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| Trust Me |
| Episode 2: Trust Me |
| [Syd & Francie�s Apartment] (Doorbell rings, Francie answers) Francie: Hey, Mr. Bristow, come on in. Let me ask you a question, let�s say you�re hanging out at you favorite neighborhood restaurant with some friends�or whatever, you like to go there, you like the food, what color are the walls? Jack: Umm, I�m not really into interior decorating. Francie: I�ll get Syd. (Calling to Syd in her bedroom) Syd, your dad�s here. Syd: [In front of the mirror, looking at the patch of gauze over where she was shot.] Okay, uhh, I�ll be right out. [Back to the kitchen.] Jack: You know to the Vietnamese�and the Chinese, the color white means death and bad fortune. (Francie gives him the �HUH?� look) Jack: Try red. Francie: Really? Syd: (Coming into the kitchen) Hi! [to Francie] Will�s sentencing is at 2, I�ll meet you there? Francie: Yeah. [to Jack] Did you hear about Will? The story he made up? He was high the whole time. Jack: Yes, I heard about it on the news. Unfortunate. Francie: You know what I want to do to the guy that introduced Will to heroine? I wanna kill him, with my hands, I just wanna kill him. Jack: [Looks sick] I can imagine. Francie: [to Syd] I�ll see ya at the courthouse. [to Jack] And I�m gonna go buy some red paint. [Francie leaves] Jack: I�d thought you�d wanna know that your mother�s transfer is complete. She�s being held at a joint taskforce facility downtown. Syd: The idea that the CIA is willing to work with Irina Derevko is insane. Jack: Worse, it�s na�ve. Your mother didn�t just conveniently turn herself in, this is all part of a manipulation. Syd: Well she�s their problem now, she�s not yours�she�s not mine. [Syd puts on her jacket but cringes when putting her arm in.] Jack: [Noticing her difficulty] You okay? Syd: My shoulder�s healing, if that�s what you mean. Jack: [Pause] It�s not, actually. Syd: Thanks for asking; I�m fine [There�s a pause and Jack looks at Syd, knowing that she�s not okay.] I don�t support the death penalty, but I hope that she dies for all that she�s she�s done, I really do. [Jack looks like he totally agrees, but there�s sadness and compassion for Syd, too. They leave.] [Syd and Vaughn meet, flash to the SD-6 briefing] Sloane: It is our obligation to do everything we can to get that disc. Now what you�re looking at is the El Sabak Hotel in Rabat. Jack: A Derevko operative named Mahammad Naj lives and works out of the fourth floor. Sloane: Early last week the blackmail disc in question was taken to a vault at that location. The operation is simple: break into the vault, retrieve the disc. [Back to Syd/Vaughn briefing.] [Vaughn in taskforce cell] Vaughn: We�re interested in a disc used for blackmail, we believe you�re familiar with this item. [Long pause, SpyMomski just stares at Vaughn.] That�s an implied question, I�ll make it clear for you, are you familiar with this item? [Still no answer] I know you want to see your daughter, I can guarantee that�s never gonna happen unless she knows you�re cooperating. Prove yourself, give Sydney a reason to see you. Irina: [Faint smurk] Sydney? [Sly little grin.] Interesting. Vaughn: [Sees his mistake] Agent Bristow is in Rabat now, seeking to recover the list. Is there anything she should know? Irina: Next to the safe there�s a fire alarm. If you want to protect her, tell her to pull it first, then open the safe. Vaughn: Why? Irina: I�ve given you a gift, and all you get from me is one. [Vaughn turns to leave.] Irina: You look just like him. Vaughn: [to guard] Through with prisoner. [Vaughn comes into the taskforce headquarters, Kendall is waiting for Syd to go radio silent.] Vaughn: I need to talk to talk to Agent Bristow. Agent: She�s not radio-silent. If we try to communicate her SD-6 partner could hear us. Vaughn: Yeah, and if we don�t she might trigger the alarm. [Marshall voice over from OpTech] Syd: [In Rabat] We�re almost there, going radio silent. Dixon: [on radio]: Just be careful. Vaughn: Now. Agent: