Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Abduction
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.14.2002
Syd and Marshall run into the data facility. Syd tells the security guard that she and Marshall work for Jennings Aerospace, and the CFO's laptop was stolen, so they need to access the backup server. Marshall, by the way, has switched over to a Cockney accent at this point. I don't know how Jennifer Garner made it through these scenes without cracking up. The guard asks for the corporate PIN, and Syd gives it to him. The guard directs her to the second floor. Syd says they won't be more than ten minutes, and Marshall yells out, "Cheerio!" Flashback to Sark explaining that SD-6 has opened a bogus account at the facility under the name Jennings Aerospace, which will get them past the front desk, and security will be light, since it's late. Sark say that Cuvee has the entire third floor as his own.
Syd and Marshall arrive on the third floor. Marshall is all fired up about Syd's performance thus far. Two guards approach them and ask how they got into the restricted area. Marshall starts yelling at them in a made-up language. The guard tries to take Marshall into custody. Syd knocks both of the guards unconscious, but not before one of them shoots Marshall! Noooooo! Syd runs over to him, and realizes that it was just a tranquilizer gun. She pulls it out before he gets a full dose. Marshall mutters, "Thank God for the British and their anti-gun laws, right?" Marshall insists that he's okay as Syd helps him up. Syd asks what he said to the guards, and Marshall thinks he said "I can smell you from here" in Ewok. Syd isn't sure what that means, so Marshall explains, "Official language of the indigenous creatures of the planet Endor?" I thought that sounded familiar. Marshall looks down, then looks at Syd, horrified. He says, "I think I peed myself a little. I mean, not a lot. You know, a little squirt." This last admission made, Marshall swoons and starts to fall. Syd grabs him and shakes him. Marshall insists that he's okay. They start to walk, and Marshall falls to the ground again.
Syd reaches the server room and uses Powell's card to gain access. All the while, she is practically carrying Marshall and urging him to stay awake. She sets him down in front of a computer and tells him to focus. He blearily says, "I love you." Syd slaps him, and he snaps back into consciousness for a moment. She tells Marshall he only has to access it and she'll do the rest. She places his hands on the keyboard, and Marshall insists that he's got it and it's all good. He logs in. Before he can get full access, he passes out again. Syd notices and slaps him again, which only makes him call her "Mama." Syd desperately kisses Marshall on the mouth, and that does the trick -- Marshall is now wide awake. He gets in, and Syd tells him he's a genius. She starts the download just as Marshall does a face-plant on the keyboard. Moments later, Syd practically carries Marshall out past the curious security guard at the front desk.