Episode Report Card Erin: F | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT "The Shed"? It's more like The Shit. And not in the good way.
By Erin | Season 5 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.12.2005
Marshall correctly supposes that the substance thief was working with a hacker on the outside, and states that the hacker was using the same computer as the computer used to hack into the NSA a few months back. Since they know the NSA hack was ordered by Dean, it only stands to reason that this lab theft was also ordered by him. Marshall traced the computer to Prague, and if he goes there, he can narrow the trace down to within two feet and they can nail the hacker and grab the substance. Yes, it's about as interesting as watching polish dry on the nails of a poodle.
Syd mentions that if they nab the hacker, they'll lose Dean. No, I don't really know why. Jack wants Getty and Syd to accompany Marshall to Prague and locate Dean's office without making their presence known. Syd gets a look on her face that's like, "The hell? I hate this guy. Let him reorganize the dead files or something. He smells. Why can't Dixon go with me?" Getty just looks at her like, "Oh, bitch, please. I have this Totally Intense facial expression on loan from the Charlie Sheen Memorial Acting Museum and I have to get it back by five; can we just get to Prague already?" Jack just tells his daughter to suck it up and deal, and leaves. Getty smirks at Syd like, ha! Nice try, PREGGERS.
Syd, of course, is not only pregnant, she's also incredibly unprofessional, as evidenced by the fact that she goes running after her daddy in an attempt to cajole him into dropping Getty from the trip. The scene basically goes something like this: "I want Dixon." "You can't have him." "I want him." "No." "Please?" "No." "DADDY!" "No." "But whyeeeeeee??" "Because Dixon's taking Sloane on a trip to go pick up an antidote that will cease to exist because Mia Maestro is no longer a cast member and he can't be in two places at once, that's why. Now go get me a gin and tonic and the TV Guide." I mean, it's not like Jack is her BOSS or anything.
So Sloane has cultivated a lead on a cure for Nadia, and this person is demanding to meet him face-to-face in Russia. Sloane's being released for seventy-two hours and Dix is going with him. Syd then says she'd prefer going to Prague with Marshall by herself. Jack is like, "Dude? DROP IT. You're going with Getty AND Marshall and that's final and what'd I say about the gin and tonic? It's cocktail hour somewhere, goddammit!" Syd says she read Getty's file, and in the last three years he's turned down a dozen team assignments. She identifies him as a loner and not a team player. She doesn't mention anything about the potentially mysterious information that Jack apparently came across when he first looked at Getty's file. Jack's pretty much had it with Syd at this point, and he basically tells her to stow it, and Marshall and Getty show up and say they're ready to go to Prague. In other words, shut the fuck up, Sydney.