Episode Report Card Erin: A | 1 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Daddies with glass tables shouldn't throw daughters.
By Erin | Season 5 | Episode 13 | Aired on 05.02.2006
After the break, Syd sashays into her father's office where he and Dix are waiting for her. She asks if they found Koller and Jack tells her that Getty just left for Paris to meet up with Élodie. Syd's all, uh, then if you didn't find him, what the hell are you doing calling me away from my sister? Dix informs her that Sloane's made several trips to Barcelona, including one right before they intercepted Peyton's call to Koller. Jack says that Sloane acquired the cure in Barcelona and that, since that's where Prophet Five is now based, it paints Sloane in a not-so-favorable light. Oddly, Syd defends Sloane, saying that even though he used to be a fool for Rambaldi's love, he's abandoned all that to care for his daughter. Jack's not so sure. Syd says fine, continue your pursuit of Sloane, but don't come to me until you have something concrete, okay?
Sloane and Nadia are sitting in a park, the silence between them slightly awkward. Well, after all, Sloane DID turn his daughter into a Rambaldi-scrawling red-eyed freak. Makes for uncomfortable small talk, no? They're waiting on Sydney and Isabelle. Nadia mentions that she's looking forward to changing diapers in the middle of the night and Sloane's all, oh. So...you're moving in with your sister? And Nadia's all, uh, yeah, Dad. Sorry. I figured this would give you more time to look creepy and catch up on all your Rambaldi reading. Sloane's clearly disappointed by Nadia's living arrangements.
Sydney arrives just then with a stroller and she hauls out a totally different baby than last week. This one's slightly younger and has about a quarter of the hair that the other baby had. According to one of the casting dudes, the babies who played Isabelle last week were sick or something, so they had to cast another set of babies, and finding babies last minute is apparently harder than you'd think, especially babies who are totally supposed to be Rambaldi. Anyway, Nadia holds the baby and the girls coo over her and Sloane leaves, telling them that he's going to the Apple Store. Syd looks at him sadly as he goes.
Apple Store. Jack hands over the leave of absence form Sloane requested and tells him that he should be spending this time with Nadia. "Unfortunately, I'm not sure she feels the same," says Sloane, upset that his daughter won't be living with him. Jack then says that SydAnna gave Page 47 to Prophet Five, and that they're looking for a hidden message encoded in the text; would Sloane happen to know anything about that? Sloane says that he doesn't. Jack says that Marshall's close to decoding it and he'd be happy to let Sloane know what they find out. Sloane says he'd rather not know, what with him being obsessed with all things Rambaldi and everything. Sloane leaves, passing Dix on the way. Dix tells Jack that he's talked to Marshall, and he'll confirm he's working on Page 47 if Sloane goes to him. There are also taps in place at Sloane's house so if he alerts P5, APO will know. Ah, so it's all a clever ruse to bait Sloane into giving up that he's working with Prophet Five! Excellent.