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[vaznetti]

There was--say it with me, all of you--insufficient Sark. He's clearly working for the Covenant now (idiots!). Or maybe he's taken over the Covenant--any takers on whether we ever see anyone else representing their leadership ever again? But there are all kinds of wacky fanfic possibilities, like the scene where Simon starts telling Sark about his wonderful girlfriend Julia. And I can't be the only person who thought that Simon/Julia would be a tempting ship to write, can I? (Although how could Sydney turn away from Sark to a new secret Eurotrash boyfriend? How could she be so faithless?)

I'm considering opening a pool on Lauren's future: will she die tragically or be revealed to be secretly evil? I can't decide which I think the more likely outcome.

How nice to have a cliffhanger ending again. How nice to have a cliffhanger ending involving Sydney stabbing Vaughn, and don't tell me she didn't enjoy that, at least a little. Yes, I'm shallow. I did rather like Vaughn the securities expert.

I do not understand Jack's latest move. Was that just a stupid plot hole? A way of causing tension in the Reed/Vaughn relationship? Because frankly I thought they already had enough of that to suit any couple. Why, why did Dixon insist that Vaughn sit in the meeting with Jack and Sydney? Just so Vaughn could have something he couldn't tell Lauren?

It was a fun episode. I don't think that I was quite as taken with it as everyone else, perhaps because the fact that Sydney had a good-looking criminal boyfriend during her missing time does not shock me, and because my disbelief failed to suspend successfully during the initial hotel-break and deep-diving scene. I liked Simon, but I didn't find him all that interesting; if he survives the next episode I might change my mind. Is he a red shirt, or is he here to stay? (Actually, a plot arc where Sydney goes back undercover as Julia to uncover her past would be neat--would the Covenant buy that?)

I do love Sloane, though. Clearly saving the world is boring him to tears, because whenever he gets the chance he sticks the knife in and twists. Picking on Reed was rather unfair, though--she's hardly in his league. But it's hard to resent a man who so clearly enjoys what he does.

I have a weakness for plotlines involving biological weapons--they make good crossover fodder--but even ebola couldn't quite lift this episode for me. Sorry to be the odd one out.

Perhaps it was the insufficient Sark. And the inexplicable Jack.


Off to see what everyone else had to say, I guess. And to consider the plotbunnies. It may be time for a pot of rabbit stew.

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[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

I have a weakness for plotlines involving biological weapons

Biologicals make a great McGuffin, besides being damn scary and topical.

Bogdan, the security guy that got exposed to the ebola that was stolen, though; did that look like an ebola victim to you? The make-up made him look ulcerated and from my understanding of ebola, he should have looked like he was bruised black from the bleeding under the skin, plus his eyes should have been suffused with blood, nose bleeding, mouth . . . He was supposed to be pretty far gone by that point. I just didn't buy it.

So, I agree with you, it wasn't the perfect eppy. As always, too little Sark and too much Vaughn. The weirdness of Jack acting dumb. There were plenty of other plot holes too. But, all that aside, at least the story moved the whole 'where has Syd been?' story forward.

Ebola!

[vaznetti]

To me, the problem wasn't that he didn't look like an ebola victim (although you're right, the makeup didn't look right), it's the fact that no one would ever move an ebol victim from one continent to another. That is, in all honesty, among the dumbest things the Alias producers have ever done, and I think it put me in a bad mood regarding the rest of the episode.

You're right, the ep. did at least flesh out Syd's absence a bit--and in a very nice-looking way. And Vaughn got stabbed. That's a good.

[corngirl-jo.livejournal.com]

There was--say it with me, all of you--insufficient Sark.

There was insufficient Sark!

Why, why did Dixon insist that Vaughn sit in the meeting with Jack and Sydney? Just so Vaughn could have something he couldn't tell Lauren?

It must be Jack's doing. Didn't he say that he wouldn't mind driving a vedge between Lauren and Vaughn? I don't think he meant it literally, but he guessed that Vaughn would be snooping around and if he didn find something - report to his wife, because he's loyal that way. So Jack made sure Vaughn was forbidden to tell lauren. Very smart of you Jack.

[vaznetti]

I'm working out a theory about this. I'll have to post on Jack a bit more later.

[rez-lo.livejournal.com]

Or maybe he's taken over the Covenant

I've posted a comment on this elsewhere, but here I go again...

I'm speculating that Sark is actually working inside the Covenant for Sloane who is, in his twisted way, advancing the cause of Peace. Didn't he get rid of Medusa? And now presumably another biowarfare threat has been checked off his list. (And yeah, ITA on the stupid Ebola thing.)

If I ever get this current piece finished I hope I'll have a little story about this. Coming your way in parts. Email too.

Rabbit stew! Yum!

[vaznetti]

I've posted a comment on this elsewhere, but here I go again...

I'm glad you posted this again, because it's an interesting idea. Sark was certainly working double-time to make sure that Sydney found out about and destroyed Medusa. We'll have to see how the ebola thing plays out; since Sydney's probably left the tracker with Vaughn, she'll have to figure out some other way to ID the stuff they just stole.

Of course, this presumes that Sloane is working for world peace, which I'm happy to buy. Just because he's mean to the Triangle doesn't mean he doesn't have the best interest of the world at heart. I'd be mean to the Triangle, and I'm... Oh, wait. Never mind.

Yay! Rezfic! Yay!