Alias!

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Who else watches it (besides Marissa)?!

The best show on television, dammit. They really need to bring back Lena Olin as Syd's mom, but until then, I'm happy that they're bringing on Isabella Rosselini, David Bowie, and Quentin Tarantino. :D

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
Who else watches it (besides Marissa)?!

The best show on television, dammit. They really need to bring back Lena Olin as Syd's mom, but until then, I'm happy that they're bringing on Isabella Rosselini, David Bowie, and Quentin Tarantino. :D

I saw about five minutes of it once, where she was dressed as the geisha and running from shooters. I didn't really have a clue what was going on.
A friend of mine went to Denison when she was there and says Jennifer was a knockout back then, too.

- Jake

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Originally posted by darklinensuit
I saw about five minutes of it once, where she was dressed as the geisha and running from shooters. I didn't really have a clue what was going on.
A friend of mine went to Denison when she was there and says Jennifer was a knockout back then, too.

- Jake

Yeah, it's the type of show where you have to have watched it from the very first episode for every minute it's on in order to understand it. Even then, there are no guarantees. :laugh: I still don't know what K-Directorate actually does or what The Covenant does and I've watched every show since the beginning.

And Jennifer Garner is stunning. The woman could never look bad.

[darklinensuit]

I don't watch many dramas. I did watch 24 this season, but have missed it this season, and doubt I'd have a clue if I tried to watch again now.

- Jake

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Originally posted by darklinensuit
I don't watch many dramas. I did watch 24 this season, but have missed it this season, and doubt I'd have a clue if I tried to watch again now.

- Jake

24 pales in comparison to Alias! :laugh:

No, I've tried to watch it, but didn't like it too much. At least it gave Kiefer Sutherland a job, though. That's one more body out of the unemployment line.

[darklinensuit]

24 was great last season, though the final episode wasn't as good as the others - except for the last two minutes.

- Jake

[hayley]

That's funny- I recently started to watch ALIAS- I'm watching the first season DVDs and am about to start the second. I really like it- I also know from friends and watching episodes occasionally some of the big plot stuff that happens later, so it's not as much a surprise as I'd like it to be, but I enjoy it.

I'm a HUGE 24 fan- and I have to tell you, 24 is entirely different than ALIAS, and 24's better :-P It's the first show I've ever watched in my entire life where I literally find myself standing up and yelling at the television, or literally screaming in shock on occasion.

24 this season is still pretty darn good, btw- it started off very slow in the first five or six episodes, the plot seemed a bit silly and ludicrous, it didn't hold much water... lo and behold, the last two episodes SHOCKINGLY show you exactly why those first episodes seemed silly. 24 doesn't pander to their viewer, I love it!!

/end 24 rant!

[Josh2003]

I've never watched Alias, but Jennifer Garner graduated from Denison University (http://www.denison.edu), which is where I go now. I think she had the same theatre professor that I had last semester, and it is rumored that he had said she was a "mediocre" actress. But he's a hardass. So go figure.

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Originally posted by Josh2003
and it is rumored that he had said she was a "mediocre" actress. But he's a hardass. So go figure.

Yeah, but they also said that Lucille Ball wasn't funny at all, that Camryn Manheim was too fat for any role, and that Meryl Streep couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. :laugh: I think Jennifer Garner is a fantastic actress. :)

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Originally posted by hayley
That's funny- I recently started to watch ALIAS- I'm watching the first season DVDs and am about to start the second. I really like it- I also know from friends and watching episodes occasionally some of the big plot stuff that happens later, so it's not as much a surprise as I'd like it to be, but I enjoy it.


That sucks that you know what happens!!! I never read any of the spoilers or anything, so that everything is shocking when I first see it. I mean, I was absolutely SHOCKED when it was revealed in the first season that Syd's mom was The Man.

