Director Kendall quotes from Alias

Kendall

I just got off the phone with the director again and he asked me again if I knew we were in the intelligence business.

Sydney

The truth is, I didn't love any of the subjects I was studying. My father and I weren't speaking, my mother had died when I was six and the highlight of my social life was my dorm's salad bar. So, I called them.

Kendall

SD-6.

Sydney

They didn't use that name. These men led me to believe they were CIA. They were very convincing. Are very convincing.

Sydney

I might not have been a genius at nineteen years old, but I was smart enough to know what questions to ask. They had all the right answers.

Kendall

Says here you were a genius.

Kendall

What does "SD" stand for?

Sydney

Section Disparu: the section that doesn't exist. Alain Christophe, one of the Alliance founders, the term was his.

Kendall

Explain to us about the Alliance of Twelve.

Sydney

The Alliance is like a board of directors. Some are from the private sector, but most are former intelligence officers. All wealthy. They started a company together, except this company -- the Alliance -- trades intelligence.

Kendall

Just so we're clear, Mr. Vaughn, I know all about your participation in busting Agent Bristow out of federal custody. Convince her to talk to her mother, or face charges of obstructing justice and harboring a fugitive.

Vaughn

Guess it's two-for-one day on blackmail.

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.

Kendall

What exactly did you promise Sark?

Sydney

That I would render Sloane unconscious and deliver him to Sark.

Kendall

So he could kill him.

Sydney

Yes.

Kendall

There are just so many problems with this that I don't even know where to begin.

Sydney

I've had two years of perspective! I am through letting Arvin Sloane control my life and I don't need your approval to resign! I told you as a courtesy!

Kendall

Well, then, I will pay you the courtesy of informing you that if you leave this agency, you forfeit the clearance to see your mother.

Vaughn

You said everyone in the radius was affected, even people who were taking cover?

Marshall

Yeah. Well, there's no defense against this kind of energy. It goes through walls, concrete, steel, everything.

Kendall

There's no shield.

Marshall

No. Sorry. Oh, um, I should probably also tell you that, um, this kind of energy knocks out computer circuitry. Which means if it's pointed at the sky, it could take down planes.

Jack

We may never have a better chance to get Sloane. Remember, without Irina's help, the operation in Kashmir would have been an embarrassment.

Kendall

Jack, when the hell did we switch places? Derevko could be using this operation just to convince us that she's trustworthy.

Jack

I've had twenty years to reflect on that woman's ability to deceive. Trust me. If she lies to me again, I'll know it.

Sydney

I have known Will for years. Trust me on this.

Jack

There's another possibility... that the man we have in custody is not Will Tippin. Project Helix. The doubling prototype that you destroyed in Poland was designed to reshape a person's physical attributes to identically resemble someone else. The prototype's database revealed two scheduled recipients of the procedure: Dr. Markovic who was killed, and a second unknown individual.

Sydney

You think Will is the double.

Kendall

We found Provacillium in Will's car. It's a medication usually taken by gene therapy patients to keep the body from rejecting the DNA mutations.

Sydney

You're part of this?

Kendall

Well, that all depends on which part you're referring to.

Sydney

You're Covenant.

Kendall

No, no, no. That wouldn't go over too well at home.

Kendall

We need to talk about the past two years.

Sydney

As you may be aware, Mr. Kendall, I have no recollection of that time.

Kendall

But I do.

Sydney

You've known all this time . . .

Kendall

Yep.

Sydney

Then why haven't you said anything?

Kendall

Because you asked me not to.