Episode Report Card Erin: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Missing? I'll tell you what's missing.
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.18.2003
Jack tries to soothe his daughter's ruffled conditioned feathers by telling her that it was her strength that kept him focused and on target when he was in solitary for twelve months. "Don't lose it now," he finishes, with one of his subtle Daddy smiles. Aw. It's yet another lovely shared moment between Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner. Too bad Syd's cell phone rings to interrupt it, or we might have had a hug. It's Mrs. Elephant on the other line. Damn. I already don't like her, and now she's interrupting the Spy Family Love? Lauren Vaughn's a killjoy.
Oops Center. Syd and Killjoy make what seems to be an utterly useless loop around Oops Center while Killjoy tells Syd about some break-in at a French epidemiology lab. Really. They just loop and loop and loop, as if they're on a track. Anyway, the lab performed cutting edge research on vaccines, specializing in West Nile, HIV, and Ebola. Syd's all, so what were they after? And I really don't hate your eyebrows. You're pretty. Killjoy's all, they stole four vials of Ebola, dude. And thanks. You're pretty too. But Regina's a bitch.
The fifth vial of Ebola got busted up during the heist, infecting one of the heist members. The infected dude's name is Bogden, and he's an expert in cracking high-end security systems. Fortunately for Syd, he's being held at some naval hospital. Looks like Syd's going on a little Nurse Nightingale mission. Syd wants to know why the NSC wanted her in on this job. Killjoy's all, um, they didn't, actually. I asked for you. Syd's all, the what? In the what what? Killjoy's all, Michael said you were the best. Syd's all, um, yeah, but what exactly is it that I'm supposed to be "the best" at? Huh? Because I can guarantee you, Michael's idea of what it is sure as hell don't involve security experts and Ebola, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
Naval Hospital. Syd and Killjoy enter Bogden's room. He is NOT looking well. Of course, see how well you'd look after sucking down some Ebola and bleeding out your eyes. Nevertheless, Killjoy still seems interested in inflicting her terrible OmniAccent (tm Limber Bimbo) on the poor suffering man. She blathers at him about why they're there, and wants to know who's responsible for putting him in this condition. "Leave," he gasps. "And take your horrible accent with you. AREN'T I IN ENOUGH PAIN?"
Killjoy and her OmniAccent just back off and give Syd the floor. Syd drags a chair over to Bogden's bed and sits. I wish I could say that this was one of the scenes in this episode that kicked ass, but it really isn't. Instead, it's just one of those "blah blah blah let's further the plot along by taking FOREVER just to get to the point" scenes. As Killjoy watches with mild admiration, Syd blah blahs something about faith and belief and the afterlife and the consequences of our actions. Bogden finally coughs up (no pun intended) that he never met the man who hired the team, and that he can't help them stop the second job. The only reason this scene exists is to show A) how much Killjoy grudgingly admires Sydney and B) that there's a second job in the making. Great. Can we get to Justin Theroux and the ass-kicking now?