Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Vampire LeSyd
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 02.08.2005
Syd's assignment is to meet up with the Count in Bucharest, tell him she's an associate of Jason's, lead him into conversation, then get him to tell her what drugs he gave the Cahills. Dix pipes up, "It's a mistake." Sloane looks over at him and drolly says, "I beg your pardon?" Hee. He's such a hooded cobra. Dix thinks that sending Syd back out into the field so soon is a tactical error. Syd's all, I'm fine. She totally isn't. Dix is all, dude? You shouldn't go. Syd's all, dude? Shut it. Sloane's all, get the hell outta my sight and go do your jobs.
After the meeting, Syd and Marshall are walking down a hallway as Marshall gibbers on about mind-altering drugs. Syd wants to know if there's a chance that there's a delayed-reaction element to the drug that the Cahills were on. Marshall says that it probably takes a half hour or so for it to hit. Syd's thinking more along the lines of a day or two, but Marshall's too busy blabbling into his cell phone at his infant son to give her a definitive answer. He whispers to Syd that he'll look into it and walks off to spend more time going "boo-boo" into his phone. Syd, about to yak from all the damn baby talk, turns and sees Nadia waving a disk at her in the distance, so she makes her way over.
Nadia hands over the disk, which has scans of Cahill's papers where the Count is mentioned. Syd cringes and puts a finger to her temple. "Another headache?" asks Nadia. "Yeah," says Syd. She goes on to tell Nadia about the 111°F temperature thing from the night before. Nadia says that a temp like that is impossible, and wants to know if Syd told Doc Pineal. Everything was back to normal this morning, so, no, she didn't. Nadia's all, you have to tell them. Syd's all, if I do, they'll sideline me. Nadia's all, if you don't tell them I will. Syd's all, and if you open your big fat mouth, I'm gonna shove my fist into it. "I shouldn't have told you anything," hisses Syd as Vaughn approaches. He walks up all, "Whassup?" The girls clam up immediately, causing Vaughn to say, "Uh, what's going on here, girl stuff?" Oh, man. That's akin to a chick being moody or pissed off about something and a guy saying, "What, you on the rag?" Seriously. "Girl stuff"? He couldn't have said, "Did I interrupt something?" I realize it's supposed to be a funny moment, but it's…not. It's just not. Nadia doesn't think so either, because she says, "People stuff." Heh. She tells Syd to be safe, and Syd and Vaughn head for their plane.
Sloane's Office of West Elm Furniture. Dix enters. "You wanted to see me?" Sloane takes a drink of Rambaldi Life Juice and says that yes, he wanted to see Dix. Sloane's all, yo, I know you're buddies with Syd, and I appreciate that, but, um, dude? It ain't up to you to determine who is or isn't ready for duty, okay? Dix is all, respectfully, beeyotch, Syd has a history of putting her work before her own well-being, and, as someone who obviously cares about her MORE THAN YOU DO, I thought it only right to speak up about it. Sloane then gets all up in Dixon's kitchen and snits that, during the eleven years with SD-6, not once did Dix ever clue in to the fact that he was actually working for the enemy. "What are you suggesting?" says Dixon, barely containing his rage. "That my loyalty somehow is a liability?" Oh, snap. "I'm suggesting that you do your job," says Sloane coldly, "and that I do mine." Oh, double snap. Hooded cobra, y'all. The man is a menace. Dix just glares at Sloane and then walks off.