As a diehard fan, I'm sorry to say I think some of you are on mind-altering medication, jumping up and down about how JG should have received an Emmy nomination. Let's all take a reality check here.
We're all Alias fans, most of us are Jen Garner fans, but let's take a good look at 5 years of Alias. Jen's best years coincide with Alias's best years, Seasons 1 and 2. After that, the show and her acting weren't up to the same standards. This slide coincides with the growth of her movie career and the changes in her personal life. Once her life outside of Alias became busier, Alias became less of a priority and that showed in her acting.
Of course it's just an opinion and probably no one will agree, but this show ended because of combination of reasons, including JG's desire to concentrate on other parts of her life and career, which is her right. I guess I find it odd that some of the most diehard fans are wearing blinders....
Most diehard fans don't wear blinders, but when people that don't give a felgercarb about these fan sites are saying Jen had a good year, FAR better than she had in Season 4, I think thats why people are disagreeing with you. Its okay to have a different opinion about her acting, you will see I have one differing from yours, but why are we needing to negatively say to those who liked it this year, the ones that care about seeing Jen there, that they are wrong?
It didn't affect her acting. Take Jen playing Anna Espinosa, every little characteristic Gina had, Jen did. When she needed to portray something horrible happening, and that emotion came out, Jen's acting was top notch. When you have a show with a major, MAJOR writing overhaul during Season 4 and 5, and you have a request by people, fans like yourself, saying she can't express as much emotion as she once did, the directing changes, and the way Syd is presented changes. But in those deep moments, the ones that made Sydney Bristow a legendary character, you see that the way that Jen acted in Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, she is still the same actress, with the same loyal hard work she has always done in Season 4 and 5.
Could I say that all the actors involved with Alias were the same way? Yes. Gladly.
Yeah I think its sad that she didn't make the list, but when you see the type of group that didn't make the list either, Edie Falco, Hugh Laurie, and others.... Its not that big a deal that she wasn't picked. She's got a SAG award, which is a HUGE acting award considering your peers are voting for you, and a Golden Globe. Plus, thinking about it, she has a good amount of work ahead of her that might gain her an Oscar one day.
