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The Confession

Episode Number: 11    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday January 6, 2002    Prod Code: E640
Sydney is grateful and proud of her father after he saves her life while on a case in Havana. But her admiration is short lived when Vaughn discovers further evidence that Jack may have been responsible for the deaths of over a dozen CIA officers many years earlier.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Daniel Arkin, J.J. Abrams
Director: Harry Winer
Star: Bradley Cooper (William 'Will' D. Tippin),  Victor Garber (Jonathan 'Jack' Donahue Bristow),  Michael Vartan (Michael C. Vaughn),  Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane),  Carl Lumbly (Marcus R. Dixon),  Merrin Dungey (Francine 'Francie' Calfo),  Jennifer Garner (Sydney Anne Bristow),  Kevin Weisman (Marshall J. Flinkman)
Recurring Role: Greg Grunberg (Agent Eric Weiss),  James Handy (Devlin)
Guest Star: Joanne Young (Mychella),  Francesco Quinn (Minos Sakkoulas),  Aharon Ipalé (Aninni Hassan),  J. Anthony McCarthy (Bouncer),  Matthew James Williamson (Bodyguard),  Vincent Lappas (Techie)

Notes

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Music from this episode includes:
"Someone To Watch Over Me" by Sting
"Rave Alarm" by DJ Teebee (edit)
Although credited Merrin Dungey does not appear in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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(Hassan’s not cooperating)
Jack: (to Hassan) Ok, lets be honest here, in about 20 minutes you’re going to be shipped off to a maximum security prison outside Los Angeles, by 5pm you’re going to be someone’s after dinner mint. (edit)
Sydney: (from Hassan's weapons storage in Crete) Vaughn, what's going on? The room just went into lockdown!
(Back at the C.I.A.)
Vaughn: What the hell did you just do?!
Hassan: I gave you the wrong code. Your agent has activated an anti-intruder device. (edit)
Vaughn: There's nothing routine about that list. There's something very specific about it. It's been a mystery within the agency for over two decades. Who murdered those C.I.A. officers? I'm sorry, but we have our answer now. It was your father. And I'm going to report him. (edit)
Sydney: What happens when someone you care about is in trouble. What you said, that nothing else matters. It all just goes away. Last week when I learned what my father did for me, sacrificing Russek, it made me sick. But now, I know I would have done the exact same thing. You should have seen him.
Vaughn: Your father?
Sydney: Yeah, he was like... he was like a pro. He was good. I mean, the way you talked about him once, what his reputation was, I could see it in action. He was... impressive. (edit)
Sydney: Dad, can I ask you something? When you started with SD-6, you knew that they were a mercenary group and that they had no connection with the C.I.A. But I didn't. When I joined, I thought I was going to be saving the world and not making it more dangerous.
Jack: What's the question?
Sydney: Why didn't you say something? I mean, you could have told me what I was really doing... damage instead of good... but you kept quiet.
Jack: (sighs) Revealing the truth about what you were doing would have required revealing the truth about what I was doing. (edit)

Trivia

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At the end of the episode, when Sydney and Vaughan are in the meeting, Jack introduces the director as "Delvin", when his name is in fact "Devlin." (edit)
The exterior establishing shot of the port during the "Athens" segment is completely wrong. This port is clearly of a small Aegean island; not of a city with 4 million residents. (edit)
The bodyguard mentions to the club owner that he has an "11 o'clock." Of course there is no way any club in Greece would be open at 11pm let alone be so packed. It's interesting how California based shows + movies (ie. 99% of TV shows and movies) assume the entire world is as boring as California is, where everything is dead by 2am. (edit)

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The Confession
"Exactly why I watch this series"
The result of the mission to Cuba is revealed, Sydney goes on a mission to find Hassan's weapons hoard, and the recipient of the codes from Sydney's mother's books is revealed in a shocking conclusion.
Continue » Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:14 pm PST
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The Confession
"Another great installment"
It was good!
Continue » Posted Mar 2, 2008 7:38 pm PST
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The Confession
"Fine example"
Jack: "Sydney, I was not that agent. Your mother was."
Continue » Posted Sep 17, 2005 11:40 am PST
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