Alias- episode guide S:4 E:3
Monday, July 25th, 2005Season 4: Episode 3- "The Awful
Truth"
In Nassau, the Bahamas, Syd and Marshall arrive incognito at a bank under the
pretense of creating an account while Vaughn and Dixon create a diversion. When the manager leaves
momentarily, Syd and Marshall access an account.
Back in LA, Weiss and Nadia - who’s now living with Syd - hit it off at a party
Syd hosts. Jack crashes the party, says her Bahamas mission paid off, they have info on
Bishop, owner of the account, and Valta. He wants to know if she told Nadia that
he killed Irinia. Syd hasn’t but thinks it best if she does.
Sloane says Valta, a computer that will revolutionize info gathering from
satellite networks, was stolen from the NSA headquarters 10 days prior by
Martin Bishop, who will be deliver it to a German terrorist group. Bishop, a
British ex-pat living in Spain,awaits final payment before delivering Valta.
The team must recover or destroy the computer.
They determine that Valta’s whereabouts are stored on a powerful server on
Bishop’s estate in Andalusia,
Spain, and they can only hack into it from
the inside. Once in Spain, the team
sets a trap for Bishop using Syd as bait - she portrays a mysterious woman
caught in an overturned car. Bishop rescues her and invites him to her home. He
tells her not to wander the grounds.
Jack administers a psych test to Nadia. He tells Sloane that he’s learned
enough to deal with the problem.
With Vaughn monitoring the
situation, Syd sneaks away and finds the server in the basement. She determines
that Valta is located at Malaga’s Alameda Yards in container C0717.
Bishop’s suspicion is raised when he runs into Syd as she returns to her room.
Sloane sends a team to Malaga to find Valta and tells Jack
that Syd may be in trouble.
At Alameda Yards, a CIA team
destroys Valta, but Weiss is captured. Bishop is informed of the raid and
learns that someone accessed his server. An alarmed Syd signals for help, and
Vaughn and Dixongo in only to find the house empty. Marshall tracks Bishop by his cell phone signal.
Jack tells
Nadia he doesn’t blame her for Irina’s infidelity and hands her classified
documents before they are dispatched to Spain ,where they liaison with Vaughn. Bishop holds
both Weiss and Syd captive. Bishop hopes to offer them up to the terrorist group
as a replacement for the computer. Syd breaks free of the ropes and beats the
guard — Weiss now realizes she’s black ops. They go after Bishop. Vaughn meets
up with Weiss. Syd trails Bishop, jumps on top of his car and shoots him
through the roof. He slams the breaks and she tumbles off. He’s about to shoot
her when he is killed by Nadia, who pumps a few extra rounds into him. She says
he was the one who killed Irina, their mother - Jack lied to her!
Later, Jack admits to Syd
that he adjusted details in the documents to manipulate Nadia and give her
closure. He says a satisfying lie can do more good than the awful truth.
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