Episode Report Card Erin: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Box, Part II
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.09.2002
Spy Daddy puts Sloane's finger (ew!) onto the keypad. Shovelhead moves to the vault door. Sloane's identity is verified. Shovelhead. Moves. To. The. Vault. Door. The fail-safe is deactivated. Spy Daddy breathes a sigh of immense relief. Shovelhead makes it into the vault and uses the hand drill device on some door inside the vault. Fine. So that's what the hand drill was for. Whatever. Inside the door is a small silver box with the Rambaldi "eye" symbol engraved on it. Shovelhead runs out of the vault past a waking Sydney.
Out in the garage, Shovelhead comes upon his van, only to discover that the Russian FLC is dead. No matter. He'll drive it himself! He peels out and comes upon Agent Sean, Virtuous Vaughn, and several other CIA do-gooders. They shoot the hell out of his van. The van stops, and Shovelhead escapes out the back door and runs away. And Quentin? Stop with the running. You look like a wildebeest that needs to go on Weight Watchers. Syd shows up and mercifully puts an end to his pathetic jogging spree by going WWF on his fatso ass. Quarantino goes down, and Syd hovers over him. "I think you're right," she says, breathing heavily. "Takin' a punch is somethin' I gotta learn how to do." And then she does a little dance on his face with her size sevens.
Prince Valiant Vaughn runs up and asks what's happening upstairs. Syd tells him that everything's taken care of and that they got lucky. He then asks if she's okay, and she assures him that she is. Agent Sean walks up and hands Vaughn the box that Shovelhead took from the vault. Vaughn opens it, and inside is a teeny bottle of what appears to be perfume. Syd wonders if that's what it is. "Whatever this is," says Vaughn, "we have it now, and they don't. Because of you." "Not just me," argues Syd. "Because of you," repeats Vaughn intensely. "Then it better be good perfume," quips Syd. "I'm not kidding," says Vaughn, with the first appearance of forehead wrinkles since the episode began. "Think about it. What you do. Hockey can wait. I don't think what you're doing here can." Awww. That's so sweet! Vaughn's willing to postpone an extended hockey/nookie session with Syd so that she can continue her acts of valor! What an upstanding young CIA drone he is! DO HER ALREADY. God. You can serve your country and still get laid, you know. Clinton did it all the time. Well…maybe he's not a good example. Forget I said anything.
Cue The Music Of Tears And Reconciliation.
To the poignant strains of "Songbird" by Fleetwood Mac, Sydney slowly enters the offices of SD-6. Various agents are being given medical attention; others are trying to put the office back together. Sloane leans against the wall, watching the slo-mo actions of his agents, and he has this almost resignedly beatific expression on his face. He watches his employees embrace each other. Sydney walks up to Dixon and hugs him. She turns and sees Sloane watching her. She makes her way over to him.