Episode 1: Authorized Personnel Only, Part 1
1/5/2005
Sydney, on a train, in lingerie, flirts with a man to get
into his … briefcase. He unlocks it, revealing a canister
containing an unstable isotope. She knocks him out and takes
it, runs into the corridor. A thug follows and is about to
push her off the train.
Shanghai 72 hours earlier … Sydney, in a naughty schoolgirl
outfit, escapes with a contact into a club's bathroom. It's
a mission gone bad, a fellow agent is killed, and in order
to escape, she makes her contact dress like a goth.
In LA, Syd is berated for violating protocol by Director
Chase and stripped of her classified clearance. Sydney then
quits the CIA. In Washington, Vaughn and Weiss talk about
his meltdown after discovering Lauren's treachery. Vaughn
says he's quitting.
Sydney walks down a subway, opens a secret doorway and enters
an office. Director Chase is there and welcomes her. She explains
Langley approved this black ops division only months ago.
Dixon, Jack, Vaughn are all there - a team handpicked by Sloane.
Chase privately tells Syd that they need Sloane's contacts
- and the team is a safeguard against Sloane's potential treachery.
Sloane explains that their covert unit is like the CIA's own
SD-6, called APO - Authorized Personnel Only. Their first mission
targets Russian scientist Yuri Kamarov, who wants to sell an
isotope to an unknown buyer on a Belorussian train. Vaughn will
act as the buyer while Syd grabs the isotope. She's openly disdainful
toward Sloane.
On the train, Syd barges in to Kamarov's room claiming it's
her room. Vaughn poses as Kamarov and meets the buyer, who
works for a Mr. Vadik, while Sydney occupies the real scientist.
The buyer recognizes Vaughn and has a thug handle Vaughn as
he leaves. Vaughn signals Syd, who swipes the isotope. Vaughn
beats the thug and races to save Syd. He throws her assailant
off the train. They make love. After, he asks Syd what happened
at Wittenburg. Syd flashes back - she's reading a top-secret
document as Jack enters.
- description from ABC.com
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