Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Vampire LeSyd
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 02.08.2005
Apple Store. Sloane informs the troops that Syd's going to be fine and that Interpol has raided Baldy's office and lab and the Nocturne program has been dismantled. "That threat is now over," he states. The troops leave and Sloane asks Dix to stay behind. "Sending Sydney out…" says Sloane. "A tactical error indeed." Aw. He's apologizing. In his own sneaky hooded-cobra way. Dix kind of looks behind him to see if anyone's around, then he walks up and faces Sloane and basically becomes my own personal hero.
"I would have said this earlier," he starts, "but when I get done, it's likely you'll have me relieved of my position, and I didn't want that to happen while Sydney was in the field. I've asked myself countless times why I never saw the true nature of SD-6. For a while, I punished myself over it. Finally, I realized, my only failure was that of imagination. Despite all the evil I'd encountered, I had never imagined a person could exist -- someone as thoroughly toxic as yourself." Sloane just looks at Dixon, a veiled smile tugging at the corners of his lips. Heh. "I won't make that mistake again," continues Dixon. "You want us to believe you've reformed. That for the love of your daughter, you've decided to listen to the better angels of your nature. Arvin…let's be honest. You don't have any." Oh, SNAP. Sloane continues to calmly glare at Dixon. "And on that inevitable day, when your true motive reveals itself, I promise you: I'll be there. I'll be waiting." Dix smiles coldly and turns to walk away. Sloane looks after him and while his smile says, "Heh, nice one, Dixon," his eyes say, "I'm gonna bite that fucker and make him dead."
Now, I thought this episode should have ended right there. Dixon's the man, Sloane's a snake, go to black. But no. We have to check in with Syd and Vaughn, because god forbid the show should end on anyone other than them. Syd's in a hospital bed. Vaughn walks in. Syd tries to apologize about all the stuff she said and did. Vaughn just says she wasn't herself. She sits up and kisses him. They smile at each other. She looks down and sees a big-ass spider on the bed. Of course, she thinks it's a hallucination. That is, until Vaughn sees it too and cups it gently in his hand. Okay, what kind of hospital is this? Big-ass spiders on the beds? What, are there big-ass rats in the kitchens as well? Man. Remind me not to go there to have my appendix removed. Yikes. Vaughn gets rid of the spider and tells Syd that his father liked spiders, that he thought they were good luck. Syd's all, your father was on crack, because spiders are creepy. Vaughn tells her to get some rest, and she lies back down. He leaves and the camera lingers on Syd for, like, the last thirty seconds of the show. The hell? Shoulda ended with Dixon, y'all. Shoulda ended with Dixon.