Before we do so, I'd like to reiterate for the record my extreme disapproval for tactics you have employed while working under the auspices of the United States Government. DEAN: Have her call me. DEAN: Rachel. DEAN: What was that? Dixon is sleeping in his seat. Grace takes her hand and helps her out of the trunk. HARKIN: After careful examination of the facts, this committee is forced to conclude your recent actions fall within the guidelines of your pardon agreement, and that, in truth, (pauses and looks to his right before continuing) you have this country's best interests in mind. I don't know what Mockingbird is. I know how he works. Inside the trunk, Rachel is scared. It's the agency fail-safe account in the Cayman Islands. It's, um, my agency call sign. MONTE CARLO
Sydney pulls up to a casino in a silver Jaguar and gets out. Meanwhile, Sydney is getting stopped by casino security. Peyton sees that Dean is free and comes over with a laptop. Please - what is Mockingbird? RACHEL: When will that be? Rachel is hiding inside the trunk. SLOANE: For years, I was driven by a misguided attempt to pursue... a higher power. SLOANE: Yes. Suddenly, an electromagnet comes down on the car and pulls the car up with Sydney in it. Sydney and Rachel are sitting together behind Grace. Sydney walks over to Rachel with the hard drive and hands it to her. Sydney's cell phone rings. The car drops down around them as they emerge through the roof, with Sydney hanging on to the lifter attached to the magnet and Rachel hanging on to Sydney. We beat the CIA by about an hour at the St. Louis office. We were able to take full control of Dean's finances.
Plan: A: Monte Carlo Sydney; Q: Where does the episode take place? A: Casino; Q: What building do Sydney, Tom, and Dixon infiltrate? A: an electronic dossier; Q: What is the artifact? A: a car; Q: What was Sydney in when she was picked up by a crane? A: an electromagnet; Q: What was the crane outfitted with? A: Mockingbird; Q: What was Sydney's call sign while working at "The Shed"? A: hundreds of feet; Q: How far will Sydney be dropped if she doesn't return the artifact? A: Rachel; Q: Who tells Sydney that her call sign was Mockingbird? A: Rachel's help; Q: Who helps APO crack Gordon Dean's Cayman Islands accounts? A: Gordon Dean's; Q: Who calls Sydney on her cell phone? A: CIA; Q: What organization does Dean think Rachel is working for? A: Sloane; Q: Who is held on trial for breaking the agreement in his pardon? A: Elena Derevko; Q: Who does Sloane aid? A: a powerful and influential employer; Q: Who is the mysterious stranger's employer? Summary: In Monte Carlo Sydney, Tom, and Dixon infiltrate a Casino to secure "the artifact", an electronic dossier. After doing so, Sydney is intercepted while in a car by being picked up by a crane outfitted with an electromagnet. Gordon Dean subsequently calls her on her cell phone demanding the return of "Mockingbird" otherwise Sydney will be dropped hundreds of feet to her death. 72 hours before, Rachel tells Sydney that her call sign while working at "The Shed" was Mockingbird. With Rachel's help APO cracks Gordon Dean's Cayman Islands accounts. Momentarily after Dean is notified that his assets were stolen and concludes that Rachel is alive and working for the CIA. During the mission to secure the artifact, Rachel is brought along in the trunk of the car; the same car that, in the end, Dean is threatening to destroy unless Rachel (Mockingbird) is handed over to him. Sydney and Rachel are able to escape the car and cling to the electromagnet prior to Dean figuring out Rachel was also in the car and then, destroying it. Sloane is held on trial for breaking the agreement in his pardon by aiding Elena Derevko, although he was supposedly undercover. Ultimately Sloane is pardoned after accepting the aid of a mysterious stranger with a powerful and influential employer.