I enjoyed this week’s ep of Alias much more than the rest of the season so far (And, NO, it was not because of the Syd/Vaughn shower scene!). I enjoyed it because I thought they brought back several consistencies from prior seasons, and revealed the possibilities for developments which will provide more consistency for this season as well. Stuff I liked:
1) Santa Barbara. Was anyone else yelling “They were supposed to go to Santa Barbara! He was going to propose!” at the screen while Vaughn was telling the story of “Dave and Karen’s” engagement? Just me? I was afraid of that.
2) The books. I was happy to see Irina’s books brought back on stage. Tying in details all the way from season 1 when Francie spilled the lemonade on them.
3) Elayna Derevko. I’m still mourning Irina. I’m glad they’re developing another Derevko story line. My theory: Sentinel/Elayna will tie in to the picture of Irina holding her “niece” that Nadia was trying to find out about. Jack and Sloane both reacted suspiciously, and both obviously knew exactly who that baby was and didn’t want to tell Nadia. Jack took a little time to think out his answer before telling Nadia that Irina told him it was “her niece”. Will it turn out to be Nadia? Is she really Syd’s cousin? My hope is that they will once and for all wrap up “the Prophecy” and Syd’s harvested eggs. Perhaps Project Christmas, too. Those were just too big a deal to forget about, and if the writers want to walk away from those story lines, they need to give me some closure first. They only write for me, right?
4) Weiss and Nadia. But it doesn’t make up for bringing Weiss into the APO. It was wrong. So very wrong.
5) 47. I've missed the references to the number 47 that were present in every ep of season 1 and 2. Could be they just hid it more s3, but this week's was a shout out to us "old school" Alias fans with Sloane pointing out that the couple Syd and Vaughn would be impersonating were responsible for a bombing that killed 47 people.
Questions I still want answers for:
1)Sloane’s endgame. Remember the paper he was shown by Director Lindsey in the parking garage. It was whatever was on that paper that made him (at least pretend to) agree to assassinate Syd. We never found out what was on the paper cause Lindsey got shot. It was never really addressed.
2)Project S.A.B. 47. We’ve been told that the papers Syd found in the bank dep box revealed that Jack killed Irina. But the page that we saw in the season finale read “Project S.A.B. 47” (SAB being Syd’s initials), and listed Syd’s birthdate as the date the project began. What project? Project Christmas? There has to be more to those papers than Irina’s murder.
Okay. That's wraps up my Alias ramblings for this week.
It does seem like it is getting a little better. You don't think, though, that Irina is going to turn up alive?
Posted by: Scott at Enero 31, 2005 11:41 PMNah. The reason they "killed off" Irina is because Lena Olin, the actress who plays Irina, has refused the multiple attempts at negotiations and enormous amounts of money that ABC has offered her to come back even for one episode. She lives in NY and has two kids, and feels that she has to put her family before her career. How selfish of her, huh? :) Anyway, I think they are going to try to shift the Irina story to her sister, Elayna, with the Sentinel story line. All this is just spec, though, I haven't been on any boards lately or read any spoilers about this story line.
Posted by: willa at Febrero 15, 2005 12:44 PM