TEXT: 4X02 - AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY - PART. 2 Aerial view of LA, daytime (flying over tops of buildings). Cut to closeup of subway train pulling out of the station, and Sydney strutting down the platform. Cut to Sydney swiping her access card to enter APO. Jack: Two weeks ago, the man on the train, Kazu Tamazaki, severed ties with all known contacts, eliminated all means of communication. Vaughn: Any idea of where he's gone or why? Jack: Nothing. Our one link to Roman Vadik has dissapeared. Dixon: Any indication Vadik turned on Kamazaki? Sloane: All chatter says that Vadik is status quo. Sydney: So, Tamazaki is still all we've got. Dixon: All we had. He's gone. Sloane: Back to what we know. The Hazunaga Asian Museum in London. Sydney: Yeah, Nadia said he was arrested five years ago; break in. Vaughn: Was there a motive? Dixon: He was caught in the Shintaro sword exhibit. The shootout killed two of the MPs and one of his own men. Sydney: What was he doing? Sloane: Trying to steal the Shintaro sword...the most famous samarai sword outside of Japan, wanting to restore honor to the blade and his country. Vaughn: You've gotta be kidding me... Sloane: We may not have the means to contact Tamazaki, but I can see a way to get Tamazaki to contact us. Jack: Are you suggesting we fake a robbery of the Hazunaga? Sloane doesn't answer. Sydney: You think we should steal the sword. Dixon: That museum's one of the world's most secure. If this were my operation, there's only one man I would trust to get us in there... Cut to Marshall, dropping a stack of paperwork into his inbox. He looks over at Weiss, whose desk is right next to his. Marshall: Hey...You as depressed as I am? Weiss: Depressed about what? Marshall: De
SUMMARY:
Following the theft and delivery of an ancient sword, Sydney learns that her father had her mother executed to prevent a hitman from assassinating her. Sydney, Jack, Vaughn, Dixon, Marshall, and Nadia are recruited into a "legitimate SD-6" black ops division of the CIA dubbed "APO" (Authorized Personnel Only). The new division is headed by alleged "former villain" Arvin Sloane.