Williams drops back to pass... A girl is on the computer, talking to her friend on an Instant Messenger program. SYDNEY: Not much... that this is a government facility, that they're here for their own protection. RACHEL: They say I won't even be able to call them. SLOANE: Rachel Gibson's family has been moved to a witness protection program. SLOANE: I will not hurt Rachel or anyone else from APO. DEAN: Almost. SLOANE: No. Of all the names mentioned in the debrief, there was only one that I recognized immediately - a weapons designer named János Vak. It's a software program that would allow an incoming missile to be electronically intercepted and redirected. That was just... a hypothetical. SLOANE: Based on Ms. Gibson's statement, Gordon Dean has been trying to locate Vak for the past six months. JACK: Make contact with her. (turns to leave the training room)
RACHEL: No, uh, you can use the bag. TOM: (chuckles) That was better. Good luck. From her purse, she retrieves a code cracker disguised as a compact and attaches it to the door of the safe. Just as the guard is about to pass the bush, Tom knocks him out with the pole. SLOANE: Hello. SLOANE: The intel was encrypted. The sole exception is that every other weekend, Vak is allowed... female companionship. CUT TO Sydney and Jack discussing whether Rachel should be the one to go on this mission. If we're going to use Vak and his weapon as bait to catch Gordon Dean, we can't afford to wait. So... APO is sending in your former associate, Rachel Gibson. DEAN: I don't trust Sloane. Come in. He is shot by Peyton, who has arrived at the platform to steal the weapon design. Peyton climbs a ladder up to the oil platform and continues on her way, gun in hand. Rachel goes over the computer. She makes her way to Vak's room
PEYTON: (pointing her gun at the guard) The code.. You were in on it with Dean! Your life is more important than the mission. PEYTON: Come on, Rachel. Rachel tries to fend off Peyton again with the ice pick hairbrush, but Peyton dodges Rachel's swing and elbows her in the head. I want a copy of the lasso software first thing in the morning. APO - NIGHT)
Rachel is working late. SYDNEY'S HOUSE - NIGHT)
A recording is playing. That sounds pretty dangerous.
Plan: A: Rachel's family; Q: Who is placed in the Witness Protection Program? A: Rachel; Q: Who steals the Lasso software? A: Gordon Dean; Q: Who is Rachel's former boss? A: Dean; Q: Who did Sloane secretly contact? A: information; Q: What did Dean give Sloane? A: Sloane; Q: Who was tipped off by Dean? A: an electronic dossier; Q: What did APO infiltrate a party in search of? A: a weapons designer; Q: Who is the Lasso software created by? A: the "Lasso software; Q: What is the name of the software that can redirect a missile mid-flight? A: agent Grace; Q: Who saved Rachel from the guard? A: an oil rig; Q: Where is the weapon designer holed up? A: a female agent; Q: What did APO decide to send to the oil rig to infiltrate the designer? A: Sydney's pregnancy; Q: Why was Rachel selected to go solo? A: the job; Q: What is Rachel worried she may not be able to pull off on her own? A: a guide; Q: What role does Sydney play in the mission? A: voice communications; Q: How did Sydney help Rachel infiltrate the rig? A: the Lasso software; Q: What did Rachel steal from the weapons designer? A: Kelly Peyton; Q: Who was sent to the rig to retrieve the software? A: "The Shed; Q: Where is Kelly Peyton? A: The two fight; Q: What happens when Rachel and Kelly Peyton are confronted? A: payment; Q: What did Sloane refuse to turn over the software for? A: Dean's associate; Q: Who is Kelly Peyton? A: A comatose Nadia; Q: Who makes a cameo appearance at the episode's conclusion? A: Nadia; Q: Who is played by Ma Maestro? A: Sloane's decision; Q: What is Nadia's life in danger due to? Summary: Rachel's family is placed in the Witness Protection Program after growing concerns that her former boss Gordon Dean may attempt to kidnap them. Afterwards, based on information from Sloane, who in turn was tipped by Gordon Dean, APO infiltrates a party in search for an electronic dossier that will give them the location of a weapons designer who has created a weapon using software referred to as the "Lasso software" that can redirect a missile mid-flight. During this mission, Rachel is confronted by a guard, however, rather than fighting she runs and is eventually saved by agent Grace. Using the recovered dossier, APO learns that the weapon designer is holed up on an oil rig. They later come to the conclusion that the only way to infiltrate the rig is to send a female agent that can pose as the designer's weekend "companion." Rachel is selected to go solo due to Sydney's pregnancy. Amid concerns that Rachel may not be able to pull off the job on her own, Rachel is sent anyway with Sydney as a guide using voice communications. While on the rig, Rachel steals the Lasso software, however, she is confronted by Kelly Peyton, her former colleague and friend while at "The Shed". The two fight for the software, but eventually Peyton escapes as Gibson is extracted with the software. Concurrently with these events, Sloane is secretly in contact with Dean. The information previously given by Dean to Sloane was supposed to be used so that APO could track down the designer and steal the software so that Sloane could later steal it from APO and deliver it to Dean; however, Sloane refused to turn over the software "as payment" due to Dean's associate, Kelly Peyton, coming in and encountering one of his team. Peyton was sent to the rig to retrieve the software after Dean was hesitant about trusting Sloane to make good on this transfer. A comatose Nadia (played by Mía Maestro), whose life may now be in more danger due to Sloane's decision, makes a cameo appearance at the episode's conclusion.