30 Seconds 

While Sydney and the rest of APO try to learn more about Prophet Five and what their plans for Sydney are, Sloane finally acquires a bottle of serum from Prophet Five as a cure for the ... See full summary »

Director:

Frederick E.O. Toye

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (created by), Alison Schapker

Stars:

Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Carl Lumbly

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Garner	...	Sydney Bristow / Anna Espinosa
Ron Rifkin	...	Arvin Sloane
Carl Lumbly	...	Marcus Dixon
Kevin Weisman	...	Marshall Flinkman
Rachel Nichols	...	Rachel Gibson
Amy Acker	...	Kelly Peyton (credit only)
Balthazar Getty	...	Thomas Grace
Victor Garber	...	Jack Bristow
Élodie Bouchez	...	Renée Rienne (as Elodie Bouchez)
Mía Maestro	...	Nadia Santos
Angus Macfadyen	...	Joseph Ehrmann
Jeremy Guskin	...	Moritz Koller
Jay Huguley	...	Doctor Mark
Ismail Bashey	...	Mr. Halbe
Willie Amakye	...	Vendor

Storyline

While Sydney and the rest of APO try to learn more about Prophet Five and what their plans for Sydney are, Sloane finally acquires a bottle of serum from Prophet Five as a cure for the comatose Nadia. But Sloane becomes distraught when he learns that for it to work, he must stop Nadia's heart for a full 30 seconds. When the proceeder is successful, Jack becomes suspicious about Sloane's possible involvement with Prophet Five, leading him and Nadia to investigate, while the rest of the APO team continues searching for Anna Espinosa, unaware that she has been duplicated by Project Helix to look like Sydney. Meanwhile, Tom travels to France to meet with Renee to look for a fugitive art dealer, named Moritz, whom has the stolen Rimbalid Page 47 artifact, and learn that it's a fake for the real one has with Sloan all this time. Also, Sydney offers Renee a job at APO, only to have fatal confrontation with Anna/Sydney, while Nadia has her own confrontation with her father over his renewed ...

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Plot Keywords:

serum | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

3 May 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

When Sloane is injecting the cure for Nadia, the serum is visible in the syringe. There is a section of air between the liquid and the bottom of the pump mechanism. A few moments later, after he pushes Jack Bristow off of him, the syringe is filled with liquid all the way to the bottom of the pump mechanism.

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Quotes

Arvin Sloane: [Voiceover the last shots of the episode. Jack finds out that Sloane killed Nadia, and Sydney finds Renee dead] A few days I was absolutely horrified that you would suggest that I turn against APO that I would kill my own daughter. I realize now that both were inevitable. That death is a necessary sacrifice; necessary to complete the final leg of this journey. And I have been preparing for this my whole life, I knew it was coming. I have betrayed everyone I ever loved, but I was chosen.
Joseph Ehrmann: We ...
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Soundtracks

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

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