Dr. Barnett quotes from Alias

[to Jack] I think you are a master. You have all your subconscious tells under control. You're smart enough to struggle with words. But I think you told me what I wanted to hear so you could get out of my office as quickly as possible. I also think that someone so skilled at deception is in danger of deceiving himself.

And how would you define a "normal" family?

Jack

I suppose it's one in which the family members aren't under order to lie to each other.

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.

Are you telling me Sydney is your daughter?

Sloane

I never tried to prove it, one way or the other. But the strength that Sydney finds within, I like to believe that comes from me. . . How about that: the world didn't come to an end.