Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | 1 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Bucky the Snowman
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.13.2002
Whatever. Syd's getting all weepy as she watches her mommy talk about how she was instructed to insinuate herself into the life of Jonathan Donahue Bristow in order to infiltrate the CIA. After stating that she was to gather information on "Project Christmas," some KGB agent in the foreground turns around and looks directly into the camera. Syd gasps in recognition. It's the guy who was in the car with Syd's mom on the night she "died."
CIA Hell-Lay. Vaughn saunters up to Agent Sean's desk and tosses him a set of keys, reminding him that Sean's supposed to feed Vaughn's dog while he's away. Agent Sean's all, where ya goin'? Vaughn's all, I'm goin' to Disneyland! Actually, he's going to Bogota. Agent Sean's all, what's in Bogota? Vaughn's all, some guy who was attacked by The Snowman. Vaughn's hilariously skittery in this scene, like he's all jazzed up to finally get out from behind his desk. The Bogota guy also used to work with The Snowman, which means that if Vaughn finds this guy, he'll also find The Snowman, which will lead to finding Kasineau. Oh, just go to frickin' Bogota already, will ya?
And now, for the idiots in the audience who haven't watched this damn show since the beginning, Sydney describes how she recognized the man in the archival video as the man who was in the car with Spy Mommy when she "died." In case y'all don't remember, that man's name was "Calder." But his real name is "Igor Sergei Valenko" and he's a KGB operative, just like Spy Mommy.
She's telling all this to Spy Daddy. It would seem that both deaths were faked. Syd assumes that if they find Calder, they'll find Kasineau. Spy Daddy posits that this will only work if these guys still have ties to each other. Syd's ready with the answers: when Kasineau liquidated some of his assets, the initials "I.S.V." appeared somewhere in the documentation. Oh, and, apparently, six months ago, a man matching Calder's description was caught on video entering a known money-laundering outfit in Cape Town. Um, six months ago? Don't you think someone might have, I don't know, MENTIONED THAT BEFORE NOW?
Shhhh. Just breathe. Don't think. Just type.
Blah blah blah -- Syd wants to convince Sloane to let her and Bunny travel to Cape Town in order to seize the records of the money-laundering outfit. She's positive that this will lead them to Kasineau. Spy Daddy bursts Syd's Bunny-bubble by telling her that SD-6 looked into Bunny's records and some of the anomalies suggest that Bunny may have ties to K-Directorate. Duh. Syd gets all twirly about the possibility that her recent boinking partner may be one bad mutha and tells Spy Daddy that he's got it all wrong; her boy's just misunderstood.