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Sep. 14th, 2003 10:07 pmI intended to have something intelligent to say about tonight's rerun of The Telling, but I was distracted by the Sark-in-the-box and now all I can really think is "Guh. Shiny." I maintain that he appears so much more in control once he's been locked up: "Then I certainly hope Mr. Sloane hasn't changed the code." Heh.
But wait, something else did catch my attention, in one of the scenes with Jack and Sloane (I refrain from calling it a Jack/Sloane scene only to protect your delicate sensibilities, but really. Arvin had Jack strapped to a bed. Need I say more?) Jack tells Sloane that he pitied him for his obsession with Rambaldi, that it was something he turned to when he was "abandoned, left for dead, disgraced." Another piece in the great Sloane puzzle: did he find out about Rambaldi first and then turn to the Alliance? That seems likely to me.
Because Sloane is a complex creature. He isn't a coward, that's for sure: his performance in The Box is definitive. Not only does he mock Quentin Tarantino (OK, whatever the character's name was), withstand torture and manage to find and exploit his torturer's weaknesses, but he also makes Jack cut off his finger to keep the explosives from leveling the building. And then in the next episode he deflects all the credit onto Sydney--who certainly helped save everyone, but didn't manage to disable all the explosives. So he's not really self-aggrandizing, either. His attachment to Sydney is more than a little creepy, granted, but that isn't the case of his relationship with Emily. He's honestly devoted to her. He doesn't destroy the Alliance only because he doesn't need them any more; he also wants them gone because they wanted his wife dead.
More than a little like Sydney, now that I think about it. But more effective.
Hm. Must think more about Sloane.
But wait, something else did catch my attention, in one of the scenes with Jack and Sloane (I refrain from calling it a Jack/Sloane scene only to protect your delicate sensibilities, but really. Arvin had Jack strapped to a bed. Need I say more?) Jack tells Sloane that he pitied him for his obsession with Rambaldi, that it was something he turned to when he was "abandoned, left for dead, disgraced." Another piece in the great Sloane puzzle: did he find out about Rambaldi first and then turn to the Alliance? That seems likely to me.
Because Sloane is a complex creature. He isn't a coward, that's for sure: his performance in The Box is definitive. Not only does he mock Quentin Tarantino (OK, whatever the character's name was), withstand torture and manage to find and exploit his torturer's weaknesses, but he also makes Jack cut off his finger to keep the explosives from leveling the building. And then in the next episode he deflects all the credit onto Sydney--who certainly helped save everyone, but didn't manage to disable all the explosives. So he's not really self-aggrandizing, either. His attachment to Sydney is more than a little creepy, granted, but that isn't the case of his relationship with Emily. He's honestly devoted to her. He doesn't destroy the Alliance only because he doesn't need them any more; he also wants them gone because they wanted his wife dead.
More than a little like Sydney, now that I think about it. But more effective.
Hm. Must think more about Sloane.
