" Thank you" " Thank you, doctor" "Nice to see you" "I know that I haven't been to group in a while" "That's okay." "We have another session here tonight." "I actually came here to talk to you about something else" "Is it your dreams?" "I've heard about a procedure used to recover lost memories:" "neurostimulation therapy" "Sydney...before we discuss this, let's give group a chance." "Some of those people have been that group for ten years, and none of them seem to be any closer to finding out what happened to them" "Well the point is to accept what's happened, that you may never remember and in so doing, free yourself to move on" "With all due respect, the one thing that you don't know is what it feels like" "You have clearance, so I can tell you that unlike anyone else in that group, there's a terrorist organization trying to find out the one thing that I can't remember" "My point being, I don't have the luxury of waiting for acceptance" "Come with me" "This is Kenneth Blake" "He joined Central Intelligence in 1981" "He was missing for five years finally turned up in a South Korean hospital with severe injuries and no memory whatsoever" "Blake volunteered for the same procedure you're asking for." "The procedure was carried out" "Blake soon learned that he'd been in custody of the North Koreans all that time, exposed to torture so intense, so prolonged, that his conscious mind blacked it out" "The invasive nature of the surgery left him with permanent brain damage" "You should know, Sydney, that the National Security Council considers Blake a successful test case for neurostimulation therapy" "I'd consider death an option before this procedure" "You've been a busy man, Javier Perez" "Epidemiology lab in Cannes" "Disease Control Ministry in Spain" "Genetic engineering facility in Cuba..." "Do I turn you over to Cuba, to Spain, to France?" "To me there is no difference" "For you, there is at least one significant difference:" "France and Spain do not believe in the death penalty" "So here's where we help each other" "You provide me with a bigger fish say...who commissioned you, for instance... and I allow you to choose to whom I place my call" "What if I told you that I had information that would be very interesting to the Americans?" "Regarding a Central Intelligence agent... and a murder" "A CIA agent committing murder" "Hardly newsworthy" "It is when it's done on behalf of an international terrorist group... and the target is a Russian diplomat" "People, listen up!" "We've got non-cleared personnel en route!" "deactivate the wireless network and put all secure servers on lockdown" "I don't want to see anything on these screens more revealing than a weather map!" "All computer monitors and LCDs on safe mode" "Routing PDX to administration" "I always knew you were destined for great things" "Follow me" " Marshall..." " M. Sloane" "It's been a while... and a lot has happened" "I mean, at first you were evil, now you're good..." "So you claim...not that" "I don't..trust you, it's just..." "How are you?" "Very happy to see you, Marshall dear to the sensitive nature that Arvin Sloane is about to present to us" "I thought it best if he did so here" "So, is everyone here?" "Agents Vaughn and Reed are prepping a separate assignment under the direction of the NSC" "Ten hours ago, I had a meeting with Mr. Sark..." "I assume we're here because the Covenant requires something of me?" "Your new assignment..." "Seems the Covenant is no longer satisfied with using my organization merely as a front for their illegal activities" "They've now tasked me an operation" "I presume you know what a maser is..." "You mean a microwave laser?" "Well, yeah..." "You, uh...want me to explain...?" "Marshall..." "Sloane has no authority in this room" "Sorry" "I didn't mean to offend you, sir." "I know you're definitely the main..." " do you want me to...?" " Yes" "It's a microwave that gets focused into a pinpoint beam very similar to how light gets focused into a laser" "Tomorrow night, I'm scheduled to attend a charity function held by the Chinese Government at one of their Ministries..." "The Covenant has acquired intelligence that China has designed a working maser unit the prototype of which is held there" "China intends to mount a maser array on one of their defense satellites" "It is an assassination program are you saying this weapon is capable of killing from space!" "?" "Pulse microwaves are capable of causing tissue damage, heart failure... even brain hemorrhage" "This weapon could make it appear as if the victim died of natural causes" "You could imagine the potential threat if the Covenant were to acquire this technology" "I've been tasked to steal the maser's operating system, which is in the Chinese Defense Minister's office" "I want Strategic Services to review your plan, and I'll assign an agent to go along" "I'd presumed that would be the case" "Therefore, I propose that Sydney accompany me to the function posing as my assistant, and then together we acquire the operating system corrupt the maser, and pass along the faulty data to the Covenant..." "That is, assuming the CIA still intends to use me as a double agent" "Why me?" "Because this mission cannot be done alone" "I will not risk my life unless I am going in...with the best" "Do you really