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Alias

  • TV Series
  • 2001–20062001–2006
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  • 42m
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Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.
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    • Creator
      • J.J. Abrams
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Garner
      • Ron Rifkin
      • Carl Lumbly
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    • Creator
      • J.J. Abrams
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Garner
      • Ron Rifkin
      • Carl Lumbly
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    • 269User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 33 wins & 146 nominations total

    Episodes105

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    Jennifer Garner
    Jennifer Garner
    • Sydney Bristow…
    105 episodes105 eps • 2001–2006
    Ron Rifkin
    Ron Rifkin
    • Arvin Sloane
    105 episodes105 eps • 2001–2006
    Carl Lumbly
    Carl Lumbly
    • Marcus Dixon
    105 episodes105 eps • 2001–2006
    Kevin Weisman
    Kevin Weisman
    • Marshall Flinkman
    105 episodes105 eps • 2001–2006
    Victor Garber
    Victor Garber
    • Jack Bristow
    105 episodes105 eps • 2001–2006
    Michael Vartan
    Michael Vartan
    • Michael Vaughn
    96 episodes96 eps • 2001–2006
    Greg Grunberg
    Greg Grunberg
    • Eric Weiss
    68 episodes68 eps • 2001–2006
    David Anders
    David Anders
    • Julian Sark
    56 episodes56 eps • 2002–2006
    Merrin Dungey
    Merrin Dungey
    • Francie Calfo…
    47 episodes47 eps • 2001–2006
    Bradley Cooper
    Bradley Cooper
    • Will Tippin
    47 episodes47 eps • 2001–2006
    Mía Maestro
    Mía Maestro
    • Nadia Santos
    31 episodes31 eps • 2004–2006
    Lena Olin
    Lena Olin
    • Irina Derevko
    27 episodes27 eps • 2002–2006
    Melissa George
    Melissa George
    • Lauren Reed
    23 episodes23 eps • 2003–2005
    Terry O'Quinn
    Terry O'Quinn
    • F.B.I. Assistant Director Kendall
    18 episodes18 eps • 2002–2004
    Rachel Nichols
    Rachel Nichols
    • Rachel Gibson
    17 episodes17 eps • 2005–2006
    Balthazar Getty
    Balthazar Getty
    • Thomas Grace
    17 episodes17 eps • 2005–2006
    Amy Acker
    Amy Acker
    • Kelly Peyton
    13 episodes13 eps • 2005–2006
    Élodie Bouchez
    Élodie Bouchez
    • Renée Rienne…
    12 episodes12 eps • 2005–2006
    • Creator
      • J.J. Abrams
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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Garner's opening narration, which was used throughout season one, was literally phoned in. She was working on-location, and had to read it on the phone to J.J. Abrams, who was recording it on the other end.
    • Goofs
      In many of the episodes when Sydney visits other "countries", one can identify that filming took place in the US because of American telephones, traffic lights, types of signage, types of cars, architecture, door frames and door knobs in the background. Those are subtle for the most part but people living in the countries depicted feel that "something isn't quite right".
    • Quotes

      Weiss: Okay, whenever you want to have that talk...

      Vaughn: What talk?

      Weiss: About the cologne or whatever the hell you're wearing.

      Vaughn: I'm not wearing cologne.

      Weiss: Well, something's going on. No man naturally smells as good as you do right now.

    • Crazy credits
      All episodes end with the word "ALIAS" appearing on the screen, except for the final episode of the final season in which the message "Thank you for five wonderful years" appears on screen instead.
    • Alternate versions
      In the UK the sixty minute version aired when premiered on Channel 4, but because of the early time slot of the show (5:30pm) cuts to violence were made. The scenes in Taipei were Sydney is tortured were all cut and we only see this section of the episode when the flashbacks end and the episode's timeline catches up with the character in Taipei. Throughtout the series' duration on Channel 4, cuts were made frequently to the violence and sometimes bad language.
    • Connections
      Edited into Alias: The Lost Episode (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Alias Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by J.J. Abrams

      Performed by Michael Giacchino

    User reviews269

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    Enjoyable but not a grown up series and feels a bit forced at times
    Sidney Bristow is a college student who has an unusual job – she is a spy working for the CIA under secret conditions where not even her friends knows what she does. When her boyfriend proposes Sydney tells him what she does for a living and her employers kill him in line with procedures. Deciding to leave the agency before they kill her too Sydney discovers that she has actually been working for SD6, an agency that is actually a shadowy criminal organisation world-wide. Sydney joins the CIA and works as a double agent to help CIA Agent Vaughn to bring down SD6. She finds that her father is the other double agent within SD6 and the pair work together. While following her missions to uncover the work of the prophetic Rambaldi she must feed information back to the CIA without blowing her cover.

    When this series started on TV last year there was a lot of hype about it being the teenage 24 and other such things. When I saw the pilot I wasn't overly taken as it had too many `music video' moments and the action seemed forced. However I stuck with it and, once I got into the way it all works then it became actually quite enjoyable if not exactly gripping. The plot is pretty stretched – never more so when a run of 15 or so episodes are based around getting the work of a prophet who may have designed the ultimate weapon etc. However it is still quite fun to watch and moves along with a certain amount of energy and pace. The cliff hangers are often a little forced and didn't keep me waiting for the next show. In fact most of the `cliff hangers' are sorted out in the first few moments of the next episode.

    The overall theme of Sydney versus SD6 is one that runs consistently well even where the week to week plots may be weak. The action of the weekly missions is OK and I was glad to see that the series did not go the way of just putting Garner into different skimpy clothes each week as a way of getting an audience (although she does do that quite a lot!). Sydney's friends are also given reasonable side plots rather than just filling out the cast. The journalist is the best subplot although it isn't consistent and runs out of steam, while Francie's romances don't quite fit the rest of the action they do make an occasional change of pace.

    Garner is very sexy and can also act very well and is a good lead. She deservedly has had good film roles out of it. Vartan is very good as Vaughn and has a good chemistry with Garner without going overboard on the `will they won't they' thing. The support cast is full of famous faces who do sterling work – most noticeably Garber and Rifkin. Also the guest stars who come and go for a few episodes here and there are quite good with even Quentin Tarantino giving a good performance. It's not all perfect but the cast do good work generally.

    The series may not be well enough written and the thrills are mainly manufactured and temporary, although the running plot is enough to keep tension and excitement running through the show. Overall this series is polished and slick and is well serviced with a good cast and a reasonably good plot. Series one has been good if not great and I can see what series 2 will be dealing with. However I hope that they stop after 2 (or 3 at a push) series rather than taking it too far and outstaying it's welcome.

    Series one has been enjoyable if not perfect and I will be looking forward to series two, I hope it can keep up the energy, polish and enjoyment of the first series and maybe even improve on it's weaknesses.
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    • Feb 3, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Bulgarian
      • Arabic
      • Cantonese
      • French
      • German
      • Hebrew
      • Hindi
      • Hungarian
      • Indonesian
      • Italian
      • Japanese
      • Portuguese
      • Romanian
      • Russian
      • Spanish
      • Thai
      • Ukrainian
      • Uzbek
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Bí Danh
    • Filming locations
      • U.S. Bank Tower - 633 W. Fifth Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Television
      • Bad Robot
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    • Runtime
      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3
      • 16:9 HD

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