EPISODE

8. Breaking Point

Now in Lindsey's custody, Sydney is imprisoned and tortured at Camp Williams, a secret NSC detention facility.

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NSC Director Lindsey assumes control of Dixon's division. Sydney is taken to Camp Williams, an NSC black site that interrogates terrorists. Dr. Vasson subjects Sydney to electroshock torture to coerce her into decoding a message found in her Rome apartment. Her valiant escape attempt fails. Jack and Vaughn organize a rescue team with help from Sloane and ex-CIA Agent Thomas Brill. They obtain blueprints by infiltrating a FEMA facility; Sloane is shot escaping. Jack operates, removing the bullet. Lindsey extorts Lauren into whitewashing Sydney's interrogation report by threatening to expose Vaughn's involvement in Sydney's earlier escape. Sydney is persuaded to reveal the decoded coordinates from the message when Lindsey orders the stabbing of fellow inmate Campbell. However, Campbell is revealed to be Schapker, who knows empathetic suffering is harder for Sydney to sustain than physical torture. Marshall attempts to obtain access codes for Camp Williams, but they have mysteriously been deleted. With Lauren's help, the extraction team infiltrate the Camp just as Vasson is about operate on Sydney's cranium to obtain information from her two missing years. Lauren helps them rescue Sydney, who reveals that she gave Lindsey the wrong coordinates.

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