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Oh! I forgot to mention this but how cool was that scene in China where Garner shows her skills with the sai that she picked up while training for "Daredevil"?? It was like a mini-Elektra sequel

What an episode last night for plot crumbs!!! First of all, Syd and Jack find Lazarey's hand, complete with a Rombaldi tattoo, freshly cut off four months ago AFTER Syd regained consciousness. Looks like she didn't kill Lazarey after all. That dream sequence was something else... did anyone else notice that all the presents at her "birthday party" were Rombaldi artifacts? Also, another "47" reference. Now we have page 47, server 47, AND room 47!

It looks like Sloane is getting closer to his master plan, whatever it is. And it also looks like Lindsey ain't a true patriot. Big surprise there. I hope he gets what's coming to him before Christmas. At this point, the list of who might kill him is growing by leaps and bounds... Syd, Jack, Lauren, and Dixon all have good motivation!

Taking Dixon in in front of his kids was a really rotten thing to do. I hope Dixon starts to get more stuff to do... though I've really enjoyed seeing Jack work in the field. I love the concept of Jack having safehouses with weapons and money all around the world!

And finally, next week, the return of Will!!! Can Allison be far behind? And, of course the inevitable return of Irina... can't wait.

My only reservation is that, even with the express intent of making the show easier to get into (which was why they offed SD-6, a great move last season,) it's getting pretty dang hard to keep hold of all the plolines. Let's hope they resolve the mystery of Syd's missing 2 years soon and move on to other mysteries, like Sloane's master plan and how Syd, Jack, and Irina fit into it.

A-HA! I knew it! Well, sorta ... those dream sequences were outa control -- I only wish they addressed that scar of hers. I can't believe that scrub at the NSC actually knows Sloane's real endgame -- is it possible? (I tend to doubt it only because if he knows it, a bunch of others in the NSC would and that doesn't seem to make dramatic sense) Either way, I don't believe Sloane would actually try to kill Syd. Though I almost hope he does -- it'd be a surprise for him to actually want her dead.

I never cared for Wil, though I wonder what necessitates bringing him back? I almost hope he gets killed.

My latest theory musings on my fave show:

Irina has to be involved with Lazarey (He was a Russian diplomat!). That would confirm my suspicion that Sarc is Syd's half brother if Irina is his mom too! Maybe we could totally jump the shark here and find out that Syd has an evil twin sister who is the one who offed Lazarey in the video. Who knows how many progeny Irina has out there!

I think Irina is connected to the Covenant (maybe the head honcho!) and has made a deal with them to save Sydney; in exchange, they would use Sydney for their own purposes.

Just got this update from Dark Horizons and its a bit spoilerish:

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Isabella Rossellini will star in an upcoming role as Sydney's aunt and sister of Irina (Lena Olin) who may have had an affair with Jack.

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This is very interesting news, but I'm ready to see Lena Olin herself. She added so much to this show last season.

So instead of Lena Olin we get Isabella Roselini last episode. She did a fine job, but it seemed to me like a fill-in for Irina and they just couldn't get Olin and made up a "sister" instead. I could be wrong, but that's certainly how it seemed.

And no more mention of the 2yr gap? So that's it? She did it to herself for the sake of (yet another) Rimbaldi artifact and it's done? If so, I'm disappointed that there wasn't more to it and that they skate past the fact that Julia Thorne did some questionable things (like be a slut) and it turns out Syd was in control the whole time? I'm starting to feel the same way when "24" showed that the virus scare was really Jack's secret plot -- that they're really just making this up as they go along and just move so fast before we have time to question the twist they just threw at us.

They've been using Rimbaldi as a convenient and persistent McGuffin as excuses for their various CIA missions without much need to really explain what it's all about, but they can only string us along for so long without tying things together so that all this running around matters at all.

The fact that their missions are based on Rimbaldi makes it so easy for them to be vague about explanations -- real world CIA ops have to have political ramifications and consequences after all. I can make certain consessions to a plot contrivance, but it's starting to bother me that even the creators may have no idea what Rimbaldi was really up to.

So Tarantino's back as the "Man in front of the Man", not to confuse things since he previously worked for "The Man" who turned out to be Syd's mother --- is it a different "Man" this time? Will they actually bother explaining how he got out of government holding or will they just let that little detail slide like they seem to let a lot of other stuff slide. One thing about a tv show is that unlike comics, unless you're taping it, you can't pour over the details to catch little plot holes and this series has been leaving them all over the place. It's still a fun ride, but as I said above, they seem to keep the pace they do partly to keep you from looking back and noticing those things.

