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Previously on "alias"...

Jack Bristow, this is ariana Kane.

Ms. Kane is the head of alliance counterintelligence.

She's here to investigate the events leading up

to Emily's disappearance

and the subsequent attempts to blackmail me.

If sloane gets ahold of that Echelon terminal,

the alliance will be able to eavesdrop on corporations,

law enforcement, political campaigns --

the potential for blackmail and insider trading

would be unlimited.

Gerard cuvee --

former leader of the people's revolutionary front.

One of cuvee's men placed a call

to a data storage facility in London.

It's likely cuvee duplicated the Echelon software

and had them stored in a secure server there.

Sydney, you're going in with Marshall.

Wait a minute. What?

You're the only one qualified to hack the server

without the aid of an electronic device.

Marshall has a photographic memory.

Once the files flash across the screen, he'll remember them.

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

No...

But we can pull him out of SD-6.

Mom, I-I'll be home in a little while.

I'm just getting back

from my big business trip in London.

At the intercept point? Who did?

Please don't hurt me. Please.

Some people think there's a conspiracy,

that the government eavesdrops on everyone.

Faxes, Internet communications,

phone calls -- all routed to high-speed

voice and optical recognition computers.

They can analyze words spoken and written

in every common language on earth.

Yeah, looking for key words.

The system scans 2 million conversations an hour.

Yeah, while shamelessly violating the constitution.

The national security agency argues

it's one of its most important weapons against terrorists,

and they don't abuse the system.

Somehow that's unreassuring.

Well, there's this man named Gerard cuvee

who figured out how to hack into Echelon.

He was able to pick up secure military communications.

Because of that, he was able to locate and destroy

a U.S. military lab in dresden.

In London, we shut down cuvee's access to Echelon,

and, thank God, kept it away from SD-6.

So you get Echelon, you become big brother.

The best thing about this mission --

this guy that I work with -- he's a sweetheart -- Marshall --

was pulled out of SD-6

and taken into protective custody.

The CIA's going to give him a life.

A real life.

I can't tell you what a relief it is knowing he's safe.

You took something that doesn't belong to you.

Uh-huh.

My employer would like it back.

Oh, please, help -- oh.

Aah! Aah!

No, please, no, no, no!

Epoxy...

Is a binary compound.

You have just ingested the resin.

Alone, it's not toxic.

But in combination with a hardener,

the epoxy cures,

passing from a liquid state...

Through a gel state...

To a solid state.

This transformation

will puncture your vital organs,

block your windpipe,

causing you to suffocate.

So...

Let's start over.

The Echelon operating system -- where is it?

Really? Who is he?

Someone in my department.

We've worked together for about a year now.

You're kidding me.

What's his name?

Michael.

And he's...

I don't know how to describe him.

He has a girlfriend.

Of course he does.

The -- the bank has a policy against coworkers dating.

You know, you could quit. Francie --

they don't have anything on me. I just can't quit.

It's not that they treat you poorly, which they do,

but the thing is, I haven't heard you

talk like this in forever.

No one in the free world works as hard as you.

I know it seems that way.

Maybe you and Michael are destined.

Maybe he can quit.

I got to go.

What's wrong?

Marshall was abducted.

What?

Our plan was to intercept him on his way home from l.A.X.

I know what our plan was.

The extraction team was about to move in

when they saw this.

We ran the plates on one of the suvs.

It was rented by Charles Williamson.

We put his photo I.D.

Through a facial recognition database.

It matched a known associate of Gerard cuvee.

What steps are being taken?

CIA's got one team

radiating out from the abduction point

and another in London retracing his steps.

Our steps.

The mission in London was my op.

Marshall was my responsibility.

Before being captured, Marshall e-mailed cuvee's copy

of the Echelon access program to SD-6.

We took away cuvee's access to Echelon and gave it to SD-6?

Yes, but when SD-6 downloaded the program,

they discovered a problem.

Marshall's e-mail was broken up into packets of data

and routed to SD-6

via Internet service providers around the world.

