(beat) I had a team transporting the Rambaldi cube to our facility, and they were ambushed in transit. (quoting) This woman here depicted will possess unseen marks, signs that she will be the one to bring forth my works... she will render the greatest power unto utter desolation. Cole (quentin tarantino): Who this man is, is not important. Covenant scientists and Sark are messing with the DNA and Sydney's eggs. Cut to a shot of Sydney sleeping. Cut to a side view of Jack and Dixon, the van Sydney and the doctor are in is seen past them. For five hundred years, the key to Rambaldi's prophecy lay buried in the depths of this cave. Keeping the truth from someone you love. Kendall : Among other things, that program contained a fail-safe to prevent its subjects from being turned. Kendall : And that's why you went to such extraordinary lengths, because his child would also be yours. Kendall : Not by the Covenant. Kendall : Our agreement with Lazarey was that after he helped track down the cube, we would let him disappear, untraced. Kendall : Sydney, you've been gone nine months. Kendall : That man. Kendall : The fanatical point of view believes that Rambaldi's DNA can be transformed, used to fertilize the egg of a surrogate mother, someone referred to in his prophecy as the Chosen One. Kendall : When you were young, your father subjected you to the CIA's experimental program to train and prepare children for intelligence work. Kendall: (VO) You said you had just escaped from the Covenant and you wanted to come in. Kendall: I'm with Special Research. Kendall: This went on over six months. Kill this unimportant man. Lauren: The matter's taken care of. Lazarey: You know about the passenger? Leader: The Department for Special Research. Looking around the jet, trying to figure out where she is, her eyes widen as they take in Kendall sitting in a seat across the plane, obviously having been waiting for her to wake up. Oleg: (VO) And we injected it into the teeth of the corpse that was to be your replacement. Oleg: (VO) We extracted pulp from your teeth. Oleg: Your name is Julia Thorne. She's also wearing her watch on her right hand.) She's just as defiant as before. She's shooting questions at Kendall. So Oleg began a brainwash protocol. Sydney : Can you locate the cube? Sydney : Marshall, that's called locating it. Sydney : So that's why I faked Lazarey's death. Sydney :Project Christmas. Sydney sees Vaughn and Lauren together. Sydney's surprised he's asking her about it, and cocks her head to the side. Sydney: It was only a week after I woke up in Hong Kong. Sydney: Sent by whom? Sydney: Who the hell are you? Sydney: Yes? Sydney: You're part of this? That he was due a second coming by way of a child. The Covenant had you; if they could get the cube, they'd have everything they needed to fulfill Rambaldi's prophecy. The murder had to look real. Then why is my name Sydney Bristow? There's a sniper. They believe Rambaldi's prophecies. What the Covenant believes is that Rambaldi's work was destined to continue beyond his time. Which is why I'm going to try and have my memories erased, to keep the Covenant from ever doing what they want with Rambaldi's DNA, I'm going to have everything that's happened in the past two years removed. Whoever he was, he was taken, brought into a Covenant facility. You believed that Lazarey would know where to find the cube. You informed me that Simon had found Andrian Lazarey, a Russian diplomat, member of the Romanov family. You told me that the Covenant wanted you to get the information from him, and then kill him. You want to know what happened to your memory? You've been a real friend, and I'm grateful for that.
Plan: A: Rambaldi's prophecy; Q: What prophecy was repeated during the recap? A: unseen marks; Q: What does Rambaldi say Sydney will possess? A: vulgar cost; Q: What cost did Rambaldi say Sydney would have to pay to fulfill his prophecy? A: utter desolation; Q: What does Rambaldi's prophecy say Sydney will render the greatest power to? A: the Department for Special Research; Q: Who took the Rambaldi Cube? A: The Covenant; Q: Who hijacked the Rambaldi Cube? A: Kendall; Q: Who was the FBI Assistant Director who kidnapped Sydney? A: Sydney's missing years; Q: What time period did Sydney's kidnapper know about? A: Nine months later; Q: When did Sydney call Kendall to tell him about her escape? A: a van; Q: Where did Sydney wake up after being held captive by Oleg? A: her mouth; Q: What part of Sydney was taped? A: Sydney's memorial service; Q: What did Sydney and Oleg watch together? A: Francie's body; Q: What was Alison Doren replaced with? A: her replacement corpse; Q: What was Sydney's death faked by injecting pulp from her teeth into? A: Hong Kong; Q: Where did Sydney kill Oleg? A: a week; Q: How long after waking up did Sydney recognize Oleg as the man she killed in Hong Kong? A: a Covenant facility; Q: Where was Sydney taken to? A: six months; Q: How long was Sydney brainwashed? A: loyalty; Q: What was Sydney being tested for? A: Project Christmas; Q: What program did Sydney participate in as a child? A: CIA; Q: What organization was Project Christmas a part of? A: intelligence work; Q: What was Project Christmas supposed to prepare children for? A: a failsafe; Q: What did Project Christmas contain to prevent