Episode Report Card Erin: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sydney The Destructor
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.09.2002
As Action Vaughn and Spy Barbie make their way down some stairs, Action Vaughn says something about how, while they're in Rome, they should really visit this great little restaurant that he knows of. Syd's all, um, dude? We're on a mission here. Stay focused. They break into the sewer system, I think, and Syd's asking him about this restaurant and why it's his favorite. They engage in some non-mission-related ice-breaking patter as they trudge through the sewer system. They stop and set up some explosive thingy while Vaughn ASKS SYDNEY OUT ON A DATE. No, I'm not kidding. Syd's all, don't you think it'll be a tad stupid of us to go out in public together? Like, SD-6 may spot us? Vaughn's all, the food's so good it's almost worth the risk. That, and I want you bad. Syd's all, Vatican first, nookie later, okay?
They blow the door and make their way into the Vatican while some awesome grungy tune plays. Syd and Vaughn work together to disarm a security system that was apparently designed by some twelve-year-old named Ricky, because it takes them all of two seconds to bust it. They charge through the Vatican collections in search of the code key. They find the inventory item they're looking for and quickly break into it. It's a painting of some old Pope for whom Rambaldi worked as an architect. Sydney states that the code's in the painting. Vaughn says that they don't have time to figure it out. He flips open a switchblade and says they're going to have to take the painting with them. Syd tells him to just hold off on the destruction plan, and starts closely examining the painting with a flashlight.
Looks like Rambaldi placed the code in the frame of the painting. Vaughn takes pictures of the code while Syd holds the flashlight. When they're done, Vaughn inexplicably wanders off and gets a rude surprise when he's greeted by a Vatican security guard with a gun. Syd shows up and takes the security guard out with a few choice kicks, and then she and Vaughn make a run for it.
Do they make it? Duh.
Back in Hell-Lay, Spy Daddy enters Sloane's office and asks if Double-Oh-Geritol is backing the whole "Kill Kazanow" plan. Sloane's all, where the hell is Sydney? Spy Daddy's all, she's breaking into the Vatican, why? Sloane's all, I just got a message from Munich, dude. There's a counterfeit page in the Rambaldi book. Spy Daddy's all, whuh? Sloane's all, something's rotten in the state of Denmark, my friend, and Sydney's holding the cheese. Sloane thinks that Syd's education is getting in the way of her job. Spy Daddy thinks Sloane should mind his own fucking business. Sloane then tells Spy Daddy to inform Sydney that when Sloane returns from London, he and Sydney need to have a little talk.