Episode Report Card Erin: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Missing? I'll tell you what's missing.
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.18.2003
Oh, but there is a mention here of Chicago that many of the posters believe is a shout-out to me. I seriously doubt it. I mean, I've been trashing this show left and right for the past three eps, so if it IS a shout-out, then you can bet your sweet ass it was written sometime this summer. If it is, thanks, guys! I think you rock as writers! I really do! But tell JJ to lose the Triangle or I'll send small angry dogs to poo on his lawn!
As Marshall gets closer to saving Vaughn's ass (and Sydney's, by default), we do get a funny moment of Agent Sean bouncing his hand nervously and Vaughn going, "Stop bouncing." Hee. So, yeah, Marshall gets the info updated in time and Syd and Vaughn are in the clear. Soymoan reads the file and gets this hilariously conciliatory expression on his face. "Babe…" he says sheepishly, glancing at Sydulia over his shoulder. Hee. Sydulia just goes, "Now I remember why I left." She picks up her jacket and storms off, conveniently eliminating the need for her to do anything more physical with Soymoan. Dammit.
A few minutes later, the baddies are gathered around some big dining room table. Soymoan enters, putting on his t-shirt. Rewind. Pause. Sigh. The table is strewn with plans and documents, and Chavez y Chavez glares at Sydulia from across the way. She just looks away. Then Chavez looks at Soymoan. Soymoan's all, "She's good." He perches on the table and lays out the plan for them; they're hitting some disease ministry in Saragossa or something, and their target is a biological agent. Yeah. We already knew that. Take your shirt off again!
His cell phone rings, and he invites the caller inside. Chavez takes over as Soymoan goes to greet the caller. Blah blah blah portable cooler whatever. I mean it. Who cares? You know they're gonna get the damn vial of whatever-the-hell. Durr! As Sydulia listens intently to her instructions, Soymoan's guest enters and…it's SARK! He looks casually over at the group, and Syd's face totally goes, "D'OH!" It's hilarious. Sark's only reason for being there is to freak Syd out and for her to know that he's behind this whole thing. Oh, sure, he tells Soymoan about some shift rotation or something, but that's not why he's there. He's there to make Syd go, "D'OH!" with her face. Syd slinks over to Chavez y Chavez and pretends to look at some documents as he tells her he knows she's hiding something. Yeah, dude. She's hiding her "D'OH!" face. Heh. Sark and Soymoan conclude their totally useless conversation, and Syd loses her "D'OH!" face. Hee.
Sensei's Solemn Sanctuary of Still Sinister Sons of Bitches. Killjoy must be a glutton for punishment, because she's returned to Zurich in order to engage in a little more one-on-one with Sloane. He tells her that the second item the Covenant wants to acquire is an artificial pathogen, one that, when combined with the first virus, will allow the Covenant to genetically tailor a biological weapon for specific targets. What? That's what she had to fly all the way to Zurich for? He couldn't have told her that over the phone? Or, like, the LAST time she was here? Of course, if Killjoy didn't bother flying over to Zurich, then Satan Sloane wouldn't be able to deliver his little life-affirming speeches about how much Vaughn loves Sydney and how much Killjoy sucks rabbit droppings. Satan Sloane pours himself a bit more of that nice Rambaldi Life Juice he enjoys so much and doesn't share with others. Then he says something about how the comment he made last time, about how Killjoy got the job, well, he was referring to the senator…her father.