Alias s02e10 Episode Script
The Abduction
Prevlously on "Alias" Okay, Dixon, I'm in.
Stand by.
Sydney, you're looking for VaSlli Kabilov, I.
D.
tag C-1 6.
What's going on? We just heard about the codes you acquired.
They have nothing to do with troop communications.
They're the control codes for Slx nuclear warheads that the Uzbeks and Intelligence have confirmed went missing Slx months ago.
Do you know where the nukes are? Yes, I do.
They're in Kashmir, under what used to be a maximum-security prison camp.
You're gonna lead us into that prison.
I handed those codes to SD-6.
Your guilt is unfounded.
You were doing your job.
I'm going, Dad.
I am not about to let Irina Derevko near Slx nuclear weapons supervised only by you.
If you're Iying, none of us will survive.
The only reason you know about the nukes is me.
We'll miss our window unless you jump! Shut up! Right now we have Slx suitcase nukes that are going to be activated tomorrow.
-Is that confirmed? -CIA doesn't have any details.
This is Mountaineer.
Listen to me, fighter planes are in the sky.
You have to leave.
We've got the cores.
Tell them to call off the air strikes! This is Vaughn.
Abort the air strikes.
Abort the air strikes.
SYDNEY: When I found out my mother faked her death after mourning her for most of my Iife, she was still alive, I trled to imagine what it would feel Iike to stand in a room with both of my parents again.
It seemed imposSlble.
That two people with so much deceit between them could ever find a way to breathe the same air.
And all of a sudden, there we were, just the three of us.
Walking down a dirt road in the middle of Kashmir.
When we were out there working as a team, it was comforting.
We were ambushed, and we fought back.
And we survived.
Yeah, my parents and I sort of went through the same thing.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
Vaughn told me Devlin approved you to do research if you pass the Moglin-Reich Allegiance Test.
This is your S.
O.
P.
on where to meet for the pickup.
Remember to -- Drop it.
Yeah.
-FRANCle: Hey.
-What's up? Hey, where you been? Listen, every time I walk in the room Iately, you guys hush up as if I'm interrupting.
-I mean, am I? -What? No.
We were just talking.
Why don't you have a seat? I can't.
I forgot my keys.
I gotta open the restaurant.
I'll see you.
Yeah.
Kendall's allowed me You put in the request, didn't you, to give me time out here? Yeah.
We appreciated your help in Kashmir.
I need you to understand.
I was 18 when the KGB recruited me.
For a woman to be asked to serve her country, it was a future.
It meant empowerment, independence.
I was a fool to think that any ideology could come before my daughter.
Sydney? -Stand down! -Back off now! Let me see your hands! Keep them up! What is this? We have an arrangement.
Yes, the one you failed to Iive up to.
Our operation in Kashmir was a waste of SD-6 resources.
We acquired nothing.
So, my question is, have you betrayed me, or are you Slmply incompetent? This interrogation technique was developed by the Khmer Rouge.
Minimize bruiSlng on political prisoners when they were allowing them to be photographed.
You see, if I pull this just a Iittle harder, the glass will break, and I do not want to do that.
So tell me.
Do you think we were unlucky on our first venture together? Or do you have another plan that you want to tell me about? I didn't betray you.
We agreed to combine our efforts.
I swear to you.
That's still my intent.
Then tell me, what went wrong in Kashmir? The Indian Western Command carrled out an air strike on the PRF prison.
The Rambaldi artifact was destroyed.
My contact in the reglon, Gerard Cuvee, believes I tipped the Indian authoritles off.
With all due respect, Slr, could the leak have come from this office? Sloane has no idea you sabotaged the operation in Kashmir? If he did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Slnce Sark failed to deliver on his promise, their partnership may not Iast for long.
Unfortunately, it isn't over yet.
Sloane is sending me to Paris with Sark tonight.
Why? SLOANE: The Echelon Satellite System.
Phone calls, E-mails, faxes from around the world are filtered through a program capable of flagging words on an N.
S.
A.
Iist.
Echelon has been immeasurably successful in indicating threats to our national security.
Mr.
Sark has provided new intelligence indicating that an enemy of this country may have acquired the ability to access this terminal.
Gerard Cuvee.
Former leader of the People's Revolutionary Front, a crime syndicate whose headquarters were raided by Indian authority Iast week.
My dealings with Mr.
Cuvee go back several years.
He showed me an Echelon terminal he stole from the N.
S.
A.
that he keeps at a front company in Paris.
Attention by local authoritles led Cuvee to believe I betrayed him.
He's sure to move the terminal to an undisclosed location.
Surveillance intercepted an operations log indicating an armored transport has been scheduled for a pickup tomorrow afternoon.
We believe that's when they'll be moving the terminal.
Sydney, you and Sark will intercept the convoy en route and bring the terminal back here safely.
VAUGHN: If Sloane gets ahold of that terminal, The Alliance will eavesdrop on corporations, Iaw enforcement, political campaigns.
The potential for blackmail would be unlimited.
What's my countermission? I'll have Technical Services provide a deletion program.
You'll upload it onto the terminal.
When SD-6 turns it on, it'll wipe the hard drive clean.
Sloane will think Cuvee installed a fail-safe to prevent unauthorized access.
I'll do it on the return flight.
Sark and I are traveling separately to make sure no one can connect him to SD-6.
Oh, by the way, I'm meeting with Will to help him prep for his psych evaluation.
Thank you.
And I Iike it.
-What? -Your new suit.
Oh.
It's not new.
I just don't wear it that often.
I came from a funeral.
Alice's father died.
I'm sorry.
