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Previously on "alias"...

Okay, Dixon, I'm in.

Stand by.

Sydney, you're looking for vasili kabilov.

I.D. Tag c16.

What's going on?

We just heard from analysis about the codes you acquired

in Uzbekistan. They have nothing to do

with troop communications. What are they for?

They're the control codes for six portable nuclear

warheads that the uzbeks have admitted, and defense

intelligence has confirmed, went missing six months ago.

Do you know where the nukes are?

Yes, I do. They're in kashmir,

under what used to be a maximum-security prison camp.

All right, Ms. derevko,

you're going to lead us into that prison.

I handed those codes to SD-6.

Your guilt is unfounded. You were doing your job.

I'm going, dad.

I am not about to let Irina derevko near six nuclear weapons

supervised only by you.

You're lying about this!

None of us will survive!

The only reason you know about the nukes is because of me.

I want some respect. We'll miss our window unless you jump!

Shut up!

Right now we have six suitcase nukes

that are going to be activated tomorrow.

Is that confirmed?

CIA doesn't have any details.

Boot camp, this is mountaineer.

Abort. Listen to me, fighter planes are in the sky.

You have to leave now.

We've got the cores! Tell them to call off the air strikes!

This is agent Vaughn. Abort the air strikes.

Repeat -- abort the air strikes.

When I found out my mother faked her death

20 years ago,

after mourning her for most of my life,

she was still alive.

I tried to imagine what it would feel like

to stand in a room with both of my parents again.

It seemed impossible.

That two people with so much...

Deceit between them

could ever find a way to breathe the same air.

And all of a sudden, there we were,

just the three of us...

Walking down a dirt road

in the middle of kashmir.

When we were out there working as a team,

it was comforting.

We were ambushed,

and we fought back.

And we survived.

Yeah, my parents and I sort of went through the same thing.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Oh.

Vaughn told me devlin approved you to do research

if you pass the moglin-reich allegiance test.

This is your s.O.P.

On where to meet for the pickup.

Remember to drop --

drop it in the largest -- yeah.

Hey. What's up?

Where you been?

Okay, listen, every time I walk in the room lately,

you guys hush up as if I'm interrupting something.

I mean, am I? What? No.

Francie, seriously, we were just talking.

Why don't you have a seat?

I can't. I gotta -- I forgot my keys.

I gotta open the restaurant.

I'll see ya.

Okay.

Kendall's allowed me 15 minutes here.

Twice a week.

You put in the request, didn't you,

to give me time out here?

Yeah. We appreciated your help in kashmir.

I need you to understand...

I was 18 when the kgb recruited me.

For a woman to be asked to serve her country,

it was a future, it meant...

Empowerment, independence...

I was a fool to think that any ideology

could come before my daughter.

Sydney?

Hey, stand down! Back away now!

What is this?

We have an arrangement.

Yes. One you failed to live up to.

Our operation in kashmir was a waste of SD-6 resources.

We acquired nothing.

So, my question is,

have you betrayed me,

or are you simply incompetent?

This interrogation technique was developed

by the khmer Rouge.

Minimize bruising on political prisoners

when they were allowing them to be photographed...

You see, if I pull this just a little harder,

the glass will break,

and I do not want to do that.

So tell me, do you think that we were unlucky

on our first venture together,

or do you have another plan

that you want to tell me about?

I didn't betray you.

We agreed to combine our efforts.

I swear to you, that's still my intent.

Then tell me, what went wrong in kashmir?

The Indian Western command carried out an air strike

on the prf prison.

The rambaldi artifact was destroyed.

My contact in the region, Gerard cuvee,

mistakenly believes i tipped the Indian authorities off.

With all due respect, sir,

could the leak have come from this office?

So sloane has no idea you sabotaged the operation

in kashmir?

If he did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Since sark failed to deliver on his promise with sloane,

their partnership may not last for long.

Unfortunately, it isn't over yet.

Sloane is sending me to Paris

with sark tonight.

Why?

