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The Alias Newsletter
Issue 1
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
The official newsletter of allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Welcome to The Alias Newsletter!
2. The last episode: Q & A (includes ratings for this episode)
3. The next episode: Masquerade
4. Deja Pew
6. Would you like to help out with AllAlias.com?
7. This issue's Alias fan site: Project: Alias
8. This issue's Alias quote
9. This issue's Alias cast or character bio: Victor Garber
10. This issue's fan fiction
11. Poll
12. Final thoughts
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Welcome to The Alias Newsletter!
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I would like to welcome all of you to the first ever issue of The Alias
Newsletter. In The Alias newsletter (or TAN), you will find every issue
somewhat similar to this one. Episode information (if there is a new
one), news, site info, and more. One of the "more"s is "This
issue's...". Each issue, we will feature a site, a quote, a cast or
character, and a fan fic. Now, each issue it will have a slightly
different look, but this is just the general idea. NOTE: We plan never
to post non-official spoilers because many people wish not to get them.
If you would like to know where you can find spoilers, please email me.
If you have any comments/suggestions or would like to contribute, please
email me at char-@allalias.com . Thanks!
NOTE: Issues are VERY long. I am trying to solve this problem!
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The last episode: Q & A
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Detailed summary (from ABC.com): Sydney wears a short-haired wig, and is
behind the wheel of a big American car, fleeing from a squad of police
cars...Where is she trying to go? ...And where did she escape from? The
high- speed pursuit ends on a pier, with Syd surrounded by cops. With
nowhere else to turn, she slams her foot to the accelerator and plunges
her car into the water...
...We find Sydney chained to a chair. It is a day earlier, and we are in
the moments immediately following the FBI taking her into custody. FBI
Special Officer Kendall now questions her, before a team of
interrogators... The CIA is out of the picture, and the questioners are
delving into Sydney's background, and her connection to the Rambaldi
prophesy. They ask her to start from the beginning -- the very
beginning. She explains how she was recruited by SD-6, trained at Credit
Dauphine...and in a painful moment, she must also relive SD-6's murder
of her fiancé, Daniel Hecht. Sydney explains how she learned the truth
about SD-6 from her father... She then joined forces with the CIA and
became a double agent. She confirms much of what they already know --
that her father is in the same situation, and that Arvin Sloane
recruited her, and brought her into a life of espionage...But which does
the FBI want to believe more -- Sydney's truth...or The Prophecy?
Meanwhile, Jack tells Vaughn that her cover with SD-6 will be destroyed
if she remains in FBI custody much longer...According to Rambaldi, the
woman in The Prophecy will never have seen Mt. Subasio in Italy. Vaughn
has a wild scheme to break her out of custody and prove her innocence...
Vaughn and Jack agree that she must get to the mountain somehow. If
successful, their action would defy The Prophecy. Through a chance
conversation, Vaughn learns that Haladki used to be with the FBI. He
asks Haladki about Sydney's location... but gets no help. As the
questioning intensifies, Sydney talks about her mother -- a deceitful
woman who worked for years as a KGB spy... and while being pursued by an
FBI agent, she went off the road, and disappeared with her car into a
river...
Sydney goes on to explain how her life as a double agent works: SD-6
gives her a mission, and then she meets with Vaughn who gives her a CIA
counter mission. She refers to the explosion at Badenweiler, to
illustrate how contradictory this situation can be. Jack uses brute
forceand a deadly threat to force Haladki to divulge Sydney's location.
The daring plan is put into action... Jack, Vaughn, and Weiss rescue her
and explain the proposed solution to the
Rambaldi prophesy. Sydney is angry at first, as her escape now makes her
a fugitive... but she agrees to travel to Mt. Subasio. When Haladki
learns of the rescue, he immediately knows who was behind it. He
discovers that four unmarked cars were taken out, and reports these
license plate numbers to the FBI.
