3x21 Legacy Summary/Recap
3x21 Legacy
Original Air Date: 5.02.04
Sloane is after the message from Rambaldi via The Passgenger which is conicedentally, his daughter. In Sydney's words, “he was willing to risk everything - his wealth, his legitimacy, even his life - to acquire it. This is his endgame. We have to believe that he will kill Nadia in pursuit of it. ”Nadia transcribes Rambaldi's message while a sort of trance. The elixir soon begins to wear off and Nadia manages to escape from her bonds, also destroying Sloane's supply of elixir just before Sloane manages to subdue her. Sloane has to call his contact to get more elixir but the contact crosses him and calls Sark. Sark says that if the contact tells him what Sloane wants he will pay him double what Sloane is paying him.
At CIA headquaters Vaughn asks Sydney to forgive him for everything that has happened, because he takes full responsibility. Syd says she'll think about it.
Dixon interrupts so they can go to a briefing where he lest them all know that they intercepted a call from Sloane. He is getting the elixir from a bunker somewhere. Dixon will send Vaughn and Syd in to put a tracer on the elixirs so they can find where Sloane is set up.
Vaughn couldn't really care less, he wants to know what the CIA are doing about Lauren. When do they put a tracer on her? Dixon says they're doing everything they can.
Syd and Vaughn go to the bunker but they find it ransacked, someone has already been there. They upload data from the computers and find video files of Nadia writing the Rambaldi message as a little girl. Guards appear to kill them because they accidentally set off a silent alarm. Luckily Ayd's aunt Katya is there undercover as a guard type person and she gets them out.
Sark and Lauren visit Sloane and demand that they work together in exchange for the elixir which they now have. Sloane reluctantly agrees.
At the CIA, Marshall explains that the fluid contains a protein that triggers a "muscle memory," forcing Nadia to relay the message that is stored in her as a descendant of Rambaldi. Viewing one of the video files, they see that Nadia's doctor was Dr. Jong Lee - the man who tortured Sydney, Will, and Marshall.
Vaughn is still obsessing about Lauren, with reason, but it's starting to get on everyone's nerves. Jack warns Vaughn not to let his thirst for revenge against Lauren endanger Sydney. He gives Vaughn a key to his well-armed security facility - implicitly suggesting he kill Lauren.
Vaughn and Sydney find Dr. Lee, and Sydney is horrified as Vaughn tortures the doctor in vain for information.
Jack and Katya learn that Sloane had a security system designed by Toni Cummings, who is in custody of the CIA. Jack makes a deal with Toni in exchange for her help in cracking the system.
In Kyoto, Sark urges Sloane to increase the dosage so that they can complete the message. Sloane appears to acquiesce, but he calls his guards instead; the guards are easily disposed of by Sark. Lauren increases the dose, but the CIA storms the compound. Vaughn chases fruitlessly after Sark and Lauren, leaving Syd to secure Nadia alone and giving Sloane a chance to escape. Vaughn returns to help take Nadia to the helicopter, where Nadia tells them that Sloane protected her.
Sydney has to cover for Vaughn when Dixon wants to know how Sloane managed to get away. Afterwards Sydney and Vaughn talk about it. Sydney is upset that Vaughn didn't have her back. She doesn't want his anger to consume him. She wants to help him, if he'll let her.
Later, Jack visits Katya and kisses her. Vaughn goes to Jack's secret storage facility and selects a sniper rifle from the array of weapons.