Episode Report Card Erin: B- | 116 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Thank you for flying Exposition Airlines
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2004.01.11
Syd's just as confused as I am. She doesn't know how she could just murder a guy without having been programmed first. Kendall reminds her that Spy Daddy put her through Project Christmas when she was a kid. Syd's all, yeah, yeah, yeah, my dad sucks at the parenting thing. Tell me something I DON'T know. Kendall's all, dude? Project Christmas made you virtually immune to programming. Get it? No, really, do ya get it? Syd wasn't programmed. During that whole scene. She was only pretending to be Julia Thorne. Which means that she pretty much killed that dude in cold blood and didn't even flinch.
So, now, we have to backtrack for a moment. See, when Syd entered that room as Julia Thorne, if that really was Quentin Tarantino doing the talking, then Syd would have known him. So, what, she enters the room, and she's supposed to not know who he is? And then not mention the fact that Shovelhead is back and he's the head of the Covenant to Kendall when she meets up with him in Tuscany, where she's supposedly spilling this whole load of horseshit? Huh? Also? If Sloane was in that room as well (which he very well may have been), wouldn't Syd have mentioned THAT fact to Kendall? My point is, there's no way Shovelhead and Sloane could have been at the table without Kendall, and by default, US, knowing about it, because at the time that Syd told Kendall her whole story, her memory hadn't been wiped yet, so she would have remembered EVERYTHING. And I think Shovelhead and Sloane heading up the Covenant would have been a pretty important tidbit of info to impart upon old Baldy McBalderton over here.
Aaaaaanyway…Syd's not too pleased with herself for offing the innocent dude. Kendall tries to convince her that she had no choice, but she still mopes about it for a bit anyway. We return to the safe house in Tuscany where Syd's moaning about wanting to go home and wanting to see her dad. Kendall informs her that Jack's under deep cover and can't be contacted. Oh, reaaaaally? Isn't that interesting? Deep cover for what? I thought he was in prison this entire time. Hmmm. Kendall tells Syd that if she returns home, she's going to endanger the lives of everyone she loves. Oh, and if the intel's correct, the Covenant has the potential to be far deadlier than the Alliance ever was. "Which is why you need to continue as Julia Thorne," finishes Kendall. Syd's all, oh, bite me, Baldy. Kendall's all, dude? If you don't go back to them, they're going to come after you. And your family. And your VAUGHN.