The whole "Sloan as Syd's father" thing is going to be coming up again and I wouldn't be surprised if it were a lie -- not Sloan's, but Irina's, telling Sloan she was his daughter as a way to protect her maybe (or maybe as part of an even bigger plot).

So it turns out Sloan "might" be Syd's father -- not a big surprise there. I almost wish that he said that he was, cuz he could still be wrong or he (or Irina) could've been lying. The fact that he himself is unsure made it a wimpy "revelation".

The latest episode was like watching the late, lamented "Boomtown", where they had overlapping narratives that replayed over each other from different characters' POV. I thought it was done very effectively here to set up Syd/Vaughn and Lauren/Sark as opposites -- they're a good rival couple.

What's interesting about the dynamic is that Syd and Vaughn are all about repression -- they can't admit their feelings, they have glances and unspoken emotions, whereas Sark and Lauren just let it all loose -- they do what they think, they screw at a moment's notice and are just a lot more fun as a couple .

I agree with your S&V vs L&S comparison. And I love your theory about Irina lying to Sloane to protect Sydney.

Did you notice the first time Lauren is in a wig it happens to be a darker shade of red, reminiscent of Sydney's first disguise in the premiere episode where she dons a bright red wig? Seeing Lauren run with that wig on reminded me of that first show.

So, any new predictions? Anyone else not trust that psychiatrist who just bedded Sloane? How will Sarc escape custody this time? Lauren to the rescue?

Honestly, it was kinda creepy seeing Sloane in bed with the psychiatrist -- it was a surprise too since she seemed to be a level-headed person.

Last week the show took the premise of "Boomtown" and ran with it, this week they're doing "Mission Impossible" with all the subterfuge (I expect they'll do an episode in real time a la "24" any week now). It's too bad they didn't have Vaughn put on a false face to pose as Sark (btw, I know why Vaughn was on the plane for dramatic purposes, but it made absolutely no sense for him to get that assignment since Sark would've recognized him instantly (despite the glasses he wore as a disguise).

Ricky Gervaise of "The Office" was great here -- he had the right level of ruthlessness and cockiness to keep everyone on their toes.
But of course nobody can out bad-ass Jack Bristow! Killing the guy just to resuscitate him was a great scene.

I wasn't thrilled with using Dixon's children as hostages as the drama for last week's episode. Kids in danger is a real turn off for me.

Could it be the venomous Lauren showed an ounce of heart?

Is it a far off guess that the real head of the Covenant is Irina herself?

It would make sense of Tarantino's "I'm the man in front of the man" statement since he previously worked for "The Man" who turned out to be Irina.

Lauren's mom is in on the evil action too? Maybe Lauren and Sydney have more in common than they thought.

Here's a CSI-like loophole with Sen. Reid's death. He was shot head on (pun intended), so how can they rule it a suicide when the position of the gunshot would presumably be different if he aimed the gun at his head himself?

As we count down to the end of season, I suspect the only way Sloane will get out of his death sentence is if it's revealed he is in fact Syd's dad and she will somehow get him out. I hope neither scenario is the case and that Irina will make a final episode appearance to bust him loose. Her absence this season, but the clever ways they've managed to include her without seeing her make me salivate for more.

Not to mention there'd be no powder residue on his hand...

But anyway, "Alias" is one of those shows that moves so fast that you have to accept they're skipping a whole lotta logic to get to the next setup. I've gotten used to the fact that all this Rambaldi nonsense is probably being made up on the fly and most likely makes no sense if you look at all her missions since the show began. I am glad, however that Sloane's plans, the secret the monk revealed to him and the whole "peace" thing was finally explained. I still feel the "Sydney's lost two years" plot fell flat by how it was resolved.

I think they really need to tie up the Rambaldi quest by the end of this season to breathe some new life in the show (they can't just keep bringing in more of Syd's relatives -- what's next? Sydney's artificially aged teenage daughter/clone?). It worked when they destroyed SD-6 seemingly out of nowhere and restructured the show, it will work again if they find Sydney a new MacGuffin to chase (since this is a fantasy CIA show and they don't want to touch real world politics).