Episode Report Card Erin: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Stow it, Sydney
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 02.15.2005
Syd heads up some stairs, totally rocking her black wetsuit. Leo and Bitchit are enjoying a nice post-kill glass of champagne. Syd's all, hiya! Bitchit points a gun at her and Syd's all, uh, my employer won't be happy if you kill me. Leo's all, oh yeah? Who do you work for? Sloane's all, tell him, honey. Syd's all, Arvin Sloane. Leo reaches over and makes Bitchit put the gun down. Downstairs, Nadia takes out the henchman with the thorine and runs off with the cases. Back up on deck, Leo's surprised to hear that Arvin wants 50% of the Tambor business. "I came unarmed, out of respect," says Syd. "So that we could talk. Like…gentlemen." Heh. Bitchit's all, you are NOT seriously considering making a deal with this skag, are you? Sloane orders Syd to make sure that Bitchit doesn't derail this deal.
"I'd keep my mouth shut, if I were you," Syd says smartly. "You're the one who made it easy. You practically drew us a map." Leo quickly turns to Bitchit. "You? You led Sloane to me?!" "I thought she was just some kind of --" WHAM! Leo smacks her and she goes down hard. Downstairs, Nadia takes out yet another henchman and retrieves yet more black thorine. Upstairs, Leo agrees to Sloane's terms. Why? Does it matter? No. No, it does not. Syd just says that Sloane will be pleased, but that she needs a sign of good faith. "What more does he want?" asks Leo. "The location of the lab," says Syd. Back downstairs, Nadia's interrupted mid-removal by the last of Leo's henchmen. He puts a gun to her head and tells her not to move. She ignores him and whips around, kicking the gun out of his hand. And then they fight.
Back with Syd, Sloane's ordering her to mention his friend Dr. Chaleb and what Sloane did to him when Chaleb betrayed him. In Syd's earpiece, Sloane relates a charming story of how he basically burned Chaleb alive. "I imagine he spends days…nights…wishing I'd finished the job…wishing that he were dead," says Sloane without any emotion whatsoever. Damn. Syd repeats this story to Leo, who gets this look on his face like, yeah, yeah, I remember that story and NOW I WANT TO VOMIT. Back with Nadia…and then they still fight. She drops him, of course, and continues getting the thorine.
Syd's elaborates on Sloane's story, saying that Arvin Sloane is cruel and inhuman, and that if Leo makes this difficult, Sloane will not hesitate to come after his ass. Oh, and his friends, family, dogs, cats, horses -- they're all dead too. Or, you know, burned alive. As Syd says all this, Jack carefully watches Sloane, who shows little or no emotion. "If he chooses to let you live," says Syd, obviously talking more about herself than Leo, "you'll spend every waking minute of your life reminded of what he's cost you. Word to the wise -- give him what he wants." Everyone back at the Apple Store is all…awkward as they look at Sloane. Hee. Sloane finally shows a bit of emotion here, and it's mostly a subtle look in his eyes that's like, damn. I AM a bad mutha. Sorry y'all. I really DO suck.