Episode 7: Fait Accompli
11/17/05
A very pregnant Sydney chats with a university chancellor
in Rome while Renee Rienne tries to break into the building's
underground storage facility. Syd feigns exhaustion and asks
for a glass of water, affording her the chance to steal and
duplicate one of his key. She sends the template to Renee
electronically. Renee soon finds Dean's package - and another
man about to steal it. She kicks his butt, grabs it and meets
Sydney outside.
In her apartment, Sydney discusses with Rachel the mysterious
keycard that is meant for one port among billions. Delivery
men arrive with Sydney's baby's crib yet to be assembled.
She sadly reveals to Rachel how she envisioned this moment
to be very different from what had turned out. She leaves
the crib disassembled.
After Sloane receives word from Nadia's doctor that she has
no hope for recovery, he gets a call from Gordon Dean demanding
his keycard. Later, Sloane apologizes and confesses to Jack
and Sydney that he had been working with Dean. When Jack asks
him what changed his mind, Sloane admits that he was hoping
that Dean could help find a cure for Nadia. Now that he knows
she's untreatable, he is more than willing to help them bait
Dean with the keycard.
In a racetrack at Dubai, Tom and Dixon take out Dean's men
while Sloane hands Dean the keycard. Suspicious, he takes
Sloane hostage. The APO team loses track of them when the
track's PA system jams their transmissions.
Rachel finds them in an empty stable and knocks Dean unconscious
with a shovel. When Syd interrogates him, he says the keycard
will grant them access to his anonymous boss' communication
hub. After revealing that the card will expire in 12 hours,
Dean offers to work with them in exchange for immunity and
protection. Syd injects him with a drug to encourage him to
talk more freely.
Meanwhile, Sloane meets with a man named Ehrmann, who asks him
to eliminate Dean. Sloane refuses. On cue, Sloane's receives
a phone call regarding Nadia's condition. He arrives at the
hospital to see Nadia waking from her five-month coma. She begins
convulsing, however, and must be injected with a sedative and
returns to her comatose state.
In the APO office, Dean reveals that the communication hub
is located on top of the Glenheim Tower, and says that the
watchman can help. He also apologizes for killing Michael
Vaughn and warns Syd that his bosses have plans for her.
In Seattle, Dixon and Tom arrive at the tower and plug the
access keycard in a port. As they uplink to Marshall, he discovers
that many of the organizations in the database are part of
global governments. Marshall is then locked out of the system
and presented with a riddle. Syd recalls that Dean mentioned
a "watchman" who can help.
Sloane slips inside Dean's interrogation room. Dean says
he has the access code and can help take down Prophet Five,
but Sloane forces him to swallow a cyanide pill. Syd discovers
his corpse.
Sitting inside a car, Peyton and Ehrmann drink to her success.
He confirms that she now has Dean's operations and warns her
of double crossing them. Ehrmann gets out of the car briefly
and meets with Sloane, who confirms the assassination. When
Sloane asks when Nadia will be cured, Ehrmann says that they
will need more from Sloane -and points out that Sloane now
has hope for Nadia's return. Frustrated and helpless, Sloane
watches him leave.
In Sydney's apartment, Jack helps Sydney build her baby's
crib. Sydney says that taking down the 12 sources making up
Prophet Five will be a challenge since they are embedded inside
a global government. Jack remains encouraging and tells her
that they've already started their long journey.
- description from ABC.com
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