Episode 21: Rendezvous
When SD-6
agents break up the diamonds-for-ampule exchange in Denpassar,
Vaughn lobs a flash grenade into the courtyard. Sydney tries
to escape and injures her shoulder while fighting Dixon...and
she still wears a veil, so he has no idea that he's battling
his own partner...
Vaughn
handcuffs Sark to a gate and recovers the ampule. Weiss, who
has been monitoring the situation via remote, demands that
his partner stay with the captive. Vaughn, however, disobeys
CIA orders and leaves his post, in order to rescue Sydney...
Moments later he returns to find that Sark has disappeared...
Meanwhile,
Jack is determined to find the identity of "Deep Throat."
He instructs Will to tell the mysterious source that he knows
all about "the circumference"...and that he wants
a meeting.
In London,
Sloane meets with the Alliance, and threatens to resign if
they won’t let his cancer-stricken wife die in peace.
But he is surprised to discover that the Alliance knows all
about Edward Poole’s deception, as well as the truth
behind the murder of Jean Briault... Ultimately, the members
decide to let Emily live, as her death appears to be imminent.
When Sydney
returns to SD-6, she learns that Sark has been apprehended.
Dixon is suspicious of her absence and notices her injured
shoulder...
Over a
glass of expensive wine, Sloane proposes to Sark that if he
will help SD-6 find Khasinau, his life will be spared. Sark
agrees...
Vaughn
has a new dilemma at the CIA, when Weiss chastises him for
having let Sark escape. Vaughn’s feelings for Sydney
are clouding his judgment, and jeopardizing both of their
jobs.
For their
next mission, Sydney and Dixon must go to a Paris nightclub,
where Sark will deliver the ampule to Khasinau...and during
the meeting, Dixon will steal pages of a Rambaldi manuscript
from a safe.
To crack
the safe’s encryption mechanism, Sydney will need to
monitor Khasinau’s heartbeat with a special ring [from
Marshall, of course], which will then transmit the pulse to
Dixon’s cellphone -- who will then be able to open the
sophisticated safe.
Meanwhile,
Will establishes a meeting with "Deep Throat." A
location is set... Paris... and Jack will monitor the conversation
using a hidden microphone in Will’s jacket.
Before
Paris, Vaughn gives Sydney her countermission -- to deliver
the real Rambaldi pages to the CIA and give fakes to SD-6.
But she senses that he is being unusually blunt ... possibly
cold with her, and she now wonders why he is acting so oddly.
In the
Paris club, Sydney assumes one of her sexiest identities...a
vamp-like cabaret singer. While performing from the audience,
she holds her hand on Khasinau’s chest long enough to
record his heartbeat... face to face with the one man who
can also help her find her mother...
Moments
later, she spots Will with Deep Throat’s men, being escorted
through the nightclub at gunpoint... She interrupts the interrogation,
flies into action and overpowers the armed men... Will is
alarmed -- he has never seen Sydney like this -- and they
escape to Jack’s car. She is furious with her father
for involving Will, until Jack explains how this unknown informant
has been trying to expose SD-6 publicly...
During
the night, Dixon recalls the mission to Mt. Aconcagua... and
Sydney having used the code name "Freelancer" on
a satellite phone. When he asks about her injured shoulder,
she explains that she fell while hiking, but he is suspicious...
Sloane
explains that despite the chaos in Paris, they can still track
Sark because of a substance added to the wine...In a private
moment, Sloane thanks Sydney for not reporting Emily’s
breach of security...he even expresses his own regret for
having Danny Hecht terminated.
Will is
moved to a CIA safehouse... Vaughn says that he may need to
enter the Witness Protection Program for safety...or even
be recruited.
Later,
at the hospital, Emily learns that her cancer is in remission,
but Sloane doesn’t know how to react. How will he convince
the Alliance to let her live?
A team
of SD-6 agents track Sark to his location, hoping to find
Khasinau as well. Instead, they find a room with medical equipment.
Using a blood transfusion to hide his trail, Sark is somewhere
else... the CIA safehouse. And when Will opens the door, Sark
fires...at point-blank range..
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