Illusion of Words

Episode 5x08 Bob

Technically I was supposed to do Alias first (since I watched it first), but Chronicles of Narnia, for once, caused Alias to be overshadowed.

So anyways, Bob. There’s some kind of bomb which kills only people when activated, leaves everything else intact. Syd and Jack go someplace to meet the MI-6 contact - Elizabeth, who seems to have some history with Jack. She asks him whether he still plays the piano (since he was pressing some keys on a piano there), which the answer is negative.

After that, back to APO, where Rachel is sent to another place to get stuff. She meets Sark, who apparently is there for the same reason. After successfully getting the intel, she falls into bed with Sark (which sucks big time) as she had nothing else to do.

So they get the intel on the transfer of the weapon. Jack and Elizabeth go to the place and set up cameras and stuff. Unfortunately, the people aren’t MI-6 agents. They were… bad guys. (Frankly I don’t know the real name) The leader is a guy called Benjamin something.

So Jack and Elizabeth are taken to someplace. Where Elizabeth is shot in the hand in an attempt to get intel.

Meanwhile, APO people realize that someone else got intel and it wasn’t just Rachel who got it. They find out it’s Sark and Rachel is upset.

Anyways, Rachel had seen Sark’s plane ticket so she and Syd goes to that place to hire Sark. Sark calls Benjamin M and saves Elizabeth from getting her right hand shot right through.

After Jack and Elizabeth are rescued, Rachel dashes around to find Sark. Apparently he underestimated his friendship with the bad guy and is chained to the bomb.

Rachel is talked through the deactivating process by Marshall and Syd. Of course she’s successful.

Syd calls Jack and actually says ‘I love you’ which is like the 2nd or 3rd time throughout the entire series. And Jack goes to the piano and plays a song.

Rating: 7.5/10
Just for the sake of the fact Jack finally goes out in the field and plays the piano. Jack/Elizabeth got quite some reaction from everyone (including me) but they turned out to seem like old friends. I suspect lots of deleted scenes. The J/E ship technically does not exist and I hope it disappears forever never to return. While I may be a Jack fan, contrary to most Jack fans out there, I will always be a J/I shipper. In other words, always wanting Jack to be with Irina.

There is a great chance of Michael Vartan and Lena Olin coming back, so I’ll keep my hopes high for that.

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