Episode Report Card Erin: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A cup of No-Doz and an espresso IV, STAT!
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.26.2005
Medical Offices of St. Hubbins, Tufnel & Smalls. The doc is amazed that decades of research went into making this little medical marvel of a clear capsule and Jack just goes and yanks it out with a letter opener. "What're you talking about?" Jack says, rubbing at his hand. "You don't have the faintest…" The doctor stops himself. "I implanted it. To regulate the medication in your bloodstream. I explained the entire procedure to you." "You did?" asks Jack. "I did," says St. Hubbins. "I have no memory of that," says Jack. Uh-oh. The doc goes on to say that memory loss could be a side effect, and he even implanted a second capsule in his calf. Jack reaches down and, sure enough, there's a bandage on his calf. Told you that'd be important later. I love it when I'm right. Also, Victor Garber's really pale. And I DIG that about him.
Jack says that memory loss is totally unacceptable in his line of work. Doc St. Hubbins says he can adjust the medication, but the condition is progressing quicker than he anticipated. He again brings up the idea of talking to Sydney. Jack again says he doesn't want to burden his daughter with yet another problem since she's had so much to deal with already in her life. Aw. And…yeah? So what? Programming her to be a spy is one thing, dude. Not telling her she's about to lose her damn father is entirely different. Tell her now or run the risk of dropping dead before you have the chance to tell her you love her the mostest. "You won't always be around to protect her, Jack," says the doc. "You have to tell her the truth before it's too late." Amen, brother.
Amsterdam. Dix is in the back of a van, shooting the shit with Raimes. No one else is around, obviously, because they're talking about the embassy bombing and how Dixon doesn't agree with what Raimes did. While Raimes regrets his decision, he'd make it again, especially since the deaths of fifteen people might have saved the lives of millions of others. Whatever you need to say to yourself so you can sleep at night, dude. "There are casualties in the business we're in," he says. "You disappoint me, Marcus. There was a time you understood that." "That was a long time ago," says Dixon. "Things are…different now." Raimes asks if he got religion. Dix is like, no, I got married. Same thing, though, right? Raimes says something about how marriage softens a man. Dix says no, on the contrary, it deepens him. Gives a man perspective. "And whenever I think of those fifteen people at the embassy," says Dix, "it weighs on me." This seems to make an impression on Raimes and he asks how many kids Dix has; Dix tells him about his son and daughter. "And the lucky lady?" "My wife was killed a few years ago," says Dix, pain still evident on his face. "What you would call a casualty of the business we're in." Ooooh. Burn.
Teuge Airfield. The van pulls up and Vaughn's already there, making a cell phone call. Stubbly Lambert gets out of the front of the van and orders Dirty Broderick to make sure the plane's ready to go. Then he opens the doors to the back and Raimes and Dix get out. At the Apple Store, Syd informs Sloane and Nadia that Vaughn just checked in from the airfield. Oh, and Marshall ran a network probe on the embassy and Jack was right; they got a source on the Hydrosec. It's at a manufacturing plant in Peru. Unfortunately, Stubbly Lambert's men got there first. A fire went up in one of the research labs four hours ago and Syd's assuming that Lambert's men started it in order to steal the Hydrosec. The question is, now that they have the Hydrosec, where do they plan to use it? Sloane says that, as long as they have Dixon in the field, they should continue to keep him in play. He dismisses everyone. Jack remains. Sloane asks him if there's something else, and Jack hesitates before finally saying, "I know we agreed to keep this between ourselves, but the time has arrived. Personal considerations have been weighing on me, Arvin. We need to tell them the truth." He looks out at their daughters, discussing the current operation. "Yes, I know," says Sloane. "You're right. I'm afraid that Nadia's already in danger." She is, dude. Keeping that in mind, why don't you have that damn necklace checked out already, huh? I mean, really.