Episode Report Card Erin: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Hell Hath No Fury
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.08.2003
Vaughn's all, dude? Are you even aware of just who in the hell Lazaramopolis was? He was a goddamn Russian diplomat, okay? All Head has to do is form an extradition agreement with the Russians, and Syd will be shipped to Moscow where she has NO RIGHTS AS AN AMERICAN. Okay? You getting this now, you thick piece of Australian beef jerky? Head will run the DIP in Moscow, okay? Killjoy's all, Head would NOT do that, okay? She's a CIA operative! Vaughn's all, dude? THINK ABOUT IT. You know better than anyone that Head will not hesitate to break the rules. "If he learns about this, Sydney --" Vaughn looks at his wife. Killjoy kind of purses her lips. "Oh my god, [Killjoy]," he says, "you already reported her." "You followed your orders," says Killjoy, "I followed mine." Vaughn runs off. "Michael!" she calls. Vaughn doesn't answer.
Meanwhile, at an airport of no known location, Syd's plane lands. She enters the airport and walks toward the exit, her carry-on case and duster coat firmly intact. As Syd approaches the exit, her cell phone rings. She answers it. "Sydney, it's me," says Vaughn. "Don't go home. The NSC knows everything. Meet me at Terminal One, I'll explain everything once I pick you up."
Vaughn's Car of Implicit Spy Lurve. Syd's all, how in the HELL did the NSC find out? Vaughn's all, yeah, Sark kind of maybe sort of told Killjoy. Syd's all, SARK TOLD LAUREN? Vaughn's all, yeah, whatever -- I have a plane waiting at Dover airfield. It'll take you anywhere, but you have to tell me where you wanna go. And it really should be somewhere you know well, so you can disappear. Syd's all, dude? If the NSC wants to find me, they will. Oh, and, by the way, I was, apparently, someone else for two goddamn years! I already DISA-FUCKIN'-PPEARED, mmm-kay? So, what? I'm gonna go somewhere else and spend the rest of my life in hiding? "Between that and a lobotomy, there isn't a choice," snaps Vaughn. "I can't keep running forever," says Syd. "I'll do everything I can to make sure you won't have to," he responds. Syd just looks at him. "Rome," she says. "I'm going to Rome." Vaughn picks up his cell phone.
Airfield of Wayward Lovers. Vaughn's car pulls up. Vaughn and Syd get out, Vaughn saying, "Grazie, Don Carlo," into his cell phone as he exits. Syd opens the back door to get her stuff, and Vaughn makes his way around the car to her. "There's a café at the corner of Villa del Corso and Villa con Dante -- Café Ruby. There's a pay phone with a false bottom. You'll find money and a new passport." "Good thing I'm already packed," says Syd, trying to put a bright face on a tarnished penny. "You should go," says Vaughn, clearly wanting to kiss her. Syd pauses. "Vaughn," she says, looking at him, "why are you doing this? My life is already a disaster. Now yours is too." Her eyes are ripe with tears. "What happened between us," Vaughn says, "everything…the way it is…isn't anyone's fault, Sydney." He takes a really good look at her and she at him. "And even though everything's changed," he says, "some things…don't." Syd starts crying in earnest. We're talking tears flowing and snot blossoming, okay? "I'm not gonna lose you twice," he says. They hug, and it's as heartfelt a hug as any from the first or second season. There's clutching and mauling and really, can they just get back together and save us all the damn angst?