-How is she doing? -Okay.
Well, not really, but she'll be fine.
Let me know if you need anything.
Miss Bristow, hi, I know you have a plane to catch, but you mind doing a favor for me? Okay, will you take some snapshots around Paris with that for me? We have to maintain our cover.
My mom thinks I run I.
T.
Services for the bank.
So I Iike to composite myself into photographs for her.
I actually have an example.
There's me and The Sphinx.
I never actually left Southern California, but I Iike to show my mom all the places I've never really been to.
Would you mind? Not at all.
Okay.
Have a safe trip.
I don't Iike to fly, personally, but that's why I'm here and you're I got some stuff to do.
Convoy's on the move.
E.
T.
A.
five minutes.
I'm right behind the truck.
Copy that.
I'm in poSltion.
It's a pity we're traveling separately.
We could have used the opportunity to get to know each other better.
Yeah, I'm broken up about that, too.
You're adept at keeping your curloSlty in check.
Don't flatter yourself.
I'm referring to the fact your mother and I worked together before she went into hiding.
I learned a lot from her.
In some ways, I think of her as a mother myself.
Listen to me.
You and I have nothing in common.
We're not frlends.
We're not gonna become frlends.
You won't bait me with storles about a woman I never knew.
I don't get any consideration at all for the fact that I didn't tell Sloane you conspired to kill him? You can't expose me without expoSlng yourself.
Now I'm almost into the city's traffic-control network.
Get your head into the game.
How are your wounds healing? You obvlously had the chance to betray us in Kashmir, but you didn't.
I don't imagine that means you decided to trust me.
Our prevlous dealings would indicate that your strategy here may be long-term.
So for now, I trust that your behavlor's predictable.
By "prevlous dealings," you mean our marriage? You know, technically, we may still be husband and wife.
I'm sorry.
Sydney's on asSlgnment with Sark.
It's my bellef that he's still working for you.
You've coordinated your efforts to infiltrate SD-6 and the CIA.
Whatever you have in mind, I promise you, it won't work.
So I'm gonna offer you a deal.
I'll see you're relocated to a private reSldence on Puget Sound, under 24-hour surveillance, of course.
The illuSlon of freedom is better than none at all.
In exchange? In exchange, you'll confess, tell us what you're really doing here, why you've turned yourself in.
I'll give you time to consider my offer.
I see you.
I'm turning the intersection to red.
It is 2-for-1 day at Marshall's Tech Emporium.
Not only is this capable of penetrating two meters of steel, but it will also come equipped with a tear-gas munition, which will disable the guards.
Operators standing by.
Hello! I'm moving in to disable the escort car.
SYDNEY: Copy that.
[ Coughing .]
Police! Police! [ Shouts in French .]
Police! Police! It's empty.
The terminal's not there.
The truck's a decoy.
Get in the car! JACK: I got your message.
Yes, come in.
I want you to meet someone.
Jack Bristow, this is Ariana Kane.
Ms.
Kane is the head of Alliance Counterintelligence.
She is the one who plugged the leak Iast year at SD-9.
ImpresSlve, particularly considering the guilty party attempted to frame you as the mole.
Men always call women crazy when caught with their pants down.
Ms.
Kane is here to investigate the events leading up to Emily's disappearance and the attempts to blackmail me.
How much have you shared with him? He knows everything I know.
I'm aware of your reputation as a first-class strategist.
Tell me, where would you begin this investigation? With me.
Arvin's trusted me with everything I'd need to know to be the perpetrator.
If his standing within The Alliance were undermined, I'd be a candidate to inherit his seat.
Motive.
Well, that's a hell of an answer.
It's the only thing you can say to diminish your viability as a suspect.
Not really.
Your awareness of game theory would invalidate my approach.
Therefore, the best course of action to take as a suspect is to Slmply tell the truth.
Well, as soon as you've officially eliminated the possibility of Agent Bristow as a suspect, I'm sure he'll be quite happy to asSlst in your investigation.
Of course.
If you'll excuse me.
A pleasure.
All mine.
You ever have a dream where you're back at school and they won't let you graduate because you failed a test? I had that Iast night.
We don't screen for knowledge.
It's a psych profile.
So I can't fail, but I can find out I'm a soclopath.
Some of the questions on the test may seem shocking.
Like things you might punch someone out at a bar for asking.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but if things go my way, what's next? You're cleared to read clasSlfled documents, and you get a government salary, which isn't much.
Compared to what I make now, it's much.
And be honest.
If you're caught in a Ile, you're disqualifled.
Slnce we don't know how often SD-6 keeps tabs on you, it's too risky to take the test at a Federal building.
We've arranged for you to go to one of our fronts.
When you get there, the officer will lead you in the back room.
He'll tell you the shipping manifest was lost and that he needs your help.
He'll take you back, and that's where you'll take the test.
There's no time Iimit.
It shouldn't take more than an hour.
I can't believe the questions they asked.
Who would you rather kill? "A" your mother, "B" your father, "C" yourself, and "none of the above" wasn't an option.
What does that measure? How you see yourself in relation to authority.
Whether or not you'd sacrifice your Iife for your country.
Now, that actually makes sense.
I got Francle tickets to the Hollywood Bowl for her birthday from both of us.
Great.
Thank you.
You know, she was right about what she said.
We used to tell each other everything.
I can't tell her anything.
I hate it, too.
But after Danny and what happened to you, I've accepted that it's a gesture of love to deceive the people I care about.
What? Hey, what are you doing here? Rita, right? Alice, hi.
-Hi.
-Hey, Rita.
-Hey.
This is Will.
-Hey.
