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:: Alias season 2 ::
by William the Bloody
When we last left Sydney, at the nail-biting finale of season 1...
She was tied to a chair about to come face to face with the new player on the Rimbauldi scene, "the Man," only to discover that "the Man" is her long-lost-not-dead-after-all mother, and Sydney's on the wrong end of a gun barrel. I'll not spoil the details, but of course our heroine escapes to fight another day and continue her work on taking down SD-6 and its man in charge Arvin Sloan. This season advances this plot ahead by leaps and bounds and doesn't give it the chance to get boring or redundant. The CIA get added help from Sydney's own enemy of the country mother, when she turns herself in to them by simply walking in the front door and surrendering. It is her help and knowledge of the black market and crime underworlds which catapult the CIA to the head of the game. But... can she be trusted? This is the same woman who married Jack Bristow on the orders of the KGB 30 years ago in order to seduce CIA intel from him. Has this leopard finally changed her spots?
The Good: The acting, as usual, was phenomenal. The characters are even better. Even Sloan, the man we're supposed to hate, comes off as genuinely sympathetic at the appropriate times. This season brings in some lovely additions as well, like Sydney's mother and her right hand henchman, Sark. There was the unexpected added bonus of a story arc involving lovable spy-tech guy Marshal's first field mission, which both amused and thrilled. The writing, if possible, is even more taught than in season 1. Season 2 brings more exciting tales, sexy outfits, exotic locales, character definition, ass-kicking, plot-twisting, romance, and excitement to the table. Genuine edge of your seat-must-know-what-happens-next moments! One of the greatest cat-fights of all time!
The Bad: Sorry if I'm spoiling this for you, but Sydney and Vaughn hook up. This is always disappointing to me when this sort of thing happens. Can't a good looking woman and good looking man work together and NOT wind up a couple? Why must they ALWAYS become romantically involved? Just bothers me is all. The "one guy trusts Sydney's mother but this other guy doesn't" routine got pretty bothersome after a while.
Overall, a more watchful eye to continuity and a really good eye for under the radar season long plot lines and twists advances this season above and beyond the first. The star, Jennifer Garner, is still as cute as ever and watching her kick butt does not get boring. The super-secret spy action, budding romances, advancing Rimbauldi mysteries, shifting allegiances, deaths, and non-stop thrills are pure gold.
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