Episode 16: Another Mister Sloane
4/20/2005
In Krakow, Poland, men posing as airport guards abduct Professor
Sinclair, a nuclear physicist. She wakes up bound in a dark
room and is greeted by Arvin Sloane. Actually, it's not Sloane
but an impersonator.
Sydney and Vaughn meet with Jack. They tell him about the
elaborate conspiracy behind Vaughn's search for his father.
Syd adds that she also believes that Sloane was behind the
recent attempt on her life. When Syd suggests they notify
the agency, Jack says he will handle it.
Jack corners Sloane, who calmly denies his involvement and
points out his lack of motive. They conclude that someone
is setting Sloane up.
The Sloane impersonator (Sloane 2) shows a Rambaldi manuscript
to Sinclair, saying that he needs her expertise. Sinclair
says that she needs a transformer coil for this experiment
to work and Sloane 2 tells her that she needs to find another
way. He has his man Carter torture her.
In the APO office, Jack tells Syd and Vaughn that Sloane
is not behind these conspiracies. They then use a handcuffed
Roberts to confirm that APO's Sloane is not the man who hired
him. Sloane orders the team to find the phony and they persuade
Roberts to meet with Carter about the transformer coil.
With the APO team undercover, Roberts walks in a hotel lobby
carrying the transformer coil in a secure case. Vaughn tells
Roberts that when Carter comes, they'll move in and make the
arrest. A man approaches Roberts, saying he's there to make
the swap - but the exchange should take place in the penthouse.
Though concerned that it wasn't Carter, Roberts complies.
As Roberts rides a glass elevator up to the penthouse, Syd
sees Sloane 2 on his way down in another elevator. She reports
it to Sloane, who predicts that Sloane 2 will cut the cable.
As soon as he says this, Roberts' elevator crashes to the
ground. Carter retrieves the coil, which he hands to Sloane
2.
At the APO office, Sloane suggests excusing himself from
this mission since it concerns his past obsession, Syd urges
him to stay so they can anticipate Sloane 2's next move.
After leafing through a Rambaldi manuscript under close surveillance,
Sloane tells the team that Sloane 2 is constructing an energy
source that requires the transformer coil. To do it, a nuclear
physicist specializing in quantum electrodynamics is needed,
and Jack adds that Dr. Sinclair, who fits the bill, disappeared
last week. Sloane further states that the experiment needs
Zanthium 242 to be successful. He calls a Sicilian contact
who trades illicit chemicals and confirms that an "Arvin
Sloane" ordered a large amount of Zanthium, to be shipped
the next morning. Sloane travels to Sicily to intercept the
shipment and find out where it's headed.
Disguised as delivery agents, Sloane and the team arrive
at Sloane 2's facility in Chile. The team splits up with Sydney
and Sloane going to the lab; while Vaughn, Weiss and Nadia
attempt to rescue Sinclair.
Sloane helps Sydney break into the lab, where they recognize
the Rambaldi energy source, a rotating red ball hovering over
magnets. Just then, Vaughn radios to say that Sloane 2 and
his henchmen escaped with Sinclair and are heading her way.
Sydney battles the thugs as Sinclair hides and Sloane 2 escapes.
Carter arrives at the lab and mistakes the real Sloane for
his employer. Sloane shoots him in the kneecap and demands
to know what's going on. Carter babbles about immortality,
to which Sloane replies that Rambaldi's secrets would never
be revealed to such a fool. Sloane beats him silly.
Nadia arrives at the lab, sees the Rambaldi experiment before
her. She also sees the darker side of Sloane - enraged and
blood-spattered. He turns to Nadia and says quietly, "It's
all over now."
- description from ABC.com
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