Episode Report Card Erin: C | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Blowback? Blow me.
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2004
Vaughn tells Marshall that Sark activated the bomb and now he needs to deactivate it. Marshall's all, tell me what it looks like! Vaughn's all, like a battery-operated stick-on light! Whatever. Back and forth with Vaughn and Marshall until finally Marshall tells him to do something with the red and black wires. Vaughn's all, I don't think I have time to do that. Marshall's all, YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT. Heh. He's had WAY too much coffee. Vaughn, of course, deactivates the bomb with seconds to spare. Everyone rests easy.
Random Restaurant of Sham Marriages. Vaughn's enjoying a brew at the bar. Lauren walks in. They kiss and exchange marriage chitchat. Lauren's phone rings. It's Sark. "It killed you, didn't it? Seeing him drop the gun for Sydney." Oh, heh. Sark's turning the screws. Nice. Lauren's all, uh, not a good time here, dude. Sark's all, he's there with you? Now? "Though he'd rather be with her?" snits Sark, still intent on messing with Lauren's head. "You know, it's quite a charade you two are engaged in." Charade. He says charade. AS AN AMERICAN WOULD. "Shuh-raid." He should have said "shah-rod," like a Brit would. I got backup on this from my friend Jillian. It should be noted, however, that Jillian was slightly more irritated by this than I was. I believe her first words to me in an IM conversation were "SHAH FUCKING ROD." I think she's still angry.
Lauren keeps faking it on the phone call, the entire point of which seems to be that Sark is now thinking that Lauren really LOVES her assignment, if you know what I mean, and I think you do. "Work is officially over," says Lauren, hanging up the phone. She leans forward and lays a long wet one on Vaughn. He's all, what was that for? She's all, I just miss you, that's all. Oh, and if you even THINK of going near Sydney again, I'll drown you in a wading pool and make it look like an accident.
Oops Center. Syd's sitting at her desk as Norah Jones sings about the carnival town. She looks up and sees Jack walking toward her. He perches on the edge of her desk, and Syd says she thought he'd be long gone by now. Jack says he was just about to say the same thing to her. Aw. He kind of aw-shuckses something about the plasma charge being in their hands. Syd pouts that Sark, on the other hand, isn't in their hands. "Have you had dinner?" Jack asks. "If memory serves, you always liked Miceli's." Syd just looks at him. "I haven't eaten there since I was eight." He just looks right back. "I do eat, you know," he says with a quirk at the corner of his mouth. Heh. She bestows a big smile upon him. "I'd like that, actually," she says with a bit of sadness. Jack throws her a sardonic grin, and Syd packs up her stuff and turns off her light. Jack puts his arm around his daughter, and they walk off in search of tortellini and bread sticks. Aw. More aw. And yeah, so he brought Chinese food over to her house during the last episode, thereby making this dinner exchange totally stupid and bad form continuity-wise, but they're so damn cute together that I could really care less.