Episode 5: Repercussions
10/26/2003
A frantic Sydney phones Jack, telling him to activate the
transmitter that she put on Vaughn. Later Syd breaks into
Simon Walker's room only to find the bio-weapon gone; he has
sold it to Sark. He kisses her and they part.
Weiss finds Vaughn. As he recovers in the hospital, Syd tells
Lauren that she stabbed him in order to save him. Lauren is
incensed. The CIA picks up an aircraft in the Ural Mountains
deploying the bio-weapon against a prison. They notice Sark
extracting the sole survivor — Abasi Bomani, the largest
arms dealer in Africa. The Covenant tailored the weapon to
spring Bomani.
Since Sloane had turned in Bomani years ago, the CIA decides
to tap him for more info. On the plane to Mexico City, Lauren
pressures Syd to transfer to another field office. Syd is
defiant. As they enter Sloane's building, he's kidnapped before
their eyes; forced into a van by Sark and Bomani. Sloane,
trying to prevent his torture, says he can legitimize Bomani.
Lauren apologizes for threatening Syd. Later, Vaughn dreams
of Sydney kissing him, then stabbing him. He wakes to find
Lauren at his side.
Sloane returns to the CIA, says Bomani let him go in exchange
for info — his Yakuza contacts have developed an AI computer
virus that probes networks and writes itself. It can crash
markets, ruin banks, paralyze the military. He wants the CIA
to disable the virus, but not destroy it. If Bomani finds
it destroyed, he'll kill Sloane, who suggests he's now valuable
as a double-agent working for The Covenant but loyal to the
CIA. Syd is dubious but Marshall's lie-detector tests verify
Sloane's sincerity.
Jack, posing as a potential client, meets Simon in Paris
in order to learn more about Syd's past. Javier IDs Jack and
tells Simon that his daughter is Syndey Bristow, alias Julia
Thorne. Simon baits Jack, who ultimately murders him when
he refuses to divulge any info.
Marshall must see the code in order to render the virus harmless,
so he's chosen to go with Syd. They enter the Osaka casino
dressed as a cowboy and his floozy. He joins a blackjack table
and cleans up, thanks to his skillful cheating. Allowing himself
to be caught, he and Syd are taken to a back room. With Marshall's
hands about to be cut off, Syd leaps into action. Together,
they handle the thugs. Marshall breaks into the system and
disables the virus just before Sark and Bomani enter the casino.
They hide as Sark transfers the useless code to his server.
Mission completed, Syd visits Vaughn in the hospital, where
she happens upon Lauren tenderly kissing Vaughn.
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