Episode Report Card Erin: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Ding-Dong, The Moronen's Dead!
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.22.2004
Speaking of Palermo, Syd's still there, but now it's night. This adds some credence to the idea that there was a time lapse between the time that Vaughn escaped from the hospital and this particular moment in time, but the amount of credence it lends couldn't fill a demitasse cup with a hole in it, so, really, let's not go there. Syd's just meditating or something when someone approaches her from behind and puts a gun to her head. Syd's her mother's daughter, however, and she quickly nabs the gun before the shooter can get busy. Syd gets up and is face-to-face with Auntie Katya. Katya lies that she thought Syd was a Covenant guard, so she was about to shoot her. Yeah. Covenant guards often hang out behind boulders with no weapons. Katya blah blahs some more about the Covenant and how she's infiltrating the camp, same as Syd, but it's really all bullshit because we all know now that she's a baddie so can we just get on with it already? Syd asks if Moronen's around. Katya says she was, but she drove away about an hour ago. Must've been while Syd was contemplating her navel. Syd just says they'll wait until she gets back before they make their move, and hands Katya her gun. Katya recommends that they take cover, and asks if Syd's alone. Of course she is, Katya. Duh. Syd turns to look away, and Katya brings her gun up again, and…click. Nothing happens. Syd holds up the clip. Um. I'm no expert here, but isn't the clip kind of, I don't know, heavy? Like, if you had a clip in your gun and someone took your gun away and removed the clip and handed it back to you, wouldn't you notice it? I just…sigh. Katya says, "How did you know?" "I didn't," says Syd. "But now I do." Syd darts her auntie and Katya drops. Jeez. Syd's quickly running out of decent family members.
Syd quickly darts the entire rest of the camp before Moronen returns. Syd takes cover and watches as Moronen gets out of her jeep and talks to some archeologist or something. Syd takes a scope out of her bag, attaches it to her gun, gets Moronen in her sights, and attempts to shoot her. Too bad she shoots the archeologist instead. Worst. Spy. Ever. Moronen runs off. Back in Hell-Lay, we check in at the safe house again, where the CIA agents assigned to protect Nadia are ordering up some Chinese food. Mmmm…dim sum. They call out to Nadia to see if she wants any. She doesn't answer. The boys quickly figure out that she's gone. Seconds later, Nadia's walking down a street with a fetching scarf draped around her neck. Sloane's waiting for her. Mia Maestro's really lovely. I hope she gets more to do next season.