Writer:	Crystal Nix Hines
Director:	Ken Olin
Star:	Michael Vartan (Michael C. Vaughn),  Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane),  Carl Lumbly (Marcus R. Dixon),  Merrin Dungey (Francine 'Francie' Calfo),  Jennifer Garner (Sydney Anne Bristow),  Lena Olin (Irina Derevko),  David Anders (Sark),  Bradley Cooper (William 'Will' D. Tippin),  Victor Garber (Jonathan 'Jack' Donahue Bristow),  Kevin Weisman (Marshall J. Flinkman)
Recurring Role:	Ira Heiden (CIA Agent Rick McCarthy),  Terry O'Quinn (F.B.I. Special Officer Kendall),  Wolf Muser (Ramon Veloso)
Guest Star:	P.D. Mani (PRF Guard),  Andy Gatjen (Aide),  Derek de Lint (PRF Leader Gerard Cuvee),  Marshall Manesh (Hari Singh),  B. Senthil Kumar (Soldier),  Kishe Caelan-Wallace (CIA Agent),  James LeSure (CIA Agent Craig Blair),  Joseph Ruskin (Alain Christophe),  Iqbal Theba (General Arshad)

Music from this episode includes:
"Emotional Rescue" by The Rolling Stones (edit) Although they both appear at the end of the episode Bradley Cooper and Merrin Dungey have no dialogue. (edit) Carl Lumbly does not appear in this episode. (edit) Final appearances of Ramon Vesolo (Wolf Muser) and Alaine Christophe (Joseph Ruskin), as well as the other nonspeaking members of the Alliance of Twelve. (edit)

(The Bristows navigate a mine field)
Sydney: Where did the PRF get these mines?
Irina: You Americans have the worst inventory control in the world... so Sydney, how’s school?
Sydney: I’m writing my dissertation... supposedly. (edit) Irina: You must have a lot of questions.
Sydney: Yeah.
Irina: One thing that should not wait any longer is why I shot you in Taipei. The rebel leader, Gerard Cuvee... When you were in Taipei, he was in the next room watching to see if I would betray him or you. Shooting you in the shoulder, giving you time to escape, it was the only way I could think to maintain his trust and keep him from killing both of us. (edit) Jack: (about Irina) She was putting on a show for Cuvee. Before she left, she put these in my hand. She told me they're using the cores to activate a Rambaldi artifact.
Sydney: They're not detonating the nukes?
Jack: Among the things Rambaldi experimented with was self-sustaining cell regeneration. This artifact they're opening today is reported to be Rambaldi's proof of endless life. (edit) Sydney: Deploy? Detonate?
Vaughn: "Activate." That's the word they used. Now, it might mean delivery, maybe detonation, we don't know. But we have to assume the worst since they got the control codes through SD-6.
Sydney: And I got the control codes for SD-6 which means I can deactivate the nukes.
Vaughn: If you get there in time. (edit) Vaughn: I just don't think we should cut them loose.
Kendall: Listen. Alive or dead, the mission failed. So if the Bristows are out there, they're on their own. (edit)

At the end, when Syd plays miniature golf with Will and Francie, she uses a red ball, the same color as the big red ball Rimbaldi Device. (edit) Irina tells Sydney why she shot her in "The Enemy Walks In." (edit) When Jack arrives at the helicopter, he asks Vaugn to call off the airstrikes. Vaugn calls in the request. Who was he asking? The Indians? Why would they suddenly honor his request? (edit)

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