Lauren has two serious problems: Vaughn is thinking of leaving her, and Jack is already investigating her activities during the last couple of months, suspecting that she may be the Covenant mole inside the CIA. Sark proposes a solution to both problems: kill her father, Senator Reed (who, unlike the other new authority figure of this season, NSC Director Lindsey, is revealed to be not a hypocritical SOB but a noble man) which will simultaneously ensure Vaughn's compassion and give the CIA their "true" mole who got poor innocent and deceived Lauren implicated. She refuses initially, but the Covenant's reach is pretty long. Meanwhile, there is a race for the keys that will open the Rambaldi box that the Covenant acquired in the previous episode: Sydney and Vaughn on one side, Sark and Bomani (remember him?) on the other. Good but not outstanding episode. Interesting to see a minor one-episode character from season 1 make an unexpected return as Vaughn's contact. *** out of 4.
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