Episode 13: After Six
2/15/2004
At the CIA, the team discusses info gleaned from Lisenker,
the Covenant defector: He had hidden a microdisc containing
Doleac Agenda, a "playbook" detailing plans for
the six Covenant cells, in an impenetrable Chamonix chalet.
Syd and Vaughn are to travel to Athens posing as diamond smugglers
seeking the aid of Toni Cummings, the criminal expert who
designed the chalet's security system. Under pressure from
Jack, Syd has Dixon replace Vaughn with Weiss.
Jack visits Sloane, who forgives him for the Katya incident.
He says Emily absence is a void that all his charity work
can't fill. Jack tells him to stay focused and maintain his
cover as a double agent. Syd, talking to CIA psychiatrist
Dr. Arnett, says she can't move past Vaughn, whom she calls
her "soul mate."
Sark, leering at Lauren, confronts her and says he knows
she killed his father. Knowing that she's Covenant too, and
he proposes that they murder the six Covenant cell leaders,
steal the keys to their respective headquarters, then meet
with head of Covenant operations in St. Petersburg. They'll
then demand more power within the Covenant in return for not
turning the keys in to the CIA.
In Athens, Syd and Weiss lure Cummings to offer details of
the chalet's lethal response security system. She gives them
the schematics but says there is no way to pass the deadly
obstacles. Marshall gets to work
Sloane shoots up, then calls Jack and tells him he needs
a psychiatrist. When she visits him, he tries to manipulate
her. She won't give in. Later, she says that she understands
him. Sloane says he has a secret regarding Jack and Syd that
wears on him.
Dixon, reporting that Covenant officials are being killed, believes
it's because the Covenant knows they're after the Doleac Agenda.
Syd and Vaughn leave for Chamonix immediately. Jack accompanies
them in order to execute Marshall's plan remotely.
On the plane, Vaughn says he understands why Syd requested
Weiss on the earlier mission. Syd stands firm and refuses
to be "the other woman." Jack says the Agenda is
encrypted in a microdoc hidden in the cork of a bottle of
Chateau Margot 1953.
At the chalet, Jack establishes a laser link to the security
server, allowing Marshall to tap in. They have five minutes
to get to the cellar. They inflate Marshall-manufactured inflatable
Kevlar decoys, which trigger the machine guns to fire until
they empty their clips. Carrie, Marhall's girlfriend, goes
into labor and demands they get married before she has the
baby. Weiss goes online and certifies himself as a minister
and performs the ceremony while Marshall guides Syd and Vaughn
through the chalet. They make it though an electrified tunnel
and an acid kill zone, and find the bottle in the wine cellar
as the alarm sounds. They barely make it out, as Jack kills
two pursuing guards.
Believing Lauren to be in LA, Sark travels to St. Petersburg
to meet the head of Covenant operations — it's McKenas
Cole, the former SD-6 rogue. Cole knows Sark's game; Lauren's
double-crossed Sark. He knows the CIA has the Doleac Agenda,
however, and believes Sark's treachery benefited them. As
thanks, he gives Lauren and Sark leadership of the North American
cell. He then tells Lauren to stop her husband's extracurricular
activities. At the CIA, Lauren tells Syd to stay away from
Vaughn.
- description from ABC.com
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