In this first episode of a two-part story, Sydney (Jennifer Garner) tries to come to terms with the revelation that her late mother, Laura, was a KGB assassin. This emotional upheaval, however, is forced to take a back seat when ex-SD-6 operative McKenas Cole (Quentin Tarantino), seeking revenge for having been betrayed by his own organization, captures the agency's Credit Dauphine headquarters. Cole intends to break into the headquarters' explosive-wired vault -- and give master torturer Sloane (Ron Rifkin) a brutal taste of his own medicine.