Episode 15: Facade
3/14/2004
Daniel Ryan, a freelance bomb maker whose bombs are impossible
to defuse, destroys a bank in Belfast as a calling card to
The Covenant. If he fails to cut a deal with The Covenant
in 48 hours, he'll give notice to other terrorist groups with
a bombing in the U.S. When the CIA learns that The Covenant
is to meet him at the Black Stag Bar in Belfast, they send
Weiss and Syd.
Using Covenant defector Leonid Lisenker as a source of info,
Syd poses as a Covenant agent. To improve her credibility
with Ryan, she rescues him from an attempted CIA kidnapping
led by Weiss. Ryan wakes in a CIA-built replica of the hotel
room in which he does business with The Covenant. The ruse
nearly fails, but Lisenker appears and vouches for Syd. Ryan
accepts the deal on the condition that the details be handled
by Sark, whom he's never met but knows is The Covenant's North
American co-commander.
Vaughn appears, posing as Sark. Ryan tells him the details
will be given to him on a flight from Rome to Paris by an
associate who will recognize him. He says the second bombing
will be called off once the associate meets Sark. The CIA
hurriedly issues a communiqué that compels Sark to
board that flight, which Vaughn is also on. The associate
never shows up, however, meaning that Ryan wanted Sark on
that plane an unknown reason.
Sloane, sleeping with Judy Barnett, receives a call from
a desperate Syd. He says Ryan's brother Christopher was killed
by The Covenant. After some research, Syd remembers that The
Covenant made her kill Christopher to test her Julia Thorne
identity. Ryan plans to get revenge on The Covenant by blowing
up Sark's flight.
On the plane, Vaughn arrests and handcuffs Sark. After a
call from Syd, he finds the bomb the cargo hold. Marshall
discovers that the detonator is based on barometric pressure
— the bomb will explode if the plane descends below 18
thousand feet. If Vaughn detaches the motion sensor, Marshall
says, they may be able to fool the bomb into thinking it's
in high altitude.
Syd, Weiss and Lisenker reveal themselves to Ryan, hoping
the revelation convinces Ryan to stop the bomb. Syd appeals
to Ryan's compassion, saying she was tortured by The Covenant
and made to assume the Julia Thorne identity.
Vaughn uncuffs Sark, and together they try to disable the
motion sensor. Ryan agrees to help and dials in a deactivation
sequence. It's only a ploy — he had heard a rumor that
Julia Thorne had killed his brother — he activates the
bomb, as well as the one Marshall had been studying in his
office!
With the clock ticking, Jack chokes Ryan until he passes
out, then revives him. If he doesn't give them the code, Jack
says, he won't be revived next time. Ryan gives it up with
one second to spare. The danger over, Sark attacks Vaughn,
who knocks him out and turns him over to the French authorities.
When Vaughn returns, a tearful Syd embraces him.
- description from ABC.com
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