Episode Report Card Erin: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Papa, Can You Hear Me?
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.22.2003
Jack removes his mask, and Syd's all, "Dad!" "You're all right, sweetheart," he says, lifting her off the table. "You're all right." Oh, goodness. He's such a good daddy. The Shaft Boys grab Syd and get the hell outta there. Before they can leave, however, Pruitt shows up and starts shooting at them. There's shooting and more shooting and more shooting until d'oh! Someone shoots Pruitt from around the corner. He falls. And we see Lauren holding a gun. She looks seriously green and drops the gun like it's on fire.
Outside, a chopper's fired up and ready to go. The Shaft Boys head out with Syd, and Sloane opens the chopper door for them. Syd looks in surprise at Jack. "He's with us," he says. "Get in." Everyone loads onto the chopper and it flies off. Inside the chopper, Syd looks sadly out the window. Vaughn holds onto his severely shocked wife. "They wanted a code deciphered," says Syd as Jack looks at her with his version of concern. "That's what all this was about -- a code." "What was it?" asks Jack. "Coordinates," says Syd. "I gave Head the wrong coordinates. I didn't know what to do." Jack puts his arm around his daughter and they put their gargantuan foreheads together, closing their eyes in relief. "You made it, Sydney," says her daddy. "You made it." Jack looks at Sloane, who's leaning over the front seat, smiling beatifically at them both. Syd just kind of looks at him, then closes her eyes.
Next week on Alias: Or, actually, tonight, because I've been hanging out with the Mom for T-giving and haven't been able to do this damn thing until Sunday. Syd pays a visit to David Cronenberg, and that can either mean really, really good things or really, really ucky things. I'm betting on ucky.