Episode Report Card Erin: A+ | 2 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Say goodbye to reality, Uncle Arvin.
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 16 | Aired on 04.19.2005
Back at the code box, Syd states that the decipher is taking too long. "If this were your facility, what would the access code be?" she asks Sloane. He looks at the first two letters of the code, which are "J" and "A." "Try Jacquelyn," he says calmly, and spells it for her. Syd enters the name and the door unlocks. "Am I supposed to know who that is?" she asks. Sloane just grins at her evilly. Heh. Yeah. That's gonna come back to haunt us, I think. Syd and Sloane enter the hangar and…Clifford the Big Red Ball is in the house! Syd says she'll set the charges but Sloane tells her that they don't have to. They move toward Clifford and, I must say, he looks rather like a big Christmas tree ornament. The Unholy Choir of Rambaldi screeches us out to the break.
"We can dismantle it," says Sloane, whirls of crazy already spinning in his eyes. Syd's not really fond of this idea. Sloane thinks they have to consider the value of the device. Syd doesn't give a damn. Vaughn gets on comms and tells her that they're cut off and that Sloane Clone has Sinclair and Syd has to intercept them. She asks where and Vaughn tells her to head to the northwest corridor. Sloane serenely looks at her and tells her to go. After a moment's hesitation, she finally heads off, leaving Sloane alone with Clifford. And the expression on his face when he's finally facing Clifford is utterly fucking freaky. It's a mask of greed and avarice and abject desire. It's just naughty.
Bad Baldy makes his way to the hangar. Once there, he sees Sloane in the distance. Of course, he assumes it's Sloane Clone. He's all, oh, hi, Mr. Sloane. I thought we were supposed to meet over at the side entrance. Sloane turns and Bad Baldy realizes his mistake too late. Sloane has a gun. "Hello," he says with a note of amusement in his voice. Heh. Over in the northwest corridor, Syd comes upon Sloane Clone and his hostage and she just blatantly starts shooting at all of them. The hell? Vaughn tells them NOT to shoot and Syd's all, SCREW THE HOSTAGE! She just keeps shooting until Sinclair dives to the floor and Sloane Clone escapes out a side door. More shooting. Syd then shoots a pipe and stem comes rushing out and she heads in to kick some henchman ass. And then they fight. The henchman's about to choke the life out of Syd when she gains the upper hand and drops his ass.
At that same moment, Weiss and Vaughn enter, guns drawn. Where's Nadia, you may ask? Why, Nadia's headed up to watch her daddy beat Baldy to a pulp. Syd tells Vaughn and Weiss to stay with Sinclair, and then runs off in pursuit of Sloane Clone. Back with the real Sloane, he wants some answers from Bad Baldy. "Who's the man misrepresenting me?" he asks. "It's Arvin Sloane," says Bad Baldy. "I'm Arvin Sloane," says Sloane with not a little bitterness. Bad Baldy dumbly reaches for his gun and Sloane shoots him in the kneecap. Ouch. Sloane drops the gun and picks up the model of Clifford's base. He advances toward Bad Baldy. "Do you know what this is?" sneers Sloane. "That you're doing?" "What the hell do you want?" gasps Bad Baldy. "Do you understand what you're dealing with here?" says Sloane, his face twisting into a grimace. "And for what?" Bad Baldy's pleading for his life at this point. "Mr. Sloane, I --" "Listen to me," says Sloane, looking far too much like he's enjoying this. "Don't make me tell you again who I am." Oh, damn. He's creeping me out.