...Wearing a short wig as a disguise, we find Sydney's drive to the
airport interrupted, when the police quickly give chase...And in an
ironic moment across town, Will and Francie watch the pursuit on
television, unaware that their best friend is the subject. After
plunging the car into the water, Sydney has a burst of insight... and
breathes the oxygen from the tires. She stays submerged for over ten
minutes -- long enough get away. Before boarding the plane, she meets
with her father and reveals how she escaped. And, if Sydney managed to
fool the police this way, couldn't her mother have done the same...?
QUOTES&NOTES
Syd: "Tell them I cooperated - I didn't resist. I don't like these
restraints"
"There's and FBI tribunal flying from D.C."
Syd: "Don't you already have a profile on me?"
FBI tribunal: "Yes, but we wanted to hear it in your words"
Jack: "The could conceivably hold her without charges or trial for the
rest of her life"
FBI tribunal to Syd: "Could you tell us what happened to him please"
(regarding Danny)
Scumball: "What if he was right about Syd?"
Syd: After what they did to Danny, after what that tried to do to be, I
became determined" (regarding the destruction of SD-6)
MV: "The problem is he isn't talking"
Jack: "He'll talk to me"
Marshall (in flashback): "they're super swank"
Jack to Scumball (a.k.a. Haladki): "Just so we're clear - if you ever
report this conversation, you'll never wear a hat again"
FBI tribunal to Syd: "Do you believe Rambaldi was a prophet?
Syd: "Do you?"
Syd: "Dad?"
Jack: "Hi honey"
Jack: "Sydney, where are you?"
Syd: "I need to see you now"
Syd: "Mom's alive - I know it."
NOTE: There were no missions carried out by Syd in this episode.
RATINGS
3rd place for hour with a 6.8/11:
NBC took over the 9 p.m. slot, with a 8.0/13 average from "Law & Order:
Criminal Intent." CBS presented "Beyond the Prairie II: The True Story
of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues" and received a 7.9/12 average while
ABC's "Alias" pulled in a 6.8/11 to come in third and FOX's "The
X-Files" snatched a 4.8/7 average. The WB's "Off Center" received a
2.2/3 at 9 p.m. and "For Your Love" closed the evening off for the frog
network with a 2.0/3. - Zap2it.com
FOR PHOTOS VISIT: allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information.
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The next episode: Masquerade
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alert: Contains official spoilers from ABC.com
While on a case to track the activities of Khasinau (AKA "The Man"),
Sydney runs into her ex- lover, Noah Hicks (Peter Berg, "Chicago Hope"),
who broke her heart and left without saying goodbye five years earlier.
Meanwhile, Sydney tells Sloane that she wants to find her mother; Jack
is ordered to see CIA psychiatrist Dr. Barnett (Patricia Wettig,
"thirtysomething") to help him deal with his churning emotions after
discovering that his wife may still be alive; and Will and Francie
become suspicious of Sydney-s activities after finding one of her
airline ticket stubs.
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Deja Pew
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Deja Pew (EW.com)
Enough with the flashbacks! Jessica Shaw acidly notes that 41 minutes
were spent rehashing old stuff. But the rest of the episode was a trip
The first two-thirds of last night's episode were the television
equivalent of Jennifer Lopez doing a remix of her greatest hits after
recording only two albums: sort of innovative, definitely entertaining,
but it ultimately leaves you wondering, Why did they bother? In other
words, did we really need a complete series recap when ''Alias'' isn't
even a year old yet? Okay, I guess we should be welcoming those
newcomers who need SD-6 and CIA spelled out for them. But if I hear the
line ''I was working for the very enemy I thought I was fighting''
incorporated into one more episode, I'm going to scream.
You almost got the sense that ABC execs gave series creator J.J. Abrams
a call to tell him that ratings numbers were steadily going up and could
he do something that would bring in viewers too intimidated to try the
show this late into the season. There's simply no way an episode like
this would have been planned. The flashbacks to Daniel? The montage of
Sydney is all her different costumes on SD-6 missions? I can watch ABC
Family if I want to see those re-runs.
Okay, enough ranting. It's only out of love, people, that I get this
upset. It's not like I ever would have flipped the channel, but it would
have been nice to get some new information before 41 minutes into the
episode. At least I knew something was coming after that first scene of
Sydney -- dressed like a Boca Raton housewife -- Thelma and Louise-ing
her car into the Pacific Ocean.
