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Season
1, Episode 4
A Broken Heart
US Airdate: 21st October 2001
Writer- J.J. Abrams Director- Ken Olin
Guest Stars: Miguel Sandoval () Gina Torres (Anna
Espinosa) Evan Dexter Parke (Charlie) Faran Tahir () Maurice Chasse () Bernard
White () Angus Scrimm (Agent McCullough) Sarah Shahi (Jenny) Arabella Holzbog
(Sydney's Mom) Hector Aristizabal (Waiter) Sayed Badreya (Vendor) Jeff Chase
(Bodyguard) Haley Gilbert (Rachel) Soren Hellerup (Doctor) Subash Kundanmal (Dhiren
Petel) Tony Sears (German SD-6 Agent) Alex Veadow (K-Directorate Officer)
Plot: The episode begins with Sydney and Anna frantically
memorizing a code, quickly being destroyed, written 500 years before by Milo
Rambaldi and placed in the lockbox (see ep. 3 for clarification). Later,
Sydney deliberates on whether or not she should give SD-6 the correct code.
Agent Vaughn insists she does, as her role as a double agent is in constant
jeopardy and to give them an incorrect code would make her seem suspicious.
The completed code represents a geographical location--a church in Malagia,
Spain. Sydney is sent there by SD-6, where once again she faces off
against Anna in a brutal fight, eventually proving victorious. Sydney is
able to retrieve a circular gold crystal from the church's stained glass window
and return safely to L.A.
Francie's suspicions of Charlie grow, and she enlists Sydney's help in tracking
him; they catch him kissing another girl. Meanwhile, Will is unraveling
still more clues concerning Danny's death and beginning to recognize he has
feelings for Sydney. Later, he follows up on last episode by trying to
kiss her again--an extremely unconfortable moment for both of them.
At SD-6, Marshall's study of the crystal leads him to discover a polymer created
by Rambaldi, whose inventions are beginning to appear to be the roots of a much
bigger project.
Sydney and Dixon are soon sent to Casablanca, Morocco to investigate a plot to
destroy the United Commerce Organization. Sydney is recognized by a
bodyguard of Luc Jacqnoud, the man she is trying to approach. After a
fierce battle, Sydney returns to Dixon to find their contact and friend Bak
Ibrahim dead, adding to Sydney's emotional distress.
Jack is interrogated by McCullough at SD-6. He is haunted by some truth he
remembers of Sydney's mother. He then proceeds to blow off a dinner
reservation he and Sydney had set up--the first one they would've had since she
was little.
Vaughn offers Sydney his support as a friend when she breaks down after Jack
stands her up and reveals the emotional trauma of being a double-agent.
Sydney and Dixon's next mission sends them to Sao Paolo, the location of the
United Commerce Organization's conference, where Nobel peace prize winner Dhiren
Patel is scheduled to speak. Patel mysteriously collapses at an evening
social event, and is rushed away by Jacqnoud's paramedic-impersonating team.
Sydney follows them not to a hospital but to a nearby refinery, where, from the
rooftop, she watches as one of Jacqnoud's men surgically implants a bomb into
Patel's pacemaker...
Best Bits: Sydney and Anna's fight in the Malagia church,
Francie and Sydney's undercover tracking of Charlie
Best Quotes:
1. -Sydney: You sure you're okay?
-Vaughn: Yeah. I just, uh--
-Sydney: Did you have a fight with your wife?
-Vaughn: My what?
-Sydney: Your wife.
-Vaughn: What wife? I have no wife.
-Sydney: No, there was a picture in your office. You and that woman. I thought
you were married.
-Vaughn: No. She and I are not remotely m-- You thought I was married this whole
time?
2. -Vaughn (to Sydney): When you're at your absolute lowest, at your most
depressed, just remember that you can always...you know. You got my number.
Music:
Bill Bonk- Halfway Home
Nina Storey- If I Were An Angel
Sarah MacLachlan- Angel