Another Mister Sloane
Sloane and Syd watch over the
injured Nadia, In Krakow, Poland, men posing as airport guards abduct Professor
Sinclair, a nuclear physicist. She wakes up bound in a dark room and is greeted
by Arvin Sloane. Actually, it's not Sloane but an impersonator.
Sydney and Vaughn meet with Jack. They tell him about the elaborate conspiracy
behind Vaughn's search for his father. Syd adds that she also believes that
Sloane was behind the recent attempt on her life. When Syd suggests they notify
the agency, Jack says he will handle it.
Jack corners Sloane, who calmly denies his involvement and points out his lack
of motive. They conclude that someone is setting Sloane up.
The Sloane impersonator (Sloane 2) shows a Rambaldi manuscript to Sinclair,
saying that he needs her expertise. Sinclair says that she needs a transformer
coil for this experiment to work and Sloane 2 tells her that she needs to find
another way. He has his man Carter torture her.
In the APO office, Jack tells Syd and Vaughn that Sloane is not behind these
conspiracies. They then use a handcuffed Roberts to confirm that APO's Sloane is
not the man who hired him. Sloane orders the team to find the phony and they
persuade Roberts to meet with Carter about the transformer coil.
With the APO team undercover, Roberts walks in a hotel lobby carrying the
transformer coil in a secure case. Vaughn tells Roberts that when Carter comes,
they'll move in and make the arrest. A man approaches Roberts, saying he's there
to make the swap - but the exchange should take place in the penthouse. Though
concerned that it wasn't Carter, Roberts complies.
As Roberts rides a glass elevator up to the penthouse, Syd sees Sloane 2 on his
way down in another elevator. She reports it to Sloane, who predicts that Sloane
2 will cut the cable. As soon as he says this, Roberts' elevator crashes to the
ground. Carter retrieves the coil, which he hands to Sloane 2.
At the APO office, Sloane suggests excusing himself from this mission since it
concerns his past obsession, Syd urges him to stay so they can anticipate Sloane
2's next move.
After leafing through a Rambaldi manuscript under close surveillance, Sloane
tells the team that Sloane 2 is constructing an energy source that requires the
transformer coil. To do it, a nuclear physicist specializing in quantum
electrodynamics is needed, and Jack adds that Dr. Sinclair, who fits the bill,
disappeared last week. Sloane further states that the experiment needs Zanthium
242 to be successful. He calls a Sicilian contact who trades illicit chemicals
and confirms that an "Arvin Sloane" ordered a large amount of Zanthium,
to be shipped the next morning. Sloane travels to Sicily to intercept the
shipment and find out where it's headed.
Disguised as delivery agents, Sloane and the team arrive at Sloane 2's facility
in Chile. The team splits up with Sydney and Sloane going to the lab; while
Vaughn, Weiss and Nadia attempt to rescue Sinclair.
Sloane helps Sydney break into the lab, where they recognize the Rambaldi energy
source, a rotating red ball hovering over magnets. Just then, Vaughn radios to
say that Sloane 2 and his henchmen escaped with Sinclair and are heading her
way.
Sydney battles the thugs as Sinclair hides and Sloane 2 escapes. Carter arrives
at the lab and mistakes the real Sloane for his employer. Sloane shoots him in
the kneecap and demands to know what's going on. Carter babbles about
immortality, to which Sloane replies that Rambaldi's secrets would never be
revealed to such a fool. Sloane beats him silly.
Nadia arrives at the lab, sees the Rambaldi experiment before her. She also sees
the darker side of Sloane - enraged and blood-spattered. He turns to Nadia and
says quietly, "It's all over now."