I'm completely new to this board, so forgive me if I come across as redundant, as I'm not familiar with a lot of the members around here.
That said, I can't completely blame them for their statement. While, I agree it's a bit harsh, the last few episodes, I don't really understand. Not only do I feel that they're subpar, they just don't feel like Alias anymore. I really don't know how to explain it other than that. I suppose I can chalk it up to no real foundation. The first season and a half's foundation was Sydney's double-agency between SD-6 and the CIA. There were also smaller foundations such as Jack's friendship with Sloane, Sloane's dealings with the Alliance. The second half of season two's foundation was the motivations of Irina and the chase for Sloane.
The third season now, with many questions unanswered, they put the foundation on Sydney's lost two years. In that sense, and in that first half of this season, I was somewhat satisfied, even though not as much as I had been the first two seasons. It felt like it was going somewhere. Then, when Sydney realized what happened to her it felt to me that she responded with pretty much a "Thank You for the information, I appreciate it. Now I'm going to get back to work." And just like that, it's dropped. The foundation now shifts to Lauren's double agency, but frankly, no one really cares. Nothing is going on, and events seem to be all jumbled. Not only does it not feel fluid, but the episodes no longer seem as tied together as they did before.
Who are these characters? Let's get some motivation for God's sake. The best episode of this second half (still subpar, mind you) in my opinion was when Dixon lost his children. At least there was some sort of reason to show off Dixon's character. I'm hoping that they can turn this all around in the last few episodes. It all just feels so loose. Plots have to be tighter and characters have to have better motivations. And there needs to be some other catalyst other than Lauren banging Sark to draw me into this world. Alias is losing me. I hope I'm not alone in these feelings, and I'm certainly not going to give up anytime soon. I'm sure I'll watch until the series is over. I just want better reason to.