Episode 17: Q & A
Sydney
wears a short-haired wig, and is behind the wheel of a big
American car, fleeing from a squad of police cars...Where
is she trying to go? ...And where did she escape from? The
high-speed pursuit ends on a pier, with Syd surrounded by
cops. With nowhere else to turn, she slams her foot to the
accelerator and plunges her car into the water...
We find
Sydney chained to a chair. It is a day earlier, and we are
in the moments immediately following the FBI taking her into
custody. FBI Special Officer Kendall now questions her, before
a team of interrogators... The CIA are out of the picture,
and the questioners are delving into Sydney's background,
and her connection to the Rambaldi prophecy. They ask her
to start from the beginning -- the very beginning.
She explains
how she was recruited by SD-6, trained at Credit Dauphine...and
in a painful moment, she must also relive SD-6's murder of
her fiancé, Daniel Hecht.
Sydney
explains how she learned the truth about SD-6 from her father...
She then joined forces with the CIA and became a double-agent.
She confirms much of what they already know -- that her father
is in the same situation, and that Arvin Sloane recruited
her, and brought her into a life of espionage...But which
does the FBI want to believe more -- Sydney's truth...or The
Prophecy?
Meanwhile,
Jack tells Vaughn that her cover with SD-6 will be destroyed
if she remains in FBI custody much longer...According to Rambaldi,
the woman in The Prophecy will never have seen Mt. Subasio
in Italy. Vaughn has a wild scheme to break her out of custody
and prove her innocence... Vaughn and Jack agree that she
must get to the mountain somehow. If successful, their action
would defy The Prophecy.
Through
a chance conversation, Vaughn learns that Haladki used to
be with the FBI. He asks Haladki about Sydney's location...
but gets no help.As
the questioning intensifies, Sydney talks about her mother
-- a deceitful woman who worked for years as a KGB spy...
and while being pursued by an FBI agent, she went off the
road, and disappeared with her car into a river...
Sydney
goes on to explain how her life as a double-agent works: SD-6
gives her a mission, then she meets with Vaughn who gives
her a CIA counter mission. She refers to the explosion at
Badenweiler, to illustrate how contradictory this situation
can be.
Jack uses
brute force and a deadly threat to force Haladki to divulge
Sydney's location. The daring plan is put into action... Jack,
Vaughn, and Weiss rescue her and explain the proposed solution
to the Rambaldi prophecy. Sydney is angry at first, as her
escape now makes her a fugitive... but she agrees to travel
to Mt. Subasio.
hen Haladki
learns of the rescue, he immediately knows who was behind
it. He discovers that four unmarked cars were taken out, and
reports these license plate numbers to the FBI.
Wearing
a short wig as a disguise, we find Sydney's drive to the airport
interrupted, when the police quickly give chase...And in an
ironic moment across town, Will and Francie watch the pursuit
on television, unaware that their best friend is the subject.
After
plunging the car into the water, Sydney has a burst of insight...
and breathes the oxygen from the tires. She stays submerged
for over ten minutes -- long enough get away.
Before
boarding the plane, she meets with her father and reveals
how she escaped. And, if Sydney managed to fool the police
this way, couldn't her mother have done the same...?
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THE
PROPHECY:
"This
woman here depicted will possess unseen marks. Signs
that she will be the one to bring forth my works. Bind
them with fury. A burning anger, unless prevented. At
vulgar cost, this woman will render the greatest power
unto utter desolation. This woman, without pretense,
will have had her effect, never having seen the beauty
of my sky behind Mt. Subasio. Perhaps a single glance
would have quelled her fire."
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