Someone within
the Agency, Dixon adds, may be leaking info to the Covenant.
Syd and Vaughn, posing as astronomers, arrive at the facility.
They secretly download the shipping info and pinpoint location
of plasma charge. Their uplink to Marshall, however, is sabotaged
by a virus. Suddenly, they're attacked by a facility employee,
who is mysteriously shot dead. Syd and Vaughn lose the murderer
after a car chase through a parking garage. Back in LA, Marshall
tells them he received 63% of the data; he'll need 12 hours
to extrapolate the rest. Sydney recalls the previous day was
the anniversary of Vaughn's father's death. Lauren calls, interrupting
their conversation.
In Zurich, Sloane apologises to Barnett and asks her out to dinner.
She agrees "for professional reasons only." She thinks
his transformation from spy to humanitarian is remarkable and
asks about the secret he's harbouring. He's offended and explodes
at her, so she walks out on him.
Marshall's data reveals the plasma charge is on a Liberian freighter
in Lisbon. Once on the boat, Syd and Vaughn, using a tracking
device, are again fired upon.
We go back to the opening— after Vaughn leaves, Lauren
receives a call from Sark. He wants the plasma charge and tells
her to get a lock on it, which she does via Dixon's team meeting.
Syd tells Lauren that's she's not responsible for the problems
in Lauren's marriage. Lauren then meets Sark at the Vancouver
facility, where they plant the virus and force the employee to
fire at Syd and Vaughn. When he misses, Lauren kills him and
flees. After escaping, Lauren and Sark hook up.
Sloane apologises to Barnett. He tells her his secret — he
had a one-night affair with Irina Derevko. Jack and Emily never
knew. Though he's never tried to prove it, he believes Syd is
his daughter.
Back to the gun battle on the boat — Syd finds the plasma
charge. Vaughn stops Lauren, who's wearing a mask, and demands
that she show herself. Before she does, Sark corners Syd and
threatens to kill her unless Vaughn drops the gun. "If you
love her, you'll drop the gun," Sark says.
Vaughn drops it. Lauren punches him and runs. Syd breaks away
from Sark and chases Lauren while Vaughn goes after Sark, who
has the charge. He engages the timer and tosses it to Vaughn,
who, with Marshall's aid, stops the countdown with seconds left.
Later, Lauren meets Vaughn at a bar. Sark calls to goad her.
She kisses Vaughn at Sark's behest. At the office late, Jack
takes Syd out to dinner.
