While in prison, Ryan (recurring guest star NOAH BEAN) discovers patterns that reveal how Oversight gets its funding. Ryan arranges a meeting with Nikita to fill her in, but Amanda intercepts their coded messages to each other & alerts Oversight, who sends in one of their own to interrogate Ryan. Nikita & Michael scramble to break Noah out of prison before Oversight gets to him. Meanwhile, Alex is being tailed by Gogol, & comes face to face with someone from her past.