I still think that Vaughn's wife, Lauren, is Sark's sister. But with Alias, she could turn out to be a man, for cripes sake. :laugh:

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Found this article, thought it was pretty good. :)

Alias
The Boston Globe
By Matthew Gilbert

Let's get real. Sure, 24 is the CIA drama that gets all the buzz, but Alias, so audacious and so plastic fantastic, is really the bee's knees.

24 baits you with the promise of post-9-11 terror suspense, then scrambles to make sense without looking too ridiculous. Alias never pretends to reality as it joyously celebrates the genre that brought us James Bond, Honey West, and, yes, Austin Powers. It's a comic-book explosion of global fashion, cloned villains, kickboxing babes, and fierce emotionality.

A season of 24 is work, as we follow agent Jack Bauer through a long day in real time. Alias, which entirely reinvented itself this season -- again -- is pure, crazy, spy fantasy fun.

Not that a viewer can't embrace both three-year-old shows, as they bookend the spectrum of TV secret-agent adventures. But Alias, which airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on ABC, deserves more of the loyal viewership and praise that 24 seems to automatically attract despite its thin acting, flat visuals and narrative insults.

Alias is definitely one of TV's overlooked but gifted children. Gifted, and wigged out -- and not just because heroine Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) dons fabulous wigs to go undercover each week. Alias is brazenly, wonderfully nuts, as it breaks all the rules of straight dramatic television. It may be network TV's most rock-'n'-rollingest show because it refuses to settle into a grind -- sometimes refusing with flashy, narrative-shattering force. One of the handed-down rules of series TV is that you don't futz around with the premise -- or you futz carefully, lest you disorient viewers. It's the Law & Order philosophy.

And yet Alias creator J.J. Abrams has made a habit of futzing. This season alone, he began with a leap forward two years, which the blacked-out Sydney is struggling to remember. On the sloppy 24, which airs Tuesdays at 9 on Fox, this season's three-year leap forward is an excuse to leave last season's cliffhanger unaddressed; on Alias, the leap is now the central dramatic topic.

A brief Alias history, shorn of a bazillion subplots: The original setup had Sydney as both a grad student and a CIA agent -- actually, a CIA double agent, spying on the evil organization SD-6. But last season, in one dazzling hour, the show purged all the double agentry, as Sydney and her father (Victor Garber), also a CIA agent, brought down SD-6. Also last season, Abrams introduced Sydney's mother (Lena Olin), a former KGB spy and terrorist. And he topped off the changes by employing the wackiest, boldest of daytime soap devices, murdering a beloved character, Francie, and replacing her with a vile doppelganger played by the same actress (Merrin Dungey).

Meanwhile, Abrams flouted conventional TV wisdom last season by allowing Sydney and her Big Flirtation, CIA handler Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), to become a beautiful, happy couple. But this season, Abrams turned it all around again: With Sydney missing for two years, Vaughn got married to someone else, a National Security Council agent named Lauren Reed (Melissa George).

OK, so the show is not as relevant as 24, which plays on current events. Alias is about as weighty as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. But as 24 and TV's other counterterrorism drama, Threat Matrix, try to milk our anxiety about domestic attacks after Sept. 11, they often wind up seeming pat and simplistic in their convenient solutions.

Alias is just good old carefree escapism, and proud of it. None of the plot complications much matters, as the writers give us weekly jolts of action and suspense, with Sydney flying to Rome or Madrid dressed as a hooker, a maid, or a bohemian, able to speak the local tongue, smack down an army of enemies, and carry some wicked gadgetry.

But like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias is more about the lead characters' emotional turns in each episode. Often, Sydney's CIA adventures seem to have a metaphorical relationship to her inner life. Last season, all of the spy activity played out like an externalization of Sydney's conflict over her estranged parents, an almost Freudian struggle as she bounced between them. This season, Sydney's CIA work is to stop a nefarious group called the Covenant, but it's really about another covenant -- the one Sydney had with Vaughn before her two-year disappearance, and the one Vaughn has with Lauren now. Each week, she deals with Vaughn's betrayal of their bond.

