Episode 14: The Coup
After
the assault on SD-6 by an unnamed organization, Sydney discovers
that rivals FTL were attacked and wiped out, and their leader
executed -- on exactly the same date.
The impact
of another, priceless Rambaldi artifact being stolen has profound
influence upon Sloane, who also explains that this unknown
group has contacted K-Directorate, proposing to share information.
SD-6's objective is to determine the time and location of
the meeting between K-Directorate and the mystery group, and
Sydney and Dixon will be sent to Las Vegas to plant a listening
device on a K-Directorate agent.
When Sydney
tells her roommate, Francie, about her upcoming "business
trip," she and her fiancé, Charlie, are inspired
to go to Vegas themselves -- though Sydney tries to dissuade
them from this particular voyage...
Meanwhile,
David McNeil explains to Will that he installed a back-door
program in the software that he developed. Following McNeil's
instructions, Will sneaks into the headquarters of the company
where McNeil once worked. He is able to recover and download
a "digital guestbook" of everyone who has been using
McNeil's software -- the next clue in Will's quest for the
truth about SD-6.
On campus,
a student tells Sydney that she had been dating Charlie, but
they had broken up. Unbeknownst to the student, she was dating
Charlie at the same time as Francie was. Sydney is stunned,
as Charlie has been engaged to Francie for some time. But
before she can tell Francie the news, Sydney must leave for
Las Vegas.
Upon arrival,
Sydney enters the casino, disguised as a cocktail waitress.
To her dismay, Francie and Charlie have chosen the same casino.
She narrowly avoids them, barely maintaining her cover...
Meanwhile,
Dixon masquerades as a Jamaican diplomat and enters a poker
game with the K-Directorate agent...and Sydney, who has hacked
into the surveillance system, can see the cards of all the
players.
Dixon
taunts the K-Directorate agent into wagering his ring -- which
he intends to switch for an identical one containing a listening
device. But while Sydney is feeding Dixon information, she
sees Charlie and Francie in the casino wedding chapel on a
different CCTV monitor...
In a daring
gamble, Sydney leaves Dixon unattended, and races to the chapel.
In private, she warns Charlie that if he doesn't confess,
she will tell Francie about the affair. After stopping the
quickie-wedding, Sydney returns to her post as Dixon switches
the rings.
Moments
later, the casino alerts their guards that Dixon is an imposter.
Exercising
quick thinking and reflexes, Sydney takes down the casino
guards and helps Dixon escape.
With the
aid of the bug, Sloane has learned the location of the meeting
between K-Directorate and the unknown group. He issues Sydney
and Dixon to go to Russia to eavesdrop...and Sydney makes
plans to exchange info with Vaughn, at a private meeting at
Griffith Park. Vaughn also shares how much he'd like to be
able to say yes, to becoming part of her personal life some
day...
In Moscow,
the clandestine meeting takes place at night, in a desolate
office building with blown-out windows... and a gentleman
known only as Mr. Sark negotiates to buy the Rambaldi artifact
from K-Directorate. But when his offer is declined, the leader
of K-Directorate is killed by his own bodyguard, and a remaining
lieutenant is left to finish the negotiation.
He agrees
to Sark's deal, while Sydney observes, suspended from a military-style
harness, dangling outside the window. But when her foot accidentally
knocks debris to the ground, this alerts the guard below...and
Sydney hangs precariously from the side of the building as
a machine gun fires away at her...
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