imagine, given your history with Sydney, we would ever order...?" "I'll go" "You know I don't trust you, and that I believe you have an endgame beyond this operation" "But I also know that if we're caught, we'll be standing side by side in front of a Chinese firing squad which means... this time our interests are in line... and if you betray me" "I will just kill you myself" "I understand you've been loaned out to the NSC..." "Yeah." "I leave for Mexico in an hour" "Lauren requested me; she's briefing me en route" "A contact of mine in Nogales informed me that Javier Perez was apprehended by Mexican authorities" "I'm sure you remember him as part of the freelance team that Sydney infiltrated several weeks ago" "Yeah, sort of..." "He almost killed me" "He's offered to trade information to the NSC in exchange for leniency" "Our problem is this:" "He knows about Sydney... that she murdered Andrian Lazarey under the alias Julia Thorne" "You can imagine the consequences if he were to share this information with your wife" "I think, Agent Vaughn, that you should tell her that you know the identity of the man you've been sent to interview and that conflict of interest requires both of you to remove yourself from this case" "Are you asking me to interfere with my wife's investigation?" " Yes" " No" "I've kept the truth about Sydney from Lauren because Dixon ordered me to a situation you orchestrated" "You understand the consequences to Sydney" " if this information leaks out?" " Yes, of course I do..." "The NSC will subject her to invasive brain surgery stop." "I don't need a lecture from you on the risks she faces" "Then I don't understand your resistance" "Because the NSC will send other operatives!" "Either way, they're gonna find out" "It'll provide us the time to plan our next move" "Look, I think it's safe to say that I know my wife a lot better than you do" "I would hope..." "Lauren may be our best chance of keeping this information from the NSC" "And, Mr. Vaughn..." "What if you're wrong?" "it's the latest in cloaking technology" "It's called optical camouflage" "Now basically, if you take a look right here, it's surface is covered in microfilaments which interpret the UV waves generated by its surroundings which means...that once you drop it off in the Chinese Ministry," "I will be able to guide it undetected past the security cameras to the central alarm controls which I'll then deactivate, using the internal modem" "So, once you disable the alarms," "I'll be able to access the Minister's office where the maser is being kept" "Right." "Once you get to the maser, you will access the motherboard, and then...you will attach this...to the EPROM chip" "Now, press one and you'll be connected to me, and I will access the maser's operating system and corrupt it and then, a copy of the corrupted version will be stored onto this" "Which I will give to Sloane to pass on to the Covenant" "Right" "Actually...where...did the car go?" "By the way...you look beautiful" "Spare me!" "I would encourage you to take my arm if we are going to bluff our way through this..." "Mr. Sloane, we're honored you could attend" "The honor is mine, Minister Woo" "And this is my Executive Assistant, Christina Myers" " A pleasure" " Pleasure" "Your organization's compassionate work..." "is the model of humanitarian achievement" "Thank you." "Thank you" "Ms. Myers, would you give us a moment please?" "I have a private matter to discuss with the Minister?" "Certainly" "Your assistant is lovely" "I presume she does more for you than type?" "our relationship is strictly professional" "Of course" " Hello!" " You're on" "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!" "Promise me again that they won't hear it" "The noise output is. 04 dbs, which is inaudible to the human ear" "A cockroach thinks louder than this car" "Looks like a nice party..." "All right...we'll follow this guy." "It looks like he knows where he's goin" "Security" "Are you all right?" "As long as Marshall can shut down the security system" "You know, Sydney...we should dance" "Like hell" "The minister assumes we're sleeping together" "Despite my protests, he remains unconvinced" "I could care less" "Well, neither would I... if he wasn't constantly looking in my direction..." "Normally I would suggest we remain discrete" "I suggest we feign an argument on the dance floor that will give you sufficient time to slip away" "And, Sydney, given the way you feel about me..." "I doubt it would take much acting on your part" "So, my dear..." "Shall we?" "We have to get to the security room" "All right." "Following him" "Oooh...sorry, sir" "Marshall...follow that guard." "Turn to the right." "Okay, you got it" "Good." "He's approaching the security control room" "Hurry!" "Petal to the metal, sir" "Attention..." "Eaaaassssyyyy..." "Hurry..." " Marshall...under the desk!" " Yeah, yeah, I got it" "Well done" "Okay, now I will activate the RF modem and hack into the security system" "Okay, alarms are down...surveillance is...off" "The security is down" "Give me a minute" "Should take them weeks to get back online...maybe even months" "Allô?" "Thank you" "Marshall says the security system is shut down" "Well, then I propose you make this fight look real" "Oh, God..." "It's a boy" "Get back in the car!" "Hands