The Echelon satellite system --

phone calls, e-mails, faxes from around the world

are filtered through a program capable of flagging

key words on an NSA watch list.

Echelon has been immeasurably successful

in indicating threats to our national security.

Mr. sark has provided us with new intelligence

indicating that an enemy of this country

may have acquired the ability to access this terminal.

Gerard cuvee --

former leader of the people's revolutionary front --

a crime syndicate whose headquarters

were raided by Indian authority last week.

Mr. sark?

My dealings with Mr. cuvee go back several years.

He once showed me an Echelon access terminal

he stole from the NSA

that he keeps at a front company in Paris.

Recent attention by local authorities

have led cuvee to believe that I betrayed him.

Therefore, he is sure to move the terminal

to an undisclosed location.

Surveillance team intercepted an operations log indicating

that an armored transport has been scheduled

for a pickup tomorrow afternoon.

We believe that's when they'll be moving the terminal.

Sydney, you and sark will intercept the convoy en route

and bring the terminal back here safely.

If sloane gets a hold of that terminal,

well, the alliance will be able to eavesdrop on corporations,

law enforcement, political campaigns...

The potential for blackmail and insider trading

would be unlimited.

What's my counter-mission?

I'll have technical services provide you with a secure

deletion program. You'll upload it onto the Echelon terminal.

When SD-6 turns it on,

it'll wipe the hard drive clean.

Sloane will think cuvee installed a fail-safe

to prevent...

Unauthorized access. Unauthorized access.

I'll do it on the return flight.

Sark and I are travelling separately to make sure

no one can connect him to SD-6.

Oh, by the way, I'm meeting with will tomorrow

to help him prep for his psych evaluation.

Thank you.

And I like it.

What? Your new suit.

Oh. It's not new.

I just...Don't wear it that often.

I came from a funeral.

Alice's father died.

I'm sorry.

How is she doing?

Okay.

Well, not really, but she'll be fine.

Let me know if you need anything.

Uh, miss Bristow! Hi.

Uh...I know you have a plane to catch,

but you mind doing a favor for me? Sure.

Um, okay, will you take some snapshots around Paris

with that for me?

Uh, you know, we have to maintain our cover

for our loved ones. Well, my mom thinks

I run global I.T. Services for the bank,

so I like to composite myself into photographs for her.

Oh, I actually have an example right here.

There's me and the sphinx. Ha ha ha.

Of course, I never actually left Southern California,

but every once in a while I like to show my mom

all the places I've never really been to, so...

Would you mind?

Not at all.

Okay. Have a safe trip.

I don't like to fly personally,

but, uh, that's why I'm here and you're...

I've got some stuff to do.

Convoy's on the move. E.T.A. -- Five minutes.

I'm right behind the truck.

Copy that. I'm in position.

You know, it's a pity we're traveling separately.

To get to know each other better.

Yeah, I'm broken up about that, too.

You're surprisingly adept at keeping your curiosity in check.

Don't flatter yourself.

I'm referring to the fact that your mother and I

worked together before I arrived here --

before she went into hiding.

I learned a lot from her.

In some ways, I think of her as a mother myself.

Listen to me --

you and I have nothing in common.

We're not friends,

we're not going to become friends,

and you certainly won't bait me with stories

about a woman I never knew.

I don't get any consideration at all for the fact

that I didn't tell sloane that you conspired to kill him?

We've covered this.

You can't expose me without exposing yourself.

Now I'm almost into the city's traffic control network.

Get your head into the game.

How are your wounds healing?

You obviously had the chance to betray us in kashmir,

but you didn't.

I don't imagine that means you've decided to trust me.

Our previous...Dealings

would indicate that your strategy here

may be long-term.

So for now I trust that your behavior is predictable.

By "previous dealings," you mean our marriage?

You know, technically,

we may still be husband and wife.

I'm sorry.

Sydney's on assignment with sark.

It's my belief that he's still working for you --

that you've coordinated your efforts

to infiltrate both SD-6 and the CIA.

Whatever you have in mind, I promise you,

it won't work.

So I'm going to offer you a deal.

