Alias 5x07
Nov. 17th, 2005 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaznettiAfter the introspection of last week's episode, the sense that the show was taking some of it's premises apart, this week we had a big plot-moving episode.
Although I'm not entirely sure that we aren't running in place -- but of course there's a certain neatness in a show taking the season's villain out in the seventh episode without actually changing the status quo: Sloane is still playing both sides, for Nadia's sake. Prophet 5 remains a mystery. No one learns anything, at least on the surface, although we do get confirmation that there's some serious government involvement. And I'm interested by Peyton as a villain -- in charge, I mean.
I was deeply amused to see one of Sydney's old professors catching up with her -- and recognizing her immediately, which no one else seems to do. I also like the way the episode picks up partway through the story, without the "36 hours earlier" nonsense.
So Alias has decided to go the torture route this year. Not entirely sure how I feel about that; I kind of wish that hadn't happened. I may write more about it some other day. I don't think that there's really any difference between what happened here and the finger-breaking and small-appliance-electrocuting on last season's 24. And I am saddened by Marshall's involvement, but not really surprised.
There was space for some nice character moments -- Jack and Sydney at the end, Sydney telling Rachel to hit Dean again. But Sloane owned this episode. I love that he can be both deeply sympathetic and deeply unsympathetic, all at the same time. I fear that there will be repercussions when (inevitably) Sydney finds out that he came clean only to betray them again. And yet this tactic too is going to wear out -- unless they do go ahead and cure Nadia, but keep her dependent on some medication, and even that will be useless once Sloane finds out what it is. We're going to need a bit more information on this group soon, I'm afraid.
It felt fairly workmanlike, to me. Not in a bad way, but as if they were moving pieces around to move everything forward; I'm just not certain what getting Dean out of the way does, aside from assuring Sloane's cooperation with Prophet 5. Is that even the name of this group?
But, speaking of moving things forward, I cackled like a madwoman at the promo for the next episode! is it still a casting spoiler once the individual in question has appeared in the teaser?
Although I'm not entirely sure that we aren't running in place -- but of course there's a certain neatness in a show taking the season's villain out in the seventh episode without actually changing the status quo: Sloane is still playing both sides, for Nadia's sake. Prophet 5 remains a mystery. No one learns anything, at least on the surface, although we do get confirmation that there's some serious government involvement. And I'm interested by Peyton as a villain -- in charge, I mean.
I was deeply amused to see one of Sydney's old professors catching up with her -- and recognizing her immediately, which no one else seems to do. I also like the way the episode picks up partway through the story, without the "36 hours earlier" nonsense.
So Alias has decided to go the torture route this year. Not entirely sure how I feel about that; I kind of wish that hadn't happened. I may write more about it some other day. I don't think that there's really any difference between what happened here and the finger-breaking and small-appliance-electrocuting on last season's 24. And I am saddened by Marshall's involvement, but not really surprised.
There was space for some nice character moments -- Jack and Sydney at the end, Sydney telling Rachel to hit Dean again. But Sloane owned this episode. I love that he can be both deeply sympathetic and deeply unsympathetic, all at the same time. I fear that there will be repercussions when (inevitably) Sydney finds out that he came clean only to betray them again. And yet this tactic too is going to wear out -- unless they do go ahead and cure Nadia, but keep her dependent on some medication, and even that will be useless once Sloane finds out what it is. We're going to need a bit more information on this group soon, I'm afraid.
It felt fairly workmanlike, to me. Not in a bad way, but as if they were moving pieces around to move everything forward; I'm just not certain what getting Dean out of the way does, aside from assuring Sloane's cooperation with Prophet 5. Is that even the name of this group?
But, speaking of moving things forward, I cackled like a madwoman at the promo for the next episode! is it still a casting spoiler once the individual in question has appeared in the teaser?
