After retrieving Page Forty Seven from Sloane for the CIA she didn't expect it would land her in so much trouble but when the Department of Special Research see it they bring her in for a series of tests to see if she matches the person in the picture. The key they used to decipher the code was reverse engineered by the CIA so it is suggested they get their hands on the original key; the problem is to do that Sydney and Vaughn would have to break into the vaults in The Vatican. Meanwhile SD-6 has identified The Man as Alexander Khasinau and Sloane is determined that The Alliance, of which SD-6 is part, must go to war with Alexander Khasinau's organisation. He is unsure how the vote will go so meets with Edward Poole, head of SD-9 to determine which way the various members will vote. Poole says he has evidence that one of them, a friend of Sloane's called Jean Briault, is in fact in Khasinau's pay. Sloane meets with Briault and kills him then gets a real shock when the final votes are cast.
This was a pretty good episode; mainly because of Sloane's story, Ron Rifkin is great as always in the roll but the highlight was the surprise appearance of Roger Moore as Edward Poole; a character as devious as he was suave; he made it believable that somebody as suspicious as Sloane could get fooled so completely. Sydney's stories usually contain plenty of action but apart from a brief chase at the start and the break-in in the Vatican, which was fairly pedestrian, that was lacking. The Department of Special Research seems a fairly paranoid bunch so I wouldn't be surprised if they prove more of a threat later and CIA man Steven Haladki is becoming more unlikeable by the episode which is a credit to actor Joey Slotnick. By the end of the episode nothing has been resolved but I'm sure the suspicion of Sydney will be over soon; if it isn't SD-6 would wonder where she had disappeared to!
This was a pretty good episode; mainly because of Sloane's story, Ron Rifkin is great as always in the roll but the highlight was the surprise appearance of Roger Moore as Edward Poole; a character as devious as he was suave; he made it believable that somebody as suspicious as Sloane could get fooled so completely. Sydney's stories usually contain plenty of action but apart from a brief chase at the start and the break-in in the Vatican, which was fairly pedestrian, that was lacking. The Department of Special Research seems a fairly paranoid bunch so I wouldn't be surprised if they prove more of a threat later and CIA man Steven Haladki is becoming more unlikeable by the episode which is a credit to actor Joey Slotnick. By the end of the episode nothing has been resolved but I'm sure the suspicion of Sydney will be over soon; if it isn't SD-6 would wonder where she had disappeared to!
