Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT When Good Sketches Go Bad
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.02.2002
Syd replaces the Rambaldi book in the safe, shuts the door, locks it, and shuts the safe-concealing outer door. She goes to retrieve her purse and her phone and -- wait for it -- Sloane's standing right in the doorway! D'oh! Did he see her? Does he know that she was messin' with his books and shit? Does it matter? Sloane tells Syd that she looks pale. Syd says that Francie's having a really rough time right now. Sloane wants to know if there's anything he can do. Yeah, you can tell Syd she's fucked and we can end this damn episode. Syd's grateful for the offer, but there's really nothing he can do. She exits, leaving Sloane behind to exhibit his best silent-but-deadly facial expression.
The next day, Syd makes the Rambaldi dead drop. At the same time, Spy Daddy's talking to Sloane about Willage and his conversations with Ken Olin. Spy Daddy says that he's dealt with Willage and he won't be a problem anymore. "Security Section told me what you did," says Uncle Arvin. "You had me followed by Security Section?" asks Spy Daddy. Uncle Arvin doesn't really respond to Spy Daddy's question, just informs him that Willage has scheduled yet another meeting with Ken Olin for that afternoon. Spy Daddy thinks Willage is just going to meet with Kenny in order to tell him that he's off the story. Sloane's not that easily swayed, so he's sent someone to handle the situation, just in case it gets out of hand.
As Willage walks up to the prison, some Random Guy In A Suit bumps into him, placing yet another bug on Willage's person. Sloane informs us in a VO that if Willage drops the story, he lives; if he doesn't, he's dead fucking meat. Willage sits down with Kenny. Willage starts blabbling about SD-6 as Random Guy In A Suit gets his gun ready. Willage fills Kenny in on his kidnapping and then tells him that he's dropping the story. Kenny declares that the only way to survive is to publish the story. Blah. Blah. BLAH. Willage drops the story and bails on Kenny like the girly-man that he truly is. Outside, Random Guy In A Suit shelves his weapon.
Then we're in Vaughn's office as he's tossing commands out to his secretary. Some geeky guy enters and tells Vaughn that Sci-Tech has figured out how to read the Rambaldi document. Vaughn's all, and? Geeky Guy's all, I think you should take a gander at this. He hands Vaughn a folder. Vaughn opens it, and something contained within must be serious indeed, because The Timpani Drums Of Dramatic Discourse swell to an alarming volume.