Michael.
Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-Hi.
Alice.
Hi.
Michael and I work together at the State Department.
I was so sorry to hear about your dad.
Oh.
Thank you.
Michael's been amazing.
He's an amazing guy.
Oh, Rita, we're gonna be Iate.
We got to go.
I'm sorry.
Oh, it's no problem.
It was nice running into you guys.
You too.
-Bye.
-See you.
The Echelon access terminal that you retrleved in Paris was rigged with a boot-sector fail-safe.
When we turned it on, the hard drive was erased.
The good news is Mr.
Cuvee is no longer in possesSlon of the terminal.
The bad news is that he may still have a way to access Echelon.
One of Cuvee's men placed a call to a data-storage facility in London.
This facility caters to high-end cllents.
It's Iikely Cuvee duplicated the Echelon software and had them stored in a secure server there.
He could reverse engineer a new terminal.
Sydney, you'll acquire the files and delete them from Cuvee's backup server.
Mr.
Sark has provided Marshall with tech specs on the facility.
Actually, yeah, actually, about that.
The facility's wired with electronic countermeasures, and the computer's secured via military-grade encryption.
Any decryption device or radlo contact would be detected.
The only way the terminal can be accessed is by someone who knows how to crack polymorphic algorithms.
My math skills may be above average, but I can't do calculus in my head.
That's why you're going in with Marshall.
Marshall who? Wait a minute.
What? You're the only one qualifled to hack the server without an electronic device.
I can't go because I'm not fleld rated.
You will be by the time you leave.
Sark will help you revlew the parameters.
I'm sure Sydney will take very good care of you.
We got your debrief.
If Marshall succeeds in copying those files, Sloane will reboot the terminal.
Marshall has a photographic memory.
Once the files flash across the screen, he'll remember them.
I can't just give SD-6 a fake Marshall.
No.
But we can pull him out of SD-6.
What? Devlin made it clear we cannot allow SD-6 to access Echelon.
Sabotaging the mission is risky after Kashmir.
Sloane could start to suspect something.
We've considered every option, Syd.
There's no other way to do this.
When you and Marshall return, we'll take him into protective custody.
He'll be transported to Langley for a debrief.
As ridiculous as this sounds, SD-6 is his whole Iife.
It's never easy finding out everything you believe in is a Ile.
We'll do whatever we can to make it eaSler for him, I promise.
And he'll have the option to work for us.
What about his mother? Will they be able to make contact? That will be up to Marshall, but we can bring her into custody.
What's my cover story with Sloane? As far as you'll know, the mission went without a hitch.
We'll intercept Marshall on his way home.
I should pack.
Listen, about the bar.
Did you see the security camera? We sent an agent to pull the tapes so we couldn't be tied together.
Good.
Alice seems really nice.
She said the same thing about you.
How long have you known Arvin Sloane? JACK: For 30 years.
When we met, he was my superlor at the CIA.
Yes, and once he left the CIA, he invited you to work at SD-6? Yes.
We were diSillusioned with the U.
S.
government.
We'd come to see it as corrupt.
And we believed then as we do now that The Alliance would succeed in achleving global dominance.
You have been so close all these years.
Why do you imagine he recruited your daughter without telling you? Because he knew I would have been opposed to it.
Trust doesn't come eaSlly to Arvin Sloane.
So while I may not have approved, I now accept that he recruited Sydney to ensure he'd never have to take my loyalty on faith.
You're asking me to believe that Sloane took your daughter hostage to ensure your friendship? In our Iine of work, we can't just cry foul when things don't go our way.
With whom have you had intimate contact over the past 10 years, Agent Bristow? I'm curlous to know where you're going.
More secrets has been revealed through pillow talk than torture.
If there's a prostitute or a stewardess out there you think may have heard you in your sleep, I need to know.
There is one way for you to verify if my nocturnal activitles are a security risk, Ms.
Kane, but somehow I think we'd both prefer the torture.
What happened to that gentleman I met in Sloane's office? He got tired of your baseless accusations.
Good.
I don't trust anyone who doesn't know when he's being insulted.
Are we through? Yes.
For now.
A.
P.
U.
Set.
Aft cargo heat.
Set.
Hydraulic pumps.
Set.
What are you doing? I patched into the network and logged onto the computer.
I just want to make sure the pilots don't miss anything.
[ Engines whirring .]
What was that? The flaps extending.
Totally routine.
Is this your first time on a plane? Yeah.
I couldn't sleep, so I memorized the flight ops manual.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I'm just a Iittle nervous.
You're sweating.
You should take your jacket off.
No way, no way.
I compressed a high-glide tactical parachute in the Iining of my jacket.
Don't worry.
My belt extends into a sling.
Just loop it around your waist.
It will hold us both.
Thanks.
You don't have to thank me.
It's my job to keep you safe.
[ Beeping .]
That is not a plane sound.
That could be bad.
Marshall.
Oh, a Iittle kid playing.
Is that all right? Is he allowed? Onboard play.
You're not supposed to.
Sorry.
Can I get a ginger ale? I don't think I've seen you so handsome.
And you look lovely, my dear.
Shall we? We shall.
Whoa.
This is so cool.
Hey, how's it going? Good to see you.
Hey, how's it going? How you doing? Hi.
Nice to see you.
The key to doing this right.
Be inconspicuous.
Right, sorry.
I just didn't.
Hey, how's it -- You don't have to say hi to everybody.
Box seats have been reserved at Royal Hall behind this man.
Thatcher Powell, Cuvee's head of I.
T.
Security and the only man with access to his secure server.
