Michael goes to Uzbekistan to kill Kasim Tariq, the man who murdered his family. Nikita follows him there and offers to help. When Percy realizes she's there, he sends in a team of Division agents, who botch the hit, leading to Michael being kidnapped by Kasim.
Nikita comes to rescue him, but Kasim has already disappeared. Michael and Nikita learn that Kasim is trying to catch a flight to Yemen. Michael wants to kill Kasim, and ditches Nikita when she objects that he will die in the attempt. Nikita alerts the airport security to stop and therefore save Michael.
Michael returns to Divison, angry at Nikita for stopping him from killing Kasim, and tells Percy that he never should have trusted Nikita.
Meanwhile, Jaden catches Alex snooping around in Division medical and Alex blackmails her to keep quiet.
Tropes
- Blackmail: How Alex stops Jaden from telling on her.
- Dating Catwoman: When watching Michael and Nikita flirt over sniper rifles and mission details one would be forgiven to forget that they are enemies.
- Death by Origin Story: As soon as Michaels wife Elizabeth and their daughter Haley show up in the flashbacks it's clear that they'll die soon enough.
- It's Personal: Between Michael and Kasim, given that they used to be friends until Kasim killed Michaels family.
- The Lost Lenore: Michael joins the ranks of characters on this show to have one, in his case his late wife Elizabeth.
- Regretful Traitor: Kasim seems to genuily regret the death of Michaels wife and daughter.
- Revenge Before Reason: Michael knows that going after Kasim at the airport is suicide and tries to do it anyway.
- Status Quo Is God: Nikita stops Michael from getting revenge. Therefore, he now hates her and will continue to try and stop her.
