Airdate: Wednesday.09.March.2005
The Index

Sydney, Weiss and Nadia discuss Nadia's upcoming birthday. Nadia doesn't
want to celebrate; she doesn't even know when her real birthday is.

At the team briefing, Sloane tells them about the Blackwell Index, an
encrypted disc once owned by the CIA that contains incriminating evidence
against many government officials and corporate heads. The CIA was never
able to crack it, and now the disc has been stolen. The team is to steal a
Decoder disc housed in an evidence room in a Paris police precinct. Vaughn
is passed over for the mission - he's heading to Arizona to visit his
comatose uncle.

Dixon approaches Syd, saying that he refuses to follow Sloane blindly and
now double-checks all information - he's even installed a wiretap in his
office, and though the line is encrypted, he's traced a call Sloane made to
Miles Deveraux, a former Alliance agent. Dixon then goes to Director Chase,
who says he needs more proof that Sloane is reforming The Alliance. Dixon
asks for Syd's help in decoding the conversations.

In the Arizona hospital, a nurse named Rosemary tells Vaughn that his uncle
frequently spoke about Vaughn's father, Bill. She gives Vaughn an envelope
from the uncle, meant for Vaughn's father. Later, Vaughn opens a locker in
a Mesa bus station and finds a diary with entries dating to 1982. Bill
Vaughn died in 1979.

Syd shows Dixon a mini-disc burner, created by Marshall, which will produce
a corrupted copy of the Decoder Disc. They agree to give Sloane the phony copy.

In Paris, Sydney, who is dressed as an American punk, vandalizes Weiss's
vehicle in order to get arrested. Dixon arrives as Sydney's lawyer and
quickly shoots the guard with a tranquilizer.

Nadia remotely guides Syd to the evidence room of the police station. She
finds the Decoder while Nadia scrambles the security camera. Sydney makes
the corrupted copy and flees from the police. She races to the roof and
leaps on to a helicopter piloted by Weiss.

At APO, Syd convinces Sloane to hold a dinner party for Nadia's birthday. At
the party, Syd gets a phone call from Dixon. She retreats to Sloane's
office and transmits Sloane's decoded conversations with Devereux. The
conversation revealed Sloane's contact with Deveraux, and an implied
reformation of SD-6. As Syd is about to leave, she sees Nadia standing
before her. Nadia accuses Syd of using her but Syd enlightens her. Dixon,
armed with the decoded conversations, convinces Director Chase that Sloane
must be taken down.

In Brussels, Sydney, Nadia, Dixon and Chase observe Sloane as he enters an
abandoned building. Inside, Deveraux presents the Blackwell Index, which is
to be cracked using the decoder that Sloane now has, to a group of men.

Sydney, Dixon and Director Chase run into the building, leaving Nadia to
wait for them in the car. As the three burst through the door, they find
Sloane alone in a deserted room, with a laptop. They discover that Sloane
is actually conducting surveillance as Jack meets with Alliance members.
Syd realizes that Jack has the false Decoder just as Devereaux begins to
doubt Jack. Nadia speeds to the meeting and arrives in time to takes out
the Alliance members, saving Jack's life.

Miles away, Vaughn tries to speak with his comatose uncle. "Is he still
alive?" Vaughn asks. No answer. Vaughn asks the head nurse if he can speak
to Rosemary. The nurse says nobody by that name works there.

Sloane, in his home office, inserts the Decoder Disc into his laptop,
revealing the Blackwell Index. He then calls Jack and tells him it has
everything they need -- and more.