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Previously on "alias"...

There. You see that?

No.

What do you mean, no? Look there. He's saying --

he's saying "jewel" or "Julie" -- maybe "Julia."

Hello.

Hello.

It's good to see you, Julia.

Good to see you, too.

We have another problem. What's that?

Julia.

I knew she couldn't be trusted.

Vaughn's missing!

This is what I meant!

He's got CIA-issue equipment.

Come here.

Wait!

I want to do it.

You never should have betrayed me.

This line is secure.

Mountaineer, day code 78765,

requesting patch-through. You're connected.

This is the first time I could call.

I just got away. Sydney, where are you?

I'm in Spain, dad. Listen to me.

They have to activate the transmitter now.

I put it on Vaughn. He's on a road outside of Ibiza.

On Vaughn? We're supposed to be tracking the biological weapons.

Dad, Vaughn is bleeding to death right now.

You have to move.

Hold on.

Flinkman. Trigger Sydney's transmitter now.

Yes, sir.

And send weiss after the signal.

Okay, I'm on it.

Marshall's activating it. Tell me what happened.

They found Vaughn. They grabbed him.

They were going to put a bullet in his head,

so I offered to do it.

Dad, I stabbed him myself. Sydney --

I mean, I didn't have a choice. They were going to kill him.

I understand. We're tracking the signal now.

Tell me what happened with the package.

The biological weapons are in a case in Simon's room.

I'm going to break into his room

and grab the weapons.

Sweetheart, we'll find Vaughn.

Thank you.

So, what's the rush?

The timetable's moved up. That's all you need to know.

Ha.

Now, look at that.

Hmm?

What's more beautiful than that?

Perhaps what it pays for.

Here. Cheers.

Excellent.

Biological weapons, please.

You know, it's rare that you find people

that do their job well.

Even a thief can take pride in his work, Mr. sark.

There.

Thank you.

You know, this is trespassing.

Surprise.

I was looking for you before. Where did you go?

I took a walk.

I needed some air.

It's not every night I kill someone in the CIA.

You know, if he was CIA,

he certainly wasn't doing his job very well.

We already made the exchange.

The covenant already picked up the weapons?

Yeah.

And they made payment.

This is horrible.

What?

Well, I have a flight later in the morning.

I've never wanted to leave a place less.

You know that, don't you?

I thought the exchange was tomorrow.

They moved up their schedule.

When am I going to see you again?

I have so many questions.

About what?

Everything.

Oh. Look...

We work well together.

I have your numbers.

There's always going to be another job coming up.

I'll call you.

Okay?

Feel free to use the room.

Thanks.

We're on the signal. We're tracking him now.

Vaughn!

Oh, God! I got him!

I need the medic!

Medic! Over here, quick!

I need the medic!

We found him. He's in bad shape.

They're working on him now.

How is he?

I don't know.

No one does.

Critical but stable is the official term.

Is he awake?

No.

He was hypoxic.

He lost oxygen

when the stab wound collapsed his lung.

They call it tension pneumothorax,

which means they don't know if he suffered brain damage.

Lauren, I know that you've been generally briefed,

but I need to explain the details myself

so that you know how this happened.

A member of Walker's team caught Michael.

I still don't know how.

Walker I.D.'D him as CIA.

And stabbed him and left him for dead.

I already know all this. It's in the briefing.

Thank you.

Lauren, that's not --

Walker had a gun to Michael's head.

He was about to pull the trigger.

I took his knife.

I stabbed Vaughn myself.

You?

Yes. Walker was going to murder him.

So you stabbed him?

I had no choice.

It was the only thing I could do to save Michael's life.

Really?

You cannot think that I would have chosen to hurt him, ever.

Michael might never wake up from this.

At 4:30 gmt,

an imaging satellite picked up the heat signature

of a small aircraft flying a tactical profile.

The national reconnaissance office tracked it

to a maximum security facility in the ural mountains,

where it flew multiple passes,

deploying some kind of a biological weapon.

The weapon sark picked up in Spain?

Most likely.

Echelon intercepts between the responding emergency teams

indicate that the entire prison population --

300 guards, 500 prisoners --

died within minutes.

