Back
at APO, Jack tells the team that his contact had identified Basarov
as the engineer of the Micropulse, and that MI-6 is trying to acquire
it off the books. Basarov, he says, is attending a conference in
Brazil and expects to receive a transmission about the sale rendezvous
through his laptop. He assigns Rachel to intercept this intel.
Before leaving, Syd reminds a stressed Rachel to have fun.
Disguised as a British scientist, Rachel checks in a hotel in Sao
Paulo and ends up in an elevator with Sark, who's posing as an American.
They make a connection, and realise that they're across the hall
from each other. Once in their respective hotel rooms, they start
planting cameras for surveillance in Basarov's room.
At the conference, Rachel asks for Basarov's autograph, which she
scans to produce a fingerprint copy. Later, when Basarov steps into
the shower, Rachel breaks into his room and tries to access his laptop
using the copied fingerprint. Rachel takes to the window ledge when
someone enters. He can't see that it's Sark bugging the laptop. When
he leaves, Rachel puts her own bug in the laptop.
Sark hits on Rachel in a bar and they go back up to his room. Rachel
finds an airline ticket indicating the Bahamas as Sark's next destination.
Just then, Rachel's phone vibrates, signalling the receipt of crucial
intel. She quickly leaves and sends the transmission to Marshall
for decryption.
Back at the APO office, Rachel confides to Sydney about meeting
a guy. Jack says that Basarov is meeting the MI-6 double agent in
Spain. Later, Jack and Elizabeth stake out the sale in Malaga. A
terrorist organisation led by Benjamin Masari ambushes Basarov's
group. Jack and Elizabeth are abducted.
Sydney and Sloane watch the video footage and conclude that Sark
intercepted the transmission at the hotel. Rachel, angry at herself,
says they can catch him in the Bahamas.
Upon landing, Sark sees Rachel with Sydney. Sydney tells him that
Masari has Jack and asks him to help in Jack's rescue. Later, while
Jack and Elizabeth are being brutally interrogated by their captors,
Masari gets a phone call from Sark. Sark makes a deal with him to
buy Jack and Elizabeth.
At the office, Dixon advises Syd not to go on the mission in her
pregnant condition. Meanwhile, Sark continues to flirt with Rachel,
but Rachel rejects him.
Dixon disguises himself as a local truck driver and Rachel and Tom
hide under the truck, When Sark enters Masari's Tunisia office, Masari
points a gun at him. A double-cross! Dixon shoots the guards and
breaks into the facility. He and Tom look for Jack, while Rachel
tries to locate the weapon. She finds it, only that Sark is handcuffed
to it. Marshall and Syd remotely guide Rachel through its disarmament.
As Jack says goodbye to an injured Elizabeth, Dixon asks Sark where
they could wire his payment. Sark says this was a freebie and walks
away, leaving Rachel interested. Later, Sydney talks to Jack over
the phone and they make plans for breakfast. Before they hang up,
Syd tells her father that she loves him.
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