Transcript- S3/E13- Pt1
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"After Six" Episode #3.13
Chamonix [France] - chalet
Sydney and Vaughn are installing a wireless camouflaged camera onto a
cliff face.
SYDNEY: Hand me the receiver.
SYDNEY: Check the power.
SYDNEY: Antenna.
SYDNEY: Marshall?
MARSHALL: Go, Mountaineer.
SYDNEY: Camera's in position.
MARSHALL: Camera's online; signal strength is good. Testing infrared.
Infrared is five by... You're good to go
Sydney to Vaughn:
SYDNEY: Are you ready?
VAUGHN: Let's do it.
They BASE jump off of the cliff.
---
L.A. [US] - Rotunda
DIXON: According to our Covenant defector, Mr. Lisenker, the chalet you
were sent to surveil is owned by one of his former contacts, an arms
dealer.
DIXON: Lisenker visited the chalet a number of times on Covenant
business. What the Covenant doesn't know is that when Lisenker decided
to defect, he hid a microdisc there. On it is a copy of the Doleac
agenda.
SYDNEY: The Doleac agenda?
DIXON: The Covenant playbook. It details operational plans for the six
Covenant cells including the names and headquarters of the cell
leaders.
JACK: Obviously if we can identify and capture any of their leaders, we
can hobble the Covenant, in the best case scenario shut them down
completely.
VAUGHN: Can't Lisenker tell us what's on the disc?
JACK: Lisenker had neither the time nor the technology to decrypt it.
SYDNEY: Have we identified a point of entry for the chalet?
MARSHALL: Actually, uh, based on what I could pick up from the infrared
cameras you placed, perimeter defenses are way too strong, so you can't
go in on the ground. And, uh, parachuting in, that's not an option
because they've got these turrets that would make that not a very fun
day. And those dots... those are landmines. But what really makes this
security system unique is its lethal response system. Now, you trip the
alarm, you buy the farm.
SYDNEY: The cameras showed you all that?
JACK: Not directly, but they indicate we're most likely dealing with
the work of one person, Toni Cummings. She spent six years at a UK
prison for breaking and entering. She turned her talents from cracking
security systems to designing them. According to British intelligence,
Cummings is paid up to eight figures for her services. And if she
designed the system for the chalet, you can bet it contains her
signature deterrent: lethal response.
Bio on screen says: Toni Cummings, Female, Age 37, Height 5'8", Weight
125, DOB 1-10-66, ID B3487D
SYDNEY: Where is she?
WEISS: I'm already on that. She goes to where the work is, mostly doing
jobs for euro-celebrities and children of royalty... the kind of people
you want to drop-kick.
DIXON: Once we get a lock on her location, you'll infiltrate posing as
clients and obtain specs on the system.
JACK: In the meantime I'll go see Sloane, see if there's any fallout
within the Covenant after Lisenker's defection.
DIXON: Sydney, Vaughn, be prepped to leave as soon as we find Cummings.
---
Zurich [Switzerland] - OmniFam
Sloane is on his cell phone talking to someone.
SLOANE: Look, OmniFam has enough medicine to treat the malaria epidemic
in the entire Nasarawa [Nigeria] region. Well then I suggest you
reconsider my offer because I cannot promise you it will be on the
table next week.
SLOANE: We're only the third largest non-governmental agency in the
world; one might think that would make a difference. Hello, Jack.
JACK: I wanted to speak with you regarding the Lisenker defection. Any
word on how the Covenant is taking it?
SLOANE: Tell me, Jack, is that why you came to see me?
JACK: About last week... it was a matter of circumstance, Arvin.
Whether I would have gone through with it...
SLOANE: Oh, you would've. I would've.
JACK: Perhaps.
SLOANE: And now you feel guilty. Well don't bother, Jack. Sydney's life
was at stake. How can I blame a man for doing whatever he can to save
his daughter's life?
They stare briefly.
SLOANE: It occurred to me the other night after you left just how lucky
you are. What your life has become, how close you and Sydney are now.
And I thought about my wife.
SLOANE: I miss Emily, Jack. The work I do here, the research, feeding
those who would otherwise go hungry, I thought that somehow it would
bring me peace for all that came before. But there's nothing. Nothing
can erase the past. Nothing can fill the void of being alone.
JACK: If that's how it seems, there is something. The agency has
someone you can talk to in confidence, if you like. Someone who at
least today has no intention of ending your life.
Sloane laughs.
JACK: I can arrange a meeting. You have to stay focused, Arvin.
Maintain your cover as a double agent within the Covenant.
SLOANE: You're right, Jack. I do. But I don't think my condition can be
helped by a psychiatrist.