Of all the empowered young women on TV right now, and there are quite a few as programmers reach out to the young female demographic, Sydney is by far the coolest. While 24 is laughably trying to promote Kim Bauer from damsel in distress to counterterrorism agent, Sydney has already saved the world a few dozen times and survived a tooth extraction, electroshock treatment and a Taser gun. She's amazingly resilient, yet she remains emotionally alive, able to shed almost weekly tears.

And Garner, so wholesome and yet sexy, moves from fists to feelings effortlessly. Compared with her versatility, Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer on 24 is a statue that grunts. Like her show, and like her character, Garner knows how to turn on a dime. You won't be watching the clock when she's in action."

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Bump for Marissa!

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[GardenStateGirlie]

I think I need to fix me a drink and bring me a nebutal. Ho****. That was CRAZY. I knew Lauren was no good because they HAD to throw in something to bring Vaughn and Sydney back together. It was only a matter of time. I have a feeling you'll find that Lauren is some relation to Sark...wouldn't really surprise me with your theory there. Now we know she's either a double agent or she was told by the DOD to kill Lassire (sp? whatever. lol). I found myself going, INFORMATION OVERLOAD tonight when she found out the last two years of her life...I like to take things and piece them together and figure out what will happen next...it was just spilled out in a rather strange fashion but I loved it anyway. The fact that SHE took away her memory? That was good stuff. Okay, respond my other Alias nerd friend :laugh:

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CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!

All I did throughout the show was sit on my couch with my hand over my mouth saying "What the fuuuuuuuuccccccc..." :laugh:

I was STUNNED!!! It explained so many goddam things, you're right, it was information overload! I thought that Weiss was involved, but when we found out it was Lauren at the very end, I was jumping up and down. Do you think Sark got away with any of the DNA and eggs? He must've. JJ said that Sark has a *huge* story coming up, so look out for it. I am still convinced that Sark and Lauren are related.

The only thing that confused me was whether or not Sloane was involved with the Covenant and what happened. Did he know all along and was in cahoots with them to get Rambaldi's DNA?

The previews for next week are so aggravating. We all know that Vaughn and Syd will NOT get back together anytime soon, Lauren is here for awhile to wreak havoc. That bitch! :laugh: And when we found out that Dixon knew all along about Syd; priceless!!!

Next week Syd's aunt (Irina's sister) joins the show for a few episodes and her and Jack are supposed to "go at it"...if you catch my drift. I read that some S&M type stuff will happen...:nod:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
Do you think Sark got away with any of the DNA and eggs?

The only thing that confused me was whether or not Sloane was involved with the Covenant and what happened. Did he know all along and was in cahoots with them to get Rambaldi's DNA?

Absolutely he got away with the DNA and eggs. They're going to run with this storyline for a while OR, take it for another loop and have it reappear later. At any rate, it's far from being over.

I have a feeling last night when she was trying to destroy everything she may have missed something. Did you notice the eggs on the screen behind the lab equipment? It almost seemed as though the fertilization was complete (again, could be wrong on this one but I found that a little odd).

On the subject of Sloane, I have no idea what to make of that. He was never mentioned in Syd's missing two year period so he very well could have been involved but then again, he may not have been. I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later the part he played in all of that...they did allude to Sloane having a vested interest in Rambaldi when they spoke of Sark so it seems they don't want you to forget, Sloane was the one who wanted all of this to begin with, IMO.

I wish Alias was on everynight. :nod:

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Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I have a feeling last night when she was trying to destroy everything she may have missed something. Did you notice the eggs on the screen behind the lab equipment? It almost seemed as though the fertilization was complete (again, could be wrong on this one but I found that a little odd).

On the subject of Sloane, I have no idea what to make of that. He was never mentioned in Syd's missing two year period so he very well could have been involved but then again, he may not have been. I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later the part he played in all of that...they did allude to Sloane having a vested interest in Rambaldi when they spoke of Sark so it seems they don't want you to forget, Sloane was the one who wanted all of this to begin with, IMO.