However, there was a malfunction,

and several data packets were not transmitted.

Without them, we cannot access Echelon.

Can we fill in the missing pieces?

I'm told it would take six months,

and even then, there's no guarantee.

Do we know where the error occurred?

A government-operated facility in ho chi minh city.

I'm sending in Sydney and Dixon to retrieve them.

Who's leading the team to recover Marshall?

We've changed his access codes.

There is nothing that Marshall can tell cuvee

that could possibly hurt us.

He will be tortured,

most likely killed.

Oh, yes, I'm sure he will be.

I've already contacted sd-4.

That was the extent of his concern.

It was as if someone had overcooked his steak.

Well, you know what cuvee's going to do.

He's going to try to get Marshall

to reverse-engineer the software

and get back online.

Yes, but you need two things to get on Echelon --

the software and an access point.

Software is like a map.

It leads you to the doorway of the system.

He won't get on, not even with Marshall's help.

The problem is, diagnostics has run

a comprehensive systems analysis,

and they can't find the breach.

Your mother thinks cuvee may have used

a Russian network to make contact --

their version of Echelon, called swarm.

She told you that?

I spoke with her.

She thinks she can find the back door,

then I would simply ask you to inform Mr. Kendall

that the technicians he'll assign to do the job

will discover it is like quicksand.

Your father was correct. I declined the offer.

Second only to arvin sloane,

Irina derevko is the last person

I want having access

to the U.S. government's secure network.

She'd be watched.

I mean, if she tried anything unusual,

we could just shut the system down.

No. Access to computers and telecommunications equipment

is specifically prohibited

by your mother's immunity agreement.

I think we might be wasting time.

Agent Bristow, we hire qualified technicians around here.

What do you say we give them a shot?

Your countermission is simple.

In Vietnam, you'll download

the data packets SD-6 is looking for

and switch it with this. It's corrupted data.

We'll have what SD-6 needs,

and they'll never be able to access Echelon.

And, Syd, we'll find Marshall.

I will ask you one more time.

Where is the Echelon software you took from us?

I swear on my mother's grave,

I don't know.

And though, technically, mom's still alive,

she has picked out her gravesite, so --

refusal to cooperate has a price.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

We can find your mother.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Okay.

I sent the Echelon software to SD-6.

There's nothing I can do about that, I swear,

but -- but I saw the code,

all of it,

and I have a photographic memory,

s-so I can -- I can recreate it.

I can rewrite it.

Just don't hurt my mother, please.

You leave my mother alone.

Pending the outcome of my investigation,

your security clearance has been revoked.

Get out of my office.

When Emily was killed, you claim you were in taipei.

It is a fact, not a claim. When a blackmailer

stole $100 million of the alliance's money

in exchange for pictures of that murder, you were...

On assignment in Istanbul.

Doing back channel, unsupervised work

you conveniently arranged for yourself.

You have no protections here --

no civil rights or civil liberties

or reasonable doubt.

See that I'm not disturbed again.

Yes, ma'am.

Get everyone you can from op tech now.

Notify assets in Istanbul, taipei, and Azerbaijan

we will need immediate assistance

in forging hard evidence of my being

in each of those locations on specific days and times.

We have a situation.

Ariana Kane, head of alliance counterintelligence --

she's investigating me

in connection with the murder of Emily sloane.

She's checking your aliases, the places you've been?

You're covered for that.

Yes, passport stamps, plane tickets --

enough to withstand a cursory inquiry.

This is anything but cursory.

I did not kill Emily sloane,

but I do have secrets, and the last thing I can afford,

the last thing Sydney can afford,

is someone discovering

that my loyalty does not lie with SD-6.

We've got the prints for Istanbul.

This goes with the car you rented in taipei.

We backdated phony charges through my credit card

to these locations?

Restaurants, rental car agencies, hotels.

Room charges -- they'll be on file

with the respective concierges by morning.

Good.

Bad time? Yeah.

What else is new?

