Episode 5: Welcome to Liberty Village
1/26/2005
A Russian-speaking man steals a device from an armored truck.
He goes home to a suburban neighborhood and greets his loving
wife in English.
At APO, Sloane says the stolen object was an EMP, an electromagnetic
pulse weapon. Marshall says it can destroy any electronic
equipment in a 10 mile radius and has a repeatable core. The
thief, Yuri Karylko, has ties to October Contingent. In related
news, German authorities have arrested a Chechen couple, the
Tabakovs, who said the October Contingent had made overtures
to them. Syd and Vaughn are to pose as the Tabakovs to infiltrate
the Contingent, identify their mission and retrieve the EMP.
Marshall gives Syd a wristwatch that can send their GPS coordinates
and is capable of short burst transmissions. Sloane, meanwhile,
tells Jack to contact Alexi Vaselyvich.
In Moscow, Karylko gives Syd and Vaughn new identities --
they are to be known as David and Karen Parker - and takes
them to Liberty Village. Marshall tracks their journey to
Training Sector 56B, a former Russian military base that now
resembles a suburban American neighborhood. Syd and Vaughn
arrive at the neighborhood. They are taken to their new home
and introduced to the neighborhood.
Karylko, going under the name Tom, says Syd and Vaughn will
be tested to see if they can portray Americans convincingly.
Marshals picks up Syd's transmission and identifies the "neighbors"
as assorted terrorists. Sloane wonders why the Contingent
is dealing with terrorists and why they're in a government
training ground.
Ironically, Tom tells Syd and Vaughn that they seem a little
cold. He gives them a gun. While Syd goes jogging, Vaughn
practices assembling the gun. Syd runs into Tom, who tells
her that the neighborhood is heavily guarded.
Jack meets Alexi and asks if the Russians still run the old
base. Alexi bargains with Jack, expecting something in return
for extracting Syd.
1/26/2005
Tom gives Syd and Vaughn wedding rings so they look more like
a couple. He takes them to a car dealership, their mission
is to buy a convertible. The dealer sees the ring, asks how
he popped the question. Vaughn spins a tale that moves Syd.
The dealer says another couple is also interested in the car.
The winning couple gets to move on in the program, he says.
The losing couple dies. He gives them a gun to assemble, both
couples race to assemble it.
Jack opens a book from Irina's collection of 1st editions.
The NSA had cracked the orders the KGB encoded in the books.
He tells Marshall that the NSA missed something and puts him
to work on it.
The couples shoot it out in the car dealership. In the melee,
Vaughn loses the gun. Syd picks it up and kills the woman.
She then jumps in the car and runs down the man. Later, Syd
notices that the watch is broken. She and Vaughn kiss in the
shower.
Marshall finds the code in the ink of a period within an
ellipsis. After magnifying it, he sees that it contains a
protocol related to one of Irinas operatives, codename Sentinel.
Jack says Sentinel is a dead end, a deceased agent. Jack gives
the book to Alexi, who says he hasn't heard from Irina a long
time. He also says he has an aircraft waiting to extract Syd
and Vaughn.
Tom prepares to send Syd and Vaughn Chicago, where they are
to gain access to the servers of Pierce Financial. Tom's plan
is for a "redistribution of wealth" after an attack
on the U.S.
Marshall receives word that the Germans have moved the Tabakovs
to a maximum security prison - and assumes the Russians have
been informed also.
Tom shows Syd how to use the EMP. He then receives a call
from his wife. Knowing her cover is blown, Syd knocks him
over the head with a vase and they fight. In another room,
Vaughn battles another thug. Syd and Vaughn escape outside
where a helicopter has them pinned. Syd triggers the EMP and
the chopper falls from the sky.
Afterward, Sloane thanks Syd and Vaughn. He says Russian
authorities deny an American training ground ever existed
in their borders but off the record they've expressed gratitude
for APO's assistance in taking down the October Contingent.
Privately, Jack says his suspicions regarding Sentinel are
accurate, and the Russians are searching for Irina Derevko.
Sloane says they'll have to move up their timetable. Syd and
Vaughn canoodle on the plane home.
- description from ABC.com
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