Sydney is brought to a torture room but the interrogation is halted and Russek becomes the target of SD-6 suspicions. He is tortured, and finally executed.
Sloane confides in Sydney about the intercepted communication from Switzerland, and that it was a message from Russek to K-Directorate. A confused Sydney asks Vaughn, who is equally perplexed.
With Christmas approaching, Vaughn gives Sydney an antique frame. This gesture arouses jealousy in Will, although he has just begun an affair with his assistant Jenny, which Sydney knows about.
For her next mission, Sydney is sent to Semba Island, just off the coast of Kenya. SD-6 is still trying to track down Ineni Hassan, and they believe that a forger on the island has created a new identity for the rogue arms dealer. On the island, Sydney discovers that Hassan has had plastic surgery, and now goes under the name Nebseni Saad.
Sydney hides this fact from SD-6, but Sloane already knows. He then instructs Jack to go to Cuba, where Hassan/Saad is now hiding. Sloane wants Hassan dead, though Vaughn proposes a counter-mission. Jack is asked to make a deal with Hassan: In exchange for Hassan's client list, Jack would then fake Hassan's death, which would stop SD-6 in their pursuit...but also allow Hassan to pass into the CIA's hands.
Meanwhile, Will studies the tape that was left in his car. With help from his audio engineer friend, Nevil, he discerns some muffled dialogue. The person who killed Eloise Kurtz said the name "SD-6."
Will researches the name, but finds only a single reference in a transcript from a lawsuit against David McNeil, an expert in computer encryption, who is now in jail for embezzlement. Will questions the lawyer, Robert Stoller, who says that McNeil only pleaded guilty after his wife killed herself. Will visits McNeil in jail, but the man seems genuinely scared at the name "SD-6." Refusing to talk, he demands that Will leave the lawyer alone.
From Vaughn, Sydney learns that her father made it appear that the intercepted communication from Switzerland was actually sent by Russek to K-Directorate. Vaughn then reveals that Jack is now being held captive by Hassan in Cuba.
Secretly, Sydney sets out to save her father. She is captured and brought before Hassan, just as Jack is explaining his unusual deal to the arms dealer. Hassan recognizes Sydney as an SD-6 agent, but is unaware of her connection to Jack.
Tempted by Jack's offer, Hassan needs him to prove that he is no longer loyal to SD-6. As a test, Jack must kill the captured SD-6 agent. A gun is placed in Jack's hand. He takes aim directly at his daughter.
(From ABC.com)
Jack saves Sydney again by sacrificing someone else :o
Vaughn goes up against Jack ` The Headmaster ` Bristow and wins ! :lol:
Ken Olin as the lawyer - why doesn`t he do more acting instead of just directing ? He`s so good ! :)
The scariest cliffhanger yet - will Jack really shoot Sydney to save himself ?! :fear:
I`m amazed at how much gets packed into one epsiode ; love how they`ve found time to keep developing the Francie wedding stuff, and the build-up of Will`s meddling/ investigative reporting.
I love the slow build up with Will too. Makes it more exciting, cos you know its all gotta connect at some point!
The scene where Sloane elaborates a little on his past with the CIA, "I tell myself that I saw it coming all along", makes me want to know what drove him to the Alliance and SD6.
Love the face-off between Vaughn and Jack :thumbsup:.
Will hears SD6 for the first time, no Will don't investigate them :rolleyes:.
And Vaughn gives Syd a present, aww.