But before we get to those brilliant last 20 minutes (which, admit it,
kind of redeemed the episode), the interrogation room must be discussed
for a moment. The evil Ed Harris lookalike leading the FBI questioning
wasn't so much scary as he was annoying. How could Sydney think an
agency of the U.S. government would kill seemingly innocent people? What
was that, propaganda for the Bush administration? I half expected the
actors to burst out laughing after that line. If those are the guys
working for the government, it's a shocker more people in Alias-land
don't work for renegade intelligence groups.
In terms of the big escape, how much do we love the Jack and Vaughn
team? Okay, Vaughn came off a little he-won't-tell-me-anything whiny,
but Jack more than made up for it with that parking lot confession he
pulled out of Haladki. (By the way, great CIA agent to give up secrets
info after two seconds with a gun in his neck. Um, learn much in basic
training?). Haladki is turning out to be a real pain. He must be stopped
-- maybe even killed -- if for no other reason than actor Joey Slotnick
used to star on ''The Single Guy.'' Bonus brilliance points to J.J.
Abrams for having Francie and Will watching the high-speed-chase on TV.
It's soooo L.A. to be riveted by any car chase that happens to be caught
on camera.
As for that final father-daughter scene by the docks, how genius is it
that the mother is still alive? Granted, we sort of knew that would
happen all along, but for the teacher-KGB-mom to be the subject of the
Rambaldi prophecy is storyline perfection. Hopefully they won't have the
whole arc wrapped up by the season finale. The search for Mommie Dearest
and the prevention of the Rambaldi prophecy from coming true should take
us through at least another half a season. Just one problem: How come
I'm getting a bad feeling that some cheesy actress like Victoria
Principal is going to be cast as Syd's mom?
- EW.com
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AllAlias.com is working on the next version of AllAlias.com -
AllAlias.com v3.
In version 3, the entire site will be extremely more interactive. The
site will cater to you. You choose the theme you see. You set the font.
The size of the text. Vote in polls. Comment on news.
In addition, we will begin to post more news about Alias cast & crew.
For the next version, AllAlias.com is looking for:
- People who would be willing to test the next version of AllAlias.com
and report back to me (all of this before it is released to the general
public)
- Someone/People willing to contribute fan art. Our media section is
currently very small and we hope to improve it soon.
- In the next version, users will be able to easily submit news. For
this reason, I don't think I will need anyone to help me with news
posting. But if you are interested anyway, please see the instructions
below.
- If you are a member of the press who has access to the Touchstone TV
Press site for the press (not the one accessible to everyone), please
also contact me.
- People with any content they would like to submit
If you are interested in helping out, have a comment, or a suggestion
for the next version of AllAlias.com, please email me at
char-@allalias.com. Thanks.
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This issue’s fan site
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This issue’s fan site is Project: Alias
http://www.milkisinaisle4.com/projects/alias/
Project: Alias has a great design, up-to-date content and great media
files. It is worth a visit.
WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR SITE HERE?
If so, then email me at Char-@allalias.com with the link. A link back
on your links page is requested.
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This issue’s Alias quote
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“Ice cream becomes like oxygen - like a requirement”
Which episode is this? Email me the quote with the answer at
Char-@allalias.com and you could be mentioned in the next issue!
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This issue’s cast or character bio: Victor Garber
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Victor J. Garber came into the world on March 16, 1949 in London,
Ontario, Canada. He grew up listening to albums of Broadway shows, and
got his start in acting at age nine, when he played Anna's little boy in
a community theater production of "The King and I". He went on to play
Tom Sawyer on stage two years later. His interest in acting continued to
grow, and by the time he was fifteen, Victor was the youngest member of
the University of Toronto's Hart House acting group.
When Victor was sixteen, he quit school (he had been attending London
Central Secondary School) and moved to Toronto on his own. He worked as
a mail boy for the Toronto Star and as an usher at the Royal Alexandra
theater. In addition to this, he sang folk music at local coffee houses.
