Illusion of Words

Episode 7: Fait Accompli

As usual, we have a couple of flashbacks. Then Syd and Renee are in some university in Rome, trying to get an access card. Syd is in disguise again and telling Renee where to look for the card in the basement place. Suddenly, Professor Choy (from season 1) appears and recognizes her! So much for disguises. Syd improvised quickly and incorporated the number of the box Renee is supposed to look for in an answer to her former professor. So they get the card and Renee asks Syd who the professor. Her answer? “No one. Someone from another life.” How true!

Anyways, Sloane confessed about meeting with Dean and stuff and he wants to doublecross Dean. And Dean wants the access card so meets with Sloane in Dubai, some racing horse track. Everybody except Jack and Marshall go there and eventually they capture Dean.

Dean is tortured with some kind of Marshall thingy. Syd has to comfort him and question him. There’s some kind of Glenheim tower satellite thingy where Dean’s organization communicates and does stuff. Obviously Dean works for bigger people, a set of twelve things which is another Alliance all over again.

Meanwhile Sloane is met up with this guy who tells him to kill Dean (to prevent any further spilling of intel). In exchange, Nadia’s cure. Nadia is awakened awhile and fine, but becomes a zombie-nut again soon.

With the satellite thingy, they discover that Dean’s organization and the whole thing is actually in the government itself. They need a password to bypass the security and stuff. The thingy will expire in just 6 minutes, so Syd goes. Unfortunately, Syd is too late. Sloane has killed Dean, and it looks like suicide.

Peyton the girl working under Dean takes over Dean’s organization, and the guy meets with Sloane again and tells him he needs more favors before he will cure Nadia.

In Syd’s house, Jack is building a crib. Syd sits there watching him. They finish it, and push it towards the nursery room, only to find it is too big to fit through the tiny door. Nothing to do but well…..”Get me the screwdriver.”

Rating: 7.5/10

It has been quite a long time since such a nice episode. The way they tortured Dean, using music, the mission at the racehorse tracks that was cool, the fact that Sloane is being bad again, meeting up with history (Professor Choy) and best of all - the Jack/Syd scene at the end. It was hilarious, that crib scene. One of the best J/S scenes ever.

One thing though, I feel cheated that Vaughn did not appear, even though Syd and him were all over the promotion pics.

Next episode, Sark is back. Sark fans are going crazy all over the boards. As for me, well, not excited in any way. Indifferent. And Rachel hooks up with Sark. Ugh. Somebody save me.
Preview clip: Just click the ‘Watch the preview of the next episode (even though the top still says ‘Fait Accompli’, which is plain wrong)

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