Episode 3: Reunion
10/12/2003
A fireball drops from the sky, devastating Moscow's Gorky
Park. At the CIA, Dixon explains the fireball was a falling
satellite and that it nearly prompted a nuclear response from
Russia. Echelon picked up a call between Sark and Boris Oransky,
an employee at a French firm that built the satellite. He
and Sark discussed moving to "Phase 2." Sark has
been tracked to a Mexico City hotel. Dixon orders a team to
follow him. Syd believes they should apprehend him and argues
with Lauren. Vaughn defends Lauren, saying that capturing
Sark will do nothing to shut down The Covenant. Later, Vaughn
asks a furious Lauren to give Syd the benefit of the doubt.
Jack tells Syd that the NSC has murky footage of Lazarey's
murder. He again tells Syd not to admit her guilt because
of the dangerous techniques the CIA would use to extract her
memories. Jack views the tape with Lauren and Marshall, who
requires 72 hours to make the tape clear for identification.
In Mexico, Syd, disguised as a Gaucho, locates Sark and Oransky
in a cafe. Oransky gives Sark photos and codes, and mentions
the word "Medusa." Sark leaves and Syd is discovered
by Oransky's thugs. Oransky takes a hostage and forces Syd
to drop her gun. Marshall determines the frequency of Oransky's
earpiece and pushes 180 decibels of feedback through it. Syd
attacks the thugs but Oransky escapes.
Syd tells Weiss she remembers something about Medusa at SD-6.
Weiss tells a curious Syd that Vaughn met Lauren when she
deposed during the investigation into Sydney's mother.
Dixon discovers that Medusa was an SD-6 project. It's an
anti-satellite weapon that can cripple a network of satellites.
Oranksy destroyed the Russian satellite to discover their
protocol for nuclear attack. The pictures Syd took reveal
a motorcade to the Russian Science Ministry, where Medusa
is stored. Russia claims not to have anti satellites so the
CIA must get to it before Sark. Despite Syd's protests, they
decide Sloane can help them get into the Science Ministry.
Syd, Vaughn and Lauren travel to Zurich, where Sloane —
who has a relationship with the Ministry due to his cancer
research — refuses to help them. But after Syd threatens
him, he agrees to admit them to a Ministry banquet. Sloane
taunts Vaughn and Lauren.
Meanwhile, Jack bribes computer expert Pierre Lagravanese
to corrupt the image of Lazarey's murder. Jack's given a virus,
which he must upload to a terminal with administrative privileges.
He installs the files.
At the Ministry, Syd and Vaughn once again feel an attraction.
Vaughn creates a diversion, allowing Syd, who's stolen a diplomat's
fingerprints, to gain them unrestricted access. In an elevator,
they change into Russian military uniforms. Down in the bunker,
Sark has murdered the guards. Marshall and Dixon watch Lazarey's
murder as Jack is corrupts the files. The image won't render.
Syd and Vaughn engage in a firefight with Sark. He locks
them in a sublevel and disconnects the elevator. Oransky goes
after Syd while Sark bolts. Syd and Vaughn rig the generator
to blow and crawl out intake vent as Oransky is killed and
Medusa is destroyed. Weiss gives her a 3rd edition of Alice
in Wonderland, a favorite of Syd's that was destroyed when
her apartment burned.
- description from ABC.com
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