After the APO team discovers that Anna Espinosa uses a call centre in India to route her calls with an encryption key, Sydney and Renee head to Jaipur to remove the key so they can intercept Anna's calls.

 

Posing as a perfume entrepreneur looking to use the call centre, Sydney places a "free sample" by one of the desks that scans the Wi-Fi signal in the building. Working from the outside, Renee tells Sydney that the router that Anna uses is inside the building.

 

Renee barges in as a robber and holds everyone up at gunpoint.

 

Using the commotion to her advantage, Syd removes the encryption key from the main router.

Sloane meets with Ehrman, his Prophet Five contact, in Barcelona. Sloane points out that the cure for Nadia may actually be fatal - she has to be dead for 30 seconds before the drug can be administered. Ehrman tells him to trust Rambaldi, who engineered the cure for Nadia's condition. He gives Nadia the medication and she wakes up from her coma.

When Anna's line goes active, the APO team hears Kelly Peyton talking to a Moritz Koller, whom they locate in Zurich. Via satellite, they zoom in on his suitcase and find Page 47 of the Rambaldi manuscript. They later learn that he is an art historian who freelances for criminal organisations.

Sloane tells Jack that he was forced to fund research to find Nadia's cure. After Sloane departs, Jack asks Dixon to investigate Sloane's recent activities and to focus on Barcelona.

Jack and Dixon share their suspicions regarding Sloane's with Syd. She reserves judgment until they find proof. Jack then grants Sloane a leave of absence. He also asks if Sloane knew about Anna and her contact with Prophet Five. Sloane denies any knowledge.

Syd tells Nadia that she had never seen Sloane so devoted to anyone. Just then Syd receives a call from Jack, who says he's tailing Sloane. Nadia joins Jack. They follow Sloane to a storage facility, where he retrieves Nadia's clothes. Jack confirms that Sloane's alibi -that he was researching cures in Barcelona - holds.

Meanwhile, Tom and Renee contact Moritz. Renee lures him and they take him into custody. Moritz reveals that he's to meet Anna the next day, and that his Page 47 is a fake. Syd advises them to continue the meet with Anna.

In Sloane's home, he opens the suitcase containing Nadia's clothes. He lifts a panel and removes the original Page 47 of the Rambaldi manuscript. Sloane quickly hides the page underneath a mat on his desk when Nadia arrives. She expresses a desire to live with him.

After a warm talk, Sloane makes dinner. Nadia wanders into Sloane's office, where she accidentally finds Page 47. Hurt and horrified at the finding, she throws the page into the fireplace. Sloane lunges for the page, shoving Nadia onto a glass table. She dies when the shards pierce her neck.

The APO team, joined by Renee, moves to ambush Anna in Ghana. A car arrives, but plough into a marketplace. They inspect the car, but Anna is nowhere to be found. Renee then consults with Syd - except it's really Anna - who slits her throat.

Sloane tells Ehrman that he's betrayed his loved ones. He also points out that death is a necessary sacrifice in proving Rambaldi's prophecy. As the chosen one, Sloane assures Ehrman that he has selected the road to follow. Ehrman welcomes him into Prophet Five.

 

 
Written By: Monica Breen and Alison Schapker.
Directed By: Frederick E.O. Toye.
Guest Starring: Mia Maestro as Nadia Santos, Elodie Bouchez as Renee Rienne, Angus Macfadyen as Joseph Ehrmann, Jay Huguley as Doctor Mark, Amrapali Ambegaokar as female worker, Ismail Bashey as Mr. Halbe and Jeremy Guskin as Moritz Koller.
Additional Notes:

The photo of Thomas Grace which was used in the episode is actually a promotional shot of actor Balthazar Getty for his addition to the Alias cast.
This episode marks the eighth time Alison Schapker and Monica Breen have collaborated on an episode and both writers nineth episode. It is also
Frederick E.O. Toye's fourth directed episode of Alias.
Nadia's wrist band says she was admitted to hospital on the 23-04-05 - due to Syd's missing time, Alias is set 2 years in the future so it should have read 23-04-07.
It is mentioned that Sloane has done extensive studying of Page 47. In fact, he hasn't even seen it as Syd stole it from his vault in season one before it was made readable with the Rambaldi fluid retrieved from SD-6 during "The Box".
The title of this episode is a direct reference to the plot - Nadia was required to die for 30 seconds before she could be revived.

US Air Date: May 3rd, 2006 on ABC.
UK Air Date: June 11th, 2006 on Bravo.
47 References:

1: Zurich 47 North.
2: Rambaldi's Page 47.

Location Ciphers: Jaipur, Barcelona, Zurich and Ghana.
Source Material:

> "30 Seconds" Surveillance

> "30 Seconds" Deciphered: An Original Review

> Season 5 Mission Log

 

"Practice What You Preach" – Barry White
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The 101st episode saw another small drop in the ratings for Alias, achieving 4.1/ 6. (What are Neilson ratings?).

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