An all-new episode of Nikita, "Covenants," airs Thursday on the CW after The Vampire Diaries. Both pick up where they left off, which seems like an eternity ago.

Michael confronts Nikita with key information this week on the show's return, telling our heroine she has 24 hours to track down the man who killed his family.

As you can see, Nikita is playing hardball with Michael ...

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