I'll see to it that you're relocated

to a private residence on puget sound

under 24-hour surveillance, of course,

but the illusion of freedom is better than none at all.

In exchange?

In exchange, you'll confess,

tell us what you're really doing here,

why you've turned yourself in.

I'll give you time

to consider my offer.

I see you.

I'm turning the intersection to red.

It is 2-for-1 day here at Marshall's tech emporium.

Not only is this magnetic shape charge capable

of penetrating two meters of armored steel,

but act now, it will also come equipped

with a secondary tear gas munition which will disable

the guards inside the truck. Operators standing by. Hello!

I'm moving in to disable the escort car.

Copy that.

Police! Police!

Police! Police!

It's empty. The terminal's not there.

The truck's a decoy.

Get in the car!

I got your message.

Yes, Jack, come in. I want you to meet someone.

Jack Bristow, this is ariana Kane.

Ms. Kane is the head of alliance counterintelligence.

She is the one who plugged the leak last year at sd-9.

Impressive work,

particularly considering the guilty party

attempted to frame you as the mole.

Men always call women crazy

when they're caught with their pants down.

Ms. Kane is here to investigate the events

leading up to Emily's disappearance

and the subsequent attempts to blackmail me.

How much have you shared with him?

He knows everything I know.

I'm aware of your reputation as a first-class strategist,

agent Bristow.

Tell me, where would you begin this investigation?

With me.

Over the years, arvin's trusted me with everything

I'd need to know to be the perpetrator.

And if his standing within the alliance were undermined,

I'd be a candidate to inherit his seat.

Motive.

Well, that's a hell of an answer.

In addition to being true, it's the only thing

you can say to diminish your viability as a suspect.

Not really. Your obvious awareness of game theory

would invalidate my approach.

Therefore, the best course of action for me to take

as a suspect is to simply tell the truth.

Well, as soon as you've officially eliminated

the possibility of agent Bristow as a suspect,

I'm sure he'll be quite happy to assist you

in your investigation.

Of course. If you'll excuse me.

A pleasure.

All mine.

You ever have a dream where you're back at school

and they won't let you graduate

because you failed a test?

I had that last night.

Well, we don't screen for general knowledge.

It's strictly a psych profile.

So I can't fail,

but I can find out I'm a sociopath.

Yeah. Listen, some of the questions on the test

may seem a little shocking. Shocking, how?

No, like things you might punch someone out at a bar

for asking.

I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but, um,

if things go my way, what's next?

Well, you're cleared to read classified documents,

and you get a government salary,

which isn't much.

Compared to what I make now, it's...Much.

Oh, and just be honest. Because if you're caught

in a lie, you're automatically disqualified.

And since we don't know how often SD-6 keeps tabs on you,

it's too risky to take the test at a federal building,

so we've arranged for you to go to one

of our operational fronts. Now, when you get there,

the officer will lead you in the back room

where you'll take the test. He'll tell you

the shipping manifest was lost in transit

and that he needs your help to I.D. The parcel.

He'll take you in the back room, and that's where

you'll take the test. Now, there's no time limit,

but it shouldn't take you more than an hour.

I can't believe some of the questions they asked.

Like, if forced to choose, who would you rather kill --

"a," your mother, "b," your father,

"c," yourself. And "none of the above"

wasn't even an option.

I mean, what the hell does that measure?

How you see yourself in relation to authority.

Basically, whether or not you'd be willing

to sacrifice your life for your country.

Now, that actually makes sense.

By the way, I got francie season tickets

to the Hollywood bowl for her birthday from both of us.

Oh, great, thank you.

You know, she was right about what she said.

We used to tell each other everything.

Now we don't. I can't tell her anything.

I know. I hate it, too.

But after Danny and what happened to you,

I've accepted the fact that it's a gesture of love

to deceive the people I care about.

What?

Hey, what are you doing here?

Rita, right?

Alice, hi.

Hi. Hey, Rita.

Hey. This is will. Hey.

Hey. Michael. Nice to meet you.

Michael, nice to meet you. Hi. Alice.

