Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Swing Out, Sister
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.24.2004
But this isn't about me. This is about Syd. And the sister she never had. And she knew Will was lying about how he thought his sister was a flake. "I knew that he loved her," says Syd. "I always wondered what they had." She turns to Jack. "I have a sister." Jack grimaces. "I believe you assured me that you weren't going to make the same mistake twice." Heh. Jack. Always bringing the real. Syd doesn't respond. Over on the other side of the house, Nadia is stirring. She wakes suddenly and sits up, looking at Sloane. "I know who you are," she whispers. She looks over at Syd and Jack, who just look back at her without expression. Nadia looks panicked. "Well, then," says Sloane, "you know about my criminal past. You also know that I've changed. But you need to know why. I never knew I had a daughter. I didn't know until two years ago that you even existed. And when I found out, I felt total and complete joy. I just wanted to go out and find you immediately. And then hook you up to some machines and pump you full of Green Goo™ and make you talk like Rambaldi. And really, isn't that what every father wants?"
Nadia looks terribly uncomfortable at all of this. Sloane yammers some more about being ashamed of who he was and how he wasn't worthy of her or her love or respect. Nadia's visibly touched by his statements. And that's when there's an explosion at the non-safe house door. Jack and Syd get up immediately and ready their guns. Outside, Sark and Moronen and the rest of the Covenant thugs are getting ready to storm the castle. Sark wants The Passenger unharmed. Syd and Jack move into position. As the Covenant thugs come around the corner, Syd and Jack easily take the first couple out. Jack tosses a smoke bomb to take care of the rest as he and Syd run to safety behind a set of double-barred doors. They look around the room and there's no Sloane or Nadia anywhere in sight. The Covenant make their way to the double doors and easily blow their way through. Now there's no one, not even Syd or Jack, in the room.
"They cannot have escaped," spits Sark. The camera moves up to the ceiling and we see Syd and Jack, hanging out in the rafters, listening through the boards. Moronen discovers a secret passage. Inside is a trap door. "Sloane set us up," says Moronen. "He betrayed us." We catch a glimpse of Syd as she hears this little tidbit of news. She looks at her father. The Covenant moves out. Syd and Jack drop back down into the room, and Jack announces that this was a Chechnyan safe house and that it was Sloane's suggestion that they seek refuge there. "Sloane knew about the escape route," says Syd. "Sloane was the only person who knew where we were," says Jack. "He tipped the Covenant, lured them here as a distraction, giving him a chance to escape with Nadia." That's a lot of exposition, there, Jack. You okay? You need to have a lie-down? "Son of a bitch," is all Sydney has to say. Hee. I like it when she swears. Because I'm twelve.