Review of Episode 3: The Shed
10/13/2005
Rachel: "If you're CIA, we're on the same side."
So Rachel was SD-Sixed, just like Sydney. That makes sense.
Now we know why she was working for Dean. Unfortunately, unlike
Sydney -- who walked right back into SD-6 and made it work
-- Rachel blew it. Yes, she's just a technie, not a field
agent, but still.
Most of this episode felt like a Rachel Gibson/Tom Grace
bonding exercise, and I do sorta like Grace. I liked the way
he handled Peyton and Rachel in the smoking scene, and the
way he just dropped everything and went after Rachel when
the building exploded. But if Rachel is going to replace Jennifer
Garner (no!), that would make Tom Grace a replacement for
Vartan (no!)
More interesting than Rachel, because she actually had a
personality, was Amy Acker (Fred from "Angel") as
Gordon Dean's accomplice, Peyton. Look at the way she took
command in the teaser, and stole every scene they were in
together from Rachel. Wouldn't she have been a more interesting
choice for a new cast member? I mean, if she weren't evil
and all. Couldn't they bring her back, and pair her with our
guy Sark?
The Nadia-in-a-coma situation was finally addressed, but
it's not good that she's the only survivor. At least there's
hope they might bring Mia Maestro back if Sloane is out there
actively beating the bushes for a cure.
Bits and pieces:
-- Dan pointed out that Vaughn is the second fiance that
Sydney has lost. I hadn't quite processed that.
--Why did Tom Grace take this job if it's not his kind of
assignment? Don't tell me we have yet another double agent.
-- Does everyone has a replacement? Gordon Dean is actually
a more jovial version of Sloane. And no, again, please.
-- Peyton is right about there being a lot more smokers in
Europe. Not that it's really a social necessity.
-- Dixon and Sloane had to work together here. No love lost,
for sure.
-- "Plan B" apparently meant, "blow everybody
up."
-- Vaughn's (and Sydney's?) address is 2541 Zephyr Ave, Venice,
CA, 90291. Just one subscription? When my mom passed away,
I was on the phone cancelling things for days. (I don't mean
that facetiously, by the way; it's a fact.)
-- I notice his "old friend" kept the money. Won't
Sloane be needing $300,000 at some point?
-- Marshall: "Substance 33. Remarkable stuff in an 'end
of civilization' sort of way."
-- This week's itinerary: Istanbul, Omsk, Prague. Prague
was the most fun.
I liked this episode better the second time I saw it, but
I still wasn't thrilled. Two out of four spies,
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