Hi.

Michael and I work together at the state department.

I was so sorry to hear about your dad.

Oh. Thank you.

Michael's been amazing.

He's...

He's an amazing guy.

Oh, Rita, we're going to be late.

We got to go meet friends. I'm sorry.

Oh, it's no problem.

It was nice running into you guys.

You too.

Bye. See you.

The Echelon access terminal that you retrieved in Paris

was rigged with a boot sector fail-safe.

When we turned it on, the hard drive was erased.

The good news is that Mr. cuvee is no longer in possession

of the terminal.

The bad news is that he may still have a way

to access Echelon.

One of cuvee's men placed a call

to a data storage facility in London.

This facility caters to high-end corporate clients.

It's likely cuvee duplicated the Echelon software

and had them stored in a secure server there.

If he did, he could use them to reverse engineer

a new terminal there.

Sydney, you'll acquire the files and delete them

from cuvee's backup server.

Mr. sark has provided Marshall with tech specs

on the data storage facil--

actually, um, yeah, actually, about that --

the, uh, the facility is wired with electronic countermeasures

and the computer's secured via military-grade encryption,

so any decryption device or radio contact

would be detected, so the only way

the terminal could be accessed is by someone

who knows how to crack polymorphic algorithms.

My math skills may be above average,

but I can't do advanced calculus in my head.

That's why you're going in with Marshall.

Marshall who?

Wait a minute. What?

You're the only one qualified to hack the server

without the aid of an electronic device.

B-but I'm, uh, I can't go because I'm not field rated.

You will be by the time you leave.

Sark will help you review the operational parameters,

and I'm sure Sydney will take very good care of you.

If Marshall succeeds in copying those system files,

sloane will be able to reboot the Echelon terminal.

Marshall has a photographic memory.

Once the files flash across the screen,

he'll remember them.

Yes, we know that.

I can't just give SD-6 a fake Marshall.

No. But we can pull him out of SD-6.

What?

Devlin made it clear that we cannot under any circumstances

allow SD-6 to access Echelon.

And sabotaging the mission is too risky after kashmir.

Sloane could start to suspect something.

We've considered every option, Syd.

There's no other way to do this.

When you and Marshall return from London,

we'll take him into protective custody.

He'll be transported to Langley for an extensive debrief.

As ridiculous as this sounds,

SD-6 is his whole life.

It's never easy finding out everything you believe in

is a lie.

We'll do whatever we can to make it easier for him,

I promise. And when he adjusts,

he'll have the option to come work for us.

What about his mother?

Will they be able to make contact?

Well, that'll be up to Marshall,

but we can bring her into protective custody, too.

What's my cover story with sloane?

As far as you'll know, the mission went

without a hitch, and you separate at the airport.

We'll intercept Marshall on his way home.

I should pack.

Listen, um, about the bar...

Did you see the security camera?

Yeah, we sent an agent to pull the tapes,

so we couldn't be tied together.

Good.

Alice seems really nice.

She said the same thing about you.

How long have you known arvin sloane?

For 30 years.

When we met, he was my superior at the CIA.

Yes, and once he left the CIA,

he invited you to work with him at SD-6?

Yes. We were both disillusioned with the U.S. government.

We'd both come to see it as corrupt,

and we believed then as we do now

that the alliance would ultimately succeed

in achieving global dominance.

You and sloane have been so close all these years.

Why do you imagine he recruited your daughter into SD-6

without telling you?

Because he knew I would've been opposed to it.

Trust...Doesn't come easily to arvin sloane.

So while at the time, I may not have approved,

I now accept that he recruited Sydney to ensure

that he'd never have to take my loyalty on faith.

You're asking me to believe that sloane

took your daughter hostage to ensure your friendship?

In our line of work, we can't just cry foul

when things don't go our way.

With whom have you had intimate contact

over the past 10 years, agent Bristow?

I-I'm curious to know where you're going with this.

More secrets have been revealed through pillow talk

than through torture.

If there's a prostitute or a stewardess out there

you think may have heard you talking in your sleep,

I need to know about it.