Uh, you left word with analysis,

when tippin's psych profile came back,

you wanted to be informed. Anything I should know?

Uh, just run protocol and bring him in.

You got it. Thanks.

What about surveillance?

We thought about rotoscoping you

out of some other surveillance feed,

but if they slow down the frame rate,

they'd know it was altered.

That's why we went with the green screen.

This is the original surveillance feed

from the Istanbul intercontinental.

And this is the footage that we filmed earlier.

Use some subpixel masking, and we get...

I even gave you a shadow.

We've got your fingerprints on rent-a-car keys,

hair samples stitched into pillowcases -- I want to review everything.

Jack, I think you're good. Thinking isn't sufficient. I want to know.

You're right.

I want to see the plane tickets.

Accessing the system now.

I should be in mid-presentation.

Thank you for giving tech sky

the opportunity to talk with you

about our microsatellite technology.

At your direction,

for three minutes, they'll experience it

like a daydream. Any longer,

they'll regain consciousness, and you'll be found out.

Now, make sure you put these glasses on first.

They're time-synchronized with the pulses,

so you'll be unaffected.

A small constellation of satellites in low earth orbit

is cheaper to launch and maintain

than a traditional satellite network,

and if one micro sat fails,

the entire system need not be replaced.

What you're looking at is a typical tech sky package.

Okay, Syd, do your thing. I'm almost in.

Okay, Syd, I'm in.

LAN nguyen. Is that right?

Right.

His I.D. Will give you access to any room in the ministry.

The data packets are in the hard drive

which is located in the server room,

two levels down, room 206. You've got three minutes.

Syd, you've got two minutes

to find the right hard drive.

I'm not getting a positive signal.

Data packets aren't on drives 1 or 2,

and drive 3 is missing.

Is there a serial number in the third bay?

657-33p-y12.

That hard drive is in for repairs.

Where?

Level 1, room 147.

I'm on my way.

No. The repair room is just off the lobby.

I'll go. Meet me at the extraction point.

Dixon, no. I'll make it.

Robert Milton. I'm here for the tech sky presentation.

I told you I could make it.

Start over there. Work toward me.

Got it.

Okay.

Let's get out of here.

Sydney!

The guards will be here any minute!

This is a great victory.

You both should be very proud.

Thank you, sir,

but our thoughts are with Marshall.

Has there been any word?

No, I'm afraid not,

but our efforts continue,

as do our prayers.

So now SD-6 has everything it needs

to access Echelon.

Any idea on how long before it's up and running?

Midnight tomorrow at the latest.

You should have seen the look on sloane's face

when we got back.

I don't think I've ever seen him so happy

about a mission.

He said he was praying for Marshall.

Listen, about Marshall --

one of our teams

traced cuvee's unit that abducted Marshall

to a safe house outside London.

By the time they got there, it was abandoned.

It was wired with 4 pounds of c-4.

Never had a chance.

It gets worse.

In light of the tragedy,

the director has ordered a halt in the search,

so for the moment, Marshall's on his own.

You think maybe he could point that somewhere else?

All right, never mind.

Yeah. Dublin, I think.

Glasgow.

Two more, I set a world record.

Will, I'm serious. Last week, it was buenos aires.

Before, it was Tokyo.

I mean, it never ends.

Fran, you know how much that used to bug me, right?

Oh, but now there's this new guy.

You should have heard her talking about him.

She sounded so happy.

She told you about a guy?

Yeah, somebody from work -- Michael something.

You know him?

No.

No, of course not,

'cause the jerks at the bank where she slaves

won't let them date 'cause it's against the rules.

So they're not dating.

No, no, he's actually dating somebody else.

I got your psych report back.

You did well.

I'm not a sociopath.

Well, I didn't say that.

Do I have a job?

Yes.

A paying job.

Yes, as an analyst.

You'll be asked to review classified documents

and file reports.

Think of it as writing articles,

only now, your source material is classified.

In fact, your cover is as a journalist.

What does that mean? Am I an agent?

What?

Agents are field-trained.

