- Sydney Bristow: Is something wrong?
- Michael Vaughn: No. I'm just getting old, I guess.
- Sydney Bristow: You expect me to believe that?
- Michael Vaughn: I've just had a lot on my mind lately, that's all. It'll pass.
- Sydney Bristow: Yesterday was the day, wasn't it? The anniversary of your father's death?
- Michael Vaughn: How could you remember that?
- Sydney Bristow: I remember what missing him does to you.
- Julian Sark: [Sark has Sydney as hostage and Vaughn has Lauren as hostage, but she is with a mask] Put the gun down, Agent Vaughn. Drop the gun.
- Michael Vaughn: Not a chance, you drop yours.
- Julian Sark: Put the gun down now.
- Sydney Bristow: No, Vaughn, don't!
- Julian Sark: Drop it. If you love her, you will put the gun down now.
- [Lauren looks at Vaughn]
- Sydney Bristow: Vaughn, don't!
- [Vaughn drops the gun]
- Lauren Reed: Michael, what are you doing?
- [Vaughn looks at her phone]
- Lauren Reed: Sometimes I hate my job. Baby, what's going on?
- Michael Vaughn: You know how doctors always make you wait?
- Lauren Reed: What?
- Michael Vaughn: When you go in for an appointment. My dad hated that. He used to say he'd always kept his appointments, and everyone else should do the same.
- Lauren Reed: You okay?
- Michael Vaughn: Yeah. I just... I was looking for my house keys and I found this.
- [shows her the watch]
- Lauren Reed: Why? Were you looking for your house keys?
- Michael Vaughn: I couldn't sleep. I thought I'd go for a jog.
- Lauren Reed: What time is it?
- Michael Vaughn: I dunno. It's broken.
- Lauren Reed: Are you sure you're all right?
- Michael Vaughn: Yeah, I'm fine.
- [they kiss]
- Michael Vaughn: I'll see you later.
- Eric Weiss: [Sydney, Vaughn and Weiss are seeing a picture of Marshall's baby] Will he ever open his eyes?
- Marshall Flinkman: Babies sleep, Weiss, that's what they do, you know, except when they're screaming. Last night, from midnight to six.
- Sydney Bristow: He's gorgeous, Marshall.
- Marshall Flinkman: Thanks.
- Sydney Bristow: Isn't he beautiful?
- Michael Vaughn: He has my nose.
- Eric Weiss: How are you doing?
- Michael Vaughn: Fine.
- Eric Weiss: Hey, guess what? It's me. Come on, how're you doing?
- Michael Vaughn: I'm hanging in there.
- Eric Weiss: How's Lauren about it?
- Michael Vaughn: She didn't remember.
- Eric Weiss: And, you didn't say anything?
- Michael Vaughn: No. I mean, she's got a lot on her mind.
- Eric Weiss: Yeah, that's probably it.
- Dr. Judy Barnett: Excuse me?
- Arvin Sloane: I'm suggesting that we talk over dinner. You know, in vino veritas?
- Sydney Bristow: [in disguise as an astronomer] Our radio telescopes inspect the cosmos looking to detect artificially generated signals, basically anything below three hundred hertz. Don't worry, the alien invasion is still a few months away.
- Dr. Judy Barnett: It's hard to believe that you threw away something that you would normally consider holy.
- Arvin Sloane: Are you calling me a liar?
- Lauren Reed: This better be good.
- Julian Sark: And a good morning to you, too.
- Lauren Reed: You paged me on my NSC cell phone. You know that they track all incoming numbers.
- Julian Sark: This cell phone's been cloned, so you have nothing to worry about. We've just learned that a freelance munitions expert has created a cutting edge technology, one that he's since sold to one of our rivals. We need you to filter back any CIA intel that might help us get a lock on it.
- Lauren Reed: You called me to remind me to do my job?
- Julian Sark: Darling, it's not like that.
- Lauren Reed: [sarcastically] Yeah.
- Sydney Bristow: [to Lauren] Vaughn and I have a history, a complicated one - I can't deny that, but I won't apologize for it either. If your marriage is in trouble, if you and Vaughn are having problems, I suggest you leave me out of it and take it up with your husband.
- Lauren Reed: Are you ready for our first job as senior management?
- Julian Sark: You're so ambitious, I love it.
- Lauren Reed: The job's in Vancouver. Requires a breach of a data storage facility.
- Julian Sark: Really? What's the prize?
- Lauren Reed: A plasma charge. Next generation destructive power.
- Julian Sark: I thought those were just theoretical.
- Lauren Reed: Apparently not in Vancouver.
- Julian Sark: All right. I'll meet you there in four hours.
- Lauren Reed: Three. We have to be first in line. The CIA's sending agents.
- Julian Sark: Who?
- Lauren Reed: One guess.
- Julian Sark: Sweetheart, this should be fun.
- Lauren Reed: I'll see you in Vancouver. Don't be late or call me sweetheart.
- Julian Sark: Ambitious and domineering. Fantastic.
- Julian Sark: It looks like another black mark on your husband's record. How's it feel to systematically ruin a man from the inside out?
- Lauren Reed: It wouldn't be the first time.
- Lauren Reed: [Sydney and Vaughn are following to Lauren and Sark] They're right behind us.
- Julian Sark: Yes, thank you. I can see that.
- Lauren Reed: Stop the car!
- Julian Sark: What are you talking about?
- Lauren Reed: Stop the car, now. Pull in here.
- [they begin to make out]
- Julian Sark: Sark: Tell me, did they spot us?
- Lauren Reed: No, I don't think so. According to the transport order, the ship docks in 16 hours. We should get going.
- Julian Sark: You should know that you are amazing. Before, I mean. Typically, this is where you return the compliment.
- [Lauren ignores him and gets out of bed]
- Dr. Judy Barnett: Are you telling me Sydney is your daughter?
- Arvin Sloane: I never tried to prove it, one way or the other. But the strength that Sydney finds within, I like to believe that comes from me... How about that: the world didn't come to an end.
- Michael Vaughn: Freeze! Give me the bomb. Give it to me.
- [Sark activates the explosive]
- Julian Sark: With pleasure.
- Lauren Reed: [Lauren and Vaughn are sitting at a bar. Lauren's phone rings] Sorry.
- Michael Vaughn: It's okay.
- Lauren Reed: Hello?
- Julian Sark: It killed you, didn't it? Seeing him drop the gun for Sydney?
- Lauren Reed: No it isn't a good time. Can I call you in the morning?
- Julian Sark: He's there with you, is that it? Though he'd rather be with her. You know, it's quite a charade you two are engaged in.
- Lauren Reed: I think we both know how dedicated I am to this assignment. If you have any issues, take it up through the proper channels.
- Julian Sark: Don't mistake me. It's not your dedication that I question.
- Lauren Reed: We'll talk about this later.
- [she hangs up]
- Sydney Bristow: I thought you'd be home by now.
- Jack Bristow: I was about to say the same to you. The plasma charge, it's in our hands.
- Sydney Bristow: Sark isn't... the Covenant.
- Jack Bristow: Have you had dinner? If memory serves, you always liked Mitchellis.
- Sydney Bristow: I haven't eaten there since I was eight.
- Jack Bristow: I do eat, you know.
- Sydney Bristow: I'd like that, actually.