Alias (TV Series)

The Indicator (2002)

Jennifer Garner: Sydney Bristow

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• C.I.A. Agent Virginia Kerr : Agent Bristow, I've seen your profile. Your spatial intelligence is stellar. It's no surprise that you can solve the puzzle.

  Sydney Bristow : But I wasn't solving it. When I was standing there, staring at the puzzle, it was like I remembered where every piece belonged. There wasn't any thought involved. You said the KGB developed a similar project, it's possible that my mother new the techniques and maybe she...

  C.I.A. Agent Virginia Kerr : Agent Bristow. If you are looking to uncover a trauma then I need to warn you. Hypnotic regression can trigger severe nightmares, flashbacks, acute depression...

  Sydney Bristow : Understand that to do what I do, maintain my cover at SD-6, I compartmentalize a lot. But the idea that I might have been programmed to be a spy... I can't tuck that away. I need to know what happened to me.

• C.I.A. Agent Virginia Kerr : We had no idea that the sixteen Next Generation weapons would turn out to be children.

  Sydney Bristow : They were being trained as sleeper agents?

  C.I.A. Agent Virginia Kerr : That appears to be the case. See, the best spies have certain traits: proficiency with numbers, three dimensional thinking, creative problem solving. These abilities are all in evidence as early as five years old.

• Sydney Bristow : I've seen the footage. Mom's briefing with her KGB handler. She was sent here for one specific purpose, to steal information from you about a project you were developing for the CIA. An operation to train children to be American spies. Project Christmas. Ever since Mom came back, you were afraid she'd figure out what you did to me. You weren't trying to protect me from her, you were trying to protect your secret. So the first opportunity you had, you set her up... in Madagascar.

  Jack Bristow : Sydney, understand something...

  Sydney Bristow : No, Dad, you understand something. You took away my choices in life. You programmed me to be a spy. I will never forgive you for this.

• Michael Vaughn : Okay. I'll confer with your father about your countermission.

  Sydney Bristow : My father?

  Michael Vaughn : He didn't tell you? Based on your father's instincts in the Madagascar incident, Devlin gave him operational approval.

• Michael Vaughn : I don't see why you're denying this possibility!

  Sydney Bristow : I understand that your authority has been superceded by my father and maybe you feel irrelevant. But he saved our lives. Remember that! I won't wait to hear from you.

• Sydney Bristow : Sixth grade was an awkward phase for me.

  Will Tippin : Oh, come on. You, awkward?

  Sydney Bristow : Yeah. Big teeth and little eyes. And I always was a foot taller than everyone else so I sort of hunched over.

• Michael Vaughn : The Triad? You never mentioned them before.

  Sydney Bristow : It's a loose coalition of organized crime entities. They deal in mainly drugs and prostitution, but over the past couple of years they've made a significant foray into weapons.