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1.16 The Prophecy

Sydney: "Maybe it's a picture of my mother."

Moving headlong into the mystical, we had two big developments in this episode: (1) We finally saw the inner sanctum of the Alliance (and having Roger Moore there was just fun); and (2) Sydney herself has been integrated into the Rambaldi storyline. Okay, three big developments: (3) Vaughn asked Sydney out to dinner. Except it didn't happen yet.

There was added dimension to Arvin Sloane, too: his obvious love for his dying wife, his willingness to murder a friend to get something he wanted, and his vulnerability and anger when he realized he had been manipulated. This is not a man anyone should cross. Roger Moore had better watch his back.

Enter the NSA's Department of Special Research, the "fringe science" X-Files guys, investigating Sydney to see if she matches the three prophecy match points: DNA sequencing, platelet levels, and heart size. Why the hell is Sydney in a document that Rambaldi wrote five hundred years ago? (Haladki: "It's like 666, guys. You see the writing on the kid's scalp, you know there's some problems at home.") Did they decode it incorrectly? Is it Sydney's mother, after all?

Sydney got her first op with Vaughn! "Yeah. I'll break into the Vatican with you." And he wants to take her to Trattoria de Nardi, his absolute favorite restaurant in the world. Forget the restaurant. Why don't they just go hit the sheets, or do something illicit in some other private place? They clearly want to.

Bits and pieces:

-- There was more about "The Man," who is Alexander Khasinau, former KGB.

-- I liked that Devlin stood up for Sydney.

-- Miss Evans (Lindsey Crouse) reminds me of Maggie Walsh, the evil scientist Crouse played on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

-- Emily thinks Sloane is a sweetheart?

-- Haladki is supposed to facilitate interagency cooperation? Haladki?

-- Will and Francie were so out of the spy world in this one, with a Lakers game and Francie obsessing about Kobe Bryant.

-- Okay, I'm not a nitpicker, but I think the Vatican would have a better security system than we saw here. And don't they have Swiss guards, not cops?

-- Here's the quote from Rambaldi: "This woman here depicted will possess unseen marks, signs that she will be the one to bring forth my works, bind them with fury, a burning anger. Unless prevented at vulgar cost, this woman will render the greatest power unto utter desolation."

-- This week's itinerary: Brazil for a little parachuting, Rome for a little breaking and entering, Montreal for a little assassination, London for a little back-stabbing.

-- This week's language skills: Sydney and Vaughn both speak Italian, and Sloane speaks French.

Three out of four spies,

Billie





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