Episode 10: The Index
3/9/2005
Sydney, Weiss and Nadia discuss Nadia's upcoming birthday.
Nadia doesn't want to celebrate; she doesn't even know when
her real birthday is.
At the team briefing, Sloane tells them about the Blackwell
Index, an encrypted disc once owned by the CIA that contains
incriminating evidence against many government officials and
corporate heads. The CIA was never able to crack it, and now
the disc has been stolen. The team is to steal a Decoder disc
housed in an evidence room in a Paris police precinct. Vaughn
is passed over for the mission - he's heading to Arizona to
visit his comatose uncle.
Dixon approaches Syd, saying that he refuses to follow Sloane
blindly and now double-checks all information - he's even
installed a wiretap in his office, and though the line is
encrypted, he's traced a call Sloane made to Miles Deveraux,
a former Alliance agent. Dixon then goes to Director Chase,
who says he needs more proof that Sloane is reforming The
Alliance. Dixon asks for Syd's help in decoding the conversations.
In the Arizona hospital, a nurse named Rosemary tells Vaughn
that his uncle frequently spoke about Vaughn's father Bill.
She gives Vaughn an envelope from the uncle, meant for Vaughn's
father. Later, Vaughn opens a locker in a Mesa bus station
and finds a diary with entries dating to 1982. Bill Vaughn
died in 1979.
Syd shows Dixon a mini-disc burner, created by Marshall,
which will produce a corrupted copy of the Decoder Disc. They
agree to give Sloane the phony copy.
In Paris, Sydney who is dressed as an American punk, vandalizes
Weiss's vehicle in order to get arrested. Dixon arrives as
Sydney's lawyer and quickly shoots the guard with a tranquilizer.
Nadia remotely guides Syd to the evidence room of the police
station. She finds the Decoder while Nadia scrambles the security
camera. Sydney makes the corrupted copy and flees from the
police. She races to the roof and leaps on to a helicopter
piloted by Weiss.
At APO, Syd convinces Sloane to hold a dinner party for Nadia's
birthday. At the party, Syd gets a phone call from Dixon. She
retreats to Sloane's office and transmits Sloane's decoded conversations
with Devereux. The conversation revealed Sloane's contact with
Deveraux, and an implied reformation of SD-6. As Syd is about
to leave, she sees Nadia standing before her. Nadia accuses
Syd of using her but Syd enlightens her. Dixon, armed with the
decoded conversations, convinces Director Chase that Sloane's
must be taken down.
In Brussels, Sydney, Nadia, Dixon and Chase observe Sloane
as he enters an abandoned building. Inside, Deveraux presents
the Blackwell Index, which is to be cracked using the decoder
that Sloane now has, to a group of men.
Sydney, Dixon and Director Chase run into the building, leaving
Nadia to wait for them in the car. As the three burst through
the door, they find Sloane alone in a deserted room, with
a laptop. They discover that Sloane is actually conducting
surveillance as Jack meets with Alliance members. Syd realizes
that Jack has the false Decoder just as Devereaux begins to
doubt Jack. Nadia speeds to the meeting and arrives in time
and takes out the Alliance members, saving Jack's life.
Miles away, Vaughn tries to speak with his comatose uncle.
"Is he still alive?" Vaughn asks. No answer. Vaughn
asks the head nurse if he can speak to Rosemary. The nurse
says nobody by that name works there.
Sloane, in his home office, inserts the Decoder Disc into
his laptop, revealing the Blackwell Index. He then calls Jack
and tells him it has everything they need -- and more.
- description from ABC.com
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