Powell attends the London Philharmonic every third Saturday and takes in the performance with a bottle of Cristal.
You know, Bach is my favorite composer.
Are you speaking to me? I bet you didn't know that in the Iast plece Bach composed, he encoded his name into the muSlcal notes.
He was the most ingenlous composer of the Baroque movement.
I always say, if it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.
Pardon my husband.
He does tend to prattle on.
Sorry.
Once Powell ingests the scopolamine, it will take effect in roughly five minutes.
The idea is to make Powell believe he merely fell asleep.
The dose will be mild.
Once you steal the access card, get across town to the facility, download the Echelon software, and return the key to his pocket before intermission.
There will be a car waiting for you out front.
[ CIasSlcal muSlc plays .]
Psst.
Oh, thank goodness you're still open.
I'm Marle Robinson.
This is my associate Frederick Flelds.
We work for Jennings Aerospace.
The New York office just paged me.
Our CFO's Iaptop was stolen.
We need access to our backup server.
May I have your P.
I.
N.
number? You're on server 13.
Second floor.
Oh, thank you.
We won't be more than 10 minutes.
SD-6 opened an account at the data-storage facility under the name Jennings Aerospace.
Your cllent status will get you past the desk, and the security staff will be reduced for the night shift.
Slnce Cuvee is paranoid, he's leased out the third floor as his own.
You need to break into the third floor to access the server.
Syd, you were amazing.
You were acting, spying.
-Ready to do your magic? -I'm ready for anything.
GUARD: How did you get up here? This area's restricted.
[ Shouting gibberish .]
Slr, you're going to have to come with us.
Syd, I've been shot! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Syd, Syd, I've been shot! I'm shot! Oh, my God! Marshall, Marshall.
It's a tranq dart.
I pulled it out before you got a full dose.
Thank God for the British and their anti-gun Iaws, right? I'm okay, I'm okay.
What were you saying? I think I said, "I can smell you from here," in Ewok.
Ewok.
Official Ianguage of the indigenous creatures on Endor.
I think I peed myself a Iittle.
I mean, not a lot, just Iike a Iittle squirt.
Marshall, stay with me.
-Stay with me.
-I'm okay.
-Are you okay? -Yeah.
-You sure? -Yeah, I'm okay.
I got a Iittle.
Let's walk.
I can walk.
Okay, okay, hang on.
Hang on there.
Hang on.
Okay.
Okay, stay awake.
Stay awake.
Come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake.
Marshall, focus! I love you.
Ohh.
The Echelon software is on this computer.
You have to access it.
I'll do the rest.
Okay.
I got it, I got it.
Go.
I got it.
It's all good.
-Marshall! -Hmm? Mama.
Accounting for the relevant state during generation combined with a random generator will give you a password.
Oh, Marshall, you're a genius.
Thank you so much.
Goodness.
I must have dozed off.
Well, you certainly weren't the only one.
¡Ó And you know the light is fading all too soon ¡Ó So, this car will take you home.
Okay, thanks.
You think the driver will take the scenic route? I've got this unbellevable filmstrip running in my head.
I still can't believe that we're the stars.
I want to watch a couple times before I go back to my room.
Sure.
I got some real pictures of London to show the folks back home now.
¡Ó The beauty of the rain ¡Ó ¡Ó Is how it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó And there's nothing wrong ¡Ó ¡Ó But there is something more ¡Ó Marshall.
See you soon, okay? Okay.
Hey, you know the best part? I've never been prouder to be one of the good guys.
¡Ó Is how it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó Yeah, Mom, I'll be home.
I'm just getting back from my big buSlness trip in London.
Yeah, Mom, of course they fed me on the plane.
I don't know.
It was some chicken or squid.
Wait, hold on a second.
Can you make a left? There's a nightclub I want to drive by.
What's going on? ALL: Surprise! This is why you guys shut up when I walk in a room.
Happy birthday.
Oh, I love you so.
Happy birthday, sweetle.
Oh, my gosh! ¡Ó The beast has come to steal your heart ¡Ó ¡Ó So you better practice your scream ¡Ó ¡Ó Or you may not live your dreams ¡Ó ¡Ó Things will come and things will go ¡Ó ¡Ó And one thing I know for sure is that ¡Ó SLOANE: Jack Bristow is not responSlble for blackmailing me.
His answers are too perfect.
He even gets angry when he makes sense.
If he had nothing to do with it, I would expect his answers to be perfect.
Unless you have -- Contrary to what you tell your subordinates, we are not the government.
I don't need probable cause.
All I need is a hunch.
Your hunches notwithstanding, you're talking about a man with whom I've been partnered for 30 years.
You have a blind spot when it comes to him.
He's not the first suspect I intervlewed.
I talked to the heads of the SD cells.
People who might have taken issue with your promotion.
You know what I found? They're all afraid of you, except for Jack Bristow, who, I promise you, is hiding something.
Have you thought about my offer? I have nothing to confess, Jack.
I know you find it hard to believe I'd turn myself in to make up for my mistakes.
But that's the reason.
The only reason I'm here.
If that's the truth, why didn't you Slmply refuse? I was considering whether or not to fabricate a confession just to get out of this cell.
You were right.
AIthough our marital contract was founded on fraudulent pretenses, it's still valid until it's annulled, which means, technically, we are still married.
Jack.
Thus far I've agreed to be debriefed only by Sydney.
From now on, I'm willing to talk to you, too.
[ Telephone rings .]
Vaughn here.
What do you mean we didn't pick up Marshall? Who did? Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Please don't hurt me.
Mister.
Mister, please.
Please don't hurt me.
