Devon Sawa now a series regular for NIKITA season 3

The CW's Nikita promoted someone for a series regular.

After the surprising death of evil mastermind Percie on the season 2 finale, the creators of the always-on-the-bubble spy drama from The CW decided to take their game up a notch.

Devon Sawa, who plays the former Guardian of the black box Owen Elliot, will be joining the ass -kickin' casts of Nikita on its third season.

Owen has been appearing on the show since season 1 as a recurring character only.

Looks like we will see more of that undeniable Nikita-Owen sexual chemistry and therefore, a probable threat to the Michael-Nikita love affair.

Immediately after the end of the second season, the people behind NIKITA also bumped Noah Bean, who plays the good hearted CIA agent Ryan Fletcher, as a series regular.

The third season of NIKITA is set to premiere on October 19, 2012 only on The CW.

Are you happy and satisfied with this? Or Owen is far better as a recurring character who comes up once in a while.