He got his first real acting job in a production of "She Loves Me" and
later got a part in a noon review called "The Lunch Bunch", both of
which were directed by Peter Mann, who created a group called The Sugar
Shoppe in 1967. The Sugar Shoppe featured Victor on vocals, and went on
to a brief period of fame, appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The
Tonight Show". They also had one hit record with the Capitol Records
label.
When The Sugar Shoppe disbanded, Victor formed a new group, The Shop,
and spent his time rehearsing and writing songs for them. About this
same time, he went to Los Angeles and saw Godspell. When he got back to
Toronto, he auditioned and got the part of Jesus in the Toronto
production of Godspell. Director David Greene attended the opening of
the show and hired Victor to play Jesus in the movie version of
Godspell, although Victor didn't find this out until he read it in the
paper. It was this performance which brought him to New York in 1972
(lucky for us Americans!) and also launched his stage career.
Since then, Mr. Garber's career has extended to most aspects of acting.
He can currently be seen every week on the ABC series Alias, as well as
in the recent movies Legally Blonde, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Me and
My Shadows, and Call Me Claus. These are only the most recent of his
accomplishments, however. He has been nominated for four Tony awards
(for Damn Yankees, Lend Me a Tenor, Deathtrap, and Little Me), recieved
an Obie and a Helen Hayes award for his role in Wenceslas Square (in
which most of his dialogue was either in Czech or Russian), and has also
won several other awards for his work on Broadway. He has done
made-for-TV movies such as "Liberace" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart",
has appeared in various TV series (like "Law & Order" and "Days and
Nights of Molly Dodd"), and has of course done other movies for the
silver screen such as The First Wives Club. He also is a regular
performer in the Circle in the Square and the New York Shakespeare
Festival.
Victor (who hates to leave New York, btw) has a brother and a sister,
and says he got his sense of humor from his father (who died of
Alzheimer's Disease before Damn Yankees opened in 1994). His mother,
Hope, was the celebrity of the family before Victor - her show "At Home
with Hope Garber" was on television in London, Ontario while the Garber
children were growing up. He now thinks Godspell is embarrasingly dated
(check out his hair) and hated filming Titanic because his relatively
small part in the epic took five months to film. He hates picking out
what to wear in the morning, and still rides the subway everywhere. And,
whether he knows it or not, he has become the object of affection and
admiration for a increasingly large group of Victorites out there.
- http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/ Alley/7340/bio.html
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This week’s fan fiction – “The choice” Part 1
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“The Choice” – PART 1
by Charlie ( char-@allalias.com - allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information. )
Sydney has just come back from a mission in Montevideo, Uruguay. In
Montevideo, she was sent to find out all she could about Jerry Berkeley,
who SD 6 said had ties to unlocking the Rambaldi mystery. While she is
there, talking to an SD 6 contact (Kathleen Shiable), the cafe waiter
pulls out a gun (end of that episode)
Syd: Oh my god! DUCK!
[Syd Kicks the table up in the air with her foot, in the waiters foot]
Syd: Run -
[Kathleen and Syd run about three blocks]
Kathleen: Can we stop now?
(pause while still running, turning down the alley)
Syd: No - duck NOW
[a bullet from a car hits Kathleen - she falls]
Kathleen: AHHHHHHH! HELP ME!
[Syd Pauses]
[Syd sees the truck coming down the road, and starts running]
Another shot comes from the truck/
Sydney runs up a scaffolding, leaving Kathleen to die.
Sydney runs, and jumps off the building to a hard landing the street.
Before the truck turns the corner, Sydney hides under a manhole.
[Back at in the CIA talking with Michael]
Syd: I could have saved her - and I should have.
Michael: It?s not your fault - they might have killed you/
Syd: Might have killed me? Then I should have taken the risk! Besides, I
failed my SD 6 mission, my counter mission, and I got an innocent person
killed!
Michael: Maybe you just need a break from it all?
Syd: How would I explain that?
Michael: Well, [gets cut off]
Syd: I mean, I already had months off after Danny died. Besides, I
can?t loose their trust.
