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2.3 Cipher Receptionist: "Did you enjoy the launch?" Sydney: "It was a thrill." So, let me recap. Sark, who is now in control of Irina's organization, planned to use a special camera launched by the Asiatic Space Agency to find yet another weirdo Rambaldi artifact -- a music box. Vaughn used induced regression to take Will back to his near-death experience; Will came up with the combination to the music box from Sark's laptop. Irina decoded the combination for Sydney, and Sydney (1) played the music box for the CIA; (2) destroyed it before SD-6 or Sark could get to it, and (3) ended up trapped under the ice in this season's first whopping cliffhanger. Irina continued to manipulate away, and I think she's making progress with Sydney. But she certainly isn't getting anywhere with Jack, at least not yet; whatever Irina was trying to sell Jack with that speech about their marriage, he wasn't buying. I was sorta hoping for more fireworks. Ah, well; the season is young. The whole Sloane grieving for Emily thing made my skin crawl. How dared he elicit sympathy from Jack and Sydney? One can only hope that he is experiencing crippling guilt; I found it amazing that Sydney was able to say to him, "It's not your fault," with a straight face. (Wow, Rifkin is good, isn't he? He hits all my buttons.) We may be moving into supernatural weirdness, too. That call from the bed & breakfast certainly had a Twilight Zone feel to it, and her "dead" garden is now blooming; looks like Emily isn't "gone". I hope she haunts the holy hell out of him. Vaughn and Will finally met, and Will almost instantly picked up on Vaughn's feelings for Sydney. Will seems to be handling the complete obliteration of his former life with humor and aplomb. He's also bunking with Sydney and Francie; that's a situation fraught with possible peril. The big unanswered question, other than how Sydney will escape from the ice, is: Sydney has gaps in her childhood memories, and Irina knows that Jack "did something" to Sydney after Irina disappeared. Jack even tried unsuccessfully to enlist the CIA shrink to help him cover it up. What did Jack do to Sydney all those years ago, and how will it affect this dysfunctional family circle? Bits and pieces: -- The Thanksgiving play thing was exceptionally cute and made me laugh out loud. Jack almost smiled. I saw it. -- When talking to the shrink, Jack at first referred to Irina as Laura. Very interesting. -- It sounds like Will and Vaughn aren't the only ones with a thing for Sydney; Marshall cares for her, too. -- This week's majorly cool gadget: Sydney rocketing through the exhaust ducts on her portable suitcase luge. I want one of those; it might be the perfect way to beat the L.A. freeways. Of course, I would have crashed into the sides of the exhaust ducts and died a fiery death. -- This week's itinerary: Sri Lanka and Siberia. And they even rhyme. -- This week's hot looks: A curly red professional do, and a Siberian snow jumpsuit with a snazzy fur-lined hood. Pretty good episode, but somehow it wasn't what I wanted. Two out of four spies, Billie |
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