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By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.20.2004
Jack busts into Marshall's office and orders him to pull up the logs for the FAA database. I don't know what Marshall was working on when Jack arrived, but it involved a giant caulking tube. I don't think I want to know. Marshall asks what they're looking for, and Jack says they need to know everyone who accessed Sark's flight information in the last two days. Marshall pulls up the list, and Jack immediately recognizes that one of the access points is not one of their internal IP addresses. Marshall says that they logged in with Dr. Nancy's account, and notes that the intruder went through several servers to try to hide their initial location. Isn't that how the internet works, though? Right. Drinking. Marshall discovers that the login originated from the Omnifam Foundation in Zurich, and his face falls.
Jack and some other guards enter the Omnifam Foundation building with a warrant. They enter Sloane's office, and the guards slaps the cuffs on Sloane. Sloane asks, "To what do I owe this pleasure?" Jack responds, "I take no pleasure in this, Arvin." I'm just going to fanwank that, because they didn't know that Dr. Nancy was in Switzerland in the first place, they assumed that Sloane was the one to hack the database, and then I don't have to drink anymore. For now.
Dixon is led to the jail cell where Sloane is being held. Dixon angrily dismisses the guard. Sloane looks nervous when he sees the raw anger on Dixon's face. Dixon asks, "It wasn't enough for you that I saw my wife die?" Sloane says he doesn't understand. Dixon says emotionally, "They are children. Children." Sloane claims he doesn't even know what they are accusing him of, and Dixon slams Sloane into the cell wall. Dixon says that Sloane gave information to the Covenant, and now Dixon's children are missing. Sloane starts to speak, but Dixon cuts him off by pistol-whipping Sloane in the side of the head. Dixon trains the gun on Sloane and says that he made a mistake by not killing Sloane three years ago when he had the chance. Syd runs up and tells Dixon not to do this. Dixon tells Sydney to leave. Syd reminds Dixon that killing Sloane will result in a prison sentence. Dixon says that he just wants his children back. Sloane watches Syd with an interesting look on his face. Admiration? Syd promises Dixon that they'll find his children. Dixon cocks the gun and shakily tells Syd to leave again. Syd goes to her last resort, and asks what Dixon's wife would think if she saw him right now, and adds that his kids need him. Dixon starts to cry. Syd concludes, "What would [your kids] want you to do, Marcus?" Dixon lowers the gun and walks out of the cell. Sloane promises Sydney that he didn't do it. Syd just walks away.
Dixon drives to his house and pulls in the driveway. He unlatches his seatbelt, and turns off the ignition. He stares at his house, realizing how lonely and empty it will feel inside. He picks up his briefcase, and then slumps, defeated, and starts sobbing again. Man, that Dixon is really in touch with his emotions. He gathers himself together, and then notices someone walking towards his car. Someone small. Someone related to him. It's his son, Stephen. Dixon sprints out of his car and embraces his son. Dixon asks Stephen if he's all right, and where Robin is. Stephen is strangely silent. A cell phone rings, and Stephen hands it to his father. Dixon realizes that this isn't an entirely happy reunion, and answers the phone while hugging his son.