Sympathy For The Devil

what happens

Operation calls Michael and Nikita out on a favor, he orders them to protect a Vietnam vet by the name of Willie Cain, a man who is now little more than a drifter and a bum, from the thugs who are out to get him in a deal gone bad. Operations believes that he would not have survived capture and torture in Vietnam without Willie's help. What Nikita and Michael don't know is that they are embarking on a mission that will mix them up with Operations' Vietnamese torturer, Fan Van Lin, Carlo Bonaventure the head of a Mafia Crime Family. Meanwhile, Birkoff develops a sudden interest in how he became part of Section, the place he has been in all his life. An interest leads him to the discovery of an unknown twin brother, and a duplicitous history involving Walter.

who made it

directed

Brad Turner

written

Lawrence Hertzog

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Stephen McHattie as Willie Kane
• James Purcell as Carlos Bonaventure
• Russell Yuen as Tran Van Lin