There were no survivors?

No, there was one.

One? Yeah.

Kazari bomani.

Right. And as we all know, bomani's become

the largest arms dealer in Africa.

When authorities realized a biological weapon

had been deployed,

they called in a Hazmat team to secure the facility.

Sark.

Bomani was last seen being escorted

into a decontamination unit.

That's all we know. How did bomani survive?

Actually, if I may, I could

shed some light on the situation, as usual.

Marshall.

Basically, sark was able to combine an ebola strain

with the bioweapon that he had stolen from Spain.

Now, we believe that the covenant

tailored the bioweapon to kill everybody

except the person whose genetic profile

was encoded into the virus.

In this case, bomani.

Yeah. I mean, the whole thing's pretty cool.

In a sick, horrible way.

Sloane is attending an mpo conference in Mexico city.

Scheduled with him the day after tomorrow.

I'm still catching up.

What did sloane have to do with this?

Sloane gave us the intel that led to bomani's arrest.

The subsequent dismantling of his terror network

wasn't simply one of the reasons

we agreed to pardon sloane.

It was the predominant reason.

He might have a lead.

Sydney, you'll accompany Lauren to Mexico.

That's it.

She thinks I stabbed Vaughn by choice,

that I could have done something else,

Sydney, when someone's spouse is critically hurt or killed,

rational thought takes time.

I know.

Tell me about Simon Walker.

At the moment, he's the only connection

we have to your missing two years.

We can't squander this opportunity.

Did he say anything else to explain

how he knew you as Julia?

No, when he caught me in his room,

he just gave me the money and left.

He didn't say where he was going,

just that he would contact me when another job came up.

Another job.

I'll contact Walker myself posing as a client.

I'll spec out a job, he'll assemble his team,

and we'll take him into custody.

Once we have them,

you and I will have a face-to-face with Mr. Walker

and find out everything he knows about Julia.

And, Sydney,

about Vaughn --

you know you did the right thing.

Thanks.

Dixon told me about Michael --

that he's off the ventilator.

That's important.

They're keeping him in an induced coma

for the next 36 hours

to minimize the chance of brain damage.

Look, obviously it was your intention

to save Michael's life.

I understand that.

But I'm going to be honest with you.

When I heard you were back,

I felt threatened.

And I hated myself for that,

because I sympathize with you,

with everything you've gone through.

But working together like this --

the stakes of this job are just too high,

and I don't know about you,

but I can't work to the best of my ability

while I'm wondering whether or not

I'm being polite enough to my husband's ex-girlfriend.

You don't need to be polite with me.

We're both past formalities.

Well, good. Then I'll be blunt.

I want you to request a transfer

to another field office.

Lauren, everyone I know,

all of the people I have left in my life --

my friends, my father --

work at that office.

I thought it would be best if the request came from you.

I know we're being blunt,

but was that a threat?

You don't have the authority to have me transferred.

The nsc will support me

when they learn that our working together

is compromising the fight against the covenant.

If you don't make the call,

I will.

Excuse me, mate, you got the time?

My watch is broken.

Never buy American.

So tell me, Mr. Warner,

how'd you learn to contact me?

We have a mutual acquaintance --

Julia Thorne.

Really?

Oh, I love her.

Yes.

So, what's the gig?

A fuel cell automobile has been designed in Japan.

A prototype was placed in a cargo freighter.

It left niigata this morning bound for Hong Kong.

I want you to steal it.

Sexy.

How long will it take you to put your team together?

Well, the question is, can you afford for me

to put my team together?

Don't concern yourself with my finances.

I wouldn't have come to you if I couldn't overpay.

Nobody ever overpays with me.

Yes.

Julia says you're the best.

I'll contact you regarding the price

and the location of our next meeting.

You know, with all the specs regarding the shipment.

Naturally.

Cheers.

Good night.

Sign in, please.

We're here to see arvin sloane.

Oh, perfect timing.

He's just arriving.

Get in the van!

Get in!

Have you done this before?

I cross-trained at the farm.

Are you field-rated? No.