---
CIA - Barnett's Office
SYDNEY: Now that I know what happened to me over the last two years, in
theory I should finally be able to move on with my life.
BARNETT: In theory.
SYDNEY: The thing is, when I look ahead all I see is Vaughn.
BARNETT: I understand from reading your brief the two of you were
imprisoned in North Korea, almost killed.
SYDNEY: This might seem trivial, but he kissed me. We kissed. I mean, I
kissed him back. Is that distinction irrelevant?
BARNETT: Is it irrelevant to you?
SYDNEY: That moment, what happened in North Korea makes it difficult.
We're supposed to go on another operation together. It's sort of hard
to deal with.
BARNETT: How would you feel if Vaughn left his wife for you?
SYDNEY: I don't know. I don't think he would ever leave his wife
because of me. I mean, I think it would be because he and Lauren don't
belong together.
BARNETT: Does he belong with you?
SYDNEY: Have you ever felt that someone's your soul mate?
---
Somewhere in L.A.
Weiss and Vaughn are playing pool.
WEISS: You know what? You're a good guy, you don't want to hurt
anybody, but you're pretty much guaranteed you're going to hurt
everybody.
VAUGHN: What are you talking about?
WEISS: I really don't know.
VAUGHN: That's helpful advice.
WEISS: Come on, what do you want me to say? If you think I'm going to
tell you to stay in a loveless marriage...
VAUGHN: It's not a loveless marriage.
WEISS: Whatever. And if you're waiting for me to tell you to leave your
wife for another woman, you can forget about that, too.
VAUGHN: Do you think you can be in love with two people at the same
time?
WEISS: No. I don't. However, I did have the same intense feelings for
both Sport and Posh Spice.
VAUGHN: Yeah, who didn't?
---
Some corner, probably in L.A. The St. Tropez women's dress store.
Lauren's in a dressing room trying stuff on.
LAUREN: Come in.
SALESPERSON: I found your size.
LAUREN: Great. Thank you. Do you have something similar in black, maybe
with some lace?
The salesperson leaves. Lauren ends up in garters and a bra. There's
another knock.
LAUREN: Come in.
It's Sark.
SARK: I must say, you're quite an impressive actress. When I approached
you in the parking garage, even I didn't realize you and I were working
for the same organization. Would you like to put something on?
LAUREN: No, I'm rather comfortable like this. Would you like me to put
something on?
SARK: Hardly. You and I share a similar predicament. The Covenant.
We're expected to carry out orders without knowing how or exactly why
we're doing so, hence the death of my father... at your hand.
Lauren turns around, worried.
SARK: You were given and carried out orders without question. Not that
my father deserved to live; he didn't. It's just that I'm bankrolling
this entire operation; you're being treated like a worthless foot
soldier.
LAUREN: Why are you coming to me with this?
SARK: Because since I learned of your true affiliation, I've studied up
on you. Your history, your skills, your connections.
Sark breaks off, inhaling the scent of her perfume. Lauren turns her
head.
SARK: I also like your perfume.
LAUREN: What do you want?
SARK: To stage a coupe. I know of three cell leaders; I believe you
know the other three. I propose we eliminate them all.
The salesperson knocks on the door. Sark gets it. The salesperson isn't
looking and starts to hand him the dress.
SALESPERSON: Look at this, it must be your lucky... day..
SARK: Actually, I believe it's my lucky day.
The salesperson leaves.
SARK: Once we eliminate all six cell leaders, we'll travel to St.
Petersburg to meet with the head of Covenant Operations.
LAUREN: Why? To make it easier for him to kill us?
SARK: On the contrary. Each cell leader wears a watch containing access
keys to their respective headquarters. Once we have all six keys, we'll
force our ascension within the Covenant. Under threat that if they
don't comply, the keys will be handed over to the CIA.
LAUREN: Which color do you think my husband would prefer.
SARK: I prefer the black.
LAUREN: Red is his.
--- Intro ---
L.A. [US] - Sydney's Apartment
Sydney's in her apartment with a microwave dinner. The doorbell rings.
Sydney gets the door.
SYDNEY: Dad.
JACK: I thought we might talk business... over dinner.
Over dinner...
JACK: We got a lock on Cummings. She's operating out of a high-end club
in Athens. You're going in as South African diamond smugglers. You've
heard of her work, wanted her to upgrade your Cape Town facility.
SYDNEY: How about we just tell her we're CIA and want to ask her some
questions?
JACK: We believe Cummings designed the security system. We're not 100%.
JACK: We need to confirm her work in Chamonix first, then persuade her
to detail the countermeasures she put in place at the chalet.
