Episode Report Card Erin: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Tuck Everlasting
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.05.2002
Subbasement Of Dreams And Desires. "I wanna talk to my mommy," says Syd. No, she doesn't really say that. Shut up. "I hate her, I don't understand her, I think she's a monster, but if she can help us bring down SD-6, then what I think is irrelevant." And here's the part where Vaughn and Sydney have their first lover's spat. Okay, so, maybe it's like their SEVENTH lover's spat. Still. She wants to see Irina, Vaughn doesn't think it's a good idea, Syd thinks it's because of her father, Vaughn says Spy Daddy has a point, blah blah blah. Basically, Vaughn underestimated how much strength it would take to be as icy-cold as Irina. He doesn't think it's going to be easy for Syd. "She is your mother, Sydney," he says in his not-trying-to-be-sexy-but-failing-miserably voice. "With all she's done, she is your mother." "Vaughn, if you're worried about me," says Sydney, "you don't need to be." Oh, but he does, Sydney. He does.
Silo Of Red Lights And Secret Entrances. Syd enters and gets the flashy-flash from the red light identifier. Soon thereafter, she takes a seat in Sloane's office so that Uncle Arvin can thank her for a job well done in Rabat. It's because of her that SD-6 now has the disk. Syd wants to know what was on it. Uncle Arvin tells her that there were horrible things. Private things. Involving parakeets and strategically placed RazzlesÔ.
Okay. I want you to pay attention here. Because it took me five rewinds to get this little speech. I did this because it is a seriously WRONG speech that illustrates how DISGUSTING Arvin Sloane is and how GOOD an actor Ron Rifkin is. "The disk is a collection. A physical manifestation of human weakness. A tool that some people…that your mother used to extract favors from those in power." Do you see how he did that? Do you? He's all, "some people," -- you know, some HORRIBLE people, like YOUR MOTHER. Not him, of course. He wouldn't do something like that. I mean, he wouldn't put something like that together. However, if it just, you know, LANDED in his lap, well…
Ew! Uncle Arvin wants to talk to Sydney about her mother, and he's coming over to SIT NEXT TO HER! Ew! EWWWWW! Uncle Arvin says something about Sydney seeing her mother in Taipei, and then he PICKS UP HER HAND AND HOLDS IT CLOSE TO HIS FACE. He's caressing it! EWWWW! Sydney's looking at Sloane holding her hand and wondering if there's a blowtorch nearby and if she could get away with burning Sloane's hand to a crisp without anyone noticing. "I just wanted to remind you that I am here for you," he says. "If you ever need to talk." Syd says thank you, and then Uncle Arvin leans down and KISSES HER HAND! EWWWW! Syd manages to get out of there without vomiting all over him and tells Spy Daddy in The Cadillac Of Confessions And Father-Daughter Relations that she wanted to cut her hand off at that very moment. So did we all, Sydney. So did we all.