Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT "Almost thirty hours" is more like it
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.11.2002
Heh. Julio! More Sudafed please! And bring Mommy the Robitussin and vodka cocktail! Mommy likes mixing!
So, like, Suspicious Satan Vaughn doesn't like this "trust is a tricky thing" response from Agent Sean. He asks him, "What the hell does that mean?" Agent Sean deftly deflects the question and tells Vaughn that he should tell Devlin (Devil = Devlin; is someone trying to send me a message?) about his Syd suspicions. Vaughn's not digging what Sean's trying to tell him. They argue about how Vaughn's concern for Sydney often clouds his judgement. Agent Weasel appears to put an end to this extraneous exchange.
"Hey," Agent Weasel says, slime oozing from every pore. "My investigation's on a schedule. You have an appointment with me. You're late." "Yeah, I didn't think you'd mind," says Agent Sean. "Hey, guess what? I do," says Agent Weasel. Okay. That's kind of a shout-out. I mean, in my own drug-addled brain. Like, I always go, "Hey, guess what? Not so much" or "Hey, guess what? That tie ain't working with those shoes." Yeah. J.J. Abrams TOTALLY has a camera in my apartment. Sneaky bugger. Anyway, Agent Sean follows after the Weasel, leaving Agent Amorous to contemplate his over-concern for Spy Barbie.
Beach House For Non-Dying SD-6 Wives Who Are Soon Going To Kick The Proverbial Bucket. Uncle Arvin walks Auntie Em out onto the porch of this remarkably gorgeous beach house. She's all, honey! Did you rent this place for me to recover in? He's all, why don't you take a seat, sweetie? As the sea breeze ruffles Auntie Em's headscarf, Uncle Arvin embarks on his explanation of what exactly it is that he does. "SD-6 is not part of the CIA," he says. He continues to talk, but all we hear is Natalie Merchant singing about how she's been treated so wrong as the truth from Uncle Arvin's mouth pours over Auntie Em. There is no dialogue in this scene. There is only music and the expressions playing across Amy Irving's face. It is, in a word, perfection.
Uncle Arvin tries to sit closer to Auntie Em, trying to explain the truth behind the past FOREVER of his life, and all we can do is watch and listen as Natalie Merchant and Ron Rifkin and Amy Irving make us cry like babies. Amy Irving's eyes are pooling with tears, Ron Rifkin is doing his best to make her see what he really cares about, and Natalie Merchant is plucking our heartstrings with her distinctive voice. Amy Irving starts to cry violently, Ron Rifkin starts to cry sadly, we start to cry profusely, and Ron Rifkin finally leaves the porch, allowing Amy Irving to collect her tears and look out at the sea.