Sorry to disappoint on the SV front. It's coming, I
promise. It's just going to take a little while to get there,
there's a lot of issues to sort through first.
[Enter: Men's Room at the Operations Centre]
Vaughn: {washing his hands} Hey, Weiss, you've been hanging out with Syd a lot lately, right?
Weiss: Yeah, some, we have dinner together sometimes.
Vaughn: Has she been...upset lately?
Weiss: Not particularly, why?
Vaughn: Well, I was trying to apologise to her earlier about something and she got really upset over nothing.
Weiss: Mike, what did you say to her?
Vaughn: I just apologised for blowing up at her a couple of weeks ago.
Weiss: She wouldn't tell me what it was about either.
Vaughn: She mentioned it to you?
Weiss: Yeah, the night it happened. We were eating Chinese at my apartment.
Vaughn: {a slightly wistful grin on his face} Extra spicy kung pau chicken?
Weiss: Yeah, still the same. She says we need a new Chinese place because Senor Chows is nasty.
Vaughn: She's probably right. Well, thanks Eric, I just wanted to know if you knew about anything she was dealing with.
Weiss: Sorry I wasn't any help.
Vaughn: Don't worry about it.
[Enter: Sydney's apartment. Sydney and Weiss are eating tacos]
Sydney: Now this is real food, unlike that Chinese stuff you tried to feed me.
Weiss: I have to admit, this is excellent.
[They continue eating]
Weiss: Vaughn's worried about you.
Sydney: Vaughn isn't worried about me, he's worried I'll ruin his little family he constructed while I was...away.
Weiss: Syd, don't be so hard on Mike. He's been through a lot.
Sydney: {narrowing her eyes} What did he say to you?
Weiss: Nothing really, he just wanted to know if you had been more upset than usual lately.
Sydney: I was upset because he was treating me like a child.
Weiss: {sighing} He seemed sincerely concerned, Syd.
Sydney: Oh, I've no doubt in my mind he was concerned, I just don't think we agree on what he was concerned about.
[Sydney and Weiss slip into an awkward silence]
Sydney: Look, Vaughn and I aren't getting along well lately, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let it interfere with our friendship. You're all I've got, Eric.
[Weiss reaches across the table and grabs Syd's hand]
Weiss: You know I'm here for you, Syd, you're my drinking buddy.
Sydney: {giggling} I don't know what I would do without our dinners. Probably go insane.
Weiss: Nah, you'd just be getting drunk alone.
Sydney: Which is a really depressing thought.
[Weiss and Sydney smile at eachother. He gives her hand one final squeeze before they go back to eating]
[Enter: Vaughn and Lauren's house. He has come home with takeout for them]
Lauren: {taking her plate from Vaughn} Thanks, love.
Vaughn: {leaning over to kiss Lauren's forehead} No problem, sweetie. How are you feeling today?
Lauren: Fat, miserable, slobby, and like I haven't gotten to do anything in about a month. Other than that it was okay.
Vaughn: I'm sorry, honey, but remember, only two more months and we'll have our little babies to take care of.
Lauren: Gilly and Will. I'm going to be a horrendous mother.
Vaughn: {looking concerned} What makes you say that?
Lauren: I know nothing about babies, Michael. Nothing. I've barely even held a baby, much less taken care of one.
Vaughn: You'll be fine. It may be rough at first but you'll get the hang of it.
Lauren: {smirking} Thank you, darling, I think I just need a bit of reassurance every now and again.
[Enter: Plane carrying Sydney and Weiss to Australia. Sydney and Weiss are going over op-tech]
Sydney: {rolling her "engagement" ring, a platinum band with a 2 karat diamond in it, between two fingers} I guess the CIA doesn't skimp on the important things.
Weiss: Wow, now that's impressive, what else does it do?
Sydney: {flipping the diamond up} It's a high-power magnet designed to magnetize the lock on the vault where the device is.
Weiss: {nodding} Well, you have to hand it to Marshall, he's creative at the very least.
