TEXT: (Ops center, Sydney and Vaughn. Missed few lines.) SYDNEY: --told us where he is. (Elsewhere, Mashall confides in Weiss.) MARSHALL: So, Carrie and I went out. It was great. We got sushi. When we got there, the guy behind the counter, like, little sushi, they were like, "Heeeeeeeeeeey!" You know, when we got there, like, they knew us. WEISS: They do that at a lot of sushi places. MARSHALL: Really? Oh. Anyway, it was great. We had a fantastic meal and... WEISS: So what's the problem? MARSHALL: Well, post-fish, when I went to drop her off, this is traditionally, clasically the time where I would -- or a man would -- kiss her. And, well, I just started sweating. WEISS: How bad? MARSHALL: Bad. Weird bad. Freak show bad. WEISS: Did she notice? MARSHALL: Did she notice? It was like I had just gotten out of a lap pool. WEISS: Okay, you need help. MARSHALL: Yeah, with the ladies. WEISS: The thing is, it's sort of a catch-22. (His computer beeps.) MARSHALL: Go ahead, keep going, I'm listening. (He starts typing as Weiss talks.) WEISS: Because, you see, to feel comfortable around a woman you have to have experience and to have experience it sounds like you have to not be you. I was almost killed last year and the doctors actually didn't think I was going to make it and the thing I did learn from that experience-- (Marshall's eyes get wide and he takes off running.) WEISS: Thanks. (As Marshall runs through the ops center, he grabs a sheet off of the printer and keeps running up to Sydney and Vaughn at her desk.) MARSHALL: Syd -- excuse me -- we're receiving intel on a local top-secret server from a source outside the building. SYDNEY:
SUMMARY:
Sydney confronts her mother, who reveals her true motivation. Sloane, for his part, begins to execute his new grand plan, Will struggles to figure out who's behind his set-up. Sydney and Allison have a vicious confrontation, which in turn leads to a starling revelation by Vaughn to Sydney! In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #84 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[4]