Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | 2 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Rachel went to São Paulo and all we got was this lousy episode.
By Erin | Season 5 | Episode 8 | Aired on 12.06.2005
Dix and Syd discuss Sark's intel and Syd leaps up to start arranging transport to Tunisia. Dix calmly tells her that she can't go to Tunisia; Jack wouldn't want her to. "I can't lose him," says Syd. "You won't," says Dix. We head off to Tunisia with Dix driving a big-ass truck and Getty riding shotgun. In the back, Sark and Rachel discuss sexual positions and which ones are their favorites. Rachel hands Sark a locator so that they can get the exact location of Jack and Caroline once he finds them. Sark smoothly tells her that he imagines she feels to blame for all of this, but she shouldn't. "I'm very good at what I do," he snakes. Heh. Rachel ignores him and gives him instructions on how to use the locator. "I must admit, you're quite fetching in black," he smirks. "I. Will. Gag. You," she spits. Heh. Sark makes a face like, "I don't know that I wouldn't quite enjoy that, actually." Hee. "Does this mean we can't be friends?" quips Sark. Rachel just glares at him and looks away. Yeah, I don't think so, Julian.
The truck stops, and everyone but Dixon gets out. Rachel and Getty head off and Sark gets in the passenger's seat. Back with Syd, she's just hanging up the phone when Marshall enters, saying he heard the phone ring. Syd says that it wasn't the Appleseed Gang, and looks dejected. Marshall asks if she wouldn't care for some company while she waits. Aw. Syd says that she'd like that. Aw, again. Back in Tunisia, Dix pulls the truck inside the compound and Sark gets out, saying that Masari's expecting him. Rachel and Getting are strapped to the bottom of the truck, which is actually billowing smoke from the engine. Sark snits something at Dixon about how, if he expects to get paid, he should have the truck fixed by the time he comes back. Dix tries to make friends with the guards by saying something about how Sark thinks he still lives in the colonies. Sark heads inside, and Dix tends to the truck.
Sark meets up with Masari in a room housing the bomb. They exchange some bad-guy small talk and finally, Sark opens up his briefcase and asks to be taken to the prisoners. Masari asks, "Why the rush?" Sark responds, "I need to be in Tunis by sundown." "I'm afraid, uh…that won't be possible," says Masari, pointing a gun at Sark's head. Uh-oh.
Back outside with Dix, he's trying to get some water out of one of the guards for his steaming truck. The guard can't leave his post, however, so Dix is SOL. Just then, the guard's walkie beeps and Dix senses that something's going down. The guard brings up his gun and Dix shoots him in the knee as Getty and Rachel roll out from beneath the truck. Dix points his gun at the guard's chest and demands to know where the prisoners are being held.