Sydney Bristow quotes from Alias

Sydney

Wait. I have questions for you.

You can ask my boss.

Sydney

Your boss? I thought The Man was the boss.

Yes. Yes, but I am not The Man.

I've waited almost thirty years for this.

Sydney

Mom?

Irina

Tell me... Sydney... who sent you here? You must tell me.

Sydney

Or what? I'm grounded?

And you did all this with a bullet in your shoulder?

Sydney

Do you not believe me?

It's impressive.

Sydney

Not really. One thing I have learned doing this - there's no drug like adrenaline.

One more thing. You haven't said anything about your mother.

Sydney

What, am I supposed to say something insightful? The first time I see my mother in twenty years, and she almost kills me. Which would have made me the thirteenth CIA officer she's killed. She's former KGB. She's betrayed my father. She's betrayed me. She's betrayed this country. All anyone needs to know about that woman is that she's a bad guy.

I think this was a good beginning.

Sydney

The idea that the CIA is willing to work with Irina Derevko is insane.

Jack

Worse, it's naive. Your mother didn't just conveniently turn herself in. This is all part of the manipulation.

Sydney

Well, she's their problem now. She's not yours. And she's not mine.

Sydney

She told me to pull the alarm.

Jack

Yes, and for all you know, that could've made things worse. Sydney, you're smarter than this. Your mother wants you to think she's your ally. That she can help you get what you want. Her intel might even be accurate once, twice, but the minute you start depending on her, she will gut you.

Jack

[Referring to Irina] Sydney, she is the enemy.

Sydney

And so is Sloane. And if the devil herself wants to help me bring him down, fine by me.

Sydney

Let's get something clear. You are not my mother. My mother was Laura Bristow. Laura Bristow died in a car accident twenty-one years ago. You are a traitor and a prisoner of the United States government. [Irina looks away] Look at me! We will interact only when necessary. You will address me as "Agent Bristow" and answer only the questions I ask. There will be no personal anecdotes, no comments about my job performance, no condolences or congratulations. Do you understand me? [pause] Do you understand?

Irina

Yes... Agent Bristow.

Irina

You know, you haven't asked me how I could shoot my own daughter.

Sydney

No, I haven't.

Irina

I assume you wouldn't need this combination so urgently if you didn't know where the music box was. Sark won't hesitate to kill you. I don't want to lose the chance to explain myself someday.

Irina

Speaking of Ms. Adams... just before I left I remember her encouraging you to try out for your school's Thanksgiving play. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but in the twenty years since I last saw you I often wondered... what part did you play?

Sydney

I don't remember. It was around the time I was told my mother had died. Everything else is a blur.

Sydney

Dad... do you remember the Thanksgiving play I was in that year in school? Because I sort of do. I mean, I have an impression of it, but I can't remember, was I a pilgrim, or an Indian?

Sydney

What?

Jack

You were neither. You were a turkey. You were the only turkey that was spared to celebrate the harvest.

Sydney

You want me to talk to her again.

Kendall

Mr. Sark has assumed control of your mother's operation...

Sydney

Please stop referring to her as my mother.

Kendall

Therefore, Ms. Derevko must know what he's looking for and she's made it clear she will only speak with you.

Sydney

Look, I talked to her before because I had to. I have no intention of making this into a habit.

Kendall

I assume you have an opinion on this, Agent Vaughn.

Vaughn

Uh, I don't have an easy answer to that.

Kendall

I'll take a complicated one.

Vaughn

I can't pretend to hide my bias here. Irina Derevko betrayed this country and killed my father in the process. On the other hand, she is a certifiable Rambaldi expert and probably knows more about the inner workings of global organized crime than any other person in U.S. custody. Having said that, I believe Agent Bristow and I were effectively countering SD-6 before Derevko turned herself in and I stand behind whatever she decides.

Sark

Whatever Arvin Sloane pays you, it can't be enough. Would you consider coming to work for me if it meant I'd let you walk out of here? I believe if you took the time to hear the comprehensive offer, you might actually say yes.

Sydney

[looks him up and down] You're cute, but I'll pass.

Will

Well, I've got four weeks left of community service and then I'm done. Hey, um, you remember last week when I cooperated and let the CIA hypnotize me?

Sydney

Yeah.

Will

What happened with that? I mean, was I helpful at all? And I'm only asking because about five minutes ago I was doing pretty well as a reporter, you know, and now I'm a dishwasher living in denial. That's all.

Sydney

The information you provided was huge.

Vaughn

Okay. I'll confer with your father about your countermission.

Sydney

My father?

Vaughn

He didn't tell you? Based on your father's instincts in the Madagascar incident, Devlin gave him operational approval.