Episode 16: Reprisal
05/22/06
Using the collected Prophet Five documentation, the APO team
spreads out across the globe to identify its members and prepare
for a mass arrest. Meanwhile, Sloane suggests to Sark and
Peyton that they solidify their position in Prophet Five.
Tom goes to Rachel's apartment. They kiss but Tom leaves
abruptly. Soon after, Sark abducts Rachel and brings her to
Sloane's hideout. Marshall is abducted as well. Sloane asks
Marshall to locate an underground cavern by accessing a federal
ground-penetrating satellite. When Marshal refuses, Peyton
tortures him.
Syd reveals to Carrie, Marshall's wife, that he's still working
for the CIA. Carrie insists on providing technical support
in Marshall's absence. She immediately unlocks Marshall's
secured program that tracks Prophet Five.
Sloane confronts Sydney in the parking lot as she's carrying
Isabelle. He allows her to talk to Marshall. Syd tells Marshall
to do what Sloane says and asks him to give a message to Carrie.
Marshall asks Syd to tell Carrie to finish reading the book
"The Littlest Fish" to their son.
Marshall tells Rachel that she should comply with Sloane's
demands, per Sydney's request. He says that they should leapfrog
across the network so they would not get caught in their hacks.
Rachel understands they he really wants them to get caught.
Rachel soon locates the central Italian cave Sloane is looking
for.
Vaughn relays Marshal's message to Carrie, who remembers
that the lead character in "The Littlest Fish" is
named Noah. She knows he means NOAA, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, which, she assumes, he's currently
hacking into. Carrie sets up trip wires to monitor government
hacks and pinpoints Marshall's location to Ixtapa. Jack sends
a rescue team. Rachel picks her handcuffs using an underwire
and frees Marshall. They run into the arriving APO rescue
team.
At APO, Carrie says that based on Marshal's tracker, the Prophet
Five members are gathering in Zurich. Jack assumes that Sloane
must be presenting the information that Marshall and Rachel
uncovered. He assembles a strike team. Rachel mentions that
Sloane is going to Umbria. Sydney realizes that he must be going
to Mt Subasio.
Syd and Vaughn trek to the snow-covered mountains of Mt.
Subasio. Descending into the cavern, Syd finds Sloane with
the Rambaldi amulet. She can't shoot him, however, because
a gunshot will trigger a cave-in. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles,
Sark sets a timer for a planted bomb.
At the APO office, Tom discovers that based on captured files,
Sloane had a bomb planted in the subway system leading to
the APO office. Jack tells them to evacuate the office and
clear out the subway while Tom and Dixon sweep the tunnels.
Tom finds the bomb, which is fail-safe. With no chance to
dismantle it, Tom can only temporarily freeze the timer with
liquid nitro. He freezes it repeatedly in order to delay the
explosion. Each time, it continues counting down.
In Zurich, Peyton appears at the Prophet Five gathering.
Instead of presenting them with the amulet, she sprays the
room with gunfire, killing all the Prophet Five members.
With the tunnels cleared, Tom has no chance of making it
to safety. He calls Rachel and tells her that he would have
asked her out if he had more time. Tearfully, she says she
would have said yes. The bomb explodes, killing Tom.
Sloane holds the amulet against the light. He tells Sydney
she is not allowed to see it and shoots the icy ground she
is standing on. Syd falls through and is rendered unconscious.
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