I wish Alias was on everynight. :nod:

I noticed the screen, too. However, it probably won't come into play until the middle of next season. :laugh:

I do think Sloane had a major part in this. It adds a new dimension to the hit from a few episodes ago. Remember Lindsey of the NSC wanted Sloane to put a hit out on Syd, but Sloane put one out on him instead? I bet he did so to ensure the safety of Syd's eggs, not because he cared about her. :nod:

I wish it was on everynight, too. It is MADDENING having to wait a week until the next episode. I'm ready to commit suicide when they put it on hiatus for the summer. :laugh:

You know what I've been thinking, for the season finale, Lena Olin will be back. It won't happen until the very end of the episode, but I think she'll be back.

PS: Did you notice that the man giving Syd (Julia) the orders to stab that man that was tied to the chair was Quentin Tarantino?!

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
I noticed the screen, too. However, it probably won't come into play until the middle of next season. :laugh:

I do think Sloane had a major part in this. It adds a new dimension to the hit from a few episodes ago. Remember Lindsey of the NSC wanted Sloane to put a hit out on Syd, but Sloane put one out on him instead? I bet he did so to ensure the safety of Syd's eggs, not because he cared about her. :nod:

I wish it was on everynight, too. It is MADDENING having to wait a week until the next episode. I'm ready to commit suicide when they put it on hiatus for the summer. :laugh:

You know what I've been thinking, for the season finale, Lena Olin will be back. It won't happen until the very end of the episode, but I think she'll be back.

PS: Did you notice that the man giving Syd (Julia) the orders to stab that man that was tied to the chair was Quentin Tarantino?!

I think Sloane cares about her BECAUSE she is the chosen one and he is so obsessed with Rambaldi and his predictions...Sydney is a part of that. I used to think it would come out that Sloane was actually Sydney's father..who knows? They may throw that in at some point :laugh:

As much as I would love for Lena Olin to come back (because I LOVED her on this show), I don't think that's going to happen. The reason why she's not on this season is because she asked for more money (she did get a nomination for her role in the show last season if memory serves) and they didn't give it to her. I don't know if she'll be back. I hope she will come back though...that was an amazing storyline and she played the part SO well.

I didn't notice that it was Quentin Tarantino...I taped it last night so i'll have to go back and look!! Remember, he was on last season before the destruction of SD6 and he played someone trying to take over. I can't remember what happened to him but obviously, he wasn't killed if somewhere in that missing two years, Sydney came in contact with him. I guess this means Tarantino is the head of the covenant?!?

Information. Overload. Yep. :laugh:

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Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
As much as I would love for Lena Olin to come back (because I LOVED her on this show), I don't think that's going to happen. The reason why she's not on this season is because she asked for more money (she did get a nomination for her role in the show last season if memory serves) and they didn't give it to her. I don't know if she'll be back. I hope she will come back though...that was an amazing storyline and she played the part SO well.

Actually, they met every single one of her demands but she still said no! :eek: She wanted $150 grand an episode and they said yes, then she changed her mind!! I was so pissed. I still think she'll be back sometime, though, because she said the reason she declined was because it wasn't the "right time to come back." Whatever that means. :mad:

I just don't know how they're going to top the other two season finales. But I'm sure they'll come up with something to make us go "What the fuuuuuuuuuuccccccc..." :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
BUT did you see the preview after last nights episode?!?!?!?!?!?

Those f*ckers at ABC need to be hung!!! They start it off and say "In Three Weeks..." and then show the BEST and MOST SHOCKING preview for an upcoming show!!! Sloane as Syd's father?! Vaughan killing Lauren?! Who the HELL was in that mask?!

ARRRRGGGGGGGHHH! :mad:

:laugh:

The people at ABC? Bastards. WE'VE ALREADY WAITED THREE WEEKS FOR ONE EPISODE AND NOW WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE?!?!?! WTF?!?!


