Salvation (10 Nov. 2002)

Sydney's fury at Jack's present betrayal and past sins leads her father to a desperate act to prove his love for her. Meanwhile, Vaughn - after enlisting Will in a seemingly benign CIA ... See full summary »

Director:

Perry Lang

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator), Roberto Orci,

Stars:

Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Garner	...	Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin	...	Arvin Sloane
Michael Vartan	...	Michael Vaughn
Bradley Cooper	...	Will Tippin
Merrin Dungey	...	Francie Calfo
Carl Lumbly	...	Marcus Dixon (credit only)
Kevin Weisman	...	Marshall Flinkman
David Anders	...	Julian Sark (credit only)
Lena Olin	...	Irina Derevko (credit only)
Victor Garber	...	Jack Bristow
James Handy	...	Arthur Devlin
Stephen Markle	...	Senator Douglas
Austin Tichenor	...	Dr. Nicholas
Amy Irving	...	Emily Sloane
Daniel Faltus	...	Jan Spinnaker

Storyline

Sydney's fury at Jack's present betrayal and past sins leads her father to a desperate act to prove his love for her. Meanwhile, Vaughn - after enlisting Will in a seemingly benign CIA request - learns that a mission He and Sydney engaged in could have disastrous consequences for their health.

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Plot Keywords:

heroine

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

10 November 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

St. John's Episcopal Cathedral - 514 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot

Did You Know?

Quotes

Michael Vaughn: Look, I know this will drive you insane, but we can't employ you because you have a criminal record.
Will Tippin: I have a criminal record because of a drug habit I never had.

User Reviews

Confessions and lies

Having learnt that her father framed her mother for the explosion in Madagascar Sydney has to decide what to do with the information; if she tells the CIA her father is likely to go to prison but if she doesn't her mother will be killed. It has certainly soured the relationship between the two of them although they manage to hide that while on an SD-6 mission to retrieve data on a virus Sark is believed to be developing. They aren't the only people having difficulties; Sloane is getting more and more convinced that his wife might still be alive; he even thinks he has seen her in the street; at this point it is hard to tell whether he really saw her or whether we were shown what he thought he saw.

While there were some great action scenes in the instalment it is primarily a character driven episode; Jenifer Garner and Victor Garber put in fine performances as Sydney and Jack although I think the top performance this week, as so often, came from Ron Rifkin; it is the first time we have really seen Sloane in a position where he wasn't in control and he actually looked frail when he thought he saw his wife in the street. The story with Jack and Sydney was well handled and I enjoyed the resolution... it was nice to see Sydney break the rules for a change!