I know what you mean--can't get enough of Alias. I've been watching the episodes and re-reading AA's
Verdantheart columns. Her interpretation of storyline and characterization really helped me better understand and appreciate each and every episode. Well, it's only natural that I didn't always agree with her episode critiques, but that was only natural. And it certainly made for interesting (and really sharp) poster replies. I really miss VH, along with her posters, and wish she and they would return to the boards, but of course that's not going to happen.
Regarding Season Four, I suppose you remember that the network (or whomever) rescheduled the episodes viewing order so that (as I remember) only the last five or six episodes were shown as originally scheduled. (Episode 5--"Welcome to Liberty Village"-- was originally scheduled as Episode 9.).Anyway, IMO, these numerical episode changes, while off-putting, were not really critically important enough to affect Season Four as a whole. Have fun! Persimmon--