Airdate: Wednesday.20.April.2005
Another Mr. Sloane

In Krakow, Poland, men posing as airport guards abduct Professor Sinclair, a
nuclear physicist. She wakes up bound in a dark room and is greeted by
Arvin Sloane. Actually, it's not Sloane but an impersonator.

Sydney and Vaughn meet with Jack. They tell him about the elaborate
conspiracy behind Vaughn's search for his father. Syd adds that she also
believes that Sloane was behind the recent attempt on her life. When Syd
suggests they notify the agency, Jack says he will handle it.

Jack corners Sloane, who calmly denies his involvement and points out his
lack of motive. They conclude that someone is setting Sloane up.

The Sloane impersonator (Sloane 2) shows a Rambaldi manuscript to Sinclair,
saying that he needs her expertise. Sinclair says that she needs a
transformer coil for this experiment to work and Sloane 2 tells her that
she needs to find another way. He has his man Carter torture her.

In the APO office, Jack tells Syd and Vaughn that Sloane is not behind these
conspiracies. They then use a handcuffed Roberts to confirm that APO's
Sloane is not the man who hired him. Sloane orders the team to find the
phony and they persuade Roberts to meet with Carter about the transformer coil.

With the APO team undercover, Roberts walks in a hotel lobby carrying the
transformer coil in a secure case. Vaughn tells Roberts that when Carter
comes, they'll move in and make the arrest. A man approaches Roberts,
saying he's there to make the swap - but the exchange should take place in
the penthouse. Though concerned that it wasn't Carter, Roberts complies.

As Roberts rides a glass elevator up to the penthouse, Syd sees Sloane 2 on
his way down in another elevator. She reports it to Sloane, who predicts
that Sloane 2 will cut the cable. As soon as he says this, Roberts'
elevator crashes to the ground. Carter retrieves the coil, which he hands
to Sloane 2.

At the APO office, Sloane suggests excusing himself from this mission since
it concerns his past obsession, Syd urges him to stay so they can
anticipate Sloane 2's next move.

After leafing through a Rambaldi manuscript under close surveillance, Sloane
tells the team that Sloane 2 is constructing an energy source that requires
the transformer coil. To do it, a nuclear physicist specializing in quantum
electrodynamics is needed, and Jack adds that Dr. Sinclair, who fits the
bill, disappeared last week. Sloane further states that the experiment
needs Zanthium 242 to be successful. He calls a Sicilian contact who trades
illicit chemicals and confirms that an "Arvin Sloane" ordered a large
amount of Zanthium, to be shipped the next morning. Sloane travels to
Sicily to intercept the shipment and find out where it's headed.

Disguised as delivery agents, Sloane and the team arrive at Sloane 2's
facility in Chile. The team splits up with Sydney and Sloane going to the
lab; while Vaughn, Weiss and Nadia attempt to rescue Sinclair.

Sloane helps Sydney break into the lab, where they recognize the Rambaldi
energy source, a rotating red ball hovering over magnets. Just then, Vaughn
radios to say that Sloane 2 and his henchmen escaped with Sinclair and are
heading her way.

Sydney battles the thugs as Sinclair hides and Sloane 2 escapes. Carter
arrives at the lab and mistakes the real Sloane for his employer. Sloane
shoots him in the kneecap and demands to know what's going on. Carter
babbles about immortality, to which Sloane replies that Rambaldi's secrets
would never be revealed to such a fool. Sloane beats him silly.

Nadia arrives at the lab, sees the Rambaldi experiment before her. She also
sees the darker side of Sloane - enraged and blood-spattered. He turns to
Nadia and says quietly, "It's all over now."