, and talking to Alex about whether or not she'll ever become a mother.

Her fiancee, on the other hand, is finding out from Ryan that the "psycho" in charge of training recruits before him, Wade (Chance Kelly), was the guy breaking into the Army research lab.

When Michael and Nikita track down Wade's former residence in Bo...

The CW's Nikita launched its third season last week, and it's markedly different from season one or season two. What should you be keeping your eye on in Division? Here's the short list.

1. A renewed emphasis on characters' personal lives. Nikita has been building up the non-spy aspects of the show since the end of season one, and in season three, relationships are now a pretty big part of the picture. In the premiere, Michael (Shane West) proposed to Nikita (Maggie Q) - and tonight another character will ask Nikita about her feelings toward having kids.

Then there's the budding relatio...

For the second year in a row, Nikita starts its season in a completely different place than it began the one before. Nikita has achieved her goal of taking down the unscrupulous assassin factory Division - but what happens to both the characters and the series itself after she's reached the objective the show was built on?

'3.0' - not to be confused with the second episode of the first season, '2.0' - opens in Hong Kong, where two guys are having one of those Secret Meetings In A Park that ends with one of them poisoning the other one. The murderer is on new Division boss Ryan Fl...

As audiences prepare for the third season of The CW's Nikita, Warner Home Video has released Nikita: The Complete Second Season on DVD and Blu-Ray. Look no further for an examination of the four-disc Blu-Ray edition.

The second season of Nikita itself was a mixed bag. After a surprising and incredibly strong first run, the show took some major leaps and bounds with season two, some of which worked and some of which didn't. To the delight of the fans, an emphasis was placed on the evolving relationship between Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West), and the actors were strong thro...

It's that time of year again. Television fans have appointments with their couches as the fall season kicks off this month with tons of returning favorites and new shows. DVRs will be working overtime as viewers record their must-see-TV programs and talk about them later at the watercooler.

Check out the premiere dates of the new season (brand new shows are indicated with italics and by *). All times are eastern unless otherwise indicated.

Monday, September 10
The Voice 8 p.m. NBC

Tuesday, September 11
Go On 9 p.m. NBC *
The New Normal 9:30 p.m. NBC *
Parenthood 10 p.m. NBC

Wednesday, ...

Think it's too early to remake films from the 1990s? Think again. Total Recall, the sci-fi action hit from 1990, has the spotlight once again as its remake hits theaters this weekend. In honor of the occasion we took a look at films from the 1990s that have been repurposed - we use that word, because half of these films are ideas lifted from other countries.

Bangkok Dangerous: Nicolas Cage's production company purchased the right to a remake of a 1999 Thai shoot-em-up of the same name. Basically, Cage goes to Bangkok and kills a lot of people. The film was thrashed in reviews, but it sti...

This week's Nikita takes us to Norway, where Percy and Roan are visiting a CIA "black site" in order to visit one nasty prisoner: Nicholas Brandt (Rick Ravanello). After having Nikita capture Brandt five years earlier, Percy is ready to set him free and sic him on her now. Yes, it's another case of history coming back into the present - the theme that's run through the entire second season.

After the last revelatory episode, everyone thinks it's going to be smooth sailing, but if it was, that would be a terribly uninteresting show. "It's like you guys need some kind of life and d...

Last week, Nikita finally bumped off the much-maligned Sergei Semak, so it's no surprise that this week, Amanda and Ari (Peter Outerbridge) move to fill the void.

Action begins outside a DARPA research facility, where an unfortunate staffer ends up shot dead after swiping a nasty-looking device for an enigmatic woman. Michael explains to Birkhoff (and the audience) that the device synthesizes a rare isotope and allegedly "represents the future of clean energy." Nikita recognizes the shooter as a Division agent. It's up to the team to find her and retrieve the device.

Michael and N...

This week's Nikita marks the third appearance of my least favorite character: foreign dignitary/Michael's baby mama/MI6 agent/Gogol mole Cassandra (Helena Mattsson). Unlike the first two, though, this one's pretty good.

The episode opens in London, where Cassandra is meeting Ari (Peter Outerbridge). He's handing her a new assignment that seems to momentarily throw her. Alex clues Michael and Nikita into the fact that Cassandra is a mole, causing Michael to blow a gasket. He breaks stuff and then decides to get his son back. (Wouldn't Shane West be awesome if he was in a movie like...

After a month of reruns, we finally get three new episodes of Nikita. This one's packed full of action, if not necessarily big surprises, although there is one unpleasant one in the final minutes.

Division has seen four agents killed in three days, which has made Amanda very unhappy, and the lower-level agents disgruntled. Michael and Birkhoff bring this information to Nikita, with Michael insistent that the targeted agents were members of a task force Percy had him assemble to deal with Gogol. "Not again with the rescuing and the saving of the enemy!" Birkhoff protests, but Nikita ...