Episode Report Card Erin: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Truly, Madly, Deeply
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.15.2003
Spanky and Alfalfa are staring each other down, willing the other guy to back the fuck off, when Marshall approaches and dithers and dotters about which man is in charge and who he's supposed to talk to and both Jack and Kendall snap around and go, "WHAT IS IT NOW, YOU IRREPRESSIBLE MOTORMOUTH?" Or Jack goes, "What IS IT, Marshall?" And Kendall goes, "What do you WANT?" Hee. I rewound that scene, like, seven times. It's still making me giggle. Marshall informs the boys that the passive transmitter has started blipping and they're now tracking Irina. Jack shoots a glance at Kendall. Kendall shoots him the finger. And we're off to track the Bad Mama Jamma.
We're on a "plane" high above the "clouds." I think it's the same shot of the plane that Sloane and Irina were supposed to be on. Whatever. Syd and her boyfriend are addressing the CIA team about the upcoming op. Basically, they're supposed to track Irina, who seems to be in Stuttgart at the moment, but aren't to move in on her until they've confirmed that they have Sloane and Sark located as well.
Stuttgart. The Greenest City In Europe. No, really. That's what they call it. We're at some random building and Irina, dressed in a stellar black suit and sporting a "just woke up from a bed of lust and doesn't my hair looks fabulous" hairdo that's making her all sorts of sexy. And the nerdy black glasses are only adding to the hotness. She's blabbing to some dude about his human genome project. I'm too busy wondering why I can't look like Lena Olin when I wear my nerdy black glasses to pay attention to what the hell they're talking about.
Sarkie's listening in on her conversation from a van parked outside. Inside, I think Irina hands her companion a large check or something, because he immediately escorts her to the server room where the data is. Sark informs her that the server room is located in such a place that radio contact isn't possible and that, when she's ready for extraction, he'll be standing by. Huh. You think that "no radio contact" part is important? Hmmm...
Meanwhile, in the CIA Caper Car (okay, it's really a van, but "car" just sounded better; remember, I'm all about the alliteration), Syd's checking in with Kendall, Marshall and Dad back at Oops Center. She wants to know if there's any intel on the location they've tracked Irina to. Oh, and Syd's hair and makeup? Fan-TASTIC. Really. She should chase after her mother more often. Her hair's all curly and disheveled and she has her super-special smoky spy eyeliner on. Not that it really matters in the CIA Caper Car or anything, but just in case she has to act the part of a sexy civilian with a great head of tousled hair, she's all set.
Jack informs Syd that the building where Irina happens to be is Brücker Biotech, and they're the German equivalent of the Human Genome Project. Or something. Kendall hitches up his pants and tries to still sound in charge by spouting off a list of a bunch of analytical crap the CIA's running on Brücker. Vaughn's all, ooooh, Sloane and Spy Mommy getting their hands on genetic research? That is SO not good. Marshall relays the feed of the Brücker CCTV system to Syd and Vaughn. One of the lackeys informs Syd that they're moving into position outside the building.