A man in his late 30's sitting in a SUV is surveilling a docking area. DIXON: They must be using the facility as a training ground for some impending operation. It's a protocol Irina used to contact one of her operatives: someone important, considering how detailed it is. JACK: It is unlikely a terrorist group could gain unlimited access to a Russian military base without some kind of state sponsorship. MARSHALL: That's...really sweet! Montage of Sydney in jogging outfit, running through the neighborhood, using her watch to surreptitiously try to find the EMP as opposed to Vaughn practicing putting the handgun together and checking his time with a stopwatch until he can do it in 19 seconds. Ran into Tom. SLOANE: Russian authorities officially deny that an American training ground ever existed within their borders. SLOANE: Six hours ago, an electromagnetic weapon was stolen from a warehouse in Kystroma. SYDNEY: Get down! SYDNEY: It's strange...but I'm not exactly excited about returning to America...for some reason. SYDNEY: Now? SYDNEY: So, this is a government operation. TOM (in Russian): Where is she? VAUGHN: But that's an act. VAUGHN: Well, why train operatives to be American if it's short-term?
Plan: A: Russian nationals; Q: What are Vaughn and Sydney posing as? A: Russia; Q: What country is the village located in? A: a typical American town; Q: What does the "village" resemble? A: American society; Q: What was the town used to train KGB agents to blend into? A: America's economy; Q: What is the terrorist cell trying to bring down? A: an electromagnetic pulse weapon; Q: What are the terrorists training to use? A: Marshall; Q: Who discovers information in a book used by Irina Derevko? A: Irina Derevko; Q: Who used a book to contact her handlers? A: Derevko; Q: Who is the Russian group trying to find? A: Colony Three; Q: What is the name of the Danger Man episode that this Alias episode strongly resembles? A: John Drake; Q: Who infiltrates a Russian facility that simulates a British town in an episode of Danger Man? A: Dan Briggs; Q: Who was the leader of the team in the Mission A: U.S. citizens; Q: What were the foreign agents being trained as? A: a simulated Illinois town; Q: What kind of town did the IMF team pose as foreign agents in? A: a plague; Q: What do the agents unknowingly carry to America? Summary: Posing as Russian nationals, Vaughn and Sydney are brought to a "village" located in Russia that resembles a typical American town. It was once used to train KGB agents in how to blend into American society, but is now being used by a terrorist cell to train operatives in preparation for bringing down America's economy using an electromagnetic pulse weapon. Marshall discovers information in a book Irina Derevko used to contact her handlers. For some reason, some Russian group is trying to find Derevko. This episode strongly resembles an episode of Danger Man titled "Colony Three" in which John Drake infiltrates a Russian facility that simulates a British town. It also resembles an episode of Mission: Impossible titled "The Carriers" where the team headed by Dan Briggs poses as foreign agents being trained as U.S. citizens in a simulated Illinois town so that they will unknowingly carry a plague to America.