Episode Report Card Erin: B- | 116 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Thank you for flying Exposition Airlines
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2004.01.11
Kendall's all, dude? I didn't tell you about the Lost Years because you asked me not to, and here we are, four months later, and you go right for the goddamn cube! Why? Why'd you do that when you so clearly thought you SHOULDN'T do that four months ago! Suddenly, Syd's tears dry up and she remembers the envelope that Sloane handed her in the limo that was addressed to him in her handwriting. Remember that? The key to the Rome apartment was in there. Syd then basically runs through the last ten episodes in order, ending up with the moment when Syd and Will finally found the Rambaldi Cube o' Flesh.
Syd rightly surmises that the Covenant basically set her up, knowing that if they gave her enough clues, she'd actually go after the cube herself and lead them to it. Yeah, the explanation is more convoluted than that and takes Syd far longer to spit out, but that's pretty much the gist of it. Kendall wonders why Syd didn't just destroy the damn thing when she had the chance. Good question, K-Dog. Unfortunately, Syd doesn't have the answer, having, you know, NO MEMORY OF THAT TIME. Syd questions out loud whether or not there was someone else involved or if there was some other step or something. Kendall just kind of leans back and tells her that when they get to Black Hole base, he wants her to look at every Rambaldi artifact and see if anything jogs her memory. Syd just snaps around and shouts that she needs a phone and she needs it RIGHT NOW.
Then we're in Marshall's Dugout of Do-Goodery and General Geekitude. His phone rings, and he picks up. It's Syd, pleading with him to tell her that he really did put a tracer on the Rambaldi cube that the "jerks" removed from Oops Center. Marshall's all, sorry, dude. I didn't do it. Syd's all, I know you did! You won't get in trouble! Marshall's all, nope. No how. Nuh-uh. Not me. Syd's all, seriously, Marshall? DID YOU PUT A TRACER ON IT? Marshall's all, I SWEAR I DIDN'T, okay? Syd just snivels and says, "Okay." There's this pause, then Marshall leaps out of his chair and is all, okay, I totally DID put a tracer on it, but you can't tell anybody, okay? Hee. Hee hee.