Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT When Good Sketches Go Bad
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.02.2002
Anyway...Emily invites Syd and Will in, and Spy Daddy approaches. Willage and Spy Daddy shake hands like the old acquaintances they are. Yes, it's ironic, isn't it? They're all buddy-buddy, and Willage has absolutely no idea that Spy Daddy's responsible for that glowing shiner on his cheek. Blah blah blah, small-talk banter and whatnot. Uncle Arvin enters, sporting a stylish black turtleneck and subdued tweed jacket. Yes, he looks hot. No, I'm not going to mention it again. Yes, as I've stated before, I have issues.
Syd introduces Willage to Sloane, and Sloane barely hides the fact that, if he had a butcher knife handy, Willage's internal organs would be spilling out all over Sloane's lovingly restored parquet floor. Uncle Arvin drags Sydney off for some "business," and Emily offers Willage a cocktail.
In Uncle Arvin's office, Syd stares into a mirror, which is most likely hiding a hidden camera. Sloane's at his safe, telling Syd how proud he is of her work in Tunisia. Syd slinks up to Sloane's desk and drops the "paper clip" into a cylindrical pen holder. Sloane pulls out the Rambaldi manuscript and sits down on a small sofa. Syd joins him. He tells Syd that a courier is going to pick up the book tomorrow, but he wanted Syd to have a look at it before it headed out for England. Yeah, Spy Daddy said something about it going to Germany or something. Frankly, I didn't really pay attention. The important thing is that Sloane's "sharing" with his daughter -- erm, I mean, "Sydney."
Uncle Arvin tells Syd that most of the text is in Italian, but some of it's in code. Syd looks at him like she doesn't know what he's talking about. Sloane starts asking all these open-ended pseudo-philosophical questions about Rambaldi that hold absolutely no interest for me whatsoever. "Men would die for this book," says Sloane softly. "Men have died." Blah blah blah, Sloane's obsessed with Rambaldi, bling bling blooey, Syd's not sure she's a believer. Done. Moving on.
Dining Room Of Double Agents And The Dying Wives Of The Men They're Trying To Bring To Justice. Somehow, Willage's stupid-ass story gets mentioned, and Emily's all surprised that he's the author of that fabulous article about the fruit picker from Levanda. Yawn. Emily's all, honey? Arvin? I told you about this! I voted for that article! Willage is all, really? You actually read that? Regina Rouge is all, GET ON WITH IT.
But they don't. Emily goes on to completely repeat the story about this slave driver of a boss whose employees lived in fear of him. The boss was the devil, according to Willage. He was eeeevil. If his employees spoke out against him, he'd have them killed. Do you get it? Huh? DO YOU? No, really, DO YOU? Like, Sloane's the slave driver, and Syd and Spy Daddy are his fearful employees who are facing potential death? DO YOU GET IT?