You're an analyst. You're desk-trained.

You sit at a desk. That's cool.

The agency operates

a monthly travel magazine called "trade roads."

There's a small L.A. office. Go there when we page you.

The materials we'll need analyzed

will be there when you arrive,

but don't remove them from the building.

When you're done filling out the paperwork,

just give it to bill. He'll make sure it's processed.

I get health insurance?

Welcome to the CIA.

Thank you.

Listen,

obviously, you're a good guy,

and I can't tell you how much I appreciate this job,

and what I'm going to say is inappropriate.

Sydney cares about you,

and what you guys have or don't have

means a great deal to her.

I want to make sure you respect that.

I just got off the phone with the director again,

and he asked me again

if I knew we were in the intelligence business.

SD-6 is, by our best estimates,

less than 12 hours away from accessing Echelon,

which would give them

all the intelligence capabilities of the CIA.

Our efforts to prevent Gerard cuvee

from reaccessing Echelon ended in tragedy --

four agents killed.

As far as we know,

your SD-6 tech ops officer Marshall flinkman

could already have cuvee up and running again.

As for derevko's intel on swarm,

info sec has been unsuccessful

in their search for a back door access point.

What the hell just happened?

I had to shut down the system.

Swarm detected I was mapping its network

and spit out a virus.

As part of a plan, something we can't see.

Then giving her access to Echelon could only help that.

In this instance, I think she could be an asset.

They found it -- quicksand.

I told your father my terms --

full access to the network, no restrictions.

Dad fought for you on this. Don't make him regret it.

I'll need to send an access code.

How will we know

you're not signaling your organization?

You won't.

Do it.

Looks clean.

Slow it down 200%.

It's still good.

If this was faked, it's the best job I've ever seen.

Is this the last of the surveillance feeds?

Karachi, Istanbul, taipei.

Yeah, that's it.

I think you should see this.

Yes, yes, we should have full access to Echelon

in a matter of hours.

Forensic report.

Okay, alain. Yes, I'll let you know

as soon as we're fully operational.

Yes, absolutely.

Okay. Merci.

Au revoir.

Brain matter was found in the barrel

of one of Jack Bristow's service pistols.

According to the munitions log,

he checked out a glock 19 compact

for one day,

reporting a single accidental discharge

and no casualties.

I thought you were here

to investigate the events surrounding my wife's death.

Do you have enough cells to do a DNA profile?

Already being done.

Well, if it matches with Emily,

I want you to let me know immediately.

You know, cherry pez, the little --

candy, comes in the little -- with the superhero thing?

Yeah, I collect the dispensers.

I thought I had the largest collection in the world.

I actually wrote "the guinness book of world records" about it,

and, well, they said that there was a girl in Australia,

9 years old, had a larger collection than me,

I'm kind of hungry. You guys got some snacks or...

You probably --

I agree.

Something's wrong with my computer.

I can't get online. Can you check it?

Someone has launched

a denial of service attack on us.

We're getting pinged over and over.

It's slowing down the network.

That's odd.

They didn't spoof the origin I.P.

How can someone be smart enough to hack in here

and forget to cover their tracks?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What -- what's going on?

We have a firewall. You broke through it.

I want to know why.

I was just trying to download an mp3 off audiogalaxy.

Look, an mp3, you know,

a music file?

This I am 75% done with. I just --

You like Sammy hagar?

I'll, uh, go back to the program.

Marshall's in Mexico city?

He signaled us through the computer.

We traced him through the I.P. Address he used.

Uh-huh.

Okay. I'll notify the extraction team at once.

We'd like your permission

to conduct the operation ourselves.

Yes, of course.

Are you making any progress here?

Like Echelon, swarm has access points.

If I can locate the directory

we will know if there's any entrance points.

That way, we could keep SD-6 and cuvee off the system.

I'd like a coffee, please.

Cream or sugar?

Black.

Thank you.

Kane called a meeting.

Does she know anything?

Unclear, but I'm told she has two units

from security section prepared to take me in.

I have to be ready for anything.