up." "Now!" "We have 500 dollars" "Take it!" "Keep your mouth shut" "We have them" "The payment will be left in the confessional of the Sun on the Hill church, as instructed" "Hold them for at least two hours then let them go" "Marshall, I'm goin' in" "Copy that" "Security systems are off-line." "You're cleared for entry" "Keep your face covered" "You can't afford to be recognized" "Checking for sensors... we're good" "Okay, Marshall...uplink established" "Copy that, Mountaineer..." "give me two seconds to corrupt the code..." "What was that?" "What's the matter?" "Security system's back online." "I don't know how they did it, but it's up" "Well, can you get it back off-line?" "Give me two seconds..." "I didn't see anything" "Sydney, you may have been compromised." "Get out of there" " Marshall, how much longer?" " No!" "Get out of there now!" " How long!" "?" " Just give me one minute" " Marshall, are you done?" " Yeah, go, go, go!" "You are very lucky they let you go" "Crime on the highways has become an embarrassment" "If you'd like to file a report" "I will see that it receives the highest priority..." "No, thank you" "We'd like to extradite Mr. Perez as soon as possible" "Very well" "This way..." "Who else has been to see Mr. Perez since he arrived here?" "No one" "I am truly sorry you came this way for nothing" "You'll give this to the Covenant" "It contains the corrupted copy of the operating system" "The Covenant will track it back to the Chinese prototype, which has also been corrupted" "They won't suspect that you've betrayed them" "I see" "I wonder how many times your handler said something like that to you before you were about to give me something like this?" "A small object of tremendous value that I asked you to steal for SD-6 that you then rendered useless in order to prevent its exploitation by the Alliance" "It happened on occasion" "There was a time you trusted me..." "That was before I knew who you were..." "That was before I knew who I was..." "Oh, no, it was more recent than that" "The day you were found in Hong Kong, your...resurrection, as it were... this letter arrived at my office." "My analyst confirmed what I recognized instantly, what I'm sure you'll verify on your own... the handwriting is yours" "I'd never seen that code before" "I didn't want to offer it to anyone else" "Unfortunately, I couldn't decipher it myself" "But since those items were once in your possession, I thought you might want them back" " Let's talk" " Of course" "You killed Javier Perez, you son of a bitch!" "You've just returned from a traumatic experience, Mr. Vaughn, you're understandably emotional... which would explain your baseless accusation" "You're right, I am emotional" "I get that way when I see a gun pressed to my wife's temple!" "Ours is a risky business..." "Armed rebels take us hostage and then let us go out of the kindness of their hearts?" "You didn't think I'd see through that!" "?" "Thankfully...you were graced by a stroke of luck" "You really expect me to believe that a man on the verge of bartering for his freedom just decided to hang himself!" "?" "Mr. Perez had a price on his head." "He most likely knew his days were numbered..." "What part of this doesn't have a rational explanation!" "?" "If you ever put my wife's life in danger again, I will kill you!" "Then perhaps...you finally understand the moral compromises you'll make..." "when someone you love is in danger..." "Get in the car... please..." "I've jammed the feed of the CCTV cameras, so let us speak freely" "You know who I am?" "Yes" "I understand your investigation into the Lazarey murder has hit a dead end" "What a pity..." "How do you know about that?" "I know because I framed Javier Perez, assuming he'd be extradited to the United States, and that once he was in custody, he'd be forced to confess what he knows... namely, the identity of Andrian Lazarey's murderer" "This is the second time I've had a gun put to my head;" "I don't particularly like it" "Now, I'm going to assume that if you wanted me dead, I would be;" "so if you have something to tell me, do it!" "A wedding present" "A touch informal, I know, but everything else on your registry was taken" "Open it" "Where did you get these?" "Where is not important" "What is important is who" "Her name is Julia Thorne, merely an alias" "She goes by another name, a name you're quite familiar with..." "Oh, my God..." "Now you should understand why I'd risk coming to you like this" "I recently learned that Sydney Bristow murdered a father I never had a chance to know" "I suspect you have your own reasons for disliking her therefore I'm confident... that you'll relay this information to the appropriate parties" "By the way..." "I've rigged a weight sensitive charge to the underside of this vehicle" "Once I leave you, I'll activate it" "If you attempt to get out of the car before thirty minutes has elapsed, the charge will detonate" "It has been a pleasure, Ms. Reed" "Hello?" " It's me" " Dad" "Are you all right?" "You sound upset" "Yeah...no, I'm fine" "Did you receive my transmission?" "Yes." "Sloane gave you a key, which he claims was sent to him some time before you woke up in Hong Kong" "Yeah, his claim was pretty convincing..." "it was written in my handwriting" " The cyphertext as well?" " Yes" "Why?" "Remember