TEXT: Savogda Shows airplane flying. Shows airplane hatch opening. Nadia, Irina, Vaughn, Jack, and Sydney all jump out of the hatch. And into Savogda. Nighttime. There is a big red ball hovering over Savogda. Team meets up on the ground, in the streets. There are many wrecked vehicles. Jack: DSR team is supposed to be here. Contact APO. APO. Marshall and Weiss. Marshall: We've got Mr. Bristow on sat-comm. Weiss: Jack, what's your situation? Jack: We're at the rendevous point, still waiting on the DSR team. We'll give them 5 more minutes and then move on. Have we made any progress with the Russians? Weiss: No. Director Chase is in Washington. They've organized a coalition to pressure the Russians to call off the air strike, but so far, no luck. Jack: They do understand that destroying the device with conventional explosives will cause enough toxic fallout to make Chernobyl look like a kitchen fire? Weiss: Yeah, their official position is they're not buying it, which gives you about 2 hours (both Marshall and Weiss look at their watches) to deactivate the device. Sydney: Dad, we got a signal from the DSR team's transponder. They're a block and a half away. Jack (into phone): We'll be in touch. APO Marshall: The Russians rely on the Milsat satellite network to vector the bombs, right? If I can hack into it, I can shut it down. Weiss: And violate several thousand international laws? (whoohoo let's go for it) Marshall: We're talking about the end of the world. I'm not worried about a tribunal. Weill: That's a good point. Gogogogo Elena's hangout. Sloane's here too. Man walks up to Elena. Man: It's operational. Elena: Have you notified our cells? Man: We're on schedule. Elena: Good. (Man leaves. Pause. Elena turns to Sloan
SUMMARY:
The team parachutes into Sovogda, where they find that most of the citizens are dead. The Mueller device is floating over the tallest building, where Elena and Sloane are currently carrying out Part One of Rambaldi's endgame. The Russian Air Force will soon launch an air strike, which is when Elena will activate the signal and transmit the Rambaldi signal worldwide with deadly ramifications as global water supplies are already primed. A strike would also release deadly radiation into the atmosphere and make Chernobyl look pale in comparison - in Jack Bristow's words, "like a kitchen fire." Sloane "betrays" Elena and leads the team to her. She is then captured and Irina makes her tell her which wire to cut on the device to deactivate it. Elena says to cut the white wire, but Irina tells Sydney to cut the blue wire. Irina then shoots Elena, killing her. Nadia becomes infected when Elena injects her with the infected tap water, who tries to kill Sydney to prevent her from stopping the device. Sloane shoots Nadia to save Sydney's life in fulfillment of the prophecy. The Mueller device then dissolves into water and destroys the building, but the team makes it out. Jack then lets Irina go free. The end of the episode shows Sydney and Vaughn in a car going off on vacation to Santa Barbara, where they decide they would elope. After being prompted by Irina of not having a marriage full of lies like her marriage with Jack, Vaughn tells Sydney that he doesn't want to keep any secrets from her. As they're driving he tells her his real name isn't Michael Vaughn and that his assignment of being Sydney's handler was no accident; however, before an explanation can be given, their car is hit in the driver's side door by another vehicle.