Episode 6: Solo
11/10/05
Sydney and Rachel watch a scared family from behind a two-way
mirror. Rachel gazes at them sadly, and talks about the guilt
that she feels for putting them in danger. Syd assures her
that putting them in the witness protection program is the
best way to ensure their safety. Rachel enters the room and
embraces her family.
Later, Sloane reports to Dean that Rachel's family is in
the protection program. After Dean makes it clear that Sloane
should be prepared to kill them, Dean tells Sloane to find
Janos Vak, a Hungarian weapons designer, using APO resources.
In the briefing room, Jack allows Sloane to speak. He recommends
that they find Vak, who is working on a software program that
can intercept and redirect missiles. Sloane suggests that
Vak can be used to bait Dean because they've worked together
in the past. Jack shows them a photo of an Algerian arms dealer
who may be a lead. Syd suggests that Renee Rienne can help
with penetrating the Algerian underworld.
Renee uncovers intel in a Marseilles warehouse and gives
it to Sydney, who offers it to the team. She says that Vak
met with a Chinese official named General Liem Song, who will
host an engagement party at the Chinese Consulate in India.
Dixon adds that Song keeps an encrypted copy of his contacts
in a safe in his room and this should lead them to Vak.
With Marshall and Rachel waiting in a van, Syd and Tom crash
the party. Realizing that General Song is not leaving his
room, Dixon creates a scene by proposing to the bride-to-be.
With the guards busy, Syd slips into Song's room, drugs him
and attempts to bypass the safe. When Marshall says that there
is too much shield in the building, Rachel evades a guard
and helps Syd by planting a relay antenna near the garden
to boost the signal.
Sloane meets with Dean, who is furious that APO acquired
significant intel from the consulate. He demands that the
decrypted data be given to him later that day.
At APO, Dixon tells Syd that Vak has been located on an oil
platform in the South China Sea, and adds that Jack has tapped
Rachel for the mission. Dixon adds that Vak is allowed shore
leave with a "female companion" every other weekend.
A nervous Rachel listens to their advice and prepares for
her first mission alone.
Sloane meets with Dean and gives him details on the next
mission. Dean then meets with Peyton and assigns her to get
the software herself, advising her to kill Rachel if they
cross paths.
Rachel arrives at the oil facility. A few minutes after entering
Vak's room, she drops her lipstick - which contains a tranquilizer.
With Syd's guidance, Rachel improvises and seduces Vak. After
tying him to the bed, she downloads the program from Vak's
computer.
Peyton arrives at the facility and upon realizing that the
original software had been destroyed, she runs after Rachel,
who makes her way to the heli-deck for extraction. She finds
Rachel, who confronts her betrayer for the first time. Peyton
urges her to hand the data over at gun point, Rachel rummages
through her bag and finds one of Marshall's devices, a hair
brush equipped with an ice pick. She jams it into Peyton's
shoulder but comes under fire from Chinese guards. Dixon extracts
Rachel as Peyton jumps to the sea.
In a subsequent meeting, Sloane refuses to give Vak's software
to Dean because he had tried to kill an APO agent. Dean dangles
Nadia's safety to bring Sloane in line.
At home, Syd sits in a rocking chair that she bought from
a toy store, where, for a brief moment, she wistfully watched
a father take care of his child. She then plays an old mission
tape that Marshall had given her. With the sound of Vaughn's
voice playing, she holds the tape close to her belly.
- description from ABC.com
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