Tell me, how did you enjoy the symphony?
Stand by.
Sydney, you're looking for VaSlli Kabilov, I.
D.
tag C-1 6.
What's going on? We just heard about the codes you acquired.
They have nothing to do with troop communications.
They're the control codes for Slx nuclear warheads that the Uzbeks and Intelligence have confirmed went missing Slx months ago.
Do you know where the nukes are? Yes, I do.
They're in Kashmir, under what used to be a maximum-security prison camp.
You're gonna lead us into that prison.
I handed those codes to SD-6.
Your guilt is unfounded.
You were doing your job.
I'm going, Dad.
I am not about to let Irina Derevko near Slx nuclear weapons supervised only by you.
If you're Iying, none of us will survive.
The only reason you know about the nukes is me.
We'll miss our window unless you jump! Shut up! Right now we have Slx suitcase nukes that are going to be activated tomorrow.
-Is that confirmed? -CIA doesn't have any details.
This is Mountaineer.
Listen to me, fighter planes are in the sky.
You have to leave.
We've got the cores.
Tell them to call off the air strikes! This is Vaughn.
Abort the air strikes.
Abort the air strikes.
SYDNEY: When I found out my mother faked her death after mourning her for most of my Iife, she was still alive, I trled to imagine what it would feel Iike to stand in a room with both of my parents again.
It seemed imposSlble.
That two people with so much deceit between them could ever find a way to breathe the same air.
And all of a sudden, there we were, just the three of us.
Walking down a dirt road in the middle of Kashmir.
When we were out there working as a team, it was comforting.
We were ambushed, and we fought back.
And we survived.
Yeah, my parents and I sort of went through the same thing.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
Vaughn told me Devlin approved you to do research if you pass the Moglin-Reich Allegiance Test.
This is your S.
O.
P.
on where to meet for the pickup.
Remember to -- Drop it.
Yeah.
-FRANCle: Hey.
-What's up? Hey, where you been? Listen, every time I walk in the room Iately, you guys hush up as if I'm interrupting.
-I mean, am I? -What? No.
We were just talking.
Why don't you have a seat? I can't.
I forgot my keys.
I gotta open the restaurant.
I'll see you.
Yeah.
Kendall's allowed me You put in the request, didn't you, to give me time out here? Yeah.
We appreciated your help in Kashmir.
I need you to understand.
I was 18 when the KGB recruited me.
For a woman to be asked to serve her country, it was a future.
It meant empowerment, independence.
I was a fool to think that any ideology could come before my daughter.
Sydney? -Stand down! -Back off now! Let me see your hands! Keep them up! What is this? We have an arrangement.
Yes, the one you failed to Iive up to.
Our operation in Kashmir was a waste of SD-6 resources.
We acquired nothing.
So, my question is, have you betrayed me, or are you Slmply incompetent? This interrogation technique was developed by the Khmer Rouge.
Minimize bruiSlng on political prisoners when they were allowing them to be photographed.
You see, if I pull this just a Iittle harder, the glass will break, and I do not want to do that.
So tell me.
Do you think we were unlucky on our first venture together? Or do you have another plan that you want to tell me about? I didn't betray you.
We agreed to combine our efforts.
I swear to you.
That's still my intent.
Then tell me, what went wrong in Kashmir? The Indian Western Command carrled out an air strike on the PRF prison.
The Rambaldi artifact was destroyed.
My contact in the reglon, Gerard Cuvee, believes I tipped the Indian authoritles off.
With all due respect, Slr, could the leak have come from this office? Sloane has no idea you sabotaged the operation in Kashmir? If he did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Slnce Sark failed to deliver on his promise, their partnership may not Iast for long.
Unfortunately, it isn't over yet.
Sloane is sending me to Paris with Sark tonight.
Why? SLOANE: The Echelon Satellite System.
Phone calls, E-mails, faxes from around the world are filtered through a program capable of flagging words on an N.
S.
A.
Iist.
Echelon has been immeasurably successful in indicating threats to our national security.
Mr.
Sark has provided new intelligence indicating that an enemy of this country may have acquired the ability to access this terminal.
Gerard Cuvee.
Former leader of the People's Revolutionary Front, a crime syndicate whose headquarters were raided by Indian authority Iast week.
My dealings with Mr.
Cuvee go back several years.
He showed me an Echelon terminal he stole from the N.
S.
A.
that he keeps at a front company in Paris.
Attention by local authoritles led Cuvee to believe I betrayed him.
He's sure to move the terminal to an undisclosed location.
Surveillance intercepted an operations log indicating an armored transport has been scheduled for a pickup tomorrow afternoon.
We believe that's when they'll be moving the terminal.
Sydney, you and Sark will intercept the convoy en route and bring the terminal back here safely.
VAUGHN: If Sloane gets ahold of that terminal, The Alliance will eavesdrop on corporations, Iaw enforcement, political campaigns.
The potential for blackmail would be unlimited.
What's my countermission? I'll have Technical Services provide a deletion program.
You'll upload it onto the terminal.
When SD-6 turns it on, it'll wipe the hard drive clean.
Sloane will think Cuvee installed a fail-safe to prevent unauthorized access.
I'll do it on the return flight.
Sark and I are traveling separately to make sure no one can connect him to SD-6.
Oh, by the way, I'm meeting with Will to help him prep for his psych evaluation.
Thank you.
And I Iike it.
-What? -Your new suit.
Oh.
It's not new.
I just don't wear it that often.
I came from a funeral.
Alice's father died.
I'm sorry.
-How is she doing? -Okay.
Well, not really, but she'll be fine.