Michael: It?s your choice, I can always arrange for you to enter the Wit
[gets cut off]
Syd: How many times do I have to tell you?!? I am NOT going into hiding!
Michael: What ever you say, but look, you need to get back - its late.
Syd: Who are you now, my mother? Oh yeah, she?s dead.
Michael: Why are you doing this to me? All I am trying to do is help
you, don?t you realize that?
Syd: You realize this first: I am helping you - I got you promoted, you
owe me. So don?t go around telling me what to do.
Michael: Wel -- [stops]. I think we both need a break - I am going home.
Syd: Bye.
TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE!
Want a fan fiction featured? Then email me at Char-@allalias.com with
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Final thoughts
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The Alias Newsletter
Issue 1
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
The official newsletter of allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Welcome to The Alias Newsletter!
2. The last episode: Q & A (includes ratings for this episode)
3. The next episode: Masquerade
4. Deja Pew
6. Would you like to help out with AllAlias.com?
7. This issue's Alias fan site: Project: Alias
8. This issue's Alias quote
9. This issue's Alias cast or character bio: Victor Garber
10. This issue's fan fiction
11. Poll
12. Final thoughts
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Welcome to The Alias Newsletter!
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I would like to welcome all of you to the first ever issue of The Alias
Newsletter. In The Alias newsletter (or TAN), you will find every issue
somewhat similar to this one. Episode information (if there is a new
one), news, site info, and more. One of the "more"s is "This
issue's...". Each issue, we will feature a site, a quote, a cast or
character, and a fan fic. Now, each issue it will have a slightly
different look, but this is just the general idea. NOTE: We plan never
to post non-official spoilers because many people wish not to get them.
If you would like to know where you can find spoilers, please email me.
If you have any comments/suggestions or would like to contribute, please
email me at char-@allalias.com . Thanks!
NOTE: Issues are VERY long. I am trying to solve this problem!
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The last episode: Q & A
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Detailed summary (from ABC.com): Sydney wears a short-haired wig, and is
behind the wheel of a big American car, fleeing from a squad of police
cars...Where is she trying to go? ...And where did she escape from? The
high- speed pursuit ends on a pier, with Syd surrounded by cops. With
nowhere else to turn, she slams her foot to the accelerator and plunges
her car into the water...
...We find Sydney chained to a chair. It is a day earlier, and we are in
the moments immediately following the FBI taking her into custody. FBI
Special Officer Kendall now questions her, before a team of
interrogators... The CIA is out of the picture, and the questioners are
delving into Sydney's background, and her connection to the Rambaldi
prophesy. They ask her to start from the beginning -- the very
beginning. She explains how she was recruited by SD-6, trained at Credit
Dauphine...and in a painful moment, she must also relive SD-6's murder
of her fiancé, Daniel Hecht. Sydney explains how she learned the truth
about SD-6 from her father... She then joined forces with the CIA and
became a double agent. She confirms much of what they already know --
that her father is in the same situation, and that Arvin Sloane
recruited her, and brought her into a life of espionage...But which does
the FBI want to believe more -- Sydney's truth...or The Prophecy?
Meanwhile, Jack tells Vaughn that her cover with SD-6 will be destroyed
if she remains in FBI custody much longer...According to Rambaldi, the
woman in The Prophecy will never have seen Mt. Subasio in Italy. Vaughn
has a wild scheme to break her out of custody and prove her innocence...
Vaughn and Jack agree that she must get to the mountain somehow. If
successful, their action would defy The Prophecy. Through a chance
conversation, Vaughn learns that Haladki used to be with the FBI. He
asks Haladki about Sydney's location... but gets no help. As the
questioning intensifies, Sydney talks about her mother -- a deceitful
woman who worked for years as a KGB spy... and while being pursued by an
FBI agent, she went off the road, and disappeared with her car into a
river...
Sydney goes on to explain how her life as a double agent works: SD-6
gives her a mission, and then she meets with Vaughn who gives her a CIA
counter mission. She refers to the explosion at Badenweiler, to
illustrate how contradictory this situation can be. Jack uses brute
forceand a deadly threat to force Haladki to divulge Sydney's location.
