Episode 1: Prophet 5
09/29/2005
Sydney regains consciousness after the car crash and instinctively
suspects the motives of the paramedics. When a man tries to
inject her with a tranquilizer, she swipes his hand away and
eludes the other "medics." Hiding in a cornfield,
she sees Vaughn airlifted by an unmarked helicopter.
Later, as doctors evaluate Syd, she meets Gordon Dean from
the Office of Special Investigations, who grills her about
Vaughn's whereabouts and activities. Jack explains that Vaughn
is a suspected double agent, and the car crash was actually
an extraction.
A bloodied Vaughn, referred to as Mr. Michaux, is given a
strip of paper with coded numbers. When Vaughn denies knowing
anything about the cryptic sheet, a man named Curtis threatens
to cut "the girl's finger off." Vaughn agrees to
cooperate and asks for a pencil.
Before Vaughn can writer, however, he asks to have his dislocated
shoulder popped into place. When Curtis accommodates him,
he punches Curtis and makes his escape. He contacts Sydney
and asks her to trust him -- and to bring his father's watch
when they rendezvous.
At APO Dixon tells a troubled Syd to give Vaughn the benefit
of the doubt - as Dixon did for her years ago when he first
realized that they worked for SD-6. Meanwhile, Gordon Dean
instructs Marshall to pull Vaughn's files.
When Sydney arrives in Rome, Vaughn explains that his real
name is Andre Michaux and his father was a mathematician involved
with a top-secret project called "Prophet Five."
He gleaned this info seven years ago from a woman named Renee
Rienne and has been working with her since.
They meet James Lehman, a friend of Vaughn's father. Lehman
explains that brilliant scientists and linguists were recruited
for Prophet Five in the 70's and were asked to break the code
of a 500 year-old document on advanced genetics. After this
group succeeded, its members were systematically murdered.
As precaution, Vaughn's father changed his identity, as did
Lehman. He warns that the murderers are relentless. He tells
them the location of a book containing more Prophet Five intel.
In Cape Town, South Africa, Sydney and Vaughn, posing as
a French couple attending a party at a mansion, try unsuccessfully
to steal the book from the home's vault. As they run towards
a cliff, Sydney receives a phone call from her doctor, who
tells her that she's pregnant. Sydney shares the good news
with Vaughn, who has a muted reaction. They jump.
Meanwhile, Sloane combs through medical journals in jail,
desperately trying to find a cure for Nadia, who is still
in a coma after being subjected to Rambaldi's device. He denies
knowing anything about Vaughn's treachery to Jack, but says
that Renee Rienne, an ex-CIA agent, could be a possible lead.
As Sydney and Vaughn sit in a car waiting for Lehman, they
talk about her pregnancy. Vaughn says his initial hesitation
was because of the complicated world they live in, but he
can't wait to be a father. Seeing Lehman in the distance,
Vaughn jumps out. Suddenly another car drives by -- Gordon
Dean steps out and fires at Lehman and Vaughn. They drop in
a hail of bullets.
Waiting in the ICU, Syd tells Jack she's going to stand by
Vaughn. As Jack reprimands her, Sydney reveals her pregnancy.
Jack softens. Later, he goes to APO and instructs the team
to research Prophet Five and retrieve the records in Cape
Town.
Later, as Syd watches over Vaughn, he flat-lines. Syd is
frantic as the doctors work on him to no avail. He slips away.
After Vaughn's funeral, Syd travels to shady London bar,
where she speaks to the bartender. After an initial denial,
the bartender admits she's Renee Rienne.
- description from ABC.com
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