Did this headline get your attention? Good. Because executive producer Craig Silverstein has a lot to say about upcoming storylines on Nikita. For starters:

“Alex will be graduating from recruit to full Division agent, but it will come at a terrible cost,” Silverstein teased to EW. “After our winter break hiatus, there will be a major shift in the show as Nikita and Alex will be working together on the OUTSIDE... Like Nikita before her, Alex will be out in the real world, with her own apartment, wardrobe, and car.”

That's not all Alex will be getting.

Thad Luckinbill - who actually played Lyndsy Fonseca’s love interest on The Young and the Restless - will debut on January 27 as... Alex's new love interest.

(Brendan Fehr - Roswell, Bones - will also guest star in February.)

As for this show's title character? Take it away, Silverstein:

“We will reveal the location and origin of Nikita’s lair, and yes - we’ll learn where she got all her ‘money.’ [Also], Nikita and Michael’s relationship will take another turn, bringing them closer in an unexpected way.”

Finally, the producer has this spoiler to keep fans interested into 2011: “There will be sex.  On this show.  Finally.”

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