Season 2
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Sydney
recounts her most recent mission to a CIA psychiatrist: Tied to a chair
somewhere in Taipei, Khasinau introduces her to "The Man" —
who is actually her mother, Irina Derevko. Saying that she should have
killed Sydney when she was born, Irina shoots her in the shoulder to make
a point, then exits. Sydney, however, escapes by smashing the chair
against a water valve.
She rendezvous with Jack, who has rescued a badly beaten Will, and
explains what happened. She and Jack then reveal the truth about
themselves and SD-6 to their panicking friend.
Jack enacts a cover-up: He tells Sloane that he gave Sydney the
"Freelancer" call sign because he didn't trust Sloane and that
Will's kidnapping led them to Khasinau, who's organization is now
fractured. He pleges loyalty to Sloane and convinces him to spare Will's
life. As a consequence, Dixon apologizes to Sydney for questioning her
loyalty.
Sloane then sends Sydney to the French estate known as Le Petite Rose to
plant a phone bug in the office of Jean Luc Rave, a Khasinau cohort and
member of the French National Assembly. Sydney gives Marshall's bug to
Agent Weiss, who inserts a delayed transmitter that controls what SD-6
will hear.
Having parachuted onto the estate, Sydney finds an unconscious Vaughn
about to be butchered by Khasinau. She revives him with an adrenaline shot
to the heart. He explains that he used a screwdriver to open a grate,
which allowed him to escape the flooded room. When the psychiatrist
questions her about Vaughn, she gets defensive.
Meanwhile, Jack ensures Will's safety by drugging him and placing him at
the scene of a drug bust. Under media scrutiny, Will claims his story
about SD-6 is a lie. His reputation is ruined, but his life is saved.
The CIA sends a team, including Sydney, to Barcelona, based on info
gleaned from the bug. The "Bible," an operations manual for the
Khasinau/Irina cartel that had been in Taipei, is to be given to Khasinau
on a Barcelona pier. SD-6 is unaware. But in an ambush, Irina shoots Weiss
and the players scatter. Sydney trails Khasinau, who has the Bible, to a
warehouse where they're confronted by Irina. Irina kills Khasinau and
takes the Bible. Before leaving, she tells Sydney, "Truth takes
time."
Back home, Sydney tells Will that she's glad she doesn't have to lie to
him anymore and then leaves to eulogize Emily Sloane. At the CIA
headquarters, Irina comes in from the cold and surrenders.
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