About last night ...
Is this going to be about Alice?
I know it's complicated ...
We're not together anymore.
Since when?
Since this morning. The truth is, we've been over for a long time.
“Double Agent” · Season 2
In this episode: Sydney Bristow (4), Jack Bristow (2), Michael Vaughn (1)
LLennox
Emma used to say that she had spent so much of her life pretending to be other people that she was afraid she might disappear. And I have been sitting here trying to remember all her aliases. You're right. It's hard to keep track.
I lost my fiancé last year and I know we're trained to compartmentalize things that hurt too much, but I still haven't been able to do that. As hard as it is, I would rather feel it than to not feel anything.
LLennox
I could've sworn you were a blonde.
I was. My hair's usually brown. Hard to keep track.
We've decrypted the specs on Project Helix that you and Vaughn obtained. The data describes a breakthrough in next-generation molecular gene therapy. It refers to a new procedure whereby a patient's face and body are reshaped to identically resemble someone else. Agent Lennox was the first test subject to be doubled.
How is this possible without obvious scarring?
The procedure isn't surgical. A patient's genetic code is altered to reshape their physical attributes.
Is it reversible?
It's unclear. It only works on people of a certain genetic disposition and the recipient must be induced into a comatose state for several days while their cells regenerate. The data indicates the only way to distinguish the real person from the double is by an ocular scan. A flaw in the iris was deliberately built into the procedure to tell them apart.
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