Alias/Maternal Instinct

Maternal Instinct
Season 5, Episode 11
Airdate	April 19, 2006
Written by	Breen Frazier
Directed by	Tucker Gates
← 5x10 S.O.S.	5x12 → There's Only One Sydney Bristow
Alias — Season Five

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Maternal Instinct is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of Alias, and the ninety-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Jennifer Garner (Sydney Bristow), Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane), Carl Lumbly (Marcus Dixon), Kevin Weisman (Marshall Flinkman), Rachel Nichols (Rachel Gibson), Amy Acker (Kelly Peyton), Balthazar Getty (Thomas Grace)

and Victor Garber (Jack Bristow)

Special Guest Star: Lena Olin (Irina Derevko)

Special Guest Star: Elodie Bouchez (Renée Rienne)

Guest Starring: John Aylward (Jeffrey Davenport), James Handy (Arthur Devlin)

Special Guest Star (end credits): Michael Vartan (Agent Vaughn)

Co-Starring: Robert Dolan (Agent Barker), J. Michael Flynn (Alex Moreau), Ivo Nandi (Bertrand), Lama Chödak Gyatso Nubpa (Lama), Keith Sellon-Wright (Dr. Ellis)

Notes

47

• The cipher Sydney remembers from the Alliance map is Leo 47 Norte.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Davenport is killed by Irina on his way to the hospital. Because only CIA knew of the travel route, an investigation is conducted of APO, believing there's another mole. Jack is released on the condition that APO suspend investigations into Prophet Five, but he insists on continuing without record.

• Sydney recalls the cipher on the map of the Alliance was Leo 47 Norte. This turns out to be SD-6 mission. Enough information is gained to know the Horizon, which is what Prophet Five has been search for, is located in a bank vault in Vancouver. Claiming to know about Prophet Five, she joins Jack and Sydney in retrieving it. She outs herself and ultimately winds up walking out with whatever the Horizon is.

Characters

• Sydney gives birth to a girl.

• It's revealed that Vaughn is alive and has been hidden in isolation in Bhutan.