when I told you that during the time you were missing, I contacted your mother?" "That ciphertext was encoded using a method that she devised" "What does this mean?" "That I was in contact with Mom during the two years I was gone?" "If that's true, she failed to mention it during our last communication" "Can you break the code?" "Yes, I learned the code from your mother last year" "It's an address in Rome:" "1124 Piazza Barberini, the penthouse apartment..." "does that mean anything to you?" "I had a local contact pull up the property record" "The apartment was purchased a year ago" "The buyer chose to remain anonymous" "Get some rest" "When you get back, you and I will go to Rome together" "Ok." " Are you all right?" " Yes" "Did he hurt you?" "No" "I am so sorry..." "We'll find him e told me that Julia Thorne is really Sydney Bristow..." "I wasn't sure if you knew... now I know..." "I was under orders not to say anything, just as you were" " Whose orders!" "?" " Dixon" " Dixon knows!" "?" " Yes" "And Jack, Weiss...everyone!" "?" " That's not the point!" " It's exactly the point!" "Everyone at that office kept secret from the NSC the one thing I've been desperately trying to learn!" "How long have you known!" "?" "Three weeks" "For three weeks you've been trying to derail my investigation!" " Lauren, Sydney doesn't remember any of it..." " Do not defend her to me!" " I am explaining why Dixon issued the..." " I am your wife!" "You kept Sydney's secret from me!" "You protected Sydney over me;" "something I refuse to do with you!" "It's not that simple!" "Do you still love her?" "Oh, damn it!" "That's not what this is about!" "She is not my wife!" "You can't punish her for the fact that she and I had a past" "If you report this to Lindsay..." "Lauren, he's gonna want to know everything she did over those two years..." "As well he should" "Look, the only way to access her memory is through a dangerous, invasive procedure that..." "I'm aware of the procedures, none of which they would force on a US agent" "Lazarey was a Russian diplomat" "All Lindsay has to do is form an extradition agreement with the Russians and she will be shipped to Moscow where she has no rights as an American" "He'll run the procedure there" "He'll run the procedure there" "He can't do that..." "She's a CIA operative..." "Think about it!" "You know better than anyone, Lindsay will not hesitate to break the rules" "If he learns about this, Sydn..." "Oh God, Lauren...you already reported her" "You followed your orders..." "I followed mine" "Michael!" "Allô?" "Sydney, it's me." "Don't go home;" "the NSC knows everything" "Meet me at terminal one." "I'll explain everything once I pick you up" "How the hell did they find out?" " Sark told Lauren" " Sark?" "I have a plane waiting for you at the Dover airfield" "It will take you anywhere, but you have to tell me where you want to go... someplace you know well, so you can disappear..." " If the NSC wants to find me, they will" " Sydney!" "Look, I was someone else for two years, Vaughn...someone I don't even remember!" "What am I supposed to do now, just spend the rest of my life in hiding?" "Between that and a lobotomy, there isn't a choice!" "I can't keep running forever..." "I'll do everything I can to make sure you won't have to" "Rome." "I'm going to Rome" "There's a café a the corner of Via del Corso and Via Condotti..." "Café Ruby" "There's a payphone with a false bottom you'll find money and a new passport" "Good thing I'm already packed..." "You should go" "Vaughn...why are you doing this?" "My life is already a disaster... now yours is, too." "What happened between us...everything... the way it is... isn't anyone's fault, Sydney" "And even though everything's changed some things don't" "I'm not gonna lose you twice" "Thank you" "Sydney didn't check in this morning and she's not answering her cell phone" "Do you know where she is?" "I don't know." "Director Dixon, I need to speak with you in your office, please" "Of course" "The NSC knows that Sydney is responsible for Lazarey's murder, don't they?" "I presume you're the one who helped her disappear last night..." "Tell me, what else are you willing to do to see Sydney through this?" "What did you have in mind?" " Please, sit" " No, thank you" "Director Dixon..." "You have always been direct and fair with me, which is why I take no pleasure in what I'm about to say" "Under authority of the National Security Council," "Robert Lindsay has instructed me to relieve you of duty as director of this task force until he arrives to assume control" "On what grounds?" "Obstruction of justice" "Willingly conspiring to impede an international investigation into the murder of Andrian Lazarey" "I have photographic evidence Sydney Bristow was his killer" "We've learned you've known about this for some time" "It is within my purview to compartmentalize information, Lauren" "If Bob Lindsay has issue with that, he can take it up with the Director of Central Intelligence" "He has" "Feel free to call DCI yourself for confirmation... although I suspect your phone will be ringing any moment" "These premises are to be locked down until Lindsay arrives with Federal Agents" "That means, until such time, nobody leaves" "I take it you have Sydney in custody" "Not yet...but we know where she is"