This is why I love Alias. The episode encompassed every element of the show. We got Sydney’s family life, her social life, and her professional life. There was a perfect balance between all of these three elements that make this show great. Loved the episode.

          My favourite scene had to have been the scene on the Santa Monica pier. Sydney, under all that courage and strength, is a troubled young woman. She feels the effects of pain, solitude, and rejection. She hasn’t fully recovered from Danny’s death and is mentioned of the tragedy every day by looking at Sloane across the boardroom desk. She is not able to truly confess her feelings to her two best friends. She looks for the single second at home where she can give a fraction of the truth. She cries inside and Francie cannot hear her sorrow. Furthermore, her father is too intimidated by his daughter. He can’t sit alone across his daughter and talk. It’s unknown to Jack. They are merely strangers. Sydney is ready to make the commitment. Jack is not ready. There must be some hidden secrets of his past he keeps buried under that stiff and intimidating figure.

          Sydney and Vaughn really got close. From the car wash scene to the scene on the pier, we got a real connection. I didn’t know that Sydney thought that Vaughn had a wife. He says he has a girlfriend and he had a huge fight. Boy, he really looked pissed. I personally like Michael Vaughn. He’s a good friend for Sydney to have. He is her only confidante. He knows she’s a double agent. He feels the pain she has endured. He has grown to know and care for his agent. What he said on the pier really did move me. It was great writing.

          Francie had some great work this week. She always puts a smile on my face. Sydney actually got to do some spy work with her best friend. They were spying on Charlie. Sydney was even giving her friend some spy advice. Will tried to mend the awkwardness of “The Kiss” by kissing Sydney again. That was even more awkward. Furthermore, he finds out that Danny was not registered at a medical conference and he wasn’t traveling with Sydney. He was traveling with a woman named Kate Jones, but Kate Jones is one of Sydney’s aliases. Will is getting closer to Sydney’s secret. Get scared.

          We got some more Rambaldi and Anna Espinosa. The Golden Sun is a synthetic polymer. Am I supposed to know what that means? SD-6 found the church’s co-ordinates by using the completed code in Berlin. The Sol d’Oro (Golden Sun) was made 500 years ago. I’m lost with this mystery. However, Sloane said that for the last ten years of Rambaldi’s life, he was working on a big project. Rambaldi has become SD-6’s main priority. We’re getting more of this guy. Meanwhile, Sydney and Anna had an awesome fight in Malaga. Sydney beat her.

Syd’s Tips

-          When caught fighting in a marketplace, accuse your attacker of overpricing his products.

Mission Files:

SD-6 MISSION

ALIAS: None

LOCATION: Malaga, Spain

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: None

MARSHALL’S GADGETS: None

OJECTIVE: Retrieve the Sol d’Oro from the church in Spain.

SD-6 MISSION

ALIAS: Kate Jones, traveling with Mindspring Learning Tours.

LOCATION: Morocco

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: NONE

MARSHALL’S GADGETS:

-          Parabolic microphone/purse

OBJECTIVE: Record a conversation between Luc Jacqnoud and an unknown client, later to be identified Malik Sawari.

CIA COUNTERMISSION: Give the details of the mission to Agent Vaughn.

SD-6 MISSION

ALIAS: Conference attendee

LOCATION: São Paulo, Brazil

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: Spanish

MARSHALL’S GADGETS: None

OBJECTIVE: Sydney and Dixon were supposed to locate Patel and recover the weapon.

CIA COUNTERMISSION: Sydney was supposed to identify the minister member that SD-6 was really tying to protect. Mission not accomplished.

Quotable Quotes

-          Syd: “An order? We need to have a talk when I get back to Los Angeles.”

-          Francie: “He has a law review in an hour.”

Syd: “You want to follow him?”

Francie: “So much I can’t even tell you.”

-          Francie: “You’re a good friend you know that.”

Sydney: “I know.” Syd’s stuck doing spy work with her best friend.

-          Sloane: “They believe it was made 500 years ago.”

Dixon: “Before there were synthetic polymers?”

Sloane: “And so the mystery continues.” It will for awhile.

-          Sydney in Jack’s mind: “It’s only a matter of time before I know the truth.” What truth?

-          Vaughn: “You just threw your beeper in the Pacific.”

Some Finale Notes

-          It feels like I’ve covered everything.

-          Syd had a great fight with the guy who had broken her arm in Corsica.

-          We heard of SD-3.

-          This week’s cliffhanger: Sydney is suspended over a covert surgery.

I loved the episode. As long as we have more Rambaldi and Anna Espinosa, I’ll be happy. 4 out of 5 stars.

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