Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | 1 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Thank you for flying Exposition Airlines
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.10.2004
Syd regains consciousness on an ugly plaid pillow and sits up. She looks around and sees Kendall sitting across the aisle from her. Oh, HEE! I missed you, Kendall! Welcome back, you ol' baldy, you! "Good to see you," he says to Syd, showing some of the inner essence of Terry O'Quinn which, I am told, is incredibly sweet and nice and good-humored. Syd's all, uh, what the? "You're part of this?" "Well, that all depends on which part you're referring to," he says good-naturedly. Heh. "You're Covenant," she says, her eyes narrowing. "No!" he says, almost chuckling. "No no. No, that wouldn't go over too well at home. No, I'm with Special Research." His Rambaldi Flesh Transport team was ambushed and the Covenant got the cube.
Syd's all, and? This has to do with me how? Kendall comes over to her and tells her that it has everything to do with her and that they need to talk about the Lost Years. Syd's all, dude? Didn't you read the memo? I can't remember anything about the Lost Years. Kendall's all, oh, keep yer panties on! I know you can't remember anything! I can, however. "I know what happened to you, Sydney," he says. "I know the whole story. Or…most of it." "You've known…" hisses Syd. "All this time…" "Yeah," says Kendall in this sort of "yup" tone that's just hilarious. He's like, yup yup yup. Sure did. You want some coffee with this big reveal? Donut? Aunt Jemima buttermilk pancakes with extra syrup? "Why haven't you said anything?" asks Syd. "Because you asked me not to," says Kendall. D'oh!
And now is the time on Alias when we dance.
Back on Regurgitation Airlines, the Exposition Fairy enters the cabin from the cockpit, her captain's hat askew, and parks it in the corner with a copy of Variety and a bowl of macadamia nuts. "Y'all?" she says, picking a nut out of her left molar. "You think maybe you could get on with this whole Lost Years thing? I got an appointment for a Brazilian wax in about twelve hours and, at the rate you two are molasses-ing your way through this goddamn storyline, I'm afraid I won't make it. So let's pick up the pace, dammit! Mr. Exposition Fairy likes his honey smooth, ya know what I'm sayin'?"
Kendall tells Syd to put her hand on a scanner and then reads a statement that pretty much just makes her swear not to tell anyone, ever, about what she's about to hear. Not even if they tickle her and make her pee her pants. Not even then. "Before we get started," says Kendall, "I'm curious about how you found the cube. What led you to it?" Syd's all, are you joking with this shit? "Start at the beginning and do it now," she snaps. "I'm all out of patience." Hee. Syd's kicking Kendall's ass. Nice. Also? Since when did Kendall ALLOW his ass to be kicked, huh? What, he goes from being the biggest bureaucratic badass to this mincy smiling nice guy? I am so confused.