Episode 10: Spirit
After
being captured, Sydney awakens in a dingy cell. She is brought
to a torture room, but at the last moment, the interrogation
is halted...and Russek becomes the target of SD-6 suspicions...Instead,
he is the one tortured, and finally executed.
Sloane
confides in Sydney about the intercepted communication from
Switzerland, and that it turned out to be a message from Russek
to K-Directorate. And while Sydney is glad to be alive, she
is even more confused...She explains her narrow escape to
Vaughn, who has no explanation.
With Christmas
approaching, Vaughn gives Sydney a gift -- an antique frame.
This gesture arouses jealousy in Will, though he can't say
too much -- he has just begun an affair with Jenny, his assistant,
which Sydney knows all about
For her
next mission, Sydney is sent to Semba Island, just off the
coast of Kenya. SD-6 is still trying to track down Ineni Hassan,
and they believe that a forger on the island has created a
new identity for the rogue arms dealer. On the island, Sydney
discovers that Hassan has had plastic surgery, and now goes
under the name Nebseni Saad.
Sydney
hides this fact from SD-6, but Sloane already knows... He
then instructs Jack to go to Cuba, where Hassan/Saad is now
hiding. Sloane wants Hassan dead, though Vaughn proposes a
counter-mission. Jack is asked to make a deal with Hassan:
In exchange for Hassan's client list, Jack would then fake
Hassan's death, which would stop SD-6 in their pursuit...but
also allowing Hassan to pass into the CIA's hands.
Meanwhile,
Will studies the mysterious tape that was left in his car.
With help from his audio engineer friend, Nevil, Will is able
to discern some muffled dialogue. The person who killed Eloise
Kurtz said the name "SD-6," revealing another piece
to the puzzle...
Will
researches the name, but finds only a single reference...in
a transcript from a lawsuit against David McNeil, an expert
in computer encryption, who is now in jail for embezzlement.
Will question's the lawyer, Robert Stoller, who says that
McNeil only plead guilty after his wife killed herself, under
questionable circumstances.
Will
visits McNeil in jail, but the man seems genuinely scared
at the name "SD-6." Refuses to talk, he demands
that Will leave the lawyer alone. Now, Will is even more intrigued...
From
Vaughn, Sydney learns that her father doctored the SD-6 computer
logs. Jack made it appear that the intercepted communication
from Switzerland was actually sent by Russek to K-Directorate.
Vaughn then reveals that Jack is now being held captive by
Hassan in Cuba.
Secretly,
Sydney sets out to save her father. She is quickly captured,
and brought before Hassan, just as Jack is explaining his
unusual deal to the arms dealer. Hassan recognizes Sydney
as an SD-6 agent, but is unaware of her connection to Jack.
Tempted
by Jack's offer, Hassan needs him to prove that he is no longer
loyal to SD-6. As a test, Jack must kill the captured SD-6
agent. A gun is placed in Jack's hand...he takes aim directly
at his daughter...
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