Episode 14: Blowback
3/7/2004
Vaughn, unable to sleep, stares at his father's watch, which
stopped the day he met Sydney. As Vaughn leaves, Lauren's
phone rings. At the CIA, Dixon presents the team with a new
mission: The Shining Sword, a Filipino terrorist organization,
has acquired a next-generation bomb called a plasma charge,
which they're shipping to Europe. The CIA has traced a Shining
Sword transmission from a digital storage facility in Vancouver.
Syd and Vaughn are to rent vault space at the facility and
search for a detailed archive of the shipment. Someone within
the Agency, Dixon adds, may be leaking info to the Covenant.
Syd and Vaughn, posing as astronomers, arrive at the facility.
They secretly download the shipping info and pinpoint location
of plasma charge. Their uplink to Marshall, however, is sabotaged
by a virus. Suddenly, they're attacked by a facility employee,
who is mysteriously shot dead. Syd and Vaughn lose the murderer
after a car chase through a parking garage. Back in LA, Marshall
tells them he received 63% of the data; he'll need 12 hours
to extrapolate the rest. Sydney recalls the previous day was
the anniversary of Vaughn's father's death. Lauren calls,
interrupting their conversation.
In Zurich, Sloane apologizes to Barnett and asks her out
to dinner. She agrees "for professional reasons only."
She thinks his transformation from spy to humanitarian is
remarkable and asks about the secret he's harboring. He's
offended and explodes at her, so she walks out on him.
Marshall's data reveals the plasma charge is on a Liberian
freighter in Lisbon. Once on the boat, Syd and Vaughn, using
a tracking device, are again fired upon.
We go back to the opening— after Vaughn leaves, Lauren
receives a call from Sark. He wants the plasma charge and
tells her to get a lock on it, which she does via Dixon's
team meeting. Syd tells Lauren that's she's not responsible
for the problems in Lauren's marriage. Lauren then meets Sark
at the Vancouver facility, where they plant the virus and
force the employee to fire at Syd and Vaughn. When he misses,
Lauren kills him and flees. After escaping, Lauren and Sark
get shagadelic.
Sloane apologizes to Barnett. He tells her his secret —
he had a one-night affair with Irina Derevko. Jack and Emily
never knew. Though he's never tried to prove it, he believes
Syd is his daughter.
Back to the gun battle on the boat — Syd finds the plasma
charge. Vaughn stops Lauren, who's wearing a mask, and demands
that she show herself. Before she does, Sark corners Syd and
threatens to kill her unless Vaughn drops the gun. "If
you love her, you'll drop the gun," Sark says. Vaughn
drops it. Lauren punches him and runs. Syd breaks away from
Sark and chases Lauren while Vaughn goes after Sark, who has
the charge. He engages the timer and tosses it to Vaughn,
who, with Marshall's aid, stops the countdown with seconds
left.
Later, Lauren meets Vaughn at a bar. Sark calls to goad her.
She kisses Vaughn at Sark's behest. At the office late, Jack
takes Syd out to dinner.
- description from ABC.com
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