Episode 4: A Broken Heart
In
the final moments of a cooperative mission, Sydney and her
Russian nemesis Anna memorize a 500-year-old binary code written
by Milo Rambaldi
before it is destroyed. Sydney's inner conflict – as
to whether she should give the correct sequence to SD-6 –
is confronted by Agent Vaughn, who makes it clear, in no uncertain
terms, that her role as a double-agent is in constant jeopardy...
Then,
in a moment of decision, they help an SD-6 associate, Declan,
to escape an attack by feeding him escape coordinates via
world-band radio...another sign that Vaughn's loyalties may
occasionally lie outside the CIA.
The completed
code represents a geographical location for a church in Málaga,
Spain, where Sydney and Anna once again meet up – this
time as opponents. Sydney bests Anna in a brutal fight, and
recovers a gold circular crystal from the church's stain glass
window.
She returns
it to SD-6, where Marshall's analysis discloses a pre-synthetic
polymer, also invented by Rambaldi...The 15th century seer's
progressive inventions now appear to be at the root of a much
deeper mystery.
Sydney
and Dixon are sent off on their next mission – to investigate
a plot to eliminate the World Trade Organization. In Casablanca,
Morocco, Sydney adopts the guise of a French-Canadian tourist.
In a crowded
marketplace, she attempts to get near Luc Jacqnoud, whose
bodyguard has had a previous run-in with her. After a powerful
battle, Sydney arrives to Dixon's aide, and is crushed to
find that their contact, Bak Ibrahim, has only just been slain
-- another friend, whose life did not escape harm this time.
At
SD-6, Jack is interrogated by McCullough – but we reveal,
in a dreamlike sequence, that a unspoken truth about Sydney's
mother continues to haunt him. Meanwhile, Vaughn's feelings
for Sydney, in a moment of briefing, show through even further
– finally, when she breaks down to him about the heartbreaking
conflicts in the career of a dual agent, Vaughn offers her
his support as a friend.
Meanwhile,
Francie's suspicions grow of Charlie's infidelity, so she
and Sydney stake him out, CIA-style, until they spy him kissing
another girl. And Will unravels further clues about Danny's
death and struggles with his own feelings for Sydney.
SD-6's
latest clues lead Sydney and Dixon to São Paolo, the
location of the next WTO conference, where Sydney witnesses
the method to Jacqnoud's scheme. While Sydney observes, a
small bomb is surgically implanted into the pacemaker of Patel,
the Peace Prize winner, scheduled to speak at the WTO conference.
Sydney, turns around, only to face a heavy blow to the head
from the same bodyguard as earlier...
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