Repercussions (26 Oct. 2003)

While Vaughn's life hangs in the balance, Lauren butts heads with Sydney after learning the part she played in his stabbing. Meanwhile, Sydney further questions Sloane's allegiances after ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Olin

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator), Jesse Alexander

Stars:

Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Garner	...	Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin	...	Arvin Sloane
Michael Vartan	...	Michael Vaughn
Carl Lumbly	...	Marcus Dixon
Kevin Weisman	...	Marshall Flinkman
Melissa George	...	Lauren Reed
Greg Grunberg	...	Eric Weiss
David Anders	...	Julian Sark
Victor Garber	...	Jack Bristow
Justin Theroux	...	Simon Walker
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Javier Parez
Djimon Hounsou	...	Kazari Bomani
Garret Sato	...	Yakuza Pit Boss (as Garret T. Sato)
Virginia Pereira	...	Receptionist

Storyline

While Vaughn's life hangs in the balance, Lauren butts heads with Sydney after learning the part she played in his stabbing. Meanwhile, Sydney further questions Sloane's allegiances after he is kidnapped by Kazari Bomani, a kingpin in The Covenant. Jack's cover is jeopardized when he meets with Simon to dig up information on Sydney's missing two years. Also, Marshall is sent on his second mission with Sydney, posing as a high-stakes, southern-accented gambler.

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Plot Keywords:

emergency | knife

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 4, Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, US

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The standard opening titles aren't used for this episode.

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Goofs

When Sark shows Simon the briefcase full of cash (payment for the job) several bills on the tops of stacks flap in the wind, obviously revealing the blank paper underneath.

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Quotes

Sydney Bristow: When am I going to see you again? I have so many questions...
Simon Walker: Bout what?
Sydney Bristow: Everything...
Simon Walker: Oh, yeah, well, we work well together. And I have your number; there's always going to be another job coming up... I'll call you.

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Connections

References The Devil's Advocate (1997)

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Soundtracks

"One Last Look"
(uncredited)
By Trent Dabbs

User Reviews

Sydney & Lauren as a team and Sloane as a double agent!

Sydney puts a tracking device on the wounded Vaughn so that the CIA can find and rescue him, and when Sark moves up the schedule of the exchange between Simon Walker's team and the Covenant the latter do get their hands on the biological weapon they wanted, which they use to release from prison a notorious arms dealer who wants revenge on Sloane for ratting on him. Meanwhile, Jack poses as a new client for Simon as part of his plan to arrest him and question him about "Julia". As you can probably see from the synopsis, this is a quite complex episode with several little plots running at once. There is a terrific car chase sequence with Sydney and Lauren doing some buddy-type teamwork, a strange Vaughn dream where it seems that he both desires and fears Sydney now, Justin Theroux makes an excellent creep, Jack proves to be a quick draw, Marshall gets to triumph at Black Jack and Sloane (who is almost functioning as this season's Irina - a person with a guilty past that may be useful to the CIA in bringing down persons with guilty presents) once again steals the show. I'd say that's more than enough for 42 minutes of television. *** out of 4.