*BARNETT: What is this, you had an affair? *LAUREN: Stop the car! *Sydney and Lauren glance over and see Vaughn looking at Sydney. *They start making out. Car chase view 1. DIXON: According to the burst transmission, the operative is shipping the bomb to one of their European cells. DIXON: Earlier today, we intercepted a burst transmission which indicates an operative of Shining Sword has acquired a plasma charge. It was Irina Derevko. JACK: We don't know, but we traced the transmission to a digital storage facility in Vancouver where the Shining Sword operative maintains his database. Requires a breach of a data storage facility. SARK: He's there with you, is that it? SARK: How long before Sydney and Vaughn get here? SLOANE: Dr. Barnett. SYDNEY: Did we get the shipping information? Sark and Lauren are shown in the Thunderbird. Sydney escapes. Sydney leaves Marshall's office and walks by Vaughn. That was at breakfast, Mitchell...
LAUREN: Is the bomb being shipped trans-Pacific or via the Atlantic? The CIA's sending agents. The employee shoots at Sydney and Vaughn, who duck back into the room. The visual set-up shows a fountain by a restaurant, named Occidental. Vaughn? We're on board. [SCENE_BREAK]
*Lauren's in bed with Sark (or maybe Sark's in bed with Lauren, it's tough to tell).
Plan: A: The CIA; Q: Who intercepts a communication suggesting that a terrorist organization has a plasma charge weapon? A: a plasma charge weapon; Q: What does the CIA believe Shining Sword has? A: Vaughn; Q: Who is shot while on the ship? A: a secure data facility; Q: Where did Sydney and Vaughn access information to download? A: their access; Q: What is cut short by a Covenant operative? A: a Covenant operative; Q: Who cut off Sydney and Vaughn's access to the data facility? A: a car chase; Q: How did the Covenant operative escape? A: a ship; Q: Where did Sydney and Vaughn trace the weapon to? A: The story; Q: What is replayed to show Lauren's involvement in the operation? A: additional scenes; Q: What is shown to show Lauren's involvement in the operation? A: the operation; Q: What aroused Lauren and made her make love with Sark? A: attempt; Q: What do Sark and Lauren do to stop Sydney and Vaughn? A: the upper hand; Q: What does Vaughn get in the re-telling of the story? A: her mask; Q: What does Vaughn demand Lauren remove? A: her identity; Q: What does Lauren reveal to Sark before he threatens to kill Sydney? A: Marshall's remote assistance; Q: How does Vaughn disable the plasma charge weapon? A: Sloane; Q: Who reveals that Dr. Barnett had an affair with Irina Derevko? A: his daughter; Q: What does Dr. Barnett think Sydney is? Summary: The CIA intercepts a communication suggesting that a terrorist organization, Shining Sword, has a plasma charge weapon. Sydney and Vaughn access a secure data facility to download information but their access is cut short by a Covenant operative who escapes after a car chase. They trace the weapon to a ship but Vaughn is shot while on board. The story is then replayed, with additional scenes showing Lauren's involvement in the operation. She had leaked information, it was her in the secure data facility and it was she and Sark that had escaped in the car. Lauren is aroused by the operation and makes love with Sark. Back aboard the ship, Sark and Lauren attempt to stop Sydney and Vaughn. Vaughn gets the upper hand, demanding that Lauren remove her mask but before Lauren reveals her identity, Sark threatens to kill Sydney. Sark and Lauren escape, arming the weapon which Vaughn disables with Marshall's remote assistance. Sloane meets Dr. Barnett, revealing that he had an affair with Irina Derevko and that Sydney may be his daughter.