Maria Ricossa

It's obvious to everyone but the Campbell sisters that Dwayne, the hair care salesman, is interested in Novelette. Joy makes a pass at him and Nigel saves her from the humiliation of rejection by feigning his interest in her.

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.

Starr's secret that she was adopted by a white family is finally revealed when her mother comes to the salon, unannounced.

After hearing on the radio that a talk show host is holding a prominent politician hostage as revenge for a murder he thinks the man committed years ago, the SRU team races to rescue the politician by talking the host out of killing him live on-the-air.

Catherine Martin escapes to Carneys Point, N.J., to confront Buffalo Bill's mother, Lila Gumb (Maria Ricossa). When Ruth recruits Krendler and ViCAP to track her down, Clarice volunteers to be the one to find Catherine before she commits a vile act and becomes a monster herself. Also, Julia continues to assist the ViCAP team's investigation despite the huge personal risk.