Alias · Season 3
Where's my father? Or . . . or my mom - have you heard from her since Mexico City? Vaughn said Will's alive. If there was a fire in my apartment, if he thought I was dead, then how did Will survive? Where is he?
Sydney ...
And Francie - is she dead? Did they find her body, too?
I know you have a million questions, but ...
I have a lot more than a million questions! I wish I only had a million questions!
They told me you were charged with resisting authority. Dad, I don't understand.
I became obsessed with your death; with finding those responsible. And at a certain point in my pursuit, I needed help. So I contacted the one person I believed I could trust, given the circumstances...your mother.
You were working with Mom?
At the time, she was number 6 on the CIA's most wanted list. The National Security Council, primarily ... Robert Lindsey. You met him?
Yes.
He discovered that I was collaborating with your mother, so he threatened me, questioned my allegiance to this country. He chose to make an example of me - an NSC power play. And here we are.
Vaughn what?
He got married.
Michael Vaughn is just a boy who was never good enough for you.
You remember the Rambaldi device? The machine designed 500 years ago by a prophet? All I did was bring all the pieces together and have it assembled. And when I turned it on, it delivered a message, as I suspected it would. I wasn't prepared for what it said. The message was just one word, one simple word: peace. The epiphany I had at that moment . . . suddenly I saw all the mistakes I'd made, the pain I had inflicted on the world, the people I loved. So I chose right then and there to give information to the CIA with which they were able to dismantle at least two dozen terrorist cells.
I don't know how you convinced the CIA that you're trustworthy . . .
Why don't you check my files?
I know you too well. I don't buy any of it.
I came by to see how you were.
Are you kidding me?
No, I just wanted to make sure that you're-
You didn't come by to see how I am. You came by to see how you were, because you know what you did, you want to make sure you're okay.
I buried you. Consider that for one second.
Don't use rational thought as a defense with me, not after all you and I have seen. Vaughn, you and I live and breathe madness every day on the job. There is no rational thought. I can't pretend to have a conversation about anything else with you. What it comes down to is faith. What I was hoping you'd say was, "I gave up on us, I lost faith." But what you came here for was closure, and there is not a chance you are getting that from me. I'm not gonna say I understand. I'm not gonna sympathize with you, and tell you how hard this must be for you. But you wanna know how I am? I am horrible! Vaughn, I am ripped apart. And not because I lost you, but because if it had been me, I would've waited. I would've found the truth. I wouldn't have given up on you. And now I realize what an absolute waste that would've been.
[helping Sydney move] You're sure you're okay with this? I mean, are you going to be all right? By yourself?
I just can't wrap my head around it. I mean, Francie's been dead for two years, but I feel like I saw her a few days ago. And now that Will is in the witness protection, I can't even contact him. All my friends are just . . . gone.
Not all your friends.
[to Sloane] Personally I would have found it anti-climactic that after expecting to assemble a weapon of ultimate power you found a revelation you could have acquired from a fortune cookie.
If I'm to understand what you're saying, you have no idea where you've been for the last two years. . . . None? . . . Unbelievable! I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh, it's just . . . I'm speechless. Sydney, if Sloane had intended to abduct you, I wasn't privy to it.
What if I said I still don't believe you?
I'd say it'd make no difference. In twenty-four hours I'll be free, and . . . you'll remain in the dark.
Who the hell do you think you are!?
I'm the person who's going to hold you accountable if they kill him!
Oh, you're going to hold me responsible!?
Did I stutter?
...
If you're finished, this is the men's room.
Who let you in?
The other day you said I gave up on us because I didn't have faith, that some how you didn't mean enough to me.
When I said that I was...
No - let me finish. After you died, I used to talk to you, like you were still around, literally out loud. Whole conversations about nothing: the weather, should I get a new car? should I have another drink? Then one day you started answering. I mean I could hear you in my head, like you were right next to me Sydney. We all know rationally I was a guy who stayed up nights, drinking, talking to his dead girlfriend. Still, I couldn't stop. So before you tell me that you can handle my coming back to the CIA, there are two things you need to know. First, is that I was so in love with you - it nearly killed me. And second, I don't regret moving on with my life.
The risks you are describing have already been factored into our analysis. And as for SD-6, the Alliance doesn't exist anymore . . .
Well, the only reason that SD-6 and the Alliance broke down is because Arvin Sloane, a man the White House pardoned by the way, wanted them to! So do me a favor and don't revise history that I lived through!
All right, enough! Sark was an inch away from initiating a nuclear exchange, and that was only Phase One. Capturing Sark, while it might put a smile on my face, will do nothing to shut down the Covenant.
I haven't even asked anyone how they met.
Are you asking me? The NSC was wrapping up the case on your mom ...uh, we were all deposed ... Lauren was the one asking the questions. They hit it off.
...
Was everyone there? Dixon? Marshall . . . ?
Syd, she's a good person. I'm not trying to rub it in, but I ... I don't want to be dishonest.
We need access to the bunker; Sloane can get it for us. If we can use him, I don't see why we --
Maybe you haven't been lucky enough to have firsthand experience with that psychopath . . .
She brokered his deal.
What?
I was part of the team that arranged for Sloane's pardon.
Look, none of us have any illusions about Sloane. The only reason he was given a pardon is because he provided us with intel that led to the destruction of terrorist cells ...
Mr. Vaughn. You know, I remember how close you were with Sydney. I'm sure you share my relief in having her back.
[to Sloane] You've made your obligations clear, now let me clarify mine. I am obliged to extract immeasurable pain from you the moment you are no longer a valuable source of intel for the CIA. Personally, I hope you don't help us out...
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