Orignial airdate: 05/05/02
As SD-6 agents break up the diamonds-for-ampule exchange in Denpassar, a veiled Sydney tries to escape and injures her shoulder while fighting Dixon — he has no idea that he's battling his own partner.
Vaughn handcuffs Sark to a gate and recovers the ampule. Weiss, who has been monitoring the situation via remote, suggests that he stay with the captive. Vaughn, however, disobeys and leaves his post in order to rescue Sydney. When he returns, Sark has disappeared.
Meanwhile, Jack is determined to find the identity of "Deep Throat." He instructs Will to tell the mysterious source that he knows all about "the circumference" and requests a meeting.
In London, Sloane meets with the Alliance, and threatens to resign if they won't let his cancer-stricken wife die in peace. But he is surprised to discover that the Alliance knows all about Edward Poole's deception, as well as the truth behind the murder of Jean Briault. Ultimately, the members decide to let Emily live, as her death appears to be imminent.
When Sydney returns to SD-6, she learns that Sark has been apprehended. Dixon is suspicious of her absence and notices her injury.
Over a glass of wine, Sloane proposes to Sark that if he will help SD-6 find Khasinau, his life will be spared. Weiss chastises Vaughn for letting Sark escape. Vaughn's feelings for Sydney are clouding his judgment.
For their next mission, Sydney and Dixon must go to a Paris nightclub, where Sark will deliver the ampule to Khasinau. Dixon is to steal pages of a Rambaldi manuscript.
To crack the safe's encryption mechanism, Sydney will need to monitor Khasinau's heartbeat with a special ring, which will then transmit the pulse to Dixon's cellphone. Meanwhile, Will establishes a meeting in Paris with "Deep Throat." Jack will monitor the conversation.
Vaughn gives Sydney her countermission — to deliver the real Rambaldi pages to the CIA and give fakes to SD-6. But she senses that he is being unusually blunt with her. In the Paris club, Sydney assumes the identity of a cabaret singer. While performing from the audience, she holds her hand on Khasinau's chest long enough to record his heartbeat.
Moments later, she frees Will from Deep Throat's men and they escape to Jack's car. She is furious with her father for involving Will, until Jack explains how the informant has been trying to expose SD-6.
During the night, Dixon recalls the mission to Mt. Aconcagua and Sydney having used the code name "Freelancer" on a satellite phone. When he asks about her injured shoulder, she explains that she fell while hiking, but he is suspicious.
Sloane explains that despite the chaos in Paris, they can still track Sark because of a substance added to the wine. In a private moment, Sloane thanks Sydney for not reporting Emily's breach of security. He even expresses his own regret for having Danny Hecht terminated. Later, at the hospital, Emily learns that her cancer is in remission, but Sloane doesn't know how to react. How will he convince the Alliance to let her live?
Will is moved to a CIA safehouse. Vaughn says that he may need to enter the Witness Protection Program for safety or even be recruited.
A team of SD-6 agents track Sark to his location, hoping to find Khasinau as well. Instead, they find a room with medical equipment. Using a blood transfusion to hide his trail, Sark is somewhere else — the CIA safehouse. And when Will opens the door, Sark fires at point-blank range.
~info provided by the Official Alias site
