EPISODE

1. Prophet Five

After learning that the man she has known as Michael Vaughn is under investigation and suspected of being a double agent, Sydney begins to question whether their business and personal relationship over the years had all been a lie.

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Sydney and Vaughn survive the crash. Sydney runs from armed EMTs; Vaughn's taken by helicopter. CIA Special Investigations officer Gordon Dean interrogates Sydney, claiming Vaughn's a double agent. Ivan Curtis threatens Sydney harm unless "Michaux" (Vaughn) decrypts a message. Vaughn fights, escapes, and calls Sydney, who misdirects Dean to Mexico City, demanding, "the truth...your name." Vaughn, "André Michaux," explaining, as a baby, his mathematician father changed their identities. " Le Corbeau " Renée Rienne enlisted Vaughn's help concerning Prophet Five. When Sydney " walked into " CIA mentioning Mueller (Prophet Five's founder), Vaughn volunteered as her handler. They meet Pentagon cryptologist James Lehman, recruited in 1972 to decode the 15th-century Profeta Cinque (The Fifth Prophet), discovering advanced genetics. Lehman went "ghost" when other recruits "accidentally" died. In Cape Town, they retrieve the book. Miranda triggers the alarm. While escaping, Dr. Parks phones; Sydney is pregnant. Imprisoned, Sloane pleads Jack for release to help revive Nadia from her coma. Rachel Gibson hacks the NSA, locating Vaughn in Italy, delivering the book to Lehman for decryption. Dean shoots Lehman. Curtis machine-guns Vaughn. Across the rail-yard, Sydney watches helplessly. Dean takes the book. Vaughn flatlines. London 4 months later: Sydney finds Renée, "We need to talk."

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