The Confession (6 Jan. 2002)

Jack gets saved by Sydney in Havana, however Vaughn has found possible evidence that the former is indirectly involved in the murders of many CIA agents and invites Sydney in a meeting. ... See full summary »

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator), J.J. Abrams,

Stars:

Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Garner	...	Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin	...	Arvin Sloane
Michael Vartan	...	Michael Vaughn
Bradley Cooper	...	Will Tippin
Merrin Dungey	...	Francie Calfo (credit only)
Carl Lumbly	...	Marcus Dixon
Kevin Weisman	...	Marshall Flinkman
Victor Garber	...	Jack Bristow
Aharon Ipalé	...	Ineni Hassan (as Aharon Ipale)
James Handy	...	Arthur Devlin
Francesco Quinn	...	Minos Sakkoulas
Vincent Lappas	...	Techie
J. Anthony McCarthy	...	Greek Bouncer
Matthew J. Williamson	...	Bodyguard (as Matthew James Williamson)

Storyline

Jack gets saved by Sydney in Havana, however Vaughn has found possible evidence that the former is indirectly involved in the murders of many CIA agents and invites Sydney in a meeting. Meanwhile, she must go to Greece with Dixon to retrieve data from a young tycoon, however the CIA did not get that info due to a sudden diversion...

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Plot Keywords:

heroine

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 January 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 4, Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, US

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Vaughn walks into the holding room where Hassan is you can see that Vaughn has his shoulder holster on sideways. This holster was clearly built for a right hand draw.

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Quotes

Sydney: He licked my face.
Vaughn: Yes, I understand.
Sydney: You don't really. He licked my face.

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Soundtracks

"Alias Theme"
(uncredited)
Written by J.J. Abrams
Performed by Michael Giacchino

User Reviews

A shocking revelation

After some impressive Morse code blinking Jack and Sydney manage to neutralise Ineni Hassan's guards and take him into CIA custody. After Jack takes some pictures of his apparently dead body he is flown back to America. Once Sydney returns Vaughn has some shocking news for her; the KGB codes hidden in the books Jack had given to her mother contained kill orders for several CIA operatives including Vaughn's father; understandable he is determined to turn Jack in despite Sydney's protestations that he is needed to bring down SD-6. Hassan gives the CIA the location of his weapons cache and Sydney is sent to retrieve a specific item. It turns out to be a trap as he gives her the wrong access code which causes petrol to be sprayed into the room Sydney is trapped in; if Vaughn doesn't get a guarantee that his family will be given protection within a minute the petrol will be ignited! Surprisingly that isn't the end of the episode; after a spectacular escape Sydney and Vaughn take their information about Jack to the CIA and learn the shocking truth about what really happened twenty five years previously.

This was another exiting episode; Victor Garber demonstrated that he can do action as well as being menacing in the role of Jack. There were plenty of decent action scenes and an impressive explosion; most interesting however was the revelation at the end; it was quite a bombshell and will no doubt be relevant to many future episodes. People wanting to know more about Will's investigation may disappointed that it wasn't mentioned in this episode; no doubt we will see more of it soon though.