subjects from being turned? A: brainwashing; Q: What did Sydney survive in the Covenant facility? A: Julia Thorne; Q: What was Sydney's identity when she was kidnapped? A: her activities; Q: What did Sydney keep Kendall informed of? A: the Rambaldi cube; Q: What did The Covenant want Sydney to obtain information about? A: Rambaldi artifacts; Q: What did Kendall collect? A: The Chosen One; Q: What is the name of the surrogate mother that Rambaldi prophesied would be? A: Namibia; Q: Where was the Rambaldi Cube found? A: 12 keys; Q: How many keys did Lazarey use to open the Rambaldi Cube? A: over 30 years; Q: How long did Lazarey collect the keys to the cave? A: Lazarey's hand; Q: What did Sydney have to amputate to get the Rambaldi Cube? A: a DVD; Q: What did Sydney give Kendall? A: the past two years; Q: What did Sydney tell Kendall she wanted erased from her memory? A: the egg; Q: What is the DNA of Rambaldi supposed to fertilize? A: a scar; Q: What did Sydney see on her abdomen that she realized was a sign that her eggs had been stolen? A: A mission; Q: What was mounted to retrieve the Cube? A: Marshall; Q: Who tracked the Rambaldi Cube? A: Dixon; Q: Who accompanied Sydney on her mission to retrieve the Rambaldi Cube? A: Sydney's disappearance; Q: What did Dixon know about? A: opposition; Q: What did Sydney overcome when she returned to the Covenant facility? A: Kendall's orders; Q: What did Sydney do against? A: Sark; Q: Who escaped from Lazarey? A: a message; Q: What did Sark transmit to someone to take care of his father? A: The Passenger; Q: What is the name of the book that Lazarey asks Sydney about? A: a sniper; Q: Who killed Lazarey? A: Vaughn's wife; Q: Who is Lauren? Summary: During the recap, Rambaldi's prophecy is repeated: "This woman here depicted will possess unseen marks, signs that she will be the one to bring forth my works. At vulgar cost this woman will render the greatest power unto utter desolation." The Rambaldi Cube is taken by the Department for Special Research but is hijacked by The Covenant. Sydney is kidnapped by FBI Assistant Director Kendall, who admits that he knows what happened during Sydney's missing years but had not revealed this information because Sydney had requested him not to do so. Kendall explains that Sydney was believed to have died and they had found remains of a body matching her DNA. Nine months later, Kendall had received a call from Sydney who had just escaped from The Covenant and wanted to return. Sydney met with Kendall and told her story. After shooting Alison Doren, Sydney had awoken in a van, with her mouth taped and held captive by a man named Oleg. Together they watched Sydney's memorial service. Oleg explained that Alison Doren had been replaced with Francie's body and that Sydney's death had been faked by extracting pulp from her teeth and injecting it into her replacement corpse before burning it. Sydney recognizes Oleg as the man she killed in Hong Kong a week after waking up. Kendall explains that Sydney was taken to a Covenant facility, spent six months being brainwashed and murdered a man as a test of loyalty. However, Kendall explains that, as a child, Sydney had been a part of Project Christmas, a CIA program to train and prepare children for intelligence work. The program contains a failsafe to prevent subjects from being turned. This gave her the ability to withstand brainwashing. Sydney had wanted to escape The Covenant, but Kendall had persuaded her to return, lest her friends and family be at risk. Sydney resumed the role of Julia Thorne, keeping Kendall informed of her activities. The Covenant had wanted Sydney to obtain information about the Rambaldi cube from Lazarey and then kill him. Instead, Sydney helped fake Lazarey's death. Kendall explains that he has always been working for Special Research, collecting Rambaldi artifacts and that Sydney is still believed to be The Chosen One. The Covenant had wanted both Sydney and the Cube to fulfill Rambaldi's prophecy. Sydney tracked down the Cube to a cave in Namibia, where Lazarey used 12 keys he had collected over 30 years. However, Sydney had to amputate Lazarey's hand, which had become trapped. Kendall had then received a DVD where Sydney explains that she is going to have her memory of the past two years erased so that the location of Rambaldi's DNA can be kept a secret. She also asked Kendall to keep this information secret from herself if she returns. Kendall explains that followers of Rambaldi's prophecy believe that Rambaldi's DNA can be used to fertilize the egg of a surrogate mother, who is referenced in his prophecy as The Chosen One. Sydney then looks down at a scar on her abdomen and realizes that her eggs had been stolen and that Rambaldi's child would also be her own. A mission is mounted to retrieve the Cube, which Marshall had secretly tracked. Dixon accompanies them, revealing that he had also known the truth about Sydney's disappearance. They enter the building, overcome opposition and Sydney, against Kendall's orders, burns the equipment and the test tubes bearing her name. They find Lazarey, but Sark escapes and transmits a message telling someone to take care of his father. Lazarey asks Sydney if she knows about The Passenger but is then killed by a sniper. The sniper is Vaughn's wife, Lauren.