Episode Report Card Erin: A | 111 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Hell Hath No Fury
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2003.11.09
Oops Center. Dix is telling Vaughn that Syd didn't check in this morning and that she's not answering her cell phone. "Do you know where she is?" Dix asks Vaughn. "I don't know," says Vaughn, looking at Jack, who happens to be standing right next to him. Killjoy enters, wearing a v-necked black sweater and black pants. I mention her outfit only because, in every previous episode, the girl has looked like a nun on sabbatical. Now, she looks all sorts of rrrrwar! I think it's significant because Killjoy's about to kick some ass. She comes up to their little trio, and with a cursory glance at her husband, asks Dix to speak with her in private.
Dix and Killjoy head off to Dix's office, but only after Killjoy can channel some hate toward her husband via her eyes. Jack turns to Vaughn. He's all, the NSC knows that Syd murdered Lazariciouslybeautiful, don't they? "I presume you're the one who helped her disappear last night," Jack says. Vaughn says nothing. "Tell me," says Jack, "what else are you willing to do to see Sydney through this?" Vaughn kind of looks off into a corner of the room. No inspiration comes to him, so he just says, "What did you have in mind?" Heh. Heh heh. This is gonna get good.
Dix's office. Dix and Killjoy enter. He invites her to sit. She declines. Dix moves around to his desk. Killjoy's all, dude? You've always been direct and fair with me, okay? Which is why I take no pleasure in what I'm about to say. "Under authority of the National Security Council," she says, "[Head] has instructed me to relieve you of your duty as director of this task force until he arrives to assume control." Dix is all, on what grounds, you mangy bitch? "Obstruction of justice," she smartly answers. "Willingly conspiring to impede an international investigation into the murder of Andrean Lazarey." Dix looks extremely uncomfortable. "I have photographic evidence that Sydney Bristow was his killer," Killjoy says. "We've learned you knew about this for some time." "It is within my purview to compartmentalize information, [Killjoy]," says Dix. "If [Head] has issue with that, he can take it up with the Director of Central Intelligence." "He has," says Killjoy. "Feel free to call D.C.I. yourself for confirmation. Though I suspect your phone will be ringing any moment." Dix stands tall. "These premises are to be locked down until [Head] arrives with federal agents," says Killjoy. "That means until such time, nobody leaves." "I take it you have Sydney in custody," says Dix. "Not yet," says Killjoy. "But we know where she is." See? I told you that dude in the hallway was NSC.