[Sydney giggles]
Weiss: {picking up his diamond cufflinks and inspecting them} These are supposed to shut down the security cameras. Do you find it funny that they give us all these expensive gadgets and jewelry and yet we couldn't hope to buy it on the money they pay us?
Sydney: I stopped wondering about that stuff years ago. Best just to not think about the money these things cost.
Weiss: {taking the engagement ring from Sydney} So, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitmayer, would you do me the honour of being my pretend wife for the next four days?
Sydney: {slipping into her phony Australian accent} It would be my pleasure, Nigel darling.
[Sydney removes the engagement ring, placing her wedding band on her finger and then replacing the engagement ring. Weiss also slips on his wedding band.]
Weiss: You okay Syd?
Sydney: {looking up startled} What do you mean?
Weiss: Well, you were just kind of staring at the ring...
Sydney: I'm fine. I was just thinking.
Weiss: About Vaughn?
Sydney: Yeah, a little bit, I just always thought he would be the first one to propose to me.
[Sydney winks at Weiss]
Weiss: {patting Sydney's hand} It's okay, you know, to be sad about it. You don't always have to be superwoman.
Sydney: I'm okay, and I'm not being superwoman, I'm just dealing with this.
Weiss: {looking a little disbelieving} If you say so, Syd.
[They sit in silence for a while]
Weiss: Do you know what cartoon I used to love?
Sydney: Can't say that I do.
Weiss: Inspector Gadget.
[They both begin laughing]
Sydney: No wonder you became a spy.
Weiss: You didn't watch Inspector Gadget?
Sydney: I was more into girly cartoons, believe it or not.
Weiss: Oh, I can see you now, playing with your Barbies. Having the Ken and Barbie wedding.
Sydney: I'll have you know that I didn't have Barbies. I had porcelain dolls. And we had tea, not play weddings.
Weiss: You'll never convince me you didn't put a blanket on your head and be a bride.
Sydney: Actually, I didn't play bride. I played like I was Wonderwoman. Which probably explains a lot.
Weiss: Yeah, it does actually. Funny how those things work out.
[Enter: Men's Room at the Operations Centre]
Vaughn: {washing his hands} Hey, Weiss, you've been hanging out with Syd a lot lately, right?
Weiss: Yeah, some, we have dinner together sometimes.
Vaughn: Has she been...upset lately?
Weiss: Not particularly, why?
Vaughn: Well, I was trying to apologise to her earlier about something and she got really upset over nothing.
Weiss: Mike, what did you say to her?
Vaughn: I just apologised for blowing up at her a couple of weeks ago.
Weiss: She wouldn't tell me what it was about either.
Vaughn: She mentioned it to you?
Weiss: Yeah, the night it happened. We were eating Chinese at my apartment.
Vaughn: {a slightly wistful grin on his face} Extra spicy kung pau chicken?
Weiss: Yeah, still the same. She says we need a new Chinese place because Senor Chows is nasty.
Vaughn: She's probably right. Well, thanks Eric, I just wanted to know if you knew about anything she was dealing with.
Weiss: Sorry I wasn't any help.
Vaughn: Don't worry about it.
[Enter: Sydney's apartment. Sydney and Weiss are eating tacos]
Sydney: Now this is real food, unlike that Chinese stuff you tried to feed me.
Weiss: I have to admit, this is excellent.
[They continue eating]
Weiss: Vaughn's worried about you.
Sydney: Vaughn isn't worried about me, he's worried I'll ruin his little family he constructed while I was...away.
Weiss: Syd, don't be so hard on Mike. He's been through a lot.
Sydney: {narrowing her eyes} What did he say to you?
Weiss: Nothing really, he just wanted to know if you had been more upset than usual lately.
Sydney: I was upset because he was treating me like a child.
Weiss: {sighing} He seemed sincerely concerned, Syd.
Sydney: Oh, I've no doubt in my mind he was concerned, I just don't think we agree on what he was concerned about.