Freelancer this is boot camp, do you copy? Syd: Go ahead boot camp. Vaughn: Sydney, do not open the safe. Syd: What? Vaughn: Is there a fire alarm on the wall? Syd: Yes Vaughn: Okay, listen to me, it�s a failsafe, do not open the safe until after you pull the alarm Syd: We had no intel of a failsafe. Where�d you get this information? Agent Kendall: Vaughn spoke with your mother. We got the intel from her. It�s her disc, she�s familiar with the vault, if there�s a failsafe only she�s gonna know. Syd: And what if there�s not? I�m just supposed to pull the fire alarm? Vaughn: Now, Sydney, I know this sounds crazy, but I think it�s for real. Vaughn, she wants me dead. If that were true agent Bristow, she would have killed you in Barcelona. Sydney: Did you talk to my father about this? Vaughn: Yeah, about two minutes ago on the phone when we were waiting for you to go radio-silent. Syd: What did he say? Vaughn: Your dad? [Cut to Jack driving] Jack: [Screaming into his cell] The answer is no! Vaughn: All I�m asking is that you consider it� Jack: Consider the source! Vaughn: I don�t need to be lectured on what kind of woman she is� Jack: This woman is not to be trusted! Vaughn: Jack listen to me� Jack: Under no circumstances discuss this with my daughter. [Cut back to Vaughn talking to Syd] Vaughn: Respectfully Syd, I don�t think your father can think clearly where your mom is concerned. Syd: And you can? Vaughn: I�m trying. And she has nothing to gain by lying. Kendall: Ms. Bristow I want you to pull that fire alarm. [Syd contemplates.] Vaughn: Sydney, I�d do it. Kendall: Agent Bristow, pull that alarm. --------- [Exit disgusting scene where Sloane kisses Syd�s hand.] [Syd and Jack in Jack�s car.] Syd: I wanted to cut off my hand. Jack: Did he say anything else about the blackmail disc; why the Alliance wanted it? Syd: No, I�d thought you�d have seen it. Jack: No, Sloane sent the disc to Alliance headquarters in London. Syd: I�ll see if I can find out whatever was on the disc and why it was so important. Jack: How�re you going to do that? Syd: I�ll ask Mom. Jack: You�ve agreed to see her? Syd: Yes. Jack: Sydney, she is the enemy. Syd: Yes, and so is Sloane. And if the devil herself wants to help me bring him down, that�s fine. Jack: She has never been interested in helping you� Syd: She told me to pull the alarm. Jack: Yes, and for all you know it could have made things worse. Sydney, you're smarter than this. Your mother wants you to think that she's your ally, that she could help you get what you want. Her intel might even be accurate once... twice. The minute you start depending on her, she will gut you. [Syd goes to the joint taskforce facility to see her mother.] Irina: You didn�t pull the alarm. [Syd looks at the floor.] I wouldn�t�ve either. Syd: We need to know who and what is on the disc. [Irina pushes her hair behind her ear; the same thing that Dixon pointed out as Syd�s �thing� earlier in the ep Syd notices.] Irina: How�s your shoulder Syd: The disc. Irina: Peter Fordson. Syd: Who? Irina: Peter Fordson, he has a file on the disc, he�s the one SD-6 will go after first. Syd: Why? Irina: One step at a time Syd: I need to know why. Irina: No, you want to know why. There�s a difference. Go after Fordson. Trust me. Syd: Why should I do that? Irina: Because I�m your mother. [Syd leaves, gets out of Irina�s sight, and breaks down.] [Syd and Irina at the facility.] Syd: Let�s get one thing clear: you are not my mother. My mother was Laura Bristow. Laura Bristow died in a car accident 21 years ago. You are a traitor, and a prisoner of the United States government. [Irina closes her eyes and then looks away.] Look at me! We will interact only when necessary. You will address me as Agent Bristow and you will answer only the questions I ask. There will be no personal anecdotes, no comments about my job performance�no condolences or congratulations. Do you understand me? Do you understand? Irina: Yes, Agent Bristow. [Syd leaves. Irina smiles.] |
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