Episode Report Card Erin: A | 111 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Hell Hath No Fury
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2003.11.09
Syd opens the safe and checks for sensors within. She finds none. Inside the safe is a big gray case. Syd removes it and places it on the desk behind her. She opens the case and finds the maser unit. She pulls it out and disassembles the operational area. Then she grabs her "cell phone" unit and removes the back. Then she takes that little chip thing that's supposed to copy the corrupt OS out of the "phone" and places the "phone" itself into the maser. She hits "1" and tells Marshall that an uplink has been established. Marshall tells her to give him two seconds to corrupt the code.
Whew. That was one long-ass technogeek scene there. I'm spent. Sammy Rock? Can you get in here and rub Ms. Thang's shoulders? I'm all sorts of tense in here. What? What was that? What do you mean you're taking a soothing lavender spa bath? You're supposed to be looking after ME. I'm the one who's WORKING HERE. All you're doing is…oh. You're naked. And waiting for me. Hmm. Yeah. The recap can wait. Sigh. Splash. Mmmm…
Ahem. Suddenly, in the Security office, the guards regain momentary access to the security system. Their monitors flash a brief glimpse of Syd in the minister's office doing her dirty work. Marshall's all, uh-oh. Dixon's all, what in the fuck do you mean, "Uh-oh?" Marshall's all, um, I don't know how they did it, but they got their damn security system online again. Dix is all, can you get it back offline? Marshall's all, gimme two secs, okay? Two secs too late, Marshall. The security guards are heading towards Sydney. Dix gets on the horn and tells her she may have been compromised. "May have been"? WERE, okay? The guards are coming to her with guns fully loaded. There's really no "may have" about it.
Syd responds by asking Marshall how much longer he needs to corrupt the maser OS. Dix is all, get outta there now! "How long?" Syd yells. "Just gimme one minute," Marshall responds. Syd hears voices outside the door and grabs the curtain pull from around a curtain at the back of the room. She readies herself as the voices get louder. The Chinese guards enter, and Syd throws the curtain pull at the first one, confusing him, then knocks him into the guard behind him. Some serious kung-fu action ensues, which I would certainly recap if it weren't more important for me to make another champagne cocktail at the moment.