TEXT: (Hong Kong. Outside Tyno-Chem Engineering, a man runs out, covered in blood, yelling in Chinese. He's been shot. A young blond man carrying a massive gun calmly walks out behind him. People scream and run. The young man pauses and stares at the man. He falls to the ground. The young man shoots him twice. He falls to the ground.) (SD-6 conference room with Sloane, Jack, Dixon, Sydney and Marshall.) SLOANE: You're looking at surveillance footage taken from outside Tyno-Chem Engineering, which, as you know, is the front company for FTL headquarters. You may recognize the man on the ground as Quan Li-- SYDNEY: Wait, wait, wait. Quan Li was assassinated? DIXON: The head of FTL? SLOANE: Yes. His entire security detail was ambushed inside the building, leaving Li utterly defenseless. SYDNEY: Have you I.D.d the shooter? SLOANE: His face didn't appear in any of our databases. DIXON: He doesn't seem to mind being photographed. SLOANE: This young man led a commando unit into FTL headquarters at precisely the same time we were attacked here. The objective was the same. They were there to steal a Rambaldi artifact. JACK: Their agent roster was compromised. Their entire network crumbled within hours of the attack. DIXON: What you're saying is... FTL no longer exists? (Jack nods.) MARSHALL: Um... sorry, stupid question, but, uh, since FTL is--sorry, was an enemy for, like, ever, shouldn't we be drinking champagne? JACK: Someone had the means to launch a unilateral attack on us and FTL. And we haven't got a clue who's responsible. SLOANE: In addition, they now have what seems to be the most significant collection of Rambaldi artifacts in the world. They may, in fact, have enough to uncover what Rambaldi was ultimately working on before we do. MARS
SUMMARY:
Sydney and Dixon are sent to Las Vegas to gather information from a K-Directorate agent who has ties to the group that attacked and nearly destroyed SD-6. Meanwhile, Sydney accidentally discovers some shocking news about Francie's fiancé, Charlie, who recently had had a real affair with another woman. Will begins his journey to discover what SD-6 really is, and Jack continues to try to be more of a father to Sydney when he helps her decide whether or not to continue with graduate school.