JACK: They're prepping the mission now. Dixon will be contacting you
within the hour. I expect Vaughn will be going with you.
SYDNEY: Yeah, I figured.
JACK: You realize it is your prerogative to ask Dixon to send someone
else.
SYDNEY: If Dixon sends me on an operation, I'm going.
JACK: What I mean is someone instead of Vaughn.
---
L.A. [US] - Rotunda
SYDNEY: I'd be more comfortable going with Weiss. The contacts, the
ones you used to locate Cummings, Weiss cultivated them while working a
pan-African smuggling operation.
Dixon thinks about it and looks troubled, as if he's figured out why
she really wants Weiss on the mission.
DIXON: I'll call him in, have him meet you in tac-ops.
SYDNEY: Thank you.
---
Berlin [Germany] - parking garage
GATHIRD: But the deficit must remain below 3% of GNP. Yes, Robert. Well
of course, you shall see the figures.
Sark's watching from a Porsche, license "S UK8415"
SARK: You're on.
GAITHIRD: Well, absolutely. No, there is now no question.
Lauren walks around the corner by the elevators. Gathird sees Lauren.
GATHIRD: Robert, would you mind terribly if I call you later? Thank
you.
Gaitherd gets off the phone.
LAUREN: Mr. Gathird. Lauren Reed. We met before in London.
GATHIRD: Of course, Ms. Reed. What are you doing here?
LAUREN: There is something I was hoping we could discuss. And only a
man of your position within the Covenant can help me.
GATHIRD: Still, there are protocols.
LAUREN: You didn't worry about protocols the last time we spoke.
Gathird looks at his guards.
GATHIRD: I'll meet you gentlemen upstairs.
LAUREN: Mr. Gathird. I need your counsel. The CIA is aware there's a
mole in their organization, and... I'm feeling vulnerable.
GATHIRD: Why come to me?
LAUREN: Well, you said the last time we spoke that if I ever needed
anything... I need your help.
Lauren whispers in his ear:
LAUREN: Do you have a minute?
They start making out. Lauren stabs him at about the liver, acting
particularly psychotic in the process. Boo hoo. He dies. Sark gets out
of the car. They drag the body behind a pillar, and Lauren removes the
bracelet.
SARK: You know, you're unbelievably good.
LAUREN: Come on, our flight to Paris leaves in an hour.
SARK, Yes, yes it does.
---
17:30
Athens [Greece]
SYDNEY: There she is.
BOUNCER: May I help you?
WEISS: Tell Ms. Cummings her clients are here.
Toni motions them over as the bouncer returns.
SYDNEY: You are sweet, darling.
They walk over to Toni.
TONI: Sit down.
Weiss introduces himself and Sydney.
WEISS: John Steadman. This is Rebecca Jacobson.
TONI: Toni Cummings.
SYDNEY: A Pleasure.
Sydney offers her hand.
TONI: I prefer not to shake hands. Sit down. You want to secure a
facility in Cape Town?
WEISS: Yes, a diamond processing plant. We've had trouble with
break-ins. The political situation there is... unstable.
SYDNEY: They say we're stripping their land of its natural resources,
but honestly, do you think God intended this kind of beauty to be
wasted in the ground?
While she says this, she flashes a diamond ring. It's terribly swank,
perhaps 3 carats?
TONI: Whether we end up working together or not, do me a favor, huh?
Don't talk to me about God. What did God intend? Hell if I know. Not a
clue. My work is good.
WEISS: Yes, we know. We're very interested in one of your lethal
response systems.
TONI: What you're asking me to do is illegal in most countries. So, Mr.
Steadman, give me one good reason why I would ever risk my ass for you.
WEISS: I believe we can give you two million reasons.
Sydney dumps a bunch of diamonds from a black pouch onto the table.
TONI: Well... looks like y'all don't need an ATM.
---
Shortly afterward, as they walk into another room...
TONI: So what did you kids have in mind?
SYDNEY: Something like the system you built in Chamonix.
TONI: And how do two South African rock wranglers hear about Chamonix?
SYDNEY: The owner was a client.
TONI: Yeah, I outdid myself on that one. If you're interested in a job
like that, those stones won't even cover the down payment. They barely
cover this conversation.
SYDNEY: Well, then I have a counter-offer.
TONI: Really?
Sydney hands her CIA badge to Toni, who looks disgusted.
SYDNEY: Show us the schematics for the system you built in Chamonix.
Tell us how to bypass the system. In exchange, we will make sure you're
treated well while in custody.
