Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 273 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT "Almost thirty hours" is more like it
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2002.05.12
Devlin's all, you're here because Agent Sean spilled the beans that you're suspicious about Syd. Agent Animosity's all, staring. I am staring at Agent Sean. You are dead meat, you snitching little motherfucker. I am SO gonna kick your ass as soon as we get out of this meeting. Speaking of meetings, Syd's having her very own conversation with the interior grate of a sewage pipe. She hauls herself out and starts removing some of her gear.
Then Spy Daddy's pulling up somewhere. Dunno where. He flashes (ew!) his badge at the guard. That's all we see. Then we're back with Vitriolic Vaughn as he's trying desperately to backpedal out of his faux pas. He's all, dudes. I'm not suspicious. She just seemed troubled, that's all. The Weasel's all, but that's not the word you used, now, is it? Vaughn's all, staring. I'm staring now.
Meanwhile, Syd's speeding her Lycra-lined way through the green-hued halls of the surrounded-by-water facility. With only five seconds to spare, Syd plays the Sloane password tape, puts her latex fingerprint on the pad, and gains entrance. Then we're running and running. Syd locates the page, rolls it up, and puts it in her handy waterproof blank Rambaldi page tube. Somewhere else across town, Spy Daddy's walking down one of the many X-Files hallways in search of Dana Scully's DNA results or something. He goes to a big-ass steel container, enters a code, and opens it.
And we're back with Vitriolic Vaughn. Oh, lose this storyline already. Vaughn's still trying to save his ass, The Weasel still doesn't buy it, Devlin's fairly cheesed off that Sydney's possibly hiding something from the CIA, and there are many, many moments of angry and silent staring. Many. Did I mention the many moments of staring? Captain Non-Courageous finally fesses up that, yes, he believes Syd's hiding something from the CIA, and it probably has something to do with her and Spy Daddy running Rambo after Willage.
Back in the X-Files storage facility, Spy Daddy removes the ampoule from its hiding place and shoves it in his pocket, next to his pearl-handled switchblade and his house seats to Siegfried and Roy. Next thing we know, Devlin's on the phone to the chick who just let Spy Daddy into the storage facility. He wants her to keep Spy Daddy there, but he's a day late and a dollar short -- Spy Daddy just hit the bricks.
Having completed her page retrieval mission, Syd's shaking out her wet locks on the dock, proud that she's managed to keep her make-up perfect even though she was underwater. Dixon meanders up to say hey. He mentions the whole bluebird/freelancer call sign situation. Dix gets more and more upset as he tells her that he tried to make excuses for her in his head, but he doesn't really believe any of them. Syd finally gets up and walks over to him.