Episode 16: Taken
3/21/2004
Senator Reed, Lauren's father, arrives to oversee Sark's
interrogation. He tells Jack that they must learn the identity
of Sark's partner in The Covenant. Lauren advises against
torturing Sark.
The plane carrying Sark to Dover Air Force Base from France
lands in the desert, 60 miles short of the runway. Syd and
Weiss board the plane, only to find the pilots and guards
dead and Sark missing. The dead appear to be frozen. Meanwhile,
Dixon learns that Sark has kidnapped his two children. Sark
demands the release of five international prisoners in 48
hours — an impossible task. A shaken Dixon demands the
team find the mole.
Marshall, analyzing the flight voice recording, learns that
Sark made a phone call and referred to someone as "love"
before he bailed out over Arizona. The CIA traces Sark to
Nogales. Syd, Vaughn, Weiss and Dixon enter the compound but
the kids aren't there — it's a trap. They barely make
it out before the place blows.
Marshall searches the FAA database and discovers Sark's flight
was accessed from Switzerland via Dr. Barnett's IP address.
Jack immediately arrests Sloane and jails him. Syd stops Dixon
from beating him. Dixon returns home to find his boy safe
but The Covenant now demands the release of ten prisoners.
Dixon appoints Jack as team leader and privately tells Syd
that The Covenant's demands are false. They're actually demanding
a Rambaldi object, from Project Black Hole, located in the
Nevada Desert. Syd agrees to help him retrieve it.
Syd sneaks into the facility via a steam shaft while Dixon enters
with his clearance. Dixon gains access to the security system
and opens a grate for Syd, just before she's steamed. Dixon
directs Syd to the correct room and she outfoxes a mechanized
guard to retrieve the object — a cube. Engraved in it is
the name Irina.
Jack learns that The Covenant is close to locating a key
to operate the cube. The contents, he tells Syd, will threaten
her life. Nonetheless, Syd decides to exchange the cube for
Dixon's daughter. Senator Reed, learning that Dixon stole
the cube, deploys a team to bring him into custody. Lauren
appeals to Vaughn to help Dixon.
With Federal choppers searching for Dixon, he, Jack and Syd
meet Sark and Dixon's daughter. Vaughn has Marshall misdirect
the chopper's GPS systems. Dixon gives Sark the cube. Sark
fits the girl with a collar armed with a deadly toxin as insurance
that he escapes. Syd volunteers to wear the collar. Jack disarms
the collar as Sark flees.
A furious Barnett, visiting Sloane in jail, believes she's
been used. Proclaiming his innocence, Sloane asks that she
keep mum about his secret. Jack overhears Lauren call Vaughn
"love."
- description from ABC.com
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