Writer:	Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Director:	Daniel Attias
Star:	David Anders (Sark),  Melissa George (Lauren Reed),  Victor Garber (Jonathan 'Jack' Donahue Bristow),  Michael Vartan (Michael C. Vaughn),  Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane),  Carl Lumbly (Marcus R. Dixon),  Jennifer Garner (Sydney Anne Bristow),  Kevin Weisman (Marshall J. Flinkman),  Greg Grunberg (Eric Weiss)
Recurring Role:	Kurt Fuller (Lindsey)
Guest Star:	Adrian Sparks (Dr. Siegel),  Igor Korosec (Janitor),  BK Kennelly (Bartender),  Fabio Serafini (Peter Klein),  Bill Bolender (Oleg),  Heidi Dippold (executive assistant),  James K. Ward (Rotter),  Andrew Borba (Jim),  Stephanie Venditto (Cathy),  Al Sapienza (Tom),  Brad Greenquist (Otto),  Ilia Volok (San'ko)

The "Agents Killed in Action" plaque shows also the name "Thoman, Phillip", the On-set Dresser for Alias. (edit) Music from this episode includes:
"Bad Day" by R.E.M. (edit) Below Sydney's name on the "Agents Killed in Action" plaque are:
"Chambliss, Scott" - Production Designer for Alias
"Destefano, Cece" - who won and Emmy for "Art Direction on a Single-Camera Series" for her work on the Alias pilot. (edit)

Sark: If I'm to understand what you're saying, you have no idea where you've been for the last two years... None?... Unbelievable! I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh, it's just... I'm speechless. Sydney, if Sloane had intended to abduct you, I wasn't privy to it.
Sydney: What if I said I still don't believe you?
Sark: I'd say it'd make no difference. In twenty-four hours I'll be free, and... you'll remain in the dark. (edit) Sydney: Where was I buried?
Jack: You were cremated. Vaughn spread your ashes at sea. (edit) Sydney: Without even knowing why these people want Sark, how can we even consider this?
Lindsey: We think we know why they want him. They want him so they can kill him. (edit) Dixon: (to Sydney) I want you to accompany the hostage rescue team.
Marshall: Actually, I had an idea. Syd should go in as a biochem major. Harvard dropout, totally spoiled. Maybe she got kicked out because she was synthesizing ecstasy in her dorm room, or maybe crystal, crank...
Dixon: Fine. (edit) Sark: Sydney, you know how highly I regard your abilities as an operative, but even I didn't think you were capable of cheating death. (edit)

Vaughan has become a French teacher. The actor who plays him, Michael Vartan, is French. (edit) Irina is still alive. (edit) Number 47: (inverted) The numbers that the code hacker displays is 746F70686174. (edit) Jack's screenname is "Mozart_182" and Irina's is "Handel_4Me". (edit) Will is in the Witness Protection Program. (edit)

Jack: However, a source of mine has provided evidence indicating he was a descendant of the Romanov royal family in Russia.

The Romanov family was the dynasty that ruled Russia from 1613-1917. The end of their rule was made by the rise of the communist party. According to records the royal family in 1917 (Nicholas II, his wife and children) were taken to a remote area away from Moscow. When a revolutionary group tried to escape Russia to rescue, the revolutionaries decided to kill the entire family, including the dog. This was the end of the Romanov line. Many years later a woman claimed to be Anastasia, one of Nicholas' daughters. Rumors abound as to whether she survived the slaughter. In Alias's world, someone obviously did. (edit)