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Hi. For those interested, I thought I'd create a handy-dandy little topic from which you can link to my columns and any essays and such I end up writing. I'll update this as I add new stuff. I hope this turns out to be helpful.
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Season 5 (2005 - 2006)
01 Prophet Five: Family: Catchy, but dated
02 ...1...: Family: Who says I trust you?
03 The Shed: Family: Deja vu all over again
04 Mockingbird: Family: To kill a mockingbird
05 Out of the Box: Family: Your daughter's very lovely
06 Solo: Family: Freaked and embarrassed
08 Bob: Family: What about Bob?
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Season 4 (2005)
01 - 02 Authorized Personnel Only: Family: You look familiar
03 The Awful Truth: Family: The problem at hand
04 Ice: Family: Forgiveness is a tricky thing
04 Ice: Dad: The photo
05 Welcome to Liberty Village: Family: Bowling night
06 Nocturne: Family: Dope show
07 Detente: Family: Reconciling the past
08 Echoes: Family: This endless pit of confusion
09 A Man of His Word: Family: What about your faith?
10 The Index: Family: It's good to be back
10 The Index: Dad: Whatever you find out
11 The Road Home: Family: The way home
10 The Road Home: Dad: Give them rope
12 The Orphan: Family: La femme Nadia
13 Tuesday: Family: Marshall's on his way
14 Nightingale: Family: Desperation and exploitation
14 Nightingale: Dad: Between us
15 Pandora: Family: You have it all figured out
16 Another Mister Sloane: Family: Doubt and belief
17 A Clean Conscience: Family: A casualty of this business
17 A Clean Conscience: Dad: How this is going to end
18 Mirage: Family: It's unsettling, isn't it?
18 Mirage: Dad: Even his delusions are lucid
19 In Dreams . . .: Family: The terrible things I've done
20 The Descent: Family: He chose me
21 Search and Rescue: Family: Crazier things have happened
22 Before the Flood: Family: Go, end this
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Essay: Thoughts about season 4 [written around #14, "Nightingale"]
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Season 3 (2003 - 2004)
01 The Two: Family: That's why I love this business
01 The Two: Dad: You probably already know this but . . .
02 Succession: Family: Getting background
02 Succession: Dad: Missing you
03 Reunion: Family: Interoffice gossip
03 Reunion: Dad: As long as I'm alive
04 A Missing Link: Family: Punishment
04 A Missing Link: Dad: Compartmentalizing Julia
05 Repercussions: Family: This is classic
05 Repercussions: Dad: Payback
06 The Nemesis: Family: I'm as curious as you are
07 Prelude: Family: The nightmare begins
07 Prelude: Dad: Moral compromises
08 Breaking Point: Family: Kicking some NSC booty
08 Breaking Point: Dad: You're starting to like me again
09 Conscious: Family: I say we get this party started
10 Remnants: Family: I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity
10 Remnants: Dad: You and I have something in common
11 Full Disclosure: Family: Then why am I Sydney Bristow?
12 Crossings: Family: Isn't that what family's for?
12 Crossings: Dad: You never forget what that feels like
13 After Six: Family: This one wears on me
14 Blowback: Family: You want my secret?
15 Facade: Family: I don't know what I'm looking at
16 Taken: Family: Not if I see you first, Love
16 Taken: Dad: I take no pleasure in this
17 The Frame: Family: Supposition and innuendo
17 The Frame: Dad: You know where my loyalties lie
18 Unveiled: Family: Professional paranoia
18 Unveiled: Dad: In spite of everything
19 The Hourglass: Family: The net result of a father's passion
19 The Hourglass: Dad: This was not done out of compassion
20 Blood Ties: Family: I only wish there could be another way
20 Blood Ties: Dad: The key to Rambaldi's endgame
21 Legacy: Family: Seething to the surface
21 Legacy: Dad: It was impossible not to be intrigued
22 Resurrection: Family: Closure
22 Resurrection: Dad: It's nothing
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Season summary: Family: Assume nothing
Season summary: Dad: Not an unfamiliar situation
Essay: Why don't we like season 3 as well? [written after #13, "After Six"]
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Season 2 (2002 - 2003)