Kazari,

if you're thinking that I'm responsible

for your imprisonment --

Hello?

Julia?

Simon?

I've got another job for us.

Really? That's great.

You sound distracted.

I'm kind of in the middle of something.

Look, are you available for another job?

For you, I am always available. Excuse me, can't that wait?

Simon, can I call you back?

Sure, baby. Okay.

They're gaining on us.

Tell the chase car to take them out.

Don't look in the mirror!

All that matters is what's directly in front of us.

I think there's somebody back there!

Hit the brakes! What?

Hit the brakes and cut in right, now!

Go, go, go, go, go!

They're still coming.

Through the alley. Go!

There's no room. We can make it.

We back off. No!

Go around!

Damn it!

I thought we were partners.

I thought we had an association.

I was wrong.

One day when I was a boy in juwa town,

the tanks came.

The soldiers wandered up and killed all the men...

Raped the women.

My mother, Mr. sloane,

was raped,

and then she was killed...

In front of me...

In front of my brothers.

My oldest brother threatened me,

insisted I do nothing.

But he -- he couldn't help himself.

He tried to fight them.

The soldiers, they cut off his arm.

Imagine it for a minute --

watching your own mother get raped.

Watching her cut...

Screaming.

Can you even begin to do that?

I swore that I would never be powerless again,

that I would do anything to protect my family...

And that anyone who got in the way of that

would suffer the same fate as my brother.

Yes, I turned you in, as you would have done me.

Why?

To obtain what you now need --

legitimacy.

In a nutshell, Mr. bomani,

I could help you become more powerful than ever.

Sloane was responsible for bomani's imprisonment.

Sark breaks bomani out of jail,

and the first thing they do is get sloane.

Hopefully bomani's got his revenge,

and sloane is either in incredible pain or dead.

I want a full options briefing in my office, one hour.

You start with your contacts in Washington,

I'll check in with strategic services.

Sydney.

What I said about requesting you transfer

to another field office -- it wasn't my place.

And it's -- it's hard,

but I'd really like this to work.

I appreciate you saying that.

Syd?

Hi.

Oh, my God.

Vaughn.

Where am I?

You're home.

You stabbed me.

Sorry.

I had no choice.

Walker would have killed you.

I know.

You're okay.

I was so afraid I'd lost you.

I'm right here.

Leaving you like that,

not knowing if I'd ever see you again,

made me realize how much I miss you.

I miss you, too.

You do?

Uhh!

How could you do this to me?

Hi.

Sweetheart, you're okay.

Do you remember me?

Of course.

Thank God.

Hey, Syd.

Marshall, hey. Hi.

I'm going to the hospital. Vaughn's awake.

Listen, I was hoping that you could tell him

that the topical application of magnets can influence

the electro-chemical processes of the human body.

And he needs to know this now why?

Oh, sorry. Duh-doy. Buried the lead.

Well, it's for pain relief. Having a collapsed lung

really can't be the most comfortable --

Syd, you're not going to believe this.

They found sloane. His plane just landed in van nuys.

They've taken him to our facility in riverside.

He's asking to speak with you.

Oh, uh, listen,

let's not tell Mr. sloane about the magnets?

What have I missed?

I was just thanking Ms. Reed for the attempted rescue.

I appreciate your efforts a great deal.

Did you escape?

No, Mr. bomani let me go.

He let you go? He just --

he just let you walk right out the door?

Yes.

What did you offer him?

Well, I gave him information

that I eventually was going to share with you.

My contacts within the Japanese mob --

the yakuza --

have developed the first a.I. Computer virus.

It probes networks, analyzes systems,

and then writes itself,

creates its own subviruses.

In the wrong hands, it can crash markets,

destroy banks, shut down transportation,

bring military installations to a halt.

You're telling us you gave this information

to a man who's working with the covenant?

That's right. Now I'm giving it to you

so that you --

so that you can disable the virus

before the covenant gets it.

And I meant disable it, not destroy it.

Because if bomani comes to the yakuza facility

in osaka and finds that the virus has been destroyed,

he will know that I tipped you off

and have me killed.

So, Sydney, Lauren,

my life is in your hands.