I had a feeling it would come out that Sloane was Syd's father.... i've felt this way ever since he decided to not kill her allll that time ago. Perhaps he's head tripping with the therapist though. Vaughan NEEDS to kill Lauren. But you know they're going to run with this storyline for a while....she's not going anywhere this season.

[rhiannon1119]

I am a huge Alias fan! I really love this show... it is just so fast paced and really confuses you at times... LOL.

Watching last night's episode, I kind of figured that Sloane was really Sydney's father. All that stuff with Lauren didn't surprise me in the least. I didn't like her from the beginning and knew she was really working for the opposition. I don't know who that person is behind the mask, but this show just gets better with every episode!

I can't believe though, that we have to wait three more freakin' weeks for a new episode. Didn't we wait long enough to see last night's episode?

:) Michelle

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Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
The people at ABC? Bastards. WE'VE ALREADY WAITED THREE WEEKS FOR ONE EPISODE AND NOW WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE?!?!?! WTF?!?!


I had a feeling it would come out that Sloane was Syd's father.... i've felt this way ever since he decided to not kill her allll that time ago. Perhaps he's head tripping with the therapist though. Vaughan NEEDS to kill Lauren. But you know they're going to run with this storyline for a while....she's not going anywhere this season.

They're more than bastards. They're...a word I shouldn't type here. :laugh:

I don't think he's her father. They are just tripping us out. I'm glad they're giving Patricia Wettig a story again, though!! Hopefully they'll add her to the cast (it's not that hard, she is Ken Olin's wife).

And I've a feeling Lauren won't live past this season. :nod:

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Oh, Marissa.

Tonight was the first bad episode of our beloved show. It was just terrible. It was pretty much just a rehash of the commercial. :mad: On a positve note, though, I hope the good ole Doc becomes a regular and that Lena Olin comes back SOON to fix this Sloane business. And bring her sister back for good measure. :D

And did you see that the rest of the year will be all new episodes?! Great news!!!

:wavey:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
Oh, Marissa.

Tonight was the first bad episode of our beloved show. It was just terrible. It was pretty much just a rehash of the commercial. :mad: On a positve note, though, I hope the good ole Doc becomes a regular and that Lena Olin comes back SOON to fix this Sloane business. And bring her sister back for good measure. :D

And did you see that the rest of the year will be all new episodes?! Great news!!!

:wavey:

I opted to watch The Sopranos and Curb Your Enthusiasm (which made me laugh hysterically) instead and taped Alias. I just finished watching it....

That blew. Totally lame. I do think the Doc will become a regular. I suspect she and Sloane will become an item. Why do I have a feeling there is more to this Doc character than meets the eye? Perhaps she's working for someone else or am I just Fox Mulder-ing the situation??

Oye. What am I going to do next week??? Alias, Sopranos, or 90 minutes of Fleetwood Mac....

If you even have to stop and think about that, i'm voting you off my island. Seriously. :laugh:

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Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I opted to watch The Sopranos and Curb Your Enthusiasm (which made me laugh hysterically) instead and taped Alias. I just finished watching it....

That blew. Totally lame. I do think the Doc will become a regular. I suspect she and Sloane will become an item. Why do I have a feeling there is more to this Doc character than meets the eye? Perhaps she's working for someone else or am I just Fox Mulder-ing the situation??

Oye. What am I going to do next week??? Alias, Sopranos, or 90 minutes of Fleetwood Mac....

If you even have to stop and think about that, i'm voting you off my island. Seriously. :laugh:

There has to be more to her than what's being shown. Why would she just decide to fly out there to talk to Sloane for no real reason? They might be hitting the sheets soon.

As for next week...

Since there are no commercials and when i tape stuff, I like to edit out the commercials, I think I'll just tape FM and watch Alias. :nod: ;)

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
There has to be more to her than what's being shown. Why would she just decide to fly out there to talk to Sloane for no real reason? They might be hitting the sheets soon.

As for next week...