Let me know if you need anything.
Miss Bristow, hi, I know you have a plane to catch, but you mind doing a favor for me? Okay, will you take some snapshots around Paris with that for me? We have to maintain our cover.
My mom thinks I run I.
T.
Services for the bank.
So I Iike to composite myself into photographs for her.
I actually have an example.
There's me and The Sphinx.
I never actually left Southern California, but I Iike to show my mom all the places I've never really been to.
Would you mind? Not at all.
Okay.
Have a safe trip.
I don't Iike to fly, personally, but that's why I'm here and you're I got some stuff to do.
Convoy's on the move.
E.
T.
A.
five minutes.
I'm right behind the truck.
Copy that.
I'm in poSltion.
It's a pity we're traveling separately.
We could have used the opportunity to get to know each other better.
Yeah, I'm broken up about that, too.
You're adept at keeping your curloSlty in check.
Don't flatter yourself.
I'm referring to the fact your mother and I worked together before she went into hiding.
I learned a lot from her.
In some ways, I think of her as a mother myself.
Listen to me.
You and I have nothing in common.
We're not frlends.
We're not gonna become frlends.
You won't bait me with storles about a woman I never knew.
I don't get any consideration at all for the fact that I didn't tell Sloane you conspired to kill him? You can't expose me without expoSlng yourself.
Now I'm almost into the city's traffic-control network.
Get your head into the game.
How are your wounds healing? You obvlously had the chance to betray us in Kashmir, but you didn't.
I don't imagine that means you decided to trust me.
Our prevlous dealings would indicate that your strategy here may be long-term.
So for now, I trust that your behavlor's predictable.
By "prevlous dealings," you mean our marriage? You know, technically, we may still be husband and wife.
I'm sorry.
Sydney's on asSlgnment with Sark.
It's my bellef that he's still working for you.
You've coordinated your efforts to infiltrate SD-6 and the CIA.
Whatever you have in mind, I promise you, it won't work.
So I'm gonna offer you a deal.
I'll see you're relocated to a private reSldence on Puget Sound, under 24-hour surveillance, of course.
The illuSlon of freedom is better than none at all.
In exchange? In exchange, you'll confess, tell us what you're really doing here, why you've turned yourself in.
I'll give you time to consider my offer.
I see you.
I'm turning the intersection to red.
It is 2-for-1 day at Marshall's Tech Emporium.
Not only is this capable of penetrating two meters of steel, but it will also come equipped with a tear-gas munition, which will disable the guards.
Operators standing by.
Hello! I'm moving in to disable the escort car.
SYDNEY: Copy that.
[ Coughing .]
Police! Police! [ Shouts in French .]
Police! Police! It's empty.
The terminal's not there.
The truck's a decoy.
Get in the car! JACK: I got your message.
Yes, come in.
I want you to meet someone.
Jack Bristow, this is Ariana Kane.
Ms.
Kane is the head of Alliance Counterintelligence.
She is the one who plugged the leak Iast year at SD-9.
ImpresSlve, particularly considering the guilty party attempted to frame you as the mole.
Men always call women crazy when caught with their pants down.
Ms.
Kane is here to investigate the events leading up to Emily's disappearance and the attempts to blackmail me.
How much have you shared with him? He knows everything I know.
I'm aware of your reputation as a first-class strategist.
Tell me, where would you begin this investigation? With me.
Arvin's trusted me with everything I'd need to know to be the perpetrator.
If his standing within The Alliance were undermined, I'd be a candidate to inherit his seat.
Motive.
Well, that's a hell of an answer.
It's the only thing you can say to diminish your viability as a suspect.
Not really.
Your awareness of game theory would invalidate my approach.
Therefore, the best course of action to take as a suspect is to Slmply tell the truth.
Well, as soon as you've officially eliminated the possibility of Agent Bristow as a suspect, I'm sure he'll be quite happy to asSlst in your investigation.
Of course.
If you'll excuse me.
A pleasure.
All mine.
You ever have a dream where you're back at school and they won't let you graduate because you failed a test? I had that Iast night.
We don't screen for knowledge.
It's a psych profile.
So I can't fail, but I can find out I'm a soclopath.
Some of the questions on the test may seem shocking.
Like things you might punch someone out at a bar for asking.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but if things go my way, what's next? You're cleared to read clasSlfled documents, and you get a government salary, which isn't much.
Compared to what I make now, it's much.
And be honest.
If you're caught in a Ile, you're disqualifled.
Slnce we don't know how often SD-6 keeps tabs on you, it's too risky to take the test at a Federal building.
We've arranged for you to go to one of our fronts.
When you get there, the officer will lead you in the back room.
He'll tell you the shipping manifest was lost and that he needs your help.
He'll take you back, and that's where you'll take the test.
There's no time Iimit.
It shouldn't take more than an hour.
I can't believe the questions they asked.
Who would you rather kill? "A" your mother, "B" your father, "C" yourself, and "none of the above" wasn't an option.
What does that measure? How you see yourself in relation to authority.
Whether or not you'd sacrifice your Iife for your country.
Now, that actually makes sense.
I got Francle tickets to the Hollywood Bowl for her birthday from both of us.
Great.
Thank you.
You know, she was right about what she said.
We used to tell each other everything.
I can't tell her anything.
I hate it, too.
But after Danny and what happened to you, I've accepted that it's a gesture of love to deceive the people I care about.
What? Hey, what are you doing here? Rita, right? Alice, hi.
-Hi.
-Hey, Rita.
-Hey.
This is Will.
-Hey.
Michael.
Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-Hi.
Alice.
Hi.