There is one way for you to verify

if my nocturnal activities are a security risk, Ms. Kane,

but somehow I think we'd both prefer the torture.

Ooh. Ha ha ha.

What happened to that gentleman I met in sloane's office

this morning??

He got tired of your baseless accusations.

Good.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't have the sense

to know when he's being insulted.

Are we through?

Yes.

For now.

A.P.U. -- Set.

Aft cargo heat -- set.

Hydraulic pumps -- set.

Marshall, what are you doing?

Oh, I, uh, patched into the in-flight phone network

and logged onto the onboard computer.

I just want to make sure the pilots don't miss anything

what was that? That's... The flaps extending --

totally routine, totally routine.

Is this really your first time on a plane?

Yeah, I couldn't sleep last night, so I memorized

the faa 747 flight ops manual.

Just, uh...Sorry.

Sorry. I'm just a little nervous.

Marshall, you're sweating.

Maybe you should take your jacket off.

No! No way, no way. I, uh, compressed

a high glide tactical parachute in the lining of my jacket

just in case.

Don't worry, though, my belt hyperextends

into a tandem sling.

Just loop it around your waist. It'll hold us both.

Thanks.

You don't have to thank me. It's, uh,

my job to keep you safe.

What was that? That is not a plane sound.

That could be bad.

Marshall.

Oh, a little kid playing...

Is that all right? Is he allowed to --

onboard play -- you're not supposed to --

sorry. Can I get a ginger ale?

I don't think I've ever seen you look quite so handsome,

my darling.

And you look lovely, my dear. Shall we?

We shall.

Whoa. This is...So cool.

Ha ha.

Hey, how's it going? Good to see you.

Hey, how's it going? How you doing?

Hey, uh, nice to see you.

The key to doing this right -- be inconspicuous.

Right, sorry, I just, uh, I didn't --

hey, how's it -- you don't have to say hi to everybody.

I'm sorry. I think I know her.

Box seats have been reserved for you

at royal hall behind this man --

Thatcher Powell, cuvee's head of I.T. Security

and the only man with access to his secure server.

Powell attends the London philharmonic

every third Saturday of the month

and takes in the performance with a bottle of cristal.

Um, you know,

bach is my favorite composer.

Are you speaking to me?

I bet you didn't know that in the last piece of music

that bach ever composed, he encoded his name

into the musical notes.

He certainly was the most ingenious composer

of the baroque movement.

Well, you know what I always say --

if it ain't baroque, don't fix it.

Pardon my husband. He does tend to prattle on.

Sorry.

Once Powell ingests the scopolamine,

it'll take effect in roughly five minutes.

The idea is to make Powell believe he merely fell asleep,

so the dose will be mild. That means, once you steal

the access card, get across town to the server facility,

download the Echelon software, and return the key

to his pocket before intermission,

there will be a car waiting for you out front.

Psst.

Oh, thank goodness,

you're still open.

I'm Marie Robinson. This is my associate Frederick fields.

Hallo.

We work for Jennings aerospace --

the New York office just paged me at the symphony.

Our cfo's laptop was stolen. We need access

to our backup server right away.

May I have your corporate p.I.N. Number, please?

86119.

You're on server 13, second floor.

Oh, thank you. We won't be more than 10 minutes.

Cheerio.

SD-6 has opened an account at the data storage facility

under the name Jennings aerospace.

Your client status will get you past the desk guard,

and security staff will be reduced for the night shift.

Since cuvee is justifiably paranoid,

he's leased out the entire third floor as his own.

You will need to break into the third floor

to access the server.

Syd, you were amazing.

You were acting, you're spying...

Ready to do your magic?

I'm ready for anything.

How did you get up here?

This area's restricted.

Uh, sir, you're going to have to come with us.

Syd, I've been shot! Oh, my God, oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Syd, Syd, I've been shot!

I'm shot! Oh, my God!

Marshall, Marshall.

Oh, my God. Wait. It's just a tranq dart.

It's okay. I pulled it out before you got a full dose.

