Episode 20: Blood Ties
4/25/2004
Jack tells Syd that he saved Sloane because he had learned
that DOJ Director Marlon Bell was part of The Trust and wanted
Sloane dead. Syd tells Sloane that she didn't grieve for him.
Sloane reveals that he found a Rambaldi text that contained
a formula for an elixir that would allow The Passenger to
channel a message from Rambaldi. Sloane had sampled the elixir,
which had no effect. Sloane explains that if The Covenant
finds her, it will expose her to a massive dose of the elixir,
thus killing her. He swears he just wants to protect his child.
When Syd asks how to find her, he smashes The Hourglass, revealing
a glowing green ball.
Dixon has Weiss tail Lauren and advises Vaughn to continue
as her devoted husband in order to garner info. Lauren, however,
soon loses Weiss. Ex agent Thomas Brill contacts Vaughn. He
says Vaughn's father was a Rambaldi follower who freed The
Passenger, then a little girl, from KGB custody and hid her.
He died protecting her.
On a plane to Washington, D.C., Syd holds the green ball,
a battery for a Rambaldi artifact that can locate The Passenger.
The Trust has a cold storage vault in the Smithsonian secured
by a five-key retinal system corresponding to the five member
of The Trust -- all government officials. In D.C., Sloane
makes himself known to Bell, who calls a meeting with The
Trust that Sloane crashes.
Sark kidnaps and tortures Vaughn, trying to get The Passenger's
location. Lauren appears and, apparently disturbed by Vaughn's
condition, helps him escape.
While Sloane gathers the retinal ID's from the Trust via
a hidden scanner, Syd enters Smithsonian posing as a dinosaur
expert researching a paper. She charms the curator into letting
her gain access to a restricted area, where she finds the
vault. Jack sends the scans to Syd, who uses them to open
the vault. She grabs the artifact.
Later, Sloane drops the green ball into the artifact, which
etches a brain wave pattern on parchment. They use a DOD satellite
network capable of remote encephalography to locate The Passenger.
She's in a labor camp in Chechnya, under the alias of Talia
Kozlov. Syd infiltrates the Chechen camp and finds her sister
in a catatonic state and strapped to a bed.
Vaughn flags a trucker and uses his cell phone to call Dixon.
Vaughn is rightfully suspicious. The truck crashes after the
trucker attacks him. Sark and Lauren grab Vaughn again but
Marshall witnesses it on a surveillance tape. They begin to
administer the dreaded Inferno Protocol serum on Vaughn when
Sark receives a mysterious phone call revealing the location.
Lauren increases the dosage in order to kill Vaughn and they
leave. Weiss, using Marhsall's info, finds Vaughn barely alive.
The woman wakes and she and Syd battle their way out. She
tells Syd that her name is Nadia and she's with SIDE, Argentine
Intelligence. Syd reveals that they're sisters. They meet
up with Jack and Sloane and retreat to a safe house. Nadia
recognizes Sloane, who tells her that he changed because he
didn't want to meet his daughter and have her despise him.
Sark and Lauren break into the safe house. During the gun
battle, Sloane and Nadia disappear. Jack and Syd realized
that Sloane tipped The Covenant to give himself the opportunity
to escape with Nadia. They can't relocate her by her brainwaves.
Dixon tells Syd that Vaughn shows evidence of psychological
conditioning, thanks to Lauren. Syd visits Vaughn in the hospital.
He says she must let The Passenger go and reveals the reason
that Irina killed his father. He relays a prophecy: The Passenger
and The Chosen One will battle and neither will survive. Syd
is unmoved.
Sloane injects Nadia, strapped to a table, with the elixir.
She convulses.
- description from ABC.com
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