A Missing Link

Episode Number: 3.04

Original Air Date: Oct. 19, 2003

Written By: Monica Breen & Alison Schapker

Syd is rewatching the murder tape with SpyDaddy hoping to catch some new clues. He tells her not to loose her strength and to keep fighting. While he was in solitary confinement for a year, he knew he had to keep his strength and conviction up to make it. Syd gets teary-eyed. Such a sweet Syd-Jack moment. The Queen of Interruption, of course, interrupts and summons Syd into a meeting. Okay, does Dixon even exist anymore? And dammit where the hell is Kendall? I miss my bald voice of reason. Dixon is basically just there to look hot and do the "evil-guy-of-the-week" slideshow. ::sigh::

Yoko Ono tries to explain the plot of the show this week, which is basically the Covenant has no purpose other than to spread pure evil. This week, they're about to get their hands on some bioweapons that let the Ebola virus become airborne. It's already been tested out. So Syd and Yoko go to talk to the victim. Yoko questions the guy for about 2 seconds before he asks her to leave, then Syd steps in and shows her how an interrogation is really supposed to go.

Back at the CIA, Dixon makes himself useful once again by starting a new slideshow on a new bad guy Simon something or other. I'm calling him the Lost Soprano cause the entire bunch of them look like a bad Godfather spin-off. So Dixon goes on to explain more about the Lost Soprano, stating that he's sort of the head of the bioterror squad. It's all very boring. Later, Vaughn and Yoko have an argument! Why he didn't just take out his gun and shoot her in the face, I'll never know. Anyhoo, on the plane (it's good to note this plane has some amazing romantic lighting intensifying every UST-y scene), Syd and Vaughn share a stare that could melt the leather seats they were sitting in. Vaughn hands Syd a lipstick-slash-device that will let him know when to extract her. They share a funny little quip about peach being wrong for the season. It's kind of disturbing how much Vaughn knows about what's in fashion this season. Someone's been watching way too much of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Hmm, if he were still with Syd, I'm pretty sure he'd have better things to do at 10 o'clock at night then to be watching tv ; ). Oh boy, I'm going to get so much flack for my snark tonight. Oh well.

Back on the mission, Syd meets up with the Lost Soprano, who seems to know her intimately. He calls her 'Julia.' Both Vaughn and Weiss, who are listening in, question this. Syd realizes this guy knows her from the past 2 years, so she flirts a bit, trying to get info out of him. Back at Sloane's still!evil office, Yoko is questioning him for information. Yeah, Sloane has become an honorary Vartan Ho. Hate him all you want, but the man is making me laugh with all the jabs he's taking at Yoko. He's seriously messing with her mind. It's like watching Hannibal Lector. Except Yoko is no Jodie Foster.

Back with the Sopranos, Syd goes off on a mission to prove her worth-- she's asked to steal a necklace from a hotel room. She sneaks in and gets into a maid's uniform (which not only fits her beautifully, but she manages to find 6-inch heels in her size and changes in about 5 seconds flat), gets the necklace, strips down to her underwear and dives into a pool to avoid capture. She's proved herself worthy to the Lost Soprano.

Back on Air UST, Vaughn and Syd share another melting look. He knows she's hiding something from him. She tells him she's protecting him by keeping him out of the loop- she's not punishing him. As always, the topic comes back to Vaughn and Yoko. There's a long pause when Weiss walks in. "Somebody die?" he asks. No, Yoko's still alive Weiss. But I'm working on it. Of course, the entire argument is moot point because, like, 10 seconds later Jack tells Dixon and Vaughn about the murder tape. Dixon tells Vaughn he can't talk to Yoko about it. Syd apologizes to Vaughn. She didn't want him to have to hide anything from Yoko. Vaughn understands but he still thinks she should have told him.

Syd leaves on her mission. The Lost Soprano starts making out with her and Syd presses him for info. The look on Vaughn's face while Soprano's touching Sydney pretty much says it all. Yeah, Yoko should just start packing now. Or you know, pick out a plot and rent a hearse cause she's fish food. Soprano pulls out a knife and throws pics of Syd with Vaughn at her, calling her a traitor. Marshall doctors some documents with Vaughn's face so that when Soprano goes to check him out, Syd's cover checks out. With this proof of her loyalty, Soprano tells her everything about the bioweapons. Back with Sloane, our newest Vartan Ho, he's still messing with Yoko's mind, and it's oh-so-funny. That's the evil!Sloane we've all come to know and love.

Back with Syd and the Lost Soprano, Vaughn is captured and beaten up a bit. They catch on that he's CIA. Thug #1 is about to shoot him when Syd intervenes. To save his life, she pretends that she wants to kill him. She grabs a knife and stabs him lightly in the gut. Thug then kicks him down a hill. Poor Vaughn! The look on Syd's face says, "Forgive me. This is gonna hurt. But if I don't do it, they'll kill you. At least this way, I know where to stab you where you'll most likely live." She leaves with the Sopranos and Vaughn is left unconscious on the bottom of the hill. Will he wake up 2 years later with no memory of where he's been? Stay tuned.