EPISODE 17. "Q & A"

Airdate: Sunday.03.17.02

Sydney wears a short-haired wig, and is behind the wheel of a big American
car, fleeing from a squad of police cars...Where is she trying to go?...And
where did she escape from? The high-speed pursuit ends on a pier, with Syd
surrounded by cops. With nowhere else to turn, she slams her foot to the
accelerator and plunges her car into the water...

...We find Sydney chained to a chair. It is a day earlier, and we are in the
moments immediately following the FBI taking her into custody. FBI Special
Officer Kendall now questions her, before a team of interrogators... The CIA
are out of the picture, and the questioners are delving into Sydney's
background, and her connection to the Rambaldi prophecy. They ask her to
start from the beginning -- the very beginning.

She explains how she was recruited by SD-6, trained at Credit Dauphine...and
in a painful moment, she must also relive SD-6's murder of her fiancé,
Daniel Hecht.

Sydney explains how she learned the truth about SD-6 from her father... She
then joined forces with the CIA and became a double-agent. She confirms much
of what they already know -- that her father is in the same situation, and
that Arvin Sloane recruited her, and brought her into a life of
espionage...But which does the FBI want to believe more -- Sydney's
truth...or The Prophecy?

Meanwhile, Jack tells Vaughn that her cover with SD-6 will be destroyed if she
remains in FBI custody much longer...According to Rambaldi, the woman in The
Prophecy will never have seen Mt. Subasio in Italy. Vaughn has a wild scheme
to break her out of custody and prove her innocence...Vaughn and Jack agree
that she must get to the mountain somehow. If successful, their action would
defy The Prophecy.

Through a chance conversation, Vaughn learns that Haladki used to be with the
FBI. He asks Haladki about Sydney's location... but gets no help.

As the questioning intensifies, Sydney talks about her mother -- a deceitful
woman who worked for years as a KGB spy... and while being pursued by an FBI
agent, she went off the road, and disappeared with her car into a river...

Sydney goes on to explain how her life as a double-agent works: SD-6 gives her
a mission, then she meets with Vaughn who gives her a CIA counter-mission.
She refers to the explosion at Badenweiler, to illustrate how contradictory
this situation can be.

Jack uses brute force and a deadly threat to force Haladki to divulge Sydney's
location. The daring plan is put into action... Jack, Vaughn, and Weiss
rescue her and explain the proposed solution to the Rambaldi prophecy. Sydney
is angry at first, as her escape now makes her a fugitive...but she agrees to
travel to Mt. Subasio.

When Haladki learns of the rescue, he immediately knows who was behind it. He
discovers that four unmarked cars were taken out, and reports these license
plate numbers to the FBI.

...Wearing a blonde wig as a disguise, we find Sydney's drive to the airport
interrupted, when the police quickly give chase...And in an ironic moment
across town, Will and Francie watch the pursuit on television... unaware that
their best friend is the subject.

After plunging the car into the water, Sydney has a burst of insight... and
breathes the oxygen from the tires. She stays submerged for over ten minutes
-- long enough get away.

Before boarding the plane, she meets with her father and reveals how she
escaped. And, if Sydney managed to fool the police this way, couldn't her
mother have done the same...?

Songs used in this episode:
Artist: Smashmouth
Song: "Diggin' Your Scene"

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