You've told bomani you'd work for the covenant?

Yes.

And now I'm telling you that I'm in a position

to be a double agent,

working for the covenant but loyal to the CIA.

What is it, Sydney?

This is classic.

Don't take my word for it.

Have Marshall analyze the video

he's making of me right now.

Why don't you examine the lie detectors

you're running on my voice?

I promise you

they'll verify that I am telling

the God's honest truth.

Now, as far as our technology can detect --

and these are next gen tests, as high-end as it gets --

he's not lying, folks.

If there's someone

who can fool those tests, it's sloane.

Well, yeah, in theory, yes,

but in practice, he'd really have to be using

like the next gen's next gen lie detector-defeating tech,

which, frankly, even I can't imagine.

So what do we do here? We trust sloane on this, or what?

The position of the nsc

is that we accept sloane's proposal

and use him as a double agent within the covenant.

Okay, just so that someone has said it,

in the past two years, sloane has obtained a pardon

based mainly on the capture of a criminal who is now free.

In addition, sloane will now be allowed

to openly participate in covenant activities

based on the promise that he will inform us

of those activities.

One could argue that he's just pulled off

the con job of the century.

It also appears that bomani will kill sloane

if we interfere with his plans.

And who here would lose sleep over that?

The U.S. government would then have lost

its most valuable source of underworld intelligence.

The fact that arvin sloane holds all the cards

in this scenario is giving me a migraine.

According to sloane,

sark and bomani are on their way

to a yakuza-run casino in osaka,

where they will download the virus from a secure server.

Marshall will provide you with a program

that we will rewrite the virus and render it unusable.

Actually -- sorry to interrupt.

I did say that I could do that,

but not if I haven't seen the code,

which -- I guess this means

I'm going on another mission --

uh, if you sanction it.

I'll have strategic services devise a scenario

for you both to access --

uh, actually, another suggestion

for the CIA suggestion box -- which is a great idea.

Marshall.

Sorry. Um, what I was thinking

is a surefire way to get invited

into the back room of a yakuza casino --

get caught cheating at gambling.

Yeah, I have a little something here --

this will give us an example of what I mean.

Now, in high school,

by applying the methodology of statistical probability --

accounting, of course, for the continuous

random variable of luck --

I was able to come up

with a fairly effective card-counting technique.

Now, you know how to deal a hand of Blackjack?

Yes, Marshall.

Go ahead and deal one.

Can I get a cocktail?

Uh, hit there. Hit me there.

Stick there.

Uh, hit me twice here.

Double down there. Double down.

Stick. Hit me once there.

Okay, now you're going to have a face card under there.

Go ahead and turn that over.

That gives you 17.

Look at that. I've won nine times.

Wow.

I had a lot of free time in high school.

Michael's doctor's expecting he'll be released tomorrow.

If there's time before you go,

you should go and see him.

I know he'd like that.

Thank you.

I don't know if there will be, but thank you.

When you get back then.

Thank you for meeting me.

Please.

After your excellent work in Spain,

you more than deserve the professional courtesy.

Unfortunately, we have to be brief.

I'm catching a plane to osaka.

We've taken on a new client.

He says his name is Gilbert Warner.

Corporate and personal tax returns

confirm he's the ceo of Rodgers automotive.

But he knows how to lose a tail.

I think he's a pro.

I'd like some more detailed background.

Would you mind running a check?

I don't believe I have to.

His name is Jack Bristow.

He's CIA.

Enter your account password,

and within 90 seconds,

you will receive confirmation

of an electronic transfer in the amount of $3 million.

You don't mind if I ask you to look away?

Of course not.

Excuse me.

Yeah.

You're being set up.

The man you're standing with is a CIA operative.

His name is Jack Bristow, and I hope you appreciate

hearing this as much as I do telling you.

His daughter, Sydney Bristow,

also CIA, goes by an alias --

Julia Thorne.

Great news, mate.

Mr. Warner will be happy to hear it.

Hear what?

Team's been assembled.

Ahh.

As soon as the money's transferred, we're in business.

You know,

while we're waiting,

you never told me how you met Julia.

