A different nurse arrives. After a minute:
Syd (smiling): What...? CHASE: If you knew the Alliance was regrouping, why not alert the CIA? Chase: Sloane is free to contact old associates. Cut to Sydney and Dixon in the self-storage place
Syd: I used to meet Vaughn like this, when he was my handler at SD-6. Deveroux hits him. Dixon: I think Sloane tasked us to steal the decoder for one reason: so he and Devereaux could crack the Index to retreive the blackmail files for themselves! Essentially, a master blackmail list, encoded into a mobile terminal. If we could copy the encryption key from his secure phone, we could crack the calls to gain access to his conversations. Inside is another, larger manila envelope, with a journal that goes to December 21, 1981. Jack: No. NADIA: Jack. SYDNEY: Nadia. She's going by Sloane's office when she notices Vaughn and Sloane talking. That too. Today's Nadia's birthday. We work late. With a few adjustments, it'll make a corrupted copy of the decoder disk.
Plan: A: Nadia's birthday dinner; Q: What is Sydney using as a pretext for stealing the key to Sloane's secure phone? A: Nadia; Q: Who rescues Jack when the key to The Index does not work? A: Sloane; Q: Who arranges a meeting with his old Alliance associates? A: an encrypted database-a master blackmail list; Q: What do Sydney and Dixon conspire to give the CIA a corrupted key to? A: Jack; Q: Who presents the key to The Index? A: access; Q: What do Jack and Sloane finally gain to the list? A: Vaughn; Q: Who receives a mysterious package from a mysterious 'fake nurse'? A: his comatose uncle; Q: Who does Vaughn visit in the hospital? A: a key; Q: What does the mysterious package contain that leads Vaughn to a journal written by his "late" father? A: Vaughn's father's alleged death; Q: What event is the journal written by Vaughn's father about? Summary: Sydney uses Nadia's birthday dinner as a pretext for stealing the key to Sloane's secure phone. Sydney and Dixon learn that Sloane has contacted old Alliance associates. The two conspire to give the CIA a corrupted key to an encrypted database-a master blackmail list. When Sloane arranges a meeting with his old associates, Jack presents them with the key to The Index. Jack is pistol-whipped when the key does not work. Nadia rescues him. Jack and Sloane finally gain access to the list. Vaughn receives a mysterious package from a mysterious 'fake nurse' while visiting his comatose uncle in the hospital. It contains a key that leads him to a journal written by his "late" father, which contains entries after the date of Vaughn's father's alleged death.