Michael and I work together at the State Department.
I was so sorry to hear about your dad.
Oh.
Thank you.
Michael's been amazing.
He's an amazing guy.
Oh, Rita, we're gonna be Iate.
We got to go.
I'm sorry.
Oh, it's no problem.
It was nice running into you guys.
You too.
-Bye.
-See you.
The Echelon access terminal that you retrleved in Paris was rigged with a boot-sector fail-safe.
When we turned it on, the hard drive was erased.
The good news is Mr.
Cuvee is no longer in possesSlon of the terminal.
The bad news is that he may still have a way to access Echelon.
One of Cuvee's men placed a call to a data-storage facility in London.
This facility caters to high-end cllents.
It's Iikely Cuvee duplicated the Echelon software and had them stored in a secure server there.
He could reverse engineer a new terminal.
Sydney, you'll acquire the files and delete them from Cuvee's backup server.
Mr.
Sark has provided Marshall with tech specs on the facility.
Actually, yeah, actually, about that.
The facility's wired with electronic countermeasures, and the computer's secured via military-grade encryption.
Any decryption device or radlo contact would be detected.
The only way the terminal can be accessed is by someone who knows how to crack polymorphic algorithms.
My math skills may be above average, but I can't do calculus in my head.
That's why you're going in with Marshall.
Marshall who? Wait a minute.
What? You're the only one qualifled to hack the server without an electronic device.
I can't go because I'm not fleld rated.
You will be by the time you leave.
Sark will help you revlew the parameters.
I'm sure Sydney will take very good care of you.
We got your debrief.
If Marshall succeeds in copying those files, Sloane will reboot the terminal.
Marshall has a photographic memory.
Once the files flash across the screen, he'll remember them.
I can't just give SD-6 a fake Marshall.
No.
But we can pull him out of SD-6.
What? Devlin made it clear we cannot allow SD-6 to access Echelon.
Sabotaging the mission is risky after Kashmir.
Sloane could start to suspect something.
We've considered every option, Syd.
There's no other way to do this.
When you and Marshall return, we'll take him into protective custody.
He'll be transported to Langley for a debrief.
As ridiculous as this sounds, SD-6 is his whole Iife.
It's never easy finding out everything you believe in is a Ile.
We'll do whatever we can to make it eaSler for him, I promise.
And he'll have the option to work for us.
What about his mother? Will they be able to make contact? That will be up to Marshall, but we can bring her into custody.
What's my cover story with Sloane? As far as you'll know, the mission went without a hitch.
We'll intercept Marshall on his way home.
I should pack.
Listen, about the bar.
Did you see the security camera? We sent an agent to pull the tapes so we couldn't be tied together.
Good.
Alice seems really nice.
She said the same thing about you.
How long have you known Arvin Sloane? JACK: For 30 years.
When we met, he was my superlor at the CIA.
Yes, and once he left the CIA, he invited you to work at SD-6? Yes.
We were diSillusioned with the U.
S.
government.
We'd come to see it as corrupt.
And we believed then as we do now that The Alliance would succeed in achleving global dominance.
You have been so close all these years.
Why do you imagine he recruited your daughter without telling you? Because he knew I would have been opposed to it.
Trust doesn't come eaSlly to Arvin Sloane.
So while I may not have approved, I now accept that he recruited Sydney to ensure he'd never have to take my loyalty on faith.
You're asking me to believe that Sloane took your daughter hostage to ensure your friendship? In our Iine of work, we can't just cry foul when things don't go our way.
With whom have you had intimate contact over the past 10 years, Agent Bristow? I'm curlous to know where you're going.
More secrets has been revealed through pillow talk than torture.
If there's a prostitute or a stewardess out there you think may have heard you in your sleep, I need to know.
There is one way for you to verify if my nocturnal activitles are a security risk, Ms.
Kane, but somehow I think we'd both prefer the torture.
What happened to that gentleman I met in Sloane's office? He got tired of your baseless accusations.
Good.
I don't trust anyone who doesn't know when he's being insulted.
Are we through? Yes.
For now.
A.
P.
U.
Set.
Aft cargo heat.
Set.
Hydraulic pumps.
Set.
What are you doing? I patched into the network and logged onto the computer.
I just want to make sure the pilots don't miss anything.
[ Engines whirring .]
What was that? The flaps extending.
Totally routine.
Is this your first time on a plane? Yeah.
I couldn't sleep, so I memorized the flight ops manual.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I'm just a Iittle nervous.
You're sweating.
You should take your jacket off.
No way, no way.
I compressed a high-glide tactical parachute in the Iining of my jacket.
Don't worry.
My belt extends into a sling.
Just loop it around your waist.
It will hold us both.
Thanks.
You don't have to thank me.
It's my job to keep you safe.
[ Beeping .]
That is not a plane sound.
That could be bad.
Marshall.
Oh, a Iittle kid playing.
Is that all right? Is he allowed? Onboard play.
You're not supposed to.
Sorry.
Can I get a ginger ale? I don't think I've seen you so handsome.
And you look lovely, my dear.
Shall we? We shall.
Whoa.
This is so cool.
Hey, how's it going? Good to see you.
Hey, how's it going? How you doing? Hi.
Nice to see you.
The key to doing this right.
Be inconspicuous.
Right, sorry.
I just didn't.
Hey, how's it -- You don't have to say hi to everybody.
Box seats have been reserved at Royal Hall behind this man.
Thatcher Powell, Cuvee's head of I.
T.
Security and the only man with access to his secure server.
Powell attends the London Philharmonic every third Saturday and takes in the performance with a bottle of Cristal.
