Episode Report Card Erin: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Tuck Everlasting
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.05.2002
Back in Hell-Lay, we're inexplicably forced to listen to Bob Dylan sing "Shelter From The Storm" as Syd stalks down the hall of the Operations Center with the fancy-schmancy camera. She walks right over to Kendall and plops the camera down right in front of him. "We're on the same side," she rasps. "It's time you started acting like it." Then she stalks off.
That whiny little nebbish Vicki snivels up to Syd and starts yammering on and on about how Spy Mommy won't talk. To anyone. Ever. About anything. Syd just turns and throatily suggests that Vicki take a long walk off an inch-long pier. "If there's nothing else?" Syd concludes, and starts walking off. Vicki stops her. "The one thing she did ask was if someone would pass along her congratulations to you. She seemed really proud." Vicki finally skitters off in search of more sweater vests, and Syd just stares at the "windows" for a second. She seems to make a decision, and turns around.
Syd swivel-hips her way down the hallway toward her mother's cell. Once there, Syd launches into her "you may have given birth to me, but that don't mean SHIT" speech. "Let's get something clear," she says steadily. "You are not my mother. My mother was Laura Bristow. Laura Bristow died in a car accident twenty-one years ago. You are a traitor and a prisoner of the United States government." Irina just looks away, not all that impressed. "Look at me!" Syd rasps. Irina just looks over at her with this Mona Lisa smile that says oh so much. "We will interact only when necessary," continues Syd on her rampage. "You will address me as Agent Bristow and answer only the questions I ask. There will be no personal anecdotes, no comments about my job performance, no condolences or congratulations. Do you understand me?" Irina just stares at her. "Do you understand?" "Yes," says Spy Mommy with a smile, "Agent Bristow." Syd seems happy with this answer, looks like she's going to sob with satisfaction, and finally leaves. Irina just looks after her with the coldest eyes and a smile that suggests that she thought, "Aw, my little girl. She's all growed up! And she's a chip off the old block!"
Next on Alias: Agent Amorous and Willage meet! Spy Daddy tells Spy Mommy that he's gonna kill her! Sydney runs around looking pretty, yet pained!