freelancer7 said:Jack seems more concerned with the outcome, than the path he needs to get there
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How, true. That would be consistent with his character. I love it!! Nice theory.
freelancer7 said:Jack seems more concerned with the outcome, than the path he needs to get there
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DSR<O> said:APO Mole Theory
So who do I think could be the mole in APO? There are three possibilities that occur to me. First, Sloane, because he will forever be under a cloud of suspicion due to his Alliance past. Second, Jack, because one is never quite sure where he stands. He's got that perfect ambiguity of character and motives that just invites speculation, notwithstanding his apparent protectiveness of Sydney. Third, Marshall. Whoa...<rewind> zzzzzzzpp....Marshall?? Now before you commit me to the asylum, hear me out.
There are a few reasons I think Marshall could be the mole. Most of them are circumstantial, but when considered together, makes for a plausible case.
1. Marshall was the one who first clued APO to the fact that the CRF was looking for Dante's Compound to build a bomb, and that they were Anna's likely employer. Not the kind of info you expect Marshall to be on top of. He's just supposed to be the tech hermit, after all.
2. When Jack asked Marshall if he could construct a fake Dante's Compound, Marshall first said "not a chance", then relented after being pressed. Could it be that he wanted the real compound to make it into CRF's hands?
3. Why did Sark's tracker become active, according to Marshall, just when he gets to Johannesburg? If you recall, Jack and Vaughn were pestering Marshall about why the tracker was taking so long to come online, and Marshall hits a few keystrokes...lo and behold, it's live...just in time to reveal Sark at the fake CRF headquarters. This could be nothing more than coincidence, but isn't the timing somewhat convenient? Was Marshall stalling, buying time for Sark to do his business?
4. As mentioned, how did Anna know all about Sark's explosive tracker and the exact spot in his neck, too? Wasn't Marshall part of the team that went in to Sark's cell to inject the device? He would know the exact location of the injection to pass on to Anna.
5. Why did Marshall visit Sark in prison, more than once, by his own admission? Breakfast? Right. Vaughn said that the CRF had tried repeatedly to contact Sark while he was in prison. Later, it was revealed that Sark had communicated with CRF via a series of classified ads. But you would think that any message Sark tried to put in the newspaper would be closely scrutinized by the CIA before it ever made print, right? Enter Marshall. Sark could have passed the messages to Marshall as a middleman during those visits.
6. Ok, this is merely something from the Alias videogame on PS2, which I've played. In this game that was chronologically set between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3, Marshall was actually evil for one scene, due to being brainwashed by none other than Anna Espinosa! (It was Vaughn who literally beat some sense back into him. :lol: ) I know that the videogame and anything not actually aired on TV is not considered Alias "canon", but it could reveal some of JJ Abrams' thinking for future plotlines. After all, Abrams did collaborate closely on the story for the videogame.
7. Nearly every Rambaldi device the CIA gets their hands on, also gets examined by Marshall. He is in a prime position to get a look at the goods and gather intel about them. Marshall had always been impressed with the genius of Rambaldi's various devices. Perhaps he's seen the light of Rambaldi's work and become a convert. He is also the one most likely to be able to figure out how the various pieces fit into the big puzzle. His technical expertise and access makes him the best asset inside the government for a partnership with Sark, or other Rambaldi followers. He could easily sabotage tech/data/evidence and cover his tracks because, after all, who is going to double-check Marshall's work, if he's the resident expert? Sark/Anna, naturally, would provide the operational skills, the funding (Sark's millions), and the cover as "bad guys" to keep the CIA from suspecting the innocuous geek, Marshall.
Objections: Why would Sark need to pass classified ads to Marshall instead of having Marshall contact CRF himself? Why would Marshall put APO on the trail of CRF, and risk setting himself back? First, the classified ads may have been CRF's standard protocol for covert messaging, which Sark/Marshall had to oblige in order to do business. Second, it's quite possible that the CRF was just a third party that Sark/Marshall had to deal with on the way to bigger objectives. Once the CRF had outlived its usefulness, they became expendable. And it appears they were a small time operation that has already fizzled with the assasination of Ushek Sanko. The fact that Sark betrayed Anna may be a result of his own shifting loyalties, and may have nothing to do with Marshall.
Granted, it doesn't seem consistent with Marshall's character to betray the CIA, but then Marshall has shown that he can put on an act when required. Remember that field mission in the casino with the cowboy hat? I admit this theory seems far fetched, and I hope I'm wrong because the good guys need someone like Marshall on their side. This theory also doesn't address the issue of when Marshall might have switched sides. It's not that I've got something against Marshall, it's just that these points I've mentioned seem to flash warning signals, especially in light of the probability that a mole exists in APO. h34r:
Apologies for the long post and thank you for staying with it.
DSR<O>
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