Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Darkness Falls
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.01.2003
Thank holy Buddha, Syd's cell phone rings right then and she has to leave. Vaughn acts all chipper all of a sudden and gives Syd this kind of dismissive peck on the cheek and skates off. Syd looks distracted and distraught and stares down at the ice as if she'll find an explanation there for why the costume department keeps dressing her in striped turtlenecks.
Next thing we know, we're in Richard Lewis's office at the CIA. The what? The who? The how? Whoa. Wait. It IS the apocalypse. Who'd Lewis blow to get this job? I mean, not that he's not great and everything, but...well, I can't say that I really think he's great. I think the only time I've ever actually liked Richard Lewis was when he was on that show Anything But Love with Jamie Lee Curtis years ago. I used to love staying home sick and watching reruns of it on Lifetime. But that's about it. He's got his shtick and it's gotten him far and I really don't know why he's on this show.
Syd enters, and two things strike me. One, Richard Lewis looks much older and more nebbishy than I've seen him look in forever, and two, he looks like an older version of J.J. Abrams. Really. He could be his uncle or something. Anyway, Syd comes in and introduces herself, and Lewis tells her to take a seat. Looks like she's being videotaped. Then some dude puts some documents down in front of her and tells her that he needs her thumbprint and signature on all of them. Syd just looks around the room.
Lewis stares at her over his granny glasses and states that the documents are confidentiality agreements, and if she violates them and talks about what's discussed, it'll be a felony. Ohhhh-kay. That clears it right up. Could someone, like, TELL US WHY SHE'S THERE? I really don't think I'd be putting my John Thumbcock on any document until ol' "I'm in pain" over here did a little explaining. But maybe that's just me, because Syd just thumbprints away without a second thought.
After Lewis's assistant leaves, he asks Syd if she's familiar with some Russian guy by the name of Vladimir. Syd's all, not unless he's the guy who whistled at my ass when I passed by the construction site at the corner of Ninth and Buena this morning. Lewis then says something about her being in France with Vaughn recently, and asks if she saw him use a pay phone or buy cigarettes. She's all, uh, no. And believe me, if he'd used a pay phone, I would have known because, like, I spent hours just watching him walk. That man can swagger. And as for the cigarettes thing, well, if I caught him even THINKING about smoking, I'd make him eat an entire pack of Lucky Strikes, okay?
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