THURSDAY, March 3

"NIKITA" - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)

"Free" (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)

NIKITA HELPS ALEX ADJUST TO LIFE AS AN AGENT - Now an agent, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) gets a new apartment and is given a cover job. She meets her new neighbor Nathan (guest star Thad Luckenbill) who invites her to a party at his house. Nikita (Maggie Q) 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 (Aaron Stanford), Nikita stuns Ryan (guest star Noah Bean) by revealing a secret. Shane West also stars. Jonathan Glassner directed the episode written by Kalinda Vazquez (#112).