Nicole Reed is a member of the Box Canyon Commune, led by Eli. She divorced Geoffrey, a fellow commune member, two years ago. She explains that she used to be a trust fund kid and nothing meant anything to her until she discovered commune life, which allowed her to get in touch with her spiritual side and be at peace.
One day, Nicole makes a rare trip to the city to meet Dan Cooper, an Internal Affairs officer at the SBPD with some questions about the commune. She instead unknowingly witnesses his murder and hurries to the police station, where no one is inclined to believe some "crazy hippie girl". Gus is immediately attracted to her, though, and makes a move. Nicole finds his energy soothing and takes him and Shawn to the commune, where the two lovebirds grow ever closer. They break up, however, when Eli is outed as a thief and a killer and Gus declines Nicole's invitation to come along with her to India for the ultimate spiritual experience.
Trivia[]
- She says Cooper had "a very heavy presence" when he was murdered.
- She knows how to read palms.
- She has a secret Facebook account that she has to keep hidden from the rest of the commune.
- Lassiter refers to Nicole as Janis Joplin, a hippie rock star of the 1960s known for her drug abuse.