Episode Report Card Manimal: B | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Spirit
By Manimal | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.15.2001
Vaughn gets a VO as the camera cuts to the sepia tones of Havana. Havana is so sepia-toned it looks like it has jaundice. Jack set up a meeting with an old contact. Vaughn's VO fades out, and we cut to Jack sitting at an outdoor café as two baddies approach. They pull a gun, but Jack quickly throws his table at them. A car nearby opens, and more baddies wrestle Jack to the floor and pull him into the car. Jack is wearing a white linen suit and looks super-natty, by the way.
Back to Vaughn and Sydney. Vaughn tells her Hassan has her dad, and that they can't launch a rescue or search team because it'll attract too much attention. Sydney says if Vaughn understood what her father did, he'll understand why she needs his help now.
Programmer's Prison. The titles read that it's Lompoc. For a moment I thought my VCR had shorted and had recorded Out of Sight on another channel instead, but the gods of TV are never that kind. By the way, more unsolicited recommendations: that movie was seriously underrated and is one of the sexiest things I've seen. It's way better than Ocean's 11 and Steven Soderbergh is such a good director that he made it look like J. Lo can act.
Cut to Will waiting for "David MacNeill," Hey! It's Ken Olin! I have a very complicated imaginary relationship with Ken Olin, mostly stemming from my love/hate for thirtysomething. Some episodes of that show were almost Ingmar Bergman-esque. Then the other ones were so self-indulgent and annoying that they made the Dawson's Creek cast look like Peace Corp volunteers. Apparently, Will lied and said he wanted to interview David for an article on encryption software. He tries to grill David about SD-6. David says he has nothing to say. Will probes, annoyingly. David refuses. Will probes again. Will confesses that he met with Robert Stoller, and says he knows David's backstory. David tells him angrily to never talk to Stoller again, and gets up and leaves. Oh, man. You know David and his daughter are both dead meat, because Will is a moron and is going to fuck things up but good.
Jaundiced Havana. Sydney's there, looking for her dad. She's dressed in military black and goes from place to place, flashing his photo.
Hassan's Hideaway. Hassan enters the room where Jack is bound to a chair and surrounded by armed guards. They banter about SD-6 knowing Hassan's new identity. Hassan says they're going to learn what happens when they send someone after him. Jack says he has an offer.