Since there are no commercials and when i tape stuff, I like to edit out the commercials, I think I'll just tape FM and watch Alias. :nod: ;)

Hono...I've waited MONTHS for this documentary...you best believe I'll be plopped in front of the TV for 90 minutes of total unadulterated drama :nod:

I wonder what next weeks episode will be like...hmm.....guess I'll have to wait until after 90 minutes of Fleetwood Mac to find out :nod:

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In two weeks. Ugh.

I've a feeling Irina will be back soon. :nod: And I totally think that Weiss is a bad guy.

Lauren? Utter bitch. I can't wait to see her perish. Preferably in flames.

And Garner looks amazing with those abngs. She should keep them. :D

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
In two weeks. Ugh.

I've a feeling Irina will be back soon. :nod: And I totally think that Weiss is a bad guy.

Lauren? Utter bitch. I can't wait to see her perish. Preferably in flames.

And Garner looks amazing with those abngs. She should keep them. :D


Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. And did I mention, agreed?

Lauren needs to bite the dust. However, you know she won't die. Vaughn isn't going to believe she's a double agent for the next 5 shows, then the season will be over with him finally coming to the realization that she is. Instead of waiting two weeks for a new episode, we'll be waiting months :distress:

So her mother is obviously an agent as well. I have a feeling you'll see a standoff between Lauren and Sydney and then Irina and Lauren's mother :nod: How funny would that be?? Irina will be back...this season needs her.

[David R]

I have season one and two on DVD, it is a great show. I have missed season three because I always seem to not be able to catch the show on Sunday nights, but hopefully it will come out on DVD before season 4 so I can catch up, it really is one of the best shows on tv.

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Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. And did I mention, agreed?

Lauren needs to bite the dust. However, you know she won't die. Vaughn isn't going to believe she's a double agent for the next 5 shows, then the season will be over with him finally coming to the realization that she is. Instead of waiting two weeks for a new episode, we'll be waiting months :distress:

So her mother is obviously an agent as well. I have a feeling you'll see a standoff between Lauren and Sydney and then Irina and Lauren's mother :nod: How funny would that be?? Irina will be back...this season needs her.

Agreed. :laugh:

I know I'm going to be called an asshole for this, but I like having Lauren around. :eek: She adds a great layer of mystery to the show. But I do want to see the evil witch die at the end of the series. :laugh: What if they made her pregnant...with Sark's kid?! That would be totally awesome. Or if they made her and Syd sisters. :eek: :laugh:

And I want center seats for the Lena Olin vs. Peggy Lipton showdown. :nod: That would be fantastic. And not only do they need to bring Irina back, but they need to bring her sister back, too. I REALLY liked her, her episode was great. I loved the ending to her show where Jack said thank you and she said "That's what family is for" and then she kissed him *passionately*. That rocked. :D In the end, I think Olin is coming back, but they're keeping it hush-hush so that it's a shocker. I mean, c'mon, they already started writing her back in with the whole Rambaldi box.

And when the hell are they going to make Patricia Wettig a regular? I? Love her.

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Originally posted by David R
I have season one and two on DVD, it is a great show. I have missed season three because I always seem to not be able to catch the show on Sunday nights, but hopefully it will come out on DVD before season 4 so I can catch up, it really is one of the best shows on tv.

As far as I know, season three is going to be released on DVD the first week of September. :D Be forewarned, though, this season is *very* dark. But it's still fantastic.

And has anyone heard of the Alias movie? Abrams was talking about it last year and he said that they got the greenlight from Disney to start developing it for when the show goes off the air. I haven't heard anyhting since. :(

[David R]

September? That long, damn, well the season isn't over yet so I guess that is why, haha. I have been watching Alias ever since I saw the first episode and have been hooked since, but I missed a few episodes this season and gave up and I will just wait for the dvd's.