WEISS: You're smart enough to know the CIA has big, wide, comfy cells
with hot water, cotton sheets, and TV. We also have cramped, cold,
little cells with a bare cot and a hole in the floor. See, either way,
you're coming home with us. Where you live is up to you.
TONI: There is no bypassing the system.
---
L.A. [US] - Rotunda.
Toni Cummings is presumably out of circulation.
MARSHALL: Okay. Cummings told you the chalet is virtually impenetrable.
They've got three tiers of tree-mounted security cameras, plus there're
military-trained guards that patrol the grounds.
DIXON: Well, we need to find some way in. The Doleac agenda could mean
the end of the Covenant.
MARSHALL: I said virtually impenetrable. Now, the lethal response
system Toni Cummings built is in a half-mile-long tunnel. And that'll
serve as our way into the chalet. According to the schematics she gave
us, the lethal response system is comprised of three separate zones.
You've got your automated sentry guns, electrified zone, and the big
finish, motion-triggered acid spray.
SYDNEY: So how do we get through?
MARSHALL: Well, what I'm thinking is...
CARRIE: We...
Marshall takes a minute to figure this out.
MARSHALL: Sorry, we, she was very helpful in creating the... in fact,
she's always very helpful... um...
He pulls out an indestructible ball.
MARSHALL: Inflatable Kevlar. Now, when you hit the first tunnel, you
toss it in. The guns will lock onto it and open fire, but the ball will
keep moving. Which means the guns are going to keep firing until...
oops... they're out of ammunition. Okay?
MARSHALL: Now you're at the electrified zone. Cummings told us she
armed the tunnel with 150000 volts which will be a 15 on this meter.
You'll want to double check it when you get there, but don't worry
because the rubberized neoprene layer you will be wearing will protect
you even if this clocks in at 25.
SYDNEY: And the acid bath?
CARRIE: We're working on that. And we need to figure out a way to get
around the alarm diagnostics.
MARSHALL: Right.
CARRIE: Ow.
MARSHALL: What?
CARRIE: God. I'm sorry, the baby's kicking.
MARSHALL: Really? Because he or she is usually pretty inactive at this
time. Yeah, doesn't...
CARRIE: You keep track of when the baby kicks?
MARSHALL: Well, yeah. Maybe it's something you ate.
SYDNEY: Carrie, are you okay?
CARRIE: Yeah, I'm good. It's just, the baby's kicking. I'm good.
---
21:58
Unknown location.
Unidentified hands light a lighter. A spoon is held over it, and a
green liquid in the spoon is drawn into a syringe. There's a wider
view, and there's an open box on a table that looks like a plain black
VHS tape case, a vial like the one Cole tried to steal from SD-6 only
this one has a green tint. There's a book behind the tape case with the
center cut out. Obviously whoever this is keeps the vial hidden in the
case, in the book, on a bookshelf. Who could it be?
And the left wrist has a nice watch. Then... it's Sloane. In Zurich.
He injects whatever it is, then calls Jack.
Zurich [Switzerland] - OmniFam
JACK: Hello.
SLOANE: Jack, it's Arvin. When you suggested I see a therapist, perhaps
you were right.
---
Zurich [Switzerland] - OmniFam
Barnett is sitting across from Sloane. Nobody's talking.
SLOANE: I'm supposed to say something important.
BARNETT: You can say anything.
SLOANE: You're far more attractive than I imagined.
Dr. Barnett doesn't miss a beat.
BARNETT: What did you imagine?
SLOANE: I checked up on you. Yale, Columbia, prestigious internship at
Mass. General. And then you end up as a GS-18 buried in some cubicle at
Langley.
BARNETT: I wanted to serve my country, and I found that people who
worked in intelligence had to grapple with some serious issues, living
duplicitous lives, compartmentalizing the personal and professional.
It's a difficult challenge.
SLOANE: I presume that you treated Sydney and Jack Bristow before.
BARNETT: I can't discuss other patients with you.
SLOANE: Then they were your patients?
BARNETT: I am not here to play games with you, Mr. Sloane.
SLOANE: Dr. Barnett, how can we possibly have an honest conversation if
we can't talk about the two most important people in my life?
BARNETT: You... can talk about them.
SLOANE: I'm sorry you came so far, Dr. Barnett.
BARNETT: I can stay as long as it takes. We can just sit here until you
feel more comfortable talking.
SLOANE: I'm afraid that day will never come.
BARNETT: Well, I will be staying in Zurich for two more days. I urge
you to consider that after I return to the States, you'll still be
feeling whatever it is that you were compelled to call me here for in
the first place. Here's my number if you change your mind.
She hands him her business card.