And it comes full circle. With a bang, some teeth and a big red ball. Almost Thirty Years ties together the cacophony of plot strands tha...

For the first twenty minutes of this episode, a lot of mention is made of characters being flung off-track. Jack criticizes Sydney for los...

One of Alias ' neatest pleasures is its willingness to blur relationships and allegiances. What began as a show all about one woman...

This and the preceding episode have been frustratingly standalone in spirit. While a lot of Snowman is concerned with Laura Bristow (or, ...

It doesn't quite stick an aggressive pause on the show's propulsion, but Masquerade does initially come off as a little jarring, ...

Over the years, Alias ' issues as a series were frequently the fault of ABC. They wanted the show to evolve, and supported major chang...

It's interesting to suddenly spot the ideas percolating inside the head of J.J. Abrams, years before they're actually realized. Wa...

Page 47 marks the moment when Alias really blew up. Every writer knows that the greatest way to grant life to a storyline is to make it ...

It was inevitable that at some point down the line Sydney's path would cross with one of her friends during a mission. Surprisingly, T...

Alias is a show that is continually evolving over time, and it's clearest when it comes to its cast of players. The Box , superficial...

As long-term fans know, Alias started off a series that was frequently sort of silly but nevertheless grounded in some semblance of reality,...

Just as Alias ' narrative builds and builds, pushing through different episodes as missions blur into additional missions and so on, the...

Every decision Jack makes ends up confusing his daughter. It's natural that a parent would do everything to protect their child, and Jac...

Mea Culpa is the first episode to truly utilize Ron Rifkin. Prior to this week, Sloane has very much been an 'idea' rather than an ...

Eight episodes in, and Alias resembles more than anything a well-oiled machine. It hasn't become annoying or anything, but the show is a...

There's a strong recurring theme here that writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman keep coming back to: characters bending their prerogat...

Something that has set Alias apart from other series is the very thing I complimented it on just a couple of weeks ago, how the show is so f...

For its first four episodes, Alias was artificially all about disguises -- Sydney getting dolled up in ludicrous outfits to intercept, inter...

An all-together more low-key episode compared to the ones surrounding it, A Broken Heart takes a step back from the relentless spy hoodoo o...

Already, Alias has settled into a winning formula. Every episode so far has been driven by a standalone mission in which Sydney is ordered t...