Airdate: Sunday.23.February.2003

Sydney and Sloane leave the bank while Vaughn works to disarm the C-4 in
the bank's basement. While Syd drives Sloane's getaway car, she tells him
that he's on the CIA hit list. Sloane, having learned that the is C-4
disarmed, jumps from the car to a speeding van that eludes Sydney. Later
at the CIA, Kendall and Syd argue about Sloane, with each saying the
others efforts are sub par.

Vaughn receives a call from Weiss while at Sydney's apartment. The phone
call triggers one of the hidden bugs, which replays a previous
conversation. They locate the bug in a wall. At the CIA, Marshall says
that had made the bug while at SD-6. The bug, he says, periodically
transmits to a receiver, which is why Vaughn heard it over his cellular.
Jack orders Marshall to reverse engineer the bug to find to whom the
conversations are going.

In Switzerland, as Sloane views a Rambaldi page with a hole in the center,
Sark informs him that Caplan's tests are complete. The artifact is ready,
and Sark will now prepare to test it. Sloane flies to Kandahar and meets
Ahmad Kabir, a Pashtun warlord, hoping to recruit him as a partner in his
nefarious plans. He wins over the reluctant Kabir with a gift — a pen once
belonging to a 17th century Afghani warrior-poet.

At Syd's place, Francie tries to get Syd to talk, saying they've grown
apart recently. But Syd receives a phone call from Vaughn and leaves
immediately. Francie realizes that the bugs have been discovered and calls
Sark, who tells her that they'll be looking for an L.A. asset so she
should simply give them one. She later kills and frames Sydney's plumber.

The bug's feed proved to be untraceable, but Kendall has info placing Sloane with Kabir. In discussing a way into Kabir's compound, Sydney reveals that Dixon had infiltrated his operations and stolen a missile shipment. Kendall orders Sydney to recruit Dixon. She tries, but is rebuffed. Vaughn then tells Will to present his analysis of Kabir to Kendall.

In Kandahar, Kabir observes Sloane admiring a 16th century Buddhist
statuette of an ahrat, a destroyer of the enemy. He asks for proof of Sloane's
power. Sloane asks him to choose a target.

At the CIA, Will recommends that they contact Aliyah Kazabi, Kabir's ex-
wife, who hates him so much that she escaped from his tyranny with their
son. She's married to an administrator at the Vatican Embassy in Mexico
City. Vaughn and Sydney immediately leave to find her. Sark, meanwhile,
has been dispatched to Mexico City, where he hides the Rambaldi weapon in
a van outside the embassy. He sets it at 20 percent of its capacity.

Sydney, disguised as an old woman, tracks down Kazabi, who refuses to get
involved. Weiss informs Vaughn of a plot to blow up the embassy. He alerts
Syd, who knocks Kazabi unconscious to take her with them. As speed away,
those in the embassy and its church burst into flame. Weiss notes a hot
spot on his infrared monitor, although Syd and Vaughn see nothing. Upon
returning, however, they find dozens of charred bodies. It's enough to
sway Kazabi, who decides to help.

A very pleased Kabir, believing his ex-wife to be dead, gives Sloane the
ahrat as a gift, as well as $40 million. The CIA traces Sark from Mexico
City to Kabul and assumes the operation involved Sloane. Sydney's mission
is to enter Kabir's compound and disable the weapon. Marshall explains the
weapon — it emits a high energy pulse that works like a microwave. It also
knocks out electricity, meaning it can down planes, and there is no
defense against it. He shows Sydney a cold suit that she'll wear in order
to shield herself from the heat-sensitive cameras at the Helmand base.

Sydney successfully enters Kabir's base but her intel is bad, and she's
detected and captured when her mask is knocked off during a fight. Vaughn
asks for assistance but Kendall refuses to take the chance. Unless they
find another way in, no one will save Sydney. A desperate Vaughn turns to … Dixon.

In Kandahar, Kabir tortures Sydney. As he is about to destroy her knee with
a hammer and chisel, he's shot — it's Vaughn and Dixon. They take the
device, fight their way out and return home. Syd thanks Dixon, who says
that he can't judge her for not telling him about SD-6. At her apartment,
Sydney relates to Vaughn that every time they think they have seen the
worst, it is far from over.

Sark wonders why Sloane left the weapon with Kabir, who ultimately lost it.
Sloane breaks the ahrat, revealing the missing piece of the Rambaldi
manuscript page. He places the piece in the missing center, completing the
page.