01 The Enemy Walks In: Family: Sometimes a man (and daughter) must awake
01 The Enemy Walks In: Dad: Why I like Jack
02 Trust Me: Family: Blackmail
03 Cipher: Family: Decoding Irina
03 Cipher: Dad: Jack delivers a message
04 Dead Drop: Family: Hidden agenda
04 Dead Drop: Dad: Building a wall
05 The Indicator: Family: Geometry
05 The Indicator: Dad: Ends, means, and consequences
06 Salvation: Family: Your greatest mistake
06 Salvation: Dad: The promise of my own redemption
07 The Counteragent: Family: The door closes
07 The Counteragent: Dad: A brief discourse on wives
08 Passage Part 1: Family: Home is where the hurt is
08 Passage Part 1: Dad: You can't leave it behind
09 Passage Part 2: Family: Into unknown territory
09 Passage Part 2: Dad: The star whose worth's unknown
10 The Abduction: Family: The ties that bind
10 The Abduction: Dad: The hostage heart
11 A Higher Echelon: Family: Quicksand
11 A Higher Echelon: Dad: Jack endures the spotlight
12 The Getaway: Family: Three couples unite
12 The Getaway: Dad: Letting go
13 Phase One: Family: Sydney's and Sloane's silver bullet
13 Phase One: Dad: They're doing some work . . .
14 Double Agent: Family: A double for this column
15 A Free Agent: Family: Freedom to forgive
16 Firebomb: Family: Sydney's burning obsession
16 Firebomb: Dad: A little polite chit-chat while we wait . . .
17 A Dark Turn: Family: Would you betray someone you love?
17 A Dark Turn: Dad: Just close your eyes, dear (blindness)
18 Truth Takes Time: Family: What I'm pursuing is truth
18 Truth Takes Time: Dad: An honorable husband, father figure, SOB
19 Endgame: Family: I am not Irina Derevko!
19 Endgame: Dad: A mistake I'm not anxious to repeat
20 Countdown: Family: Lost wives, lost lives
21 Second Double: Family: Meeting you destroyed my life
21 Second Double: Dad: I'm not cut out for management anyway
22 The Telling: Family: Through the looking glass
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Season summary: Family: The telltale heart
Season summary: Dad: You've proven far more compelling . . .
Season summary: Season 2 cliffhanger theory list
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Season 1 (2001 - 2002)
Planned as a fun summer project to keep me busy while awaiting the DVDs and 3rd season.
01 Truth Be Told: Family: The world is a nightmare
02 So It Begins: Family: Draw me a map
03 Parity: Family: Still fashioning our separate lives
04 A Broken Heart: Family: Hearts break, but their beat goes on
05 Doppelganger: Family: Who are you?
06 Reckoning: Family: Have a little faith . . .
07 Color-Blind: TBD pending receipt of entire episode
08 Time Will Tell: Family: There are easier jobs
09 Mea Culpa: Family: Living in a puzzle
10 Spirit: Family: The coming darkness
11 Confession: Family: Jack coughs up a secret
12 The Box, Part 1: Family: Denial
13 The Box, Part 2: Family: Sydney packs it away
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Miscellaneous Essays
Jack as tragic hero discusses similarities between Jack and the classic and modern tragic hero.
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Fiction
The Flour Moth: Jack's POV, set in the past, speculates on the origins of and reasons for his estrangement from Sydney. [written before the end of season 2]
The 47th Piece: Set post season 2, with flashbacks to the time of Jack and Laura's marriage. [written before the beginning of season 3]
Endgame: What might have happened the night of "Laura's" "death"/disappearance. [written before the beginning of season 3]
Hope I posted this in the right category!
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Season 5 (2005 - 2006)
01 Prophet Five: Family: Catchy, but dated
02 ...1...: Family: Who says I trust you?
03 The Shed: Family: Deja vu all over again
04 Mockingbird: Family: To kill a mockingbird
05 Out of the Box: Family: Your daughter's very lovely
06 Solo: Family: Freaked and embarrassed
08 Bob: Family: What about Bob?
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Season 4 (2005)
01 - 02 Authorized Personnel Only: Family: You look familiar
03 The Awful Truth: Family: The problem at hand
04 Ice: Family: Forgiveness is a tricky thing
04 Ice: Dad: The photo
05 Welcome to Liberty Village: Family: Bowling night
06 Nocturne: Family: Dope show
07 Detente: Family: Reconciling the past
08 Echoes: Family: This endless pit of confusion
09 A Man of His Word: Family: What about your faith?
10 The Index: Family: It's good to be back
10 The Index: Dad: Whatever you find out
11 The Road Home: Family: The way home
10 The Road Home: Dad: Give them rope
12 The Orphan: Family: La femme Nadia
13 Tuesday: Family: Marshall's on his way
14 Nightingale: Family: Desperation and exploitation
14 Nightingale: Dad: Between us
15 Pandora: Family: You have it all figured out
16 Another Mister Sloane: Family: Doubt and belief
17 A Clean Conscience: Family: A casualty of this business
17 A Clean Conscience: Dad: How this is going to end
18 Mirage: Family: It's unsettling, isn't it?
18 Mirage: Dad: Even his delusions are lucid
19 In Dreams . . .: Family: The terrible things I've done
20 The Descent: Family: He chose me
21 Search and Rescue: Family: Crazier things have happened
22 Before the Flood: Family: Go, end this
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Essay: Thoughts about season 4 [written around #14, "Nightingale"]
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Season 3 (2003 - 2004)