I have to admit I'm impressed.

I've rarely found a record as well-documented as yours.

You couldn't have been more thorough if you tried.

If I may ask, what is it you're looking for?

There are only two pieces of evidence

I haven't been able to corroborate.

Help me with them, and we're finished.

Damn, she's got the place wired.

Jack, we make six agents from security section.

Every time you make a phone call

on your s.T.U., the SIM card

on your cell phone communicates

with the local cell tower.

Those communications are recorded

on the card's memory chip.

It's kind of like a mini travelogue.

We'll need the cell tower signal codes

for Istanbul, karachi, and taipei.

Jack, listen to me. What pocket is your phone in?

If it's in the left jacket pocket, hold up one finger.

In the right pocket, hold up two.

You two ready to order?

Not yet. Thanks.

You have my phone records.

Which we both know could easily be forged,

so...

I'd like your phone.

You said there were two things.

Who is Steven haladki?

He was a CIA agent loyal to Irina derevko.

Whom you murdered.

We found brain matter in the gun you fired

on the day Emily was murdered.

I admit, I thought DNA tests would prove

you killed her,

but instead they prove you killed haladki.

We had reliable intel that derevko was accessing

information through the CIA.

Her source turned out to be haladki.

He was crucial to her operation

here you go.

If haladki worked with derevko,

why hide his death from sloane?

The death of a CIA agent

draws unwanted attention and focus.

When it happens, the safest recourse

as soon as I get your SIM card.

Yes, of course.

I'll be in touch.

Move in on the package.

Are you ready to party?!

I speak nine languages. Techno is not one of them.

Dixon, wish me luck.

I've piggybacked onto the surveillance feed.

Are you getting a signal?

One second.

Okay, Syd, I'm in.

He's in the storage room on the 47th floor.

Take the eastern stairwell.

The room should be the second door on your left.

Guards?

I make two.

I'll lock down the elevators,

secure all access doors.

That should keep everyone else away,

but, Syd, be careful.

Program's done.

We'll be uplinked to Echelon

in two minutes. Excellent.

Tell your, uh... Boss or whatever

that I'm finished.

The program's written.

We estimated SD-6 would have Echelon operational by midnight.

It's 10 after.

The blue are Echelon access points,

the red are swarm access points.

You said you would find ones that overlap.

I said I'd find out if one overlapped.

And if they don't?

Then I can't help you.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

You know where you can go, you freak? Any idea?

Kill him!

Straight to hell, my friend! Straight to hell!

And kill his mother!

Let's go.

Yeah.

Syd, we've got a problem.

I've been locked out.

Their security system is operational.

Dixon, we're trapped!

I'll get over to you now.

There's no time!

Aah!

Come on!

Marshall, we're on the 47th floor.

Remember when we flew to London?

I said I compressed a tactical parachute

in the lining of my jacket?

Well, as luck would have it, this one's got it, too,

along with a hyper-extending tandem sling.

Come here.

I got it.

Hi. My name is Marshall j. Flinkman,

and I'm here to rescue you.

If this was some kind of manipulation...

The overlapping access point --

as promised.

Confirming a match with Echelon right now.

Close the access point, and SD-6 will be shut out.

We have confirmation.

It's a match.

As promised, alain,

we have Echelon at our disposal.

Oui.

I'm afraid something's happened.

So Marshall saved our lives.

How did I return the favor?

By bringing him back to SD-6.

We had to, Syd.

Bringing Marshall into the CIA

didn't make sense anymore,

not after sloane got the Echelon program.

I know. It's just...

Marshall has no idea who he's really working for.

♪ Vision, I am wondering

♪ fade to scale gray

♪ colorless and emptiness

♪ fills another day

I should go.

♪ Losing...

Do not turn on the lights.

You shouldn't have run from her, Jack.

Kane needs someone to blame.

Since she can't find who really murdered Emily,

I need you to pursue them for me.

Can I trust you to do that?

Of course.

This will stay between us.

Jack Bristow just left my house.