The season finale received a 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series".

[1] During February and March 2010, Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Xander Berkeley, Tiffany Hines, Melinda Clarke, Aaron Stanford and Ashton Holmes were all cast to star in Nikita.

[29] Former president and chairman of Marvel Comics Stan Lee made a cameo appearance in the episode "The Guardian" after he and lead actress Q met at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.

[31] While presenting its 2010–11 season schedule on May 21, 2010, The CW officially confirmed the pick-up of the series and announced its intention to air Nikita after The Vampire Diaries on Thursday nights.

[39][40] The first season begins with Alex being brought to Division from Death row after a deliberately botched robbery attempt.

Alex also meets Percy, Division's leader, and Michael, Nikita's former mentor and romantic interest, who trains the recruits.

Michael has been told by Percy to kill Nikita on sight, although he frequently shows mild affection towards her by letting her go.

In the meantime they find out that Birkhoff, the computers expert, has a transmitter planted in his tooth, presumably put there by Nikita.

For her graduation test from Division, Alex is tasked with killing the leader of a crime syndicate, but her mission goes wrong.

Now able to live in the outside world, Alex meets her next door neighbor named Nathan, who she forms a relationship with.

Nikita helps Michael to find Kasim Tariq, the man who murdered his wife and daughter.

[43] The season finale received a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, which result is still pending.