The daring plan is put into action... Jack, Vaughn, and Weiss rescue her
and explain the proposed solution to the
Rambaldi prophesy. Sydney is angry at first, as her escape now makes her
a fugitive... but she agrees to travel to Mt. Subasio. When Haladki
learns of the rescue, he immediately knows who was behind it. He
discovers that four unmarked cars were taken out, and reports these
license plate numbers to the FBI.
...Wearing a short wig as a disguise, we find Sydney's drive to the
airport interrupted, when the police quickly give chase...And in an
ironic moment across town, Will and Francie watch the pursuit on
television, unaware that their best friend is the subject. After
plunging the car into the water, Sydney has a burst of insight... and
breathes the oxygen from the tires. She stays submerged for over ten
minutes -- long enough get away. Before boarding the plane, she meets
with her father and reveals how she escaped. And, if Sydney managed to
fool the police this way, couldn't her mother have done the same...?
QUOTES&NOTES
Syd: "Tell them I cooperated - I didn't resist. I don't like these
restraints"
"There's and FBI tribunal flying from D.C."
Syd: "Don't you already have a profile on me?"
FBI tribunal: "Yes, but we wanted to hear it in your words"
Jack: "The could conceivably hold her without charges or trial for the
rest of her life"
FBI tribunal to Syd: "Could you tell us what happened to him please"
(regarding Danny)
Scumball: "What if he was right about Syd?"
Syd: After what they did to Danny, after what that tried to do to be, I
became determined" (regarding the destruction of SD-6)
MV: "The problem is he isn't talking"
Jack: "He'll talk to me"
Marshall (in flashback): "they're super swank"
Jack to Scumball (a.k.a. Haladki): "Just so we're clear - if you ever
report this conversation, you'll never wear a hat again"
FBI tribunal to Syd: "Do you believe Rambaldi was a prophet?
Syd: "Do you?"
Syd: "Dad?"
Jack: "Hi honey"
Jack: "Sydney, where are you?"
Syd: "I need to see you now"
Syd: "Mom's alive - I know it."
NOTE: There were no missions carried out by Syd in this episode.
RATINGS
3rd place for hour with a 6.8/11:
NBC took over the 9 p.m. slot, with a 8.0/13 average from "Law & Order:
Criminal Intent." CBS presented "Beyond the Prairie II: The True Story
of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues" and received a 7.9/12 average while
ABC's "Alias" pulled in a 6.8/11 to come in third and FOX's "The
X-Files" snatched a 4.8/7 average. The WB's "Off Center" received a
2.2/3 at 9 p.m. and "For Your Love" closed the evening off for the frog
network with a 2.0/3. - Zap2it.com
FOR PHOTOS VISIT: allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information.
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The next episode: Masquerade
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alert: Contains official spoilers from ABC.com
While on a case to track the activities of Khasinau (AKA "The Man"),
Sydney runs into her ex- lover, Noah Hicks (Peter Berg, "Chicago Hope"),
who broke her heart and left without saying goodbye five years earlier.
Meanwhile, Sydney tells Sloane that she wants to find her mother; Jack
is ordered to see CIA psychiatrist Dr. Barnett (Patricia Wettig,
"thirtysomething") to help him deal with his churning emotions after
discovering that his wife may still be alive; and Will and Francie
become suspicious of Sydney-s activities after finding one of her
airline ticket stubs.
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Deja Pew
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Deja Pew (EW.com)
Enough with the flashbacks! Jessica Shaw acidly notes that 41 minutes
were spent rehashing old stuff. But the rest of the episode was a trip
The first two-thirds of last night's episode were the television
equivalent of Jennifer Lopez doing a remix of her greatest hits after
recording only two albums: sort of innovative, definitely entertaining,
but it ultimately leaves you wondering, Why did they bother? In other
words, did we really need a complete series recap when ''Alias'' isn't
even a year old yet? Okay, I guess we should be welcoming those
newcomers who need SD-6 and CIA spelled out for them. But if I hear the
line ''I was working for the very enemy I thought I was fighting''
incorporated into one more episode, I'm going to scream.
