Division decides to test Alex's interrogation skills with an Egyptian terrorist. She's too soft on him, and he nearly strangles her. Percy notices that Michael seems a little soft on Alex, judging by his tender ministrations when she's hurt. Later, Alex and all the recruits (minus Jaden -- woo!) are on a bus headed for a shooting range when the terrorists hijack the bus. Alex and Thom are kidnapped. Alex is tortured for information, but it turns out it's all a part of Division's test. The terrorists are all agents, including the one Alex "interrogated" earlier. While Percy, Michael and the rest watch, Alex seemingly gives up Division info, goes nuts when she's shown Thom's "dead" body, shoots her captor, and escapes into the world beyond. Percy sends Michael to "fix" the situation. Alex immediately calls Nikita from a pay phone.
Nikita's been busy with Hot Owen from the last episode. He spends some time trying to escape and a lot more time just lying around naked. Nikita eventually earns his trust when she tells him the story of how her fiancé Daniel was killed. Owen realizes he was the one who killed Daniel. He first gives up the location of that black box he's got hidden and then confesses to Daniel's murder. Nikita is devastated. Owen wants her to kill him, but this is when she gets that call from Alex, so she can't deal with him just yet. When she leaves, Owen escapes to go dig up the black box himself, after first looking like he's going to kill himself with an overdose of morphine. Damn, that was tense.
Nikita goes to rescue Alex, but Michael shows up before she can do anything. Michael begs Alex to trust him when he says he won't let Percy hurt her. He returns her to Division, where Percy orders her killed. Michael seems more than happy to oblige, much to Alex's horror, but it turns out Percy was just testing him and cancels the cancelling. Michael later tells Alex that he knew he was being tested and knew she was in no real danger. Does she believe him? We'll see. Throughout the episode, there are flashbacks that reveal the truth about Alex's parents: Division killed them, and Nikita hid a young Alex to keep her from meeting the same fate. Nikita's revealing of this is when Alex decided to team up with her against Division, thus filling in that little gap in our knowledge. Stay tuned for the full weecap for the rest of the gaps.
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