01 The Two: Family: That's why I love this business
01 The Two: Dad: You probably already know this but . . .
02 Succession: Family: Getting background
02 Succession: Dad: Missing you
03 Reunion: Family: Interoffice gossip
03 Reunion: Dad: As long as I'm alive
04 A Missing Link: Family: Punishment
04 A Missing Link: Dad: Compartmentalizing Julia
05 Repercussions: Family: This is classic
05 Repercussions: Dad: Payback
06 The Nemesis: Family: I'm as curious as you are
07 Prelude: Family: The nightmare begins
07 Prelude: Dad: Moral compromises
08 Breaking Point: Family: Kicking some NSC booty
08 Breaking Point: Dad: You're starting to like me again
09 Conscious: Family: I say we get this party started
10 Remnants: Family: I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity
10 Remnants: Dad: You and I have something in common
11 Full Disclosure: Family: Then why am I Sydney Bristow?
12 Crossings: Family: Isn't that what family's for?
12 Crossings: Dad: You never forget what that feels like
13 After Six: Family: This one wears on me
14 Blowback: Family: You want my secret?
15 Facade: Family: I don't know what I'm looking at
16 Taken: Family: Not if I see you first, Love
16 Taken: Dad: I take no pleasure in this
17 The Frame: Family: Supposition and innuendo
17 The Frame: Dad: You know where my loyalties lie
18 Unveiled: Family: Professional paranoia
18 Unveiled: Dad: In spite of everything
19 The Hourglass: Family: The net result of a father's passion
19 The Hourglass: Dad: This was not done out of compassion
20 Blood Ties: Family: I only wish there could be another way
20 Blood Ties: Dad: The key to Rambaldi's endgame
21 Legacy: Family: Seething to the surface
21 Legacy: Dad: It was impossible not to be intrigued
22 Resurrection: Family: Closure
22 Resurrection: Dad: It's nothing
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Season summary: Family: Assume nothing
Season summary: Dad: Not an unfamiliar situation
Essay: Why don't we like season 3 as well? [written after #13, "After Six"]
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Season 2 (2002 - 2003)
01 The Enemy Walks In: Family: Sometimes a man (and daughter) must awake
01 The Enemy Walks In: Dad: Why I like Jack
02 Trust Me: Family: Blackmail
03 Cipher: Family: Decoding Irina
03 Cipher: Dad: Jack delivers a message
04 Dead Drop: Family: Hidden agenda
04 Dead Drop: Dad: Building a wall
05 The Indicator: Family: Geometry
05 The Indicator: Dad: Ends, means, and consequences
06 Salvation: Family: Your greatest mistake
06 Salvation: Dad: The promise of my own redemption
07 The Counteragent: Family: The door closes
07 The Counteragent: Dad: A brief discourse on wives
08 Passage Part 1: Family: Home is where the hurt is
08 Passage Part 1: Dad: You can't leave it behind
09 Passage Part 2: Family: Into unknown territory
09 Passage Part 2: Dad: The star whose worth's unknown
10 The Abduction: Family: The ties that bind
10 The Abduction: Dad: The hostage heart
11 A Higher Echelon: Family: Quicksand
11 A Higher Echelon: Dad: Jack endures the spotlight
12 The Getaway: Family: Three couples unite
12 The Getaway: Dad: Letting go
13 Phase One: Family: Sydney's and Sloane's silver bullet
13 Phase One: Dad: They're doing some work . . .
14 Double Agent: Family: A double for this column
15 A Free Agent: Family: Freedom to forgive
16 Firebomb: Family: Sydney's burning obsession
16 Firebomb: Dad: A little polite chit-chat while we wait . . .
17 A Dark Turn: Family: Would you betray someone you love?
17 A Dark Turn: Dad: Just close your eyes, dear (blindness)
18 Truth Takes Time: Family: What I'm pursuing is truth
18 Truth Takes Time: Dad: An honorable husband, father figure, SOB
19 Endgame: Family: I am not Irina Derevko!
19 Endgame: Dad: A mistake I'm not anxious to repeat
20 Countdown: Family: Lost wives, lost lives
21 Second Double: Family: Meeting you destroyed my life
21 Second Double: Dad: I'm not cut out for management anyway
22 The Telling: Family: Through the looking glass
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Season summary: Family: The telltale heart
Season summary: Dad: You've proven far more compelling . . .
Season summary: Season 2 cliffhanger theory list
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Season 1 (2001 - 2002)
Planned as a fun summer project to keep me busy while awaiting the DVDs and 3rd season.
01 Truth Be Told: Family: The world is a nightmare
02 So It Begins: Family: Draw me a map
03 Parity: Family: Still fashioning our separate lives
04 A Broken Heart: Family: Hearts break, but their beat goes on
05 Doppelganger: Family: Who are you?
06 Reckoning: Family: Have a little faith . . .
07 Color-Blind: TBD pending receipt of entire episode
08 Time Will Tell: Family: There are easier jobs
09 Mea Culpa: Family: Living in a puzzle
10 Spirit: Family: The coming darkness
11 Confession: Family: Jack coughs up a secret
12 The Box, Part 1: Family: Denial
13 The Box, Part 2: Family: Sydney packs it away
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Miscellaneous Essays
Jack as tragic hero discusses similarities between Jack and the classic and modern tragic hero.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fiction
The Flour Moth: Jack's POV, set in the past, speculates on the origins of and reasons for his estrangement from Sydney. [written before the end of season 2]
The 47th Piece: Set post season 2, with flashbacks to the time of Jack and Laura's marriage. [written before the beginning of season 3]
Endgame: What might have happened the night of "Laura's" "death"/disappearance. [written before the beginning of season 3]
Hope I posted this in the right category!
