Free

Nikita
Season 1, Episode 12
Episode	12
Air date	January 27, 2011.
Written by	Kalinda Vazquez
Directed by	Jonathan Glassner
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Free is the twelfth episode of Season One and the series.

Synopsis

Now an agent, Alex gets a new apartment and is given a cover job. She meets her new neighbor Nathan who invites her to a party at his house. Nikita warns Alex about getting too involved with people but Alex struggles between her duties at Division and living a normal life. Nikita realizes Division has implanted a kill chip in Alex's head and sets out to gain control of the chip. While interrogating Birkhoff, Nikita stuns Ryan by revealing a secret.

Cast

Main Cast Maggie Q as Nikita Mears Shane West as Michael Lyndsy Fonseca as Alexandra Udinov Aaron Stanford as Seymour Birkhoff Melinda Clarke as Amanda Xander Berkeley as Percival Rose Tiffany Hines as Jaden Ashton Holmes as Thom (hallucination)

Guest Cast Noah Bean as Ryan Fletcher Thad Luckinbill as Nathan Colville Eliana Jones as Young Alex Vieslav Krystyan as Nikolai Udinov Co-Starring Maria Ricossa as Barbara Harrison Cyrus Aazam as Kendrick Sabryn Rock as Lisa

Plot

TBA

Gallery

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Featured music

• Life for Rent - Dido

Trivia

• This is the last episode to credit and feature Ashton Holmes as Thom.
• This is the first episode to feature Nathan Colville, who will become a recurring character this season.
• This is the first episode to feature Nikolai Udinov, who will become a recurring character in flashbacks.