Episode Report Card Erin: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Stow it, Sydney
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 02.15.2005
Sloane buzzkills the cuteness with an announcement about how this little trick of theirs could jeopardize the entire operation. "Tambor's security team saw you. If they recognize you as the maid, they will not hesitate to take action." "With all due respect," says Nadia, "no one pays attention to the help. I promise they won't recognize me." Syd pulls a dress out of a bag and holds it up to her body and then shoots an adorable glance at Nadia. It's really cute. They're playing dress-up! With stolen clothes! Let's play Barbies next! I get to be Skipper!
Later, in the hotel bar, Syd and Nadia perform a tandem rendition of the Derevko Swagger. It used to be the Bristow Swagger, but since all four Derevko women (Syd, Nadia, Irina, and Katya) seem to have the same walk, I'm changing it to Derevko. They definitely don't get their bump and grind from their fathers, yo. Nadia makes her way past the people at the bar and tells Syd she smells patchouli, so they have their mark. Syd makes a fake phone call to a fake asshole and pretends that she's being stood up. Girlfriend hears all this (as intended) and shoots Syd a glance. "Men suck, don't they?" says Syd. Girlfriend agrees, and soon the girls are fast friends and heading up to Tambor's room with an open bottle of champagne. Girlfriend's name, by the way, is Bridget, which…yeah. She's supposed to be Russian, no? I don't know many Russian people (read: none), but I'm willing to bet there aren't a whole lot of 'em running around with Irish first names.
Tambor's Room of Super Hot Super Spy Sisters. Tambor's watching the game. Bridget goes off to change and orders the girls to make themselves at home. Syd moves into position at the laptop while Nadia parks it on the sofa next to Tambor and starts grilling him about the soccer game. She seems to know an awful lot about soccer and this works in her favor with Tambor. Meanwhile, Syd pulls some device out of her purse and starts copying the hard drive. "She's cloning the hard drive and he's in the room," says Vaughn, with more than a note of admiration in his voice. "How the hell does she know so much about the Slovak Devils?" says Weiss with equal admiration. "Was that in the file?" "Maybe she's just a soccer fan," quips Vaughn. "Oh, god, this is the greatest girl ever," says Weiss. Hee. They lurve their super hot super spy girlfriends.
Syd completes the copying job and Vaughn announces that she's done. "I didn't know you liked soccer," says Vaughn. "I do now," says Weiss. "Oh, and, by the way, it's called fútbol." "I'm sorry --" says Vaughn with a raised eyebrow. "Fútbol," says Weiss. "Fútbol," says Vaughn. "Fuuuut--" "Right, right." Hee. This whole scene is awesome. Back in the room, Nadia manages to nab Tambor's PDA, and Syd walks over with a gossip rag and takes the PDA from her without Tambor seeing it. Genius. Back with the boys, more Mutual Admiration Society is taking place. Weiss is all, dude! Did you see that? My girl palmed the PDA! I showed her that with a card trick! DAYUM. Vaughn is all, ha ha ha, I GET IT ALREADY. YOU DIG HER. Weiss is all, FAZHAM. Vaughn is all, fuh-whuh? Weiss is all, FAZHAM. Vaughn is all, YOU NEED TO LIE DOWN. God, Michael Vartan is so cute it makes my eyes water.