Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | 93 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Double Your Premiere, Double Your Fun
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2005.01.05
Just then, Rick Yune comes up, and he and Nadia get into it. She puts up a good fight, but he winds up dropping her with a whack to the face. Just as Rick Yune's about to move to Sydney, we hear Jack in the distance calling her name. Rick Yune wisely decides to get the hell out of there as Jack and the rest of the Apple boys make their way to the girls. Syd bends over to check on Nadia, then runs off. Nadia meets up with the boys and tells them that Syd went thatta way. They all chase after her. Syd heads into the cold storage area and tries to find Rick Yune in between hanging meat carcasses. Suddenly, a sword slices through a carcass, barely missing Syd's head.
And then they fight.
Fight fight fight. Spin spin spin. Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. Slo-mo. Hook. Kick. Rick Yune's hot. Some Elektra action with a couple of meat hooks. A little sword action on Rick Yune's part. All nicely done. Then somehow (don't ask me how), Sydney manages to get the sword turned around and drives it through Rick Yune's torso. Guess he's not coming back this season either, huh? As Rick Yune dies, Syd bends over and asks him who hired him to kill her. He takes a dramatic pause and finally says, "Captain Kangaroo." No! He says, "Derevko. Irina Derevko." Of course he does. Did you have any doubt? I called that storyline before this series even BEGAN, dudes. Seriously. Rick Yune dies, leaving Syd to ponder whether you can really love a mother who repeatedly tries to kill you, even though she repeatedly fails.
Back from the break, Sloane's addressing the troops at the Apple Store. He sums the last two hours up thusly: "Congratulations. We recovered the isotope. We've eliminated a dangerous enemy. And the British government is most grateful for American assistance in returning the Shintaro sword." Wow. That's quite an impressive list of accomplishments for only two hours. Hell, it takes me two hours just to recap thirty minutes of this damn show. Sloane goes on to say that he's pleased to announce that, after all her fighting and hating, Nadia has suddenly agreed to join the Apple Store. She'll be in charge of customer service and gift wrapping. "So," he finishes, "that's it. Go home. Feel good about what you've done." Heh. He makes feeling good sound like something bad. Syd just glares at him and follows everyone else out of the office.