You almost got the sense that ABC execs gave series creator J.J. Abrams
a call to tell him that ratings numbers were steadily going up and could
he do something that would bring in viewers too intimidated to try the
show this late into the season. There's simply no way an episode like
this would have been planned. The flashbacks to Daniel? The montage of
Sydney is all her different costumes on SD-6 missions? I can watch ABC
Family if I want to see those re-runs.
Okay, enough ranting. It's only out of love, people, that I get this
upset. It's not like I ever would have flipped the channel, but it would
have been nice to get some new information before 41 minutes into the
episode. At least I knew something was coming after that first scene of
Sydney -- dressed like a Boca Raton housewife -- Thelma and Louise-ing
her car into the Pacific Ocean.
But before we get to those brilliant last 20 minutes (which, admit it,
kind of redeemed the episode), the interrogation room must be discussed
for a moment. The evil Ed Harris lookalike leading the FBI questioning
wasn't so much scary as he was annoying. How could Sydney think an
agency of the U.S. government would kill seemingly innocent people? What
was that, propaganda for the Bush administration? I half expected the
actors to burst out laughing after that line. If those are the guys
working for the government, it's a shocker more people in Alias-land
don't work for renegade intelligence groups.
In terms of the big escape, how much do we love the Jack and Vaughn
team? Okay, Vaughn came off a little he-won't-tell-me-anything whiny,
but Jack more than made up for it with that parking lot confession he
pulled out of Haladki. (By the way, great CIA agent to give up secrets
info after two seconds with a gun in his neck. Um, learn much in basic
training?). Haladki is turning out to be a real pain. He must be stopped
-- maybe even killed -- if for no other reason than actor Joey Slotnick
used to star on ''The Single Guy.'' Bonus brilliance points to J.J.
Abrams for having Francie and Will watching the high-speed-chase on TV.
It's soooo L.A. to be riveted by any car chase that happens to be caught
on camera.
As for that final father-daughter scene by the docks, how genius is it
that the mother is still alive? Granted, we sort of knew that would
happen all along, but for the teacher-KGB-mom to be the subject of the
Rambaldi prophecy is storyline perfection. Hopefully they won't have the
whole arc wrapped up by the season finale. The search for Mommie Dearest
and the prevention of the Rambaldi prophecy from coming true should take
us through at least another half a season. Just one problem: How come
I'm getting a bad feeling that some cheesy actress like Victoria
Principal is going to be cast as Syd's mom?
- EW.com
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This issue’s fan site is Project: Alias
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This issue’s Alias quote
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“Ice cream becomes like oxygen - like a requirement”
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This issue’s cast or character bio: Victor Garber
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Victor J. Garber came into the world on March 16, 1949 in London,
Ontario, Canada. He grew up listening to albums of Broadway shows, and
got his start in acting at age nine, when he played Anna's little boy in
a community theater production of "The King and I". He went on to play
Tom Sawyer on stage two years later. His interest in acting continued to
grow, and by the time he was fifteen, Victor was the youngest member of
the University of Toronto's Hart House acting group.
When Victor was sixteen, he quit school (he had been attending London
Central Secondary School) and moved to Toronto on his own. He worked as
a mail boy for the Toronto Star and as an usher at the Royal Alexandra
theater. In addition to this, he sang folk music at local coffee houses.
He got his first real acting job in a production of "She Loves Me" and
later got a part in a noon review called "The Lunch Bunch", both of
which were directed by Peter Mann, who created a group called The Sugar
Shoppe in 1967. The Sugar Shoppe featured Victor on vocals, and went on
to a brief period of fame, appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The
Tonight Show". They also had one hit record with the Capitol Records
label.
When The Sugar Shoppe disbanded, Victor formed a new group, The Shop,
and spent his time rehearsing and writing songs for them. About this
same time, he went to Los Angeles and saw Godspell. When he got back to
Toronto, he auditioned and got the part of Jesus in the Toronto
production of Godspell. Director David Greene attended the opening of
the show and hired Victor to play Jesus in the movie version of
Godspell, although Victor didn't find this out until he read it in the
paper. It was this performance which brought him to New York in 1972
(lucky for us Americans!) and also launched his stage career.