You know, Bach is my favorite composer.
Are you speaking to me? I bet you didn't know that in the Iast plece Bach composed, he encoded his name into the muSlcal notes.
He was the most ingenlous composer of the Baroque movement.
I always say, if it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.
Pardon my husband.
He does tend to prattle on.
Sorry.
Once Powell ingests the scopolamine, it will take effect in roughly five minutes.
The idea is to make Powell believe he merely fell asleep.
The dose will be mild.
Once you steal the access card, get across town to the facility, download the Echelon software, and return the key to his pocket before intermission.
There will be a car waiting for you out front.
[ CIasSlcal muSlc plays .]
Psst.
Oh, thank goodness you're still open.
I'm Marle Robinson.
This is my associate Frederick Flelds.
We work for Jennings Aerospace.
The New York office just paged me.
Our CFO's Iaptop was stolen.
We need access to our backup server.
May I have your P.
I.
N.
number? You're on server 13.
Second floor.
Oh, thank you.
We won't be more than 10 minutes.
SD-6 opened an account at the data-storage facility under the name Jennings Aerospace.
Your cllent status will get you past the desk, and the security staff will be reduced for the night shift.
Slnce Cuvee is paranoid, he's leased out the third floor as his own.
You need to break into the third floor to access the server.
Syd, you were amazing.
You were acting, spying.
-Ready to do your magic? -I'm ready for anything.
GUARD: How did you get up here? This area's restricted.
[ Shouting gibberish .]
Slr, you're going to have to come with us.
Syd, I've been shot! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Syd, Syd, I've been shot! I'm shot! Oh, my God! Marshall, Marshall.
It's a tranq dart.
I pulled it out before you got a full dose.
Thank God for the British and their anti-gun Iaws, right? I'm okay, I'm okay.
What were you saying? I think I said, "I can smell you from here," in Ewok.
Ewok.
Official Ianguage of the indigenous creatures on Endor.
I think I peed myself a Iittle.
I mean, not a lot, just Iike a Iittle squirt.
Marshall, stay with me.
-Stay with me.
-I'm okay.
-Are you okay? -Yeah.
-You sure? -Yeah, I'm okay.
I got a Iittle.
Let's walk.
I can walk.
Okay, okay, hang on.
Hang on there.
Hang on.
Okay.
Okay, stay awake.
Stay awake.
Come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake.
Marshall, focus! I love you.
Ohh.
The Echelon software is on this computer.
You have to access it.
I'll do the rest.
Okay.
I got it, I got it.
Go.
I got it.
It's all good.
-Marshall! -Hmm? Mama.
Accounting for the relevant state during generation combined with a random generator will give you a password.
Oh, Marshall, you're a genius.
Thank you so much.
Goodness.
I must have dozed off.
Well, you certainly weren't the only one.
¡Ó And you know the light is fading all too soon ¡Ó So, this car will take you home.
Okay, thanks.
You think the driver will take the scenic route? I've got this unbellevable filmstrip running in my head.
I still can't believe that we're the stars.
I want to watch a couple times before I go back to my room.
Sure.
I got some real pictures of London to show the folks back home now.
¡Ó The beauty of the rain ¡Ó ¡Ó Is how it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó And there's nothing wrong ¡Ó ¡Ó But there is something more ¡Ó Marshall.
See you soon, okay? Okay.
Hey, you know the best part? I've never been prouder to be one of the good guys.
¡Ó Is how it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó ¡Ó How it falls ¡Ó Yeah, Mom, I'll be home.
I'm just getting back from my big buSlness trip in London.
Yeah, Mom, of course they fed me on the plane.
I don't know.
It was some chicken or squid.
Wait, hold on a second.
Can you make a left? There's a nightclub I want to drive by.
What's going on? ALL: Surprise! This is why you guys shut up when I walk in a room.
Happy birthday.
Oh, I love you so.
Happy birthday, sweetle.
Oh, my gosh! ¡Ó The beast has come to steal your heart ¡Ó ¡Ó So you better practice your scream ¡Ó ¡Ó Or you may not live your dreams ¡Ó ¡Ó Things will come and things will go ¡Ó ¡Ó And one thing I know for sure is that ¡Ó SLOANE: Jack Bristow is not responSlble for blackmailing me.
His answers are too perfect.
He even gets angry when he makes sense.
If he had nothing to do with it, I would expect his answers to be perfect.
Unless you have -- Contrary to what you tell your subordinates, we are not the government.
I don't need probable cause.
All I need is a hunch.
Your hunches notwithstanding, you're talking about a man with whom I've been partnered for 30 years.
You have a blind spot when it comes to him.
He's not the first suspect I intervlewed.
I talked to the heads of the SD cells.
People who might have taken issue with your promotion.
You know what I found? They're all afraid of you, except for Jack Bristow, who, I promise you, is hiding something.
Have you thought about my offer? I have nothing to confess, Jack.
I know you find it hard to believe I'd turn myself in to make up for my mistakes.
But that's the reason.
The only reason I'm here.
If that's the truth, why didn't you Slmply refuse? I was considering whether or not to fabricate a confession just to get out of this cell.
You were right.
AIthough our marital contract was founded on fraudulent pretenses, it's still valid until it's annulled, which means, technically, we are still married.
Jack.
Thus far I've agreed to be debriefed only by Sydney.
From now on, I'm willing to talk to you, too.
[ Telephone rings .]
Vaughn here.
What do you mean we didn't pick up Marshall? Who did? Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Please don't hurt me.
Mister.
Mister, please.
Please don't hurt me.
Tell me, how did you enjoy the symphony?