Episode Report Card Erin: A | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Sark. Do I even need to say anything else?
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 8 | Aired on 02.22.2005
Marshall's Garage of Geekiness. Vaughn and Jack are hanging out, trying to not kill Marshall while he blabbles his way through a description of the putty compound that was inside the silver disk Syd brought back from Brussels. Okay, I read this description in the closed captioning, like, seven times, and all I could get from it was that the putty, on its own, is harmless, but, when mixed with certain nerve agents, it mutates the neurotoxins, causing them to self-replicate at a rate that would be, like, historic. I…yeah. That's just…yeah. Whatever. The putty's called the "Dante Compound" (good Lord) and Jack would like Marshall to create a fake in thirty minutes so that Syd can hand it over to Anna at their meet. Marshall is all, oh, surely not, no, I can't possibly -- okay, yeah. I can do that. But, um, before I do that? I'd like to let you know who I think Anna is working for: a fringe terrorist cell called the Cadmus Revolutionary Front. Vaughn is all, yeah, whatever, they're former Covenant. Marshall is all, well, the CRF? They've been trying to acquire the Dante Compound for over a year now. Marshall thinks they're trying to build a chemical bomb. Vaughn tells Jack's shoulder (he's seriously right behind Jack and talking directly into his…shoulder) that he read the Echelon report on CRF and that the CIA doesn't know what their agenda is.
Jack turns to him and says that they have to increase their knowledge base, figure a way to penetrate the CRF and determine their motives. Marshall says that they have someone in custody with CRF connections, considering their Covenant ties and all. "Oh, god," says Vaughn. Heh. That's right, Vaughn. Sark. SARK. But we're not at Sark yet. We have to deal with Syd and her psychosis at the moment. We're in Jack's office and Syd is saying that handing over a fake Dante Compound is a bad idea. Jack thinks that handing over the real compound is a bad idea. Syd thinks her responsibility is to get Nadia back safe and alive. Sloane suddenly appears and agrees with Jack. Syd's all, um, dude? I'm trying to save your daughter. Sloane's all, yeah, but giving over the real compound is an unnecessary risk. "She won't kill her," says Sloane, referring to Anna. "It's not her destiny." Syd rears back. "Please tell me this is not about what I think it is," she says.
Sloane says something about Syd having faith and Syd is all, um, dude? Please tell me that we're not running this mission based on the findings of a fifteenth-century lunatic. She turns to her father and says that Sloane has no authority at the moment and that she knows Anna better than anyone, which is why she was chosen for this mission. "Dad, please, I need to get my sister back," says Syd. Jack just nods at her, and Syd thanks him and leaves. "You shouldn't be here, Arvin," says Jack. Hee. Syd runs into Vaughn and she asks where he's going. He'll tell her later. Hm. He asks when the meet with Anna is. Syd says now. Vaughn assures her that Nadia's going to be okay. Syd just wants the ghosts to go away. "Tell me about it," he says, stalking off. Cut to some shop next to Bijan in Beverly Hills. Syd enters as "Makin' Whoopee" plays over the store sound system. She quickly spies Anna, walks directly over to her, and then hands her a purse. Anna takes it without even looking at the contents. Anna then walks around to the other side of a display and Sydney follows, all, dude? My sister? Hello? Anna hands her one of those security car keys and instructs her to wait until five minutes after Anna exits. Nadia's on the fourth floor of the parking structure across the street. Anna turns to Sydney all, do this, or my friends will put a hole in your heart. She even puts her hand on Syd's chest for emphasis. "Get your hands off me," grits Syd. "It was nice, getting to know your sister," says Anna. She caresses Syd's face and…then they fight.