Since then, Mr. Garber's career has extended to most aspects of acting.
He can currently be seen every week on the ABC series Alias, as well as
in the recent movies Legally Blonde, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Me and
My Shadows, and Call Me Claus. These are only the most recent of his
accomplishments, however. He has been nominated for four Tony awards
(for Damn Yankees, Lend Me a Tenor, Deathtrap, and Little Me), recieved
an Obie and a Helen Hayes award for his role in Wenceslas Square (in
which most of his dialogue was either in Czech or Russian), and has also
won several other awards for his work on Broadway. He has done
made-for-TV movies such as "Liberace" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart",
has appeared in various TV series (like "Law & Order" and "Days and
Nights of Molly Dodd"), and has of course done other movies for the
silver screen such as The First Wives Club. He also is a regular
performer in the Circle in the Square and the New York Shakespeare
Festival.
Victor (who hates to leave New York, btw) has a brother and a sister,
and says he got his sense of humor from his father (who died of
Alzheimer's Disease before Damn Yankees opened in 1994). His mother,
Hope, was the celebrity of the family before Victor - her show "At Home
with Hope Garber" was on television in London, Ontario while the Garber
children were growing up. He now thinks Godspell is embarrasingly dated
(check out his hair) and hated filming Titanic because his relatively
small part in the epic took five months to film. He hates picking out
what to wear in the morning, and still rides the subway everywhere. And,
whether he knows it or not, he has become the object of affection and
admiration for a increasingly large group of Victorites out there.
- http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/ Alley/7340/bio.html
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This week’s fan fiction – “The choice” Part 1
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“The Choice” – PART 1
by Charlie ( char-@allalias.com - allalias.com - allalias Resources and Information. )
Sydney has just come back from a mission in Montevideo, Uruguay. In
Montevideo, she was sent to find out all she could about Jerry Berkeley,
who SD 6 said had ties to unlocking the Rambaldi mystery. While she is
there, talking to an SD 6 contact (Kathleen Shiable), the cafe waiter
pulls out a gun (end of that episode)
Syd: Oh my god! DUCK!
[Syd Kicks the table up in the air with her foot, in the waiters foot]
Syd: Run -
[Kathleen and Syd run about three blocks]
Kathleen: Can we stop now?
(pause while still running, turning down the alley)
Syd: No - duck NOW
[a bullet from a car hits Kathleen - she falls]
Kathleen: AHHHHHHH! HELP ME!
[Syd Pauses]
[Syd sees the truck coming down the road, and starts running]
Another shot comes from the truck/
Sydney runs up a scaffolding, leaving Kathleen to die.
Sydney runs, and jumps off the building to a hard landing the street.
Before the truck turns the corner, Sydney hides under a manhole.
[Back at in the CIA talking with Michael]
Syd: I could have saved her - and I should have.
Michael: It?s not your fault - they might have killed you/
Syd: Might have killed me? Then I should have taken the risk! Besides, I
failed my SD 6 mission, my counter mission, and I got an innocent person
killed!
Michael: Maybe you just need a break from it all?
Syd: How would I explain that?
Michael: Well, [gets cut off]
Syd: I mean, I already had months off after Danny died. Besides, I
can?t loose their trust.
Michael: It?s your choice, I can always arrange for you to enter the Wit
[gets cut off]
Syd: How many times do I have to tell you?!? I am NOT going into hiding!
Michael: What ever you say, but look, you need to get back - its late.
Syd: Who are you now, my mother? Oh yeah, she?s dead.
Michael: Why are you doing this to me? All I am trying to do is help
you, don?t you realize that?
Syd: You realize this first: I am helping you - I got you promoted, you
owe me. So don?t go around telling me what to do.
Michael: Wel -- [stops]. I think we both need a break - I am going home.
Syd: Bye.
TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE!
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