Thank God for the British and their anti-gun laws, right?

Okay. I'm okay, I'm okay.

What were you saying to those guards?

I think I said, "I can smell you from here" in ewok.

Ewok.

Official language of the indigenous creatures

on the planet endor.

I think I...Peed myself a little.

I mean, not a lot, just like a little...Squirt.

Marshall, stay with me. Stay with me.

Hey, I'm okay.

Are you okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Are you sure? Yeah, I'm okay.

I just -- I got a little -- let's walk.

I can walk.

Okay, okay, hang on.

Hang on there. Hang on.

Okay.

3.

Okay, stay awake. Stay awake, stay awake.

Come on, come on.

Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay awake.

Marshall, focus!

I love you.

Oh.

The Echelon software is on this computer.

You have to access it. I'll do the rest.

Okay, okay, okay. I got it, I got it.

Go.

I got it.

It's all...Good.

Marshall! Hmm?

Mama.

Accounting for the relevant state during key generation

in the crypto compiler combined with a pseudo random generator

will give you a password.

Oh, Marshall, you're a genius.

Left, right, left, right, left --

thank you so much.

Ahem.

Goodness. I-I must've dozed off.

Well, you certainly weren't the only one.

Huh?

♪ Listen to you on a very long flight ♪

So this car will take you home.

Okay, thanks.

Hey, you think the driver will take the scenic route home?

I've got this unbelievable filmstrip running in my head.

The thing I still can't believe is that we're the stars.

I just want to watch it a couple more times

before I go back to my room.

Sure.

Hey, at least I got some real pictures of London

to show the folks back home now.

♪ I lied

♪ and said

♪ I was all right

Marshall.

See you soon, okay?

Okay.

Hey, you know the best part?

I've never been prouder to be one of the good guys.

♪ So vulnerable

♪ things usually turn

yeah, mom, I'll be home in a little while.

I'm just getting back from my big business trip in London,

and -- yeah, mom, of course they fed me on the plane.

Well, I don't know.

It was some sort of chicken or squid --

wait, hold on a second.

Um, actually, can you make a left right here?

There's a nightclub I want to drive by and...

What's going on?

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

This is why you guys shut up when I walked in the room?

Gotcha.

Happy Birthday.

Oh, I love you so.

Happy Birthday, sweetie.

Oh, my God!

♪ Facing troubles all the time ♪

♪ and I almost gave up, but I know ♪

♪ I know that everything's gonna be all right ♪

♪ I almost gave up

Jack Bristow is not the man

responsible for blackmailing me.

His answers are too perfect.

I mean, he even gets angry when it makes strategic sense.

If he had nothing to do with it, I would expect his answers

to be perfect. Now, ariana, unless you have evidence --

contrary to what you tell your subordinates,

we are not the U.S. government.

I don't need probable cause to go after Bristow.

All I need is a hunch.

Well, your hunches notwithstanding,

you're talking about a man with whom I've been partnered

for 30 years.

You have a blind spot when it comes to him.

Look, he's not the first suspect I interviewed.

I talked to all the other heads of the sd cells,

people who might've taken issue with your promotion

to the alliance. You know what I found?

They're all afraid of you,

except for Jack Bristow,

who I promise you

is hiding something.

Have you thought about my offer?

I have nothing to confess, Jack.

I know you find it hard to believe

I'd turn myself in to make up for my mistakes.

But that's the reason...

The only reason I'm here.

If that's the truth, why didn't you simply refuse the offer?

I was considering whether or not to...

Fabricate a confession just to get out of this cell.

You were right.

Although our marital contract was founded

on fraudulent pretenses,

it's still valid until it's annulled,

which means technically

we are still married.

Jack.

Thus far I've agreed to be debriefed only by Sydney.

From now on

I'm willing to talk to you, too.

Vaughn here.

What do you mean we didn't pick up Marshall

at the intercept point? Who did?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Please don't hurt me.

Mister.

Mister, please.

Please don't hurt me.

P-please...

Tell me,

how did you enjoy the symphony?