Alias- Season 3
Breaking Point

Episode: 52

First Air Date: Nov 23, 2003

Writer: Breen Frazier

Director: Dan Attias

DVD: Season 3 (Released Sept 7, 2004)

Guest Stars:

Richard Roundtree as Brill
David Anders as Sark
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Campbell
Melissa George as Lauren
Kurt Fuller as Lindsey
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Campbell/Schapker
Hector Atreyu Ruiz as guiding MP
Erick Avari as Dr. Vasson
John Eric Bentley as MP no. 2
Pancho Demmings as security station MP no. 1
Richard Roundtree as Brill
Robert W. Sudduth as college kid
Fred Saldone as FEMA guard
Javier Grajeda as FEMA supervisor
Travis Aaron as security station MP no. 2

Fan Rating: 10/10 (Average of all fan submitted ratings)

Synopsis:

Jack and Vaughn are forced to ally themselves with Sloane in order to rescue Sydney from the NSC; Lauren must choose to side with the NSC or her husband.

(From TV Guide)
Syd lands in NSC custody for killing Sark's dad, but it's the memory-extracting surgery they have lined up for her that could be the real killer. But as Vaughn and Jack hit up Sloane to rescue her, loyalty has Lauren is torn between thwarting them or supporting them. Brill: Richard Roundtree. Sark: David Anders. Campbell: Pruitt Taylor Vince. Lauren: Melissa George.

(From ABC)
When Sydney is taken into custody by the NSC, Jack and Vaughn have no choice but to ally themselves with Sloane to rescue her. But with only hours to spare before she is forced to undergo a radical surgery to recover her memory, they must put together an extraction team, headed by freelance operative Brill (Richard Roundtree). Meanwhile, Lauren faces an impossible choice — side with the NSC, who she wants to believe is doing the right thing — or with her husband.

(From ABC)
Now in Lindsey's custody, Sydney is imprisoned and tortured at Camp Williams, a secret NSC detention facility. She befriends Campbell, another prisoner.

Lindsey relieves Dixon, who takes full responsibility for hiding Syd's secret. Lauren accuses Vaughan of aiding a fugitive, while he says Lindsey is funded by black money. Unconvinced, Lauren travels with Lindsey to Washington to observe Syd's interrogation.

Vaughn goes to Jack, who tells him that Sloane will help them, making it look like The Covenant is trying to break out Syd. They put together a team of eight mercenaries. They will steal the Camp Williams blueprints from the FEMA building.

Lindsey pressures Lauren, who's unaware of Syd's torture, to write a fair report of their treatment of Syd. He says he will threaten Syd with the memory-retrieval surgery in order to force her to decode a message found under her desk in Rome. He promises it will only be a threat.

During her torture, Syd steals a paper clip. When Lauren suspects torture, Lindsey blackmails her by threatening to nail Vaughn for aiding Syd. Syd picks the lock with the clip, kills her torturer and breaks free. Lauren sees the guards beat Syd.

Jack and Vaughn contact Brill, an old comrade, who joins them for a fee of 3 million. Jack takes Vaughn to a storage facility of guns and money.

At FEMA, Sloane, in a van, knocks out their phone system and routes all calls to a fake number. Vaughn answers their request for a technician and Jack goes in. Meanwhile Sloane and Vaughn break into the building's sub-basement. Tapping into the phone lines, Sloane poses as a director and calls away Jack's guard. Vaughn pushes in a video snake and snaps images of the blueprints that Jack holds up to the camera.

Jack is discovered and Sloane saves his life by taking a bullet for him. Sloane's allergic to morphine so Jack extracts the bullet without anesthesia. Jack wonders why Sloane saved his life. Sloane says he's a reformed man and that Jack and Syd are all he has left — his absolution, considering his crimes. Vaughn has Marshall access classified docs on NSC's computer network. Marshall finds that all files pertaining to Camp Williams have been removed. Lauren arrives, admits that Vaughn was right and offers her help.

Lindsey tortures Campbell to force Syd to reveal the code. She capitulates, says they are coordinates but doesn't know to what. Campbell then reveals himself to be a fake. They knew Syd's profile, which reveals her major weakness to be empathy. Lindsey informs her that she will undergo the neuro-stimulation surgery in one hour.

Jack, Vaughn and the team speed to the facility. Lauren, already there, opens the main gate. Jack enters, finds Syd's cell empty — she's on the operating table. The team finds her just in time and a gun battle ensues. Lauren shoots and kills Campbell. They take Syd to a chopper, where Sloane waits. Syd says she gave Lindsey the wrong coordinates.

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