After some nifty double-team work, Sydney and her father manage to stage the fake death of Ineni Hassan, get him out of Cuba and surrender him to the CIA. Sydney's new mission is to track down a man who may be trying to take Hassan's place in the illegal arms trade. At the same time, Vaughn has decoded some old KGB messages that apparently implicate Jack Bristow in the murders of several CIA agents 25 years ago. One of those agents was Vaughn's own father, so he's determined to report Jack to his superiors. But the truth may not be as simple as it seems....This is not an outstanding episode in most ways (although it does seem to have slightly better production values than usual), but it still gets a high grade, mainly for Jack Bristow's final speech. The setup of the entire scene, the content of his speech, but most importantly Victor Garber's matter-of-fact delivery, give you a chill that just won't shake off! Probably the best ending of any episode so far, along with "Doppelganger". *** out of 4.
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A shocking revelation
Tweekums3 March 2012
Warning: Spoilers
After some impressive Morse code blinking Jack and Sydney manage to neutralise Ineni Hassan's guards and take him into CIA custody. After Jack takes some pictures of his apparently dead body he is flown back to America. Once Sydney returns Vaughn has some shocking news for her; the KGB codes hidden in the books Jack had given to her mother contained kill orders for several CIA operatives including Vaughn's father; understandable he is determined to turn Jack in despite Sydney's protestations that he is needed to bring down SD-6. Hassan gives the CIA the location of his weapons cache and Sydney is sent to retrieve a specific item. It turns out to be a trap as he gives her the wrong access code which causes petrol to be sprayed into the room Sydney is trapped in; if Vaughn doesn't get a guarantee that his family will be given protection within a minute the petrol will be ignited! Surprisingly that isn't the end of the episode; after a spectacular escape Sydney and Vaughn take their information about Jack to the CIA and learn the shocking truth about what really happened twenty five years previously.
This was another exiting episode; Victor Garber demonstrated that he can do action as well as being menacing in the role of Jack. There were plenty of decent action scenes and an impressive explosion; most interesting however was the revelation at the end; it was quite a bombshell and will no doubt be relevant to many future episodes. People wanting to know more about Will's investigation may disappointed that it wasn't mentioned in this episode; no doubt we will see more of it soon though.
This was another exiting episode; Victor Garber demonstrated that he can do action as well as being menacing in the role of Jack. There were plenty of decent action scenes and an impressive explosion; most interesting however was the revelation at the end; it was quite a bombshell and will no doubt be relevant to many future episodes. People wanting to know more about Will's investigation may disappointed that it wasn't mentioned in this episode; no doubt we will see more of it soon though.
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