Are you like, uh...

Like lovers or something?

No, not exactly.

I ask if you're lovers

because if you ever get the chance,

I highly recommend it.

Do you?

Oh, yeah, man.

On a scale of 1 to 10,

10 being the most degenerate displays of sexual theater

known to man,

oh...

Julia's like a 17.

You have your money.

As soon as the job's done, we'll be in contact.

You shot me.

You shot me!

You bastard!

Listen to me very closely.

You're dying.

Right now I'm the only one

who can get you to a hospital in time.

Tell me about Julia --

where you met her, how you knew her.

I wasn't kidding

about screwing your daughter.

She's the wildest girl I ever had.

Tell me about Julia if you want to live.

You want to know...

How she likes it?

She --

Howdy.

Okay, if I were any more nervous,

I'd need new underpants just about now.

Mm.

I think I'm allergic to this vest.

Actually, I think it's cat fur.

Just relax, honey.

Okay, I'm just about to cheat at cards

at a casino run by gangsters.

I just want to keep my pinky fingers, that's all.

We talked about this on the plane.

I need to know you can do this.

Let's play cards.

I'll tell you something.

Can you get someone to help me with all this?

'Cause I can't carry all this on my own.

Yes, we can!

You are very lucky.

Are you talking to me?

Well, thank you very much. I am lucky, you know.

I'm lucky to be born in Texas,

and I am rich enough that a woman this beautiful

is willing to share my bed.

Come on!

Perhaps you might come into the back.

I can convert your winnings into diamonds,

or simply make an electronic transfer

to the bank of your choice.

Well, that would be mighty hospitable of you.

Domo arigato, Mr. --

what is that? Tomosaka.

Please, we'll take care of that.

You're gonna take care of it? Thank you so much.

Mr. tomosaka, we weren't cheating.

No, we weren't cheating.

You were counting cards.

Are you going to cut off your own finger with that?

Because that looks mighty big

to take off a pinky.

I would take your hand!

Don't hurt him!

Put them in the closet.

Okay.

What was the password sloane gave you?

Ravenson 327.

Okay, okay, I found the virus.

Oh, my God, the code on this thing.

All right, it's going to take me a second

to download a copy before I can render the virus unusable.

You're going to have to hurry. Sark's here.

Come on!

It's disabled.

It'll take me a second

to transfer a copy to our server.

Done.

Sorry.

Vaughn will back me up on this one.

This is a true story, I swear.

Sophomore year, college. Her name was April first.

Birth name, by the way.

Right. And for like a month, I was obsessed.

I thought this woman had to have my children, okay?

The problem was that she only dated guitar players --

literally.

A girl should have her standards.

Since she worked at a coffeehouse,

Eric decided to impress her on open Mike night.

You play the guitar?

No, no, not even a little.

But I thought that, you know, if I got up on that stage

and the spotlight was in my face,

that maybe God would imbue my hands

with the power of rock legend Stevie ray Vaughn.

So what happened?

Oh, disaster. Just embarrassment.

I didn't play two notes that went together.

Poor baby. And what about April first?

Oh, we made out in my gremlin in the parking lot.

You did what?

Yeah. She got to work late that night,

so all she saw was me coming out

with the guitar under my arm.

Is that a good idea?

If I have to hear that story for the fifth time,

I'm going to need it.

Feeling okay?

Great. Yeah, unlike this guy

who took six months to sit up after he got shot.

I was shot in the jugular.

Oh -- I was! I was unconscious for three weeks.

And by the way, don't come crying to me if beer

starts spraying out of that hole in your chest.

Don't you have to get up early?

All right. Good night, everybody.

Can I grab a ride?

Yeah.

Good night.

Good night. See you tomorrow.

He's a tough guy. Yeah.

Yeah. Wait, you know what? I forgot my jacket.

All right, I'll get the car. Okay.

♪ I'm looking so well

♪ I've always been the optimist ♪

♪ but somehow I'm dumb as hell ♪

♪ so what became of

♪ the life we saved up

♪ record of beauty

♪ the struggle between us

♪ countless the hours between now and then ♪