Syd(to Sloane):"The CIA has a hit list.35 people worldwide it's agents are allowed to kill on shoot.35 out of six billion.You are one of 'em.Which means,when I kill you,I won't even be breaking the law."
9.1
"Superb"
Another great episode which covers a lot of ground and has a great plot.
So,Sloane managed to construct the Rambaldi device with the aim of Caplan.He made a short demonstration of it and I was stunned.What a freaky,original,awesome and horrific device was that?The scene where all those people in that church started to glow and the scene where Syd and Vaughn enter the church only to find the people's ashes is two I'll never forget.Anyway,back to Sloane.He's much more devious than I'd thought.At first,I thought that he was searching for money and allies.Yes,he needs money-and a lot of it.He already has the $100million in bearer bonds that he stole from SD-6 as part of the fake blackmail and now he has $40million from Kabir.I was wondering the same as Sark was.Why would he offer something so important for which he had been working for two years in exchange for a statuette?Because,that statuette contained another Rambaldi manuscript.Of course,it must be more important than the previous one,otherwise Sloane wouldn't sacrifice something like that.I'm looking forward to it.
Dixon,finally made his decision and makes a heroic return to the show.I was sure he couldn't be able to let Syd die,because she's too important for him to leave her helpless.Now,he has forginen her,but he is probably going to lose his wife.
On the subplot now,we had some new developments here.Syd and Vaughn finally discovered the bugs fake-Francie had placed.Ohh,I'm very excited and curious about this plot.She's very clever.She immidiately found out that they had discovered the bugs.She went on the offensive and she told Syd that she was acting weird.I'm very worried about Syd,yes she is going to find out about what's happening,but will it be too late?By the way,fake-Francie must be a man.Did you notice how she was looking at Syd while she was getting undressed?
And if this episode's theme is heat,then Kendall is the episode's hothead.Here,he reaches a new level of loathsomeness as he chastises Syd for not dealing with Sloane more effectively,refuses to listen to her when she complains that the CIA is doing nothing to bring him in,and then has the nerve to tell her that the next time the CIA loses him it'll be her fault.Shut up,Kendall!Sometimes this character doesn't seem very realistic-someone in his position doesn't have the time to play petty little mind games.Please,Syd,do something.Throw a little punch to his face.Anyway,interestingly,Sloane is seen as the quintessential monster but here,he shows his affection for Syd and he even kisses her,in contrast with Kendall who when Syd's life is in danger at the end of the episode,he tells everyone to pull out and just leave her.He shows the same lack of concern for her that Sloane had shown for Marshall in "A Higher Echelon",which is strange considering that just one episode ago,he was the one who was blackmailing Syd to stay at the CIA.I don't like Kendall.Actually,I never did.I disliked him last year when he kept Syd into custody.
I really enjoyed Will here.He's at last back in an important capacity.When he's not kissing Francie,he's proving to be an important asset to the CIA,and there's a delicious satisfaction in seeing him arrive at his first strategy meeting,looking scruffy and unkempt,and then show up the two Harvard graduates and their lame suggestions.And Marshall,everyone's been impatient with him,except for Syd who always tolerates him even when he says some inappropriate things.
Miscellaneous:
--There are 35 people in the world that the CIA operatives are authorized to kill on sight.Is this actually true?
--Swiss banking laws mean that the CIA can't find out what Sloane stole(while they value discretion,you'd think that,as Sloane wasn't really a costumer,one of their staff was killed and the building was rigged with explosives,they'd try harder to help).
--Sixty two people are killed(or possibly 61-Gizabi is listed as dead but survived).It's reported in the press as the result of a "doomsday weapon".Wow...
--The episode has an enormous coincidence at the heart of it:Sark testing the weapon on Kabir's wife the exact moment Syd shows up to talk to her.
--Did you notice?This is the first time Syd has been disguised as an older woman rather than a sexy younger one.
--The product placement of the Ford Focus is downright shameful in this episode.
--Irina wasn't in this episode.I think that the episodes she has participated in are fewer than the episodes she hasn't.And almost every time we see her,she is in the cell only talking,except for one time then with the Bristows.I want to see her in action.
--Caplan was also not here.Is he alright?And what will happen to him?Is he going to help Sloane construct another Rambaldi device?
--Syd had a nice hairlook here.
--Dixon performed some nice moves,too.Back in action!
--That device Rambaldi designed can only harm and make damage.Was he evil?
Highlight
People in the church suddenly burst into flames-the Rambaldi device in action...
Sloane(to Syd):"If you knew what I have in here,if you knew what my plans are...This is bigger than SD-6,Sydney,than the CIA.Than you being deceived by me,than me being betrayed by you...If things were different..."
Syd(to Sloane):"You jump,you die".
Syd:"I love the Zamboni".
Vaughn:"The Zamboni's your favourite part"?
Syd:"No,coming home with you after the game is my favourite part...the Zamboni was a close second".
Jack:"Then do it"!
Marshall:"'Please',would be nice".
Sloane:"I'm a man with no country...and few alliances".Here we learn more about him.He's been a collector and knows many things about other cultures.
Syd:"You know how people are describing it,don't you?They're calling it a doomsday device.Saying it's the first sign of the coming Armageddon.Like the devil himself rose up to attack that church".
--This episode's destination:Zurich,Switzerland,Kandahar,Afghanistan,Mexico City,Mexico
--This episode's alias:Syd disguises herself as an elderly churchgoer with a veil,walking stick and string of pearls,as well as a mask(cool alias).In Kandahar she wears the Cold Suit.
--Marshall's gadgets:a bug with his trademark Superman symbol he soldered into the circuity(it's an M,not an S).It operates using an MD-14 data adapter,which cloaks the signal,making it undetectable by bug-killers and is a burst transmitter,meaning it saves up data then transmits it in one go,rather than sending a continuous stream of data.For her mission to Kandahar,he gives Syd the Cold Suit,a form-fitting outfit that makes her invisible to infrared cameras.
***Special device***
Rambaldi designed and constructed the components of a suitcase neutron bomb in the sixteenth century.It has a capacity of 100megawatts-it only needs 20per cent of that for the Mexico City attack.If the device is so much as a microtesla out,there will be disastrous consequences.It'a directional weapon that acts like a microwave-all living matter in the area burns up,but it doesn't affect wood or cloth.It raises people's body temperature by 2,000 degrees,burning them up into fine ash.Identification is impossible afterwards.It works through walls,concrete and steel.There's no defence.It knocks out computer circuitry and,could be used to down aircraft.
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