I have seen a few episodes this season and I am so confused, if you miss even one episode this season then you get really lost. I saw sunday's episode, I thought for sure Jack would see through Vaughn's wife, but he was fooled, although I think eventually he will get her. Then finding out her mother is in on it? DAMN, this show has more twists and turns then the hokey pokey. I can't wait to see season 3 on dvd, so I can find out everything that happened.

Also the Alias video game better be good, or I will be pissed off.

[hayley]

Dissention and Marissa, did you see what ABC is doing next season to f with Alias?!?!?!! They're not putting it on until midseason.

I never should've gotten into it. GRRRR.

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Dissention and Marissa, did you see what ABC is doing next season to f with Alias?!?!?!! They're not putting it on until midseason.

I never should've gotten into it. GRRRR.

GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm about to have a breakdown. That is so wrong. That is something only ABC would do. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay, after I got over the shock of having to wait 8 MONTHS for a new episode, I looked up some articles and there is one small bright spot: it's going to have the same number of episodes (between 20-22) and will run from January to the end of May. ABC said that it will remove the two and three week breaks between episodes. :shocked: Woo hoo! :laugh:

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Also the Alias video game better be good, or I will be pissed off.

I'm NOT a video game person, but I bought a Playstation 2 just for the game. I wasn't disappointed; it rawks. Get it ASAP! It's very fun up until you ahve to pick a lock to save yourself and Marshall from being blown up. It's hard to pick the lock and if you don't do it and break the code for the bomb in 30 seconds, you die. It's a pain in the freakin' arse. I was told I need a memory card, but I don't know what the hell that is.

[hayley]

I am glad to have them uninterrupted, but they're f-ing with 24 on Fox in the same manner.

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|88313|1|,00.html

Oh well. Guess I just won't start watching TV until January.

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SO, thoughts on the finale?

I thought it was great!!!! Probably the best ep all season. I do think that Jack should've shot Syd, though. That would've been a kick in the arse. And I'm happy to know that Katya is going to stick around. And Syd's sis is going to be a mega-bitch.

[GardenStateGirlie]

SO, thoughts on the finale?

I thought it was great!!!! Probably the best ep all season. I do think that Jack should've shot Syd, though. That would've been a kick in the arse. And I'm happy to know that Katya is going to stick around. And Syd's sis is going to be a mega-bitch.

It may have been the only good episode of the season...seriously. I'm glad Lauren is finally dead although somehow I think the storyline is not yet over for her. I like that they've made Katya bad. I'm really curious to know what's going on with Syd's sister and Sloane...they're up to something big. I loved the dramatics of Syd reading the confidential papers at the end of the episode (that was sarcasm). Now we have to wait for 8 million months :rolleyes:

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It may have been the only good episode of the season...seriously. I'm glad Lauren is finally dead although somehow I think the storyline is not yet over for her. I like that they've made Katya bad. I'm really curious to know what's going on with Syd's sister and Sloane...they're up to something big. I loved the dramatics of Syd reading the confidential papers at the end of the episode (that was sarcasm). Now we have to wait for 8 million months :rolleyes:

And, did you notice, they're starting to write Irina back in? They were saying how she had everything to do with Syd's abduction and hasn't been helping her at all...

[GardenStateGirlie]

And, did you notice, they're starting to write Irina back in? They were saying how she had everything to do with Syd's abduction and hasn't been helping her at all...

Hopefully she'll actually be on the show next season. So I guess she's still playing Syd and her father. Actually, I think he's playing her as well. All I can say is next year is going to have to be MUCH better than this year if they want to keep their viewers.

[dissention]

Hopefully she'll actually be on the show next season. So I guess she's still playing Syd and her father. Actually, I think he's playing her as well. All I can say is next year is going to have to be MUCH better than this year if they want to keep their viewers.

If Olin comes back, the show will rock. If not, make Rossellini a regular, dammit.

[GardenStateGirlie]

If Olin comes back, the show will rock. If not, make Rossellini a regular, dammit.

Agreed. I think she'd make a great addition to the cast. I'm anxious to see where her storyline goes.