[Sydney and Weiss slip into an awkward silence]
Sydney: Look, Vaughn and I aren't getting along well lately, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let it interfere with our friendship. You're all I've got, Eric.
[Weiss reaches across the table and grabs Syd's hand]
Weiss: You know I'm here for you, Syd, you're my drinking buddy.
Sydney: {giggling} I don't know what I would do without our dinners. Probably go insane.
Weiss: Nah, you'd just be getting drunk alone.
Sydney: Which is a really depressing thought.
[Weiss and Sydney smile at eachother. He gives her hand one final squeeze before they go back to eating]
[Enter: Vaughn and Lauren's house. He has come home with takeout for them]
Lauren: {taking her plate from Vaughn} Thanks, love.
Vaughn: {leaning over to kiss Lauren's forehead} No problem, sweetie. How are you feeling today?
Lauren: Fat, miserable, slobby, and like I haven't gotten to do anything in about a month. Other than that it was okay.
Vaughn: I'm sorry, honey, but remember, only two more months and we'll have our little babies to take care of.
Lauren: Gilly and Will. I'm going to be a horrendous mother.
Vaughn: {looking concerned} What makes you say that?
Lauren: I know nothing about babies, Michael. Nothing. I've barely even held a baby, much less taken care of one.
Vaughn: You'll be fine. It may be rough at first but you'll get the hang of it.
Lauren: {smirking} Thank you, darling, I think I just need a bit of reassurance every now and again.
[Enter: Plane carrying Sydney and Weiss to Australia. Sydney and Weiss are going over op-tech]
Sydney: {rolling her "engagement" ring, a platinum band with a 2 karat diamond in it, between two fingers} I guess the CIA doesn't skimp on the important things.
Weiss: Wow, now that's impressive, what else does it do?
Sydney: {flipping the diamond up} It's a high-power magnet designed to magnetize the lock on the vault where the device is.
Weiss: {nodding} Well, you have to hand it to Marshall, he's creative at the very least.
[Sydney giggles]
Weiss: {picking up his diamond cufflinks and inspecting them} These are supposed to shut down the security cameras. Do you find it funny that they give us all these expensive gadgets and jewelry and yet we couldn't hope to buy it on the money they pay us?
Sydney: I stopped wondering about that stuff years ago. Best just to not think about the money these things cost.
Weiss: {taking the engagement ring from Sydney} So, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitmayer, would you do me the honour of being my pretend wife for the next four days?
Sydney: {slipping into her phony Australian accent} It would be my pleasure, Nigel darling.
[Sydney removes the engagement ring, placing her wedding band on her finger and then replacing the engagement ring. Weiss also slips on his wedding band.]
Weiss: You okay Syd?
Sydney: {looking up startled} What do you mean?
Weiss: Well, you were just kind of staring at the ring...
Sydney: I'm fine. I was just thinking.
Weiss: About Vaughn?
Sydney: Yeah, a little bit, I just always thought he would be the first one to propose to me.
[Sydney winks at Weiss]
Weiss: {patting Sydney's hand} It's okay, you know, to be sad about it. You don't always have to be superwoman.
Sydney: I'm okay, and I'm not being superwoman, I'm just dealing with this.
Weiss: {looking a little disbelieving} If you say so, Syd.
[They sit in silence for a while]
Weiss: Do you know what cartoon I used to love?
Sydney: Can't say that I do.
Weiss: Inspector Gadget.
[They both begin laughing]
Sydney: No wonder you became a spy.
Weiss: You didn't watch Inspector Gadget?
Sydney: I was more into girly cartoons, believe it or not.
Weiss: Oh, I can see you now, playing with your Barbies. Having the Ken and Barbie wedding.
Sydney: I'll have you know that I didn't have Barbies. I had porcelain dolls. And we had tea, not play weddings.
Weiss: You'll never convince me you didn't put a blanket on your head and be a bride.
Sydney: Actually, I didn't play bride. I played like I was Wonderwoman. Which probably explains a lot.
Weiss: Yeah, it does actually. Funny how those things work out.