Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.25.2003
Once Syd and Killjoy stop yammering at each other, Dix states that Sark and Bomani are on their way to a Yakuza-run casino in Osaka, where they'll download the virus from a secure server and wreak havoc and chaos across the land. Marshall's gonna provide Syd with a program that will rewrite the program and render it unusable. Marshall pipes up that he'll only be able to do that if he sees the code. "Which means, I guess, I'm goin' on another mission!" he says, not entirely without glee. Dix is all, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll have Strategic Services devise a scenario. Marshall's all, wait! I got one! A good way to get invited into the back room of a casino is to get caught cheating at cards! He proceeds to demonstrate his card-counting techniques. The only reason for this scene is to show us A) a hideous picture of Marshall from high school, complete with mullet, B) how annoying yet endearing Marshall continues to be, and C) that Marshall kicks ass at counting cards. I mean, yeah, it's funny and everything, but not really necessary for recapping purposes. Except this: "Had a lot of free time in high school," says Marshall. Hee. I bet you did, honey. So did I. When I wasn't licking my John Taylor poster, that is.
As they exit The Conference Room of Endless Expositions, Killjoy tells Syd that, now that Vaughn's awake, she should go see him before she heads off for Osaka. Syd's all, oh, okay. Sure. So, NOW I can hang out with Michael as long as you've sanctioned it and while you're IN LOVE WITH ME? Whatever. Meanwhile, in an orange-coated garage somewhere else on the planet, Sark stands waiting, bathed in Sunkist goodness. Chavez y Chavez enters and stalks across the slippery citrus floor, thanking Sark for meeting him. Seriously. This scene looks like the inside of a basketball, it's so orange. Chavez hands over an envelope with pictures of Jack inside and asks Sark to run a detailed check on him. What, so now Sark's an ERRAND BOY for CHAVEZ? Jesus. TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT. Sark takes one look at the picture and grins delightedly. He's all, I don't have to run a check, dude. He's Jack Bristow and he's CIA. And he's my sister's daddy! Hold me!
Le Havre, France. I have nothing funny about this location. I really don't. We're at some bizarre building with Christmas lights strung outside it, but when we go down below, we're in a warehouse of sorts and there are pools of cool blue light placed strategically throughout. German Spy Daddy tells Soymoan, clad in an inexplicable Pimp Daddy Leather hat, that if he enters the password, three million dollars will be transferred to Soymoan's account. Soymoan, sporting a white trainer with a zipper front as well as a black velvet jacket, just smiles sportingly at German Spy Daddy. Like, what is he wearing? I mean, REALLY? Are we in Kill Bill all of a sudden? What, is Soymoan paying homage to Uma Thurman or something? Because I SO wasn't given a memo on this.