Doctor: Oh, Sydney before we discuss this, let's give group a chance
Sydney: Some of those people have been that group for ten years, and none of them seem to be any closer to finding out what happened to them. You should know, Sydney, that the National Security Council considers Blake a successful test case for neurostimulation therapy. He is looking in a file folder.) Sark: Your new assignment
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Sloane: Seems the Covenant is no longer satisfied with using my organization merely as a front for their illegal activities. Sloane: I've been tasked to steal the maser's operating system, which is in the Chinese Defense Minister's office. Lauren requested me; she's briefing me en route. (Vaughn and Jack start walking)
Jack: A contact of mine in Nogales informed me that Javier Perez was apprehended by Mexican authorities. Now basically, if you take a look right here, it's surface is covered in microfilaments, which interpret the UV waves generated by its surroundings, which means that (places the car on his desktop and starts driving it across the top of his desk using the controls) once you drop it off in the Chinese Ministry, I will be able to guide it undetected past the security cameras to the central alarm controls, which I'll then deactivate, using the internal modem. Sydney's goes off. Cut to Sloane and Sydney entering the ballroom. Security. Dixon: Marshall follow that guard. MEXICO. It contains the corrupted copy of the operating system. (Cut to a close up of the letter addressed to Sloane in Sydney's handwriting. (Sydney stares at the key in her hand and then at the code.) They are photos of Lazarey's murder.) That ciphertext was encoded using a method that she devised. Lauren: He told me that Julia Thorne is really Sydney Bristow
(Instantly a look of guilt and remorse floods Vaughn's face. Lauren: And Jack, Weiss everyone!? I'm going to Rome. Jack: The NSC knows that Sydney is responsible for Lazarey's murder, don't they? (Cut to a close up of Sydney's hand as she inserts the key she got from Sloane into a door lock.
Plan: A: Sloane; Q: Who gives Sydney an envelope with a coded message? A: a Covenant assignment; Q: What is Sydney accompanies Sloane on? A: the Chinese Defense Minister's office; Q: Where is the microwave laser that Sydney steals from? A: Marshall; Q: Who uses a camouflaged remote-control car to disable security? A: two guards; Q: How many guards did Sydney overpower? A: Sydney's handwriting; Q: What was the envelope written in? A: Rome; Q: Where is the apartment that Sydney is given a key to? A: Jack; Q: Who explains that the message was encoded in a scheme used by Sydney's mother? A: Sydney's two-year disappearance; Q: When did Sydney and her mother last communicate? A: Vaughn; Q: Who helped Sydney escape before being arrested by the National Security Council? A: Lauren; Q: Who tells Dixon that he is no longer in charge of the task force? A: Mexico; Q: Where did Vaughn and Lauren go to meet Javier Perez? A: Simon Walker's; Q: Whose former associate is Javier Perez? A: Mexican police; Q: Who captured Javier Perez? A: information; Q: What does Javier Perez claim to have about Lazarey's murder? A: Lazarey's murder; Q: What does Lauren tell Dixon Dixon is no longer in charge of the task force due to his hiding evidence concerning? A: hostage; Q: What are Vaughn and Lauren taken as they travel to Mexico? A: a suicide; Q: How does Jack make Perez's death appear? A: Sark; Q: Who finds Lauren and provides evidence that Julia Thorne is Sydney? A: his father's death; Q: What does Sark want to avenge? A: a nearby statue; Q: What does Sydney recognize as a recurring feature in her nightmares? Summary: Sydney accompanies Sloane on a Covenant assignment to steal the operating system for a microwave laser from the Chinese Defense Minister's office. Marshall uses a camouflaged remote-control car to disable security, allowing Sydney to break into a safe. When discovered by security, Sydney overpowers two guards, scrambles the operating system and escapes. Sloane then gives Sydney an envelope written in Sydney's handwriting, containing a key and a coded message ("34-14, 09-55/9, 23-185, 17-15/3") that points to an apartment in Rome. Jack explains that the message was encoded in a scheme used by Sydney's mother, suggesting that they were in contact during Sydney's two-year disappearance. Meanwhile, Vaughn and Lauren go to Mexico to meet Javier Perez, one of Simon Walker's former associates, who was captured by Mexican police and who claims to have information about Lazarey's murder. They are taken hostage en route, giving Jack a chance to kill Perez and make it appear as a suicide. However, Sark later finds Lauren and provides evidence that Julia Thorne is really Sydney and that she killed Lazarey. Sark claims to be interested in avenging his father's death. Vaughn helps Sydney escape before being arrested by the National Security Council and Lauren tells Dixon that he is no longer in charge of the task force due to his hiding of evidence concerning Lazarey's murder. The episode ends with Sydney entering the apartment in Rome. She recognizes a nearby statue as a recurring feature in her nightmares but is suddenly arrested by police.