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So a few days ago I posted my ideas for the fifth and final season of "Alias," taking into account the recent Vaughn cliffhanger, Mia Maestro's status as a recurring player, Jennifer Garner's assumed pregnancy and the unlikelihood of having Lena Olin and Isabella Rossellini on hand for more than a few episodes.
I'll repost the outline for the first 11 episodes here, and then do a second post with the next 11. Remember, this isn't elegantly written. Just the nice and easy plotpoints.
Episode 5x01
-Sydney wakes up in the hospital. She's told no one was in the car with her. It seems "Vaughn" has gone missing.
-Nadia has been taken to the DSR’s Project Black Hole Medical facility in Nevada.
-Sloane has resigned from APO and opted to leave intelligence.
-Sydney tries to get Sloane to return. They need his contacts and expertise to find "Vaughn," to figure out what he was up to. But Sloane will not return. He's hurt too many people.
-In the end, "Vaughn" revealed to be under Sloane’s care at a Sacramento hospital. “I’m sorry it had to be this way,” Sloane says to him.
5x02 (Guest Stars - Bradley Cooper (cameo))
-Irina, via an intel packet (Lena Olin wouldn't appear), provides Jack and Sydney with cryptic but crucial intelligence that may help them uncover Vaughn’s secrets. A military experiment gone wrong in the late '80s. Jack and Syd investigate.
-Sloane helps Vaughn recover. Tells him he shouldn’t have told Sydney. Could ruin everything. Secrets are power. But Sloane doesn’t want Sydney to lose two fiancés to the truth.
-Jack and Sydney's investigation ultimately reveals that Bill Vaughn’s son, the real Michael Vaughn was murdered at age 21. Perhaps by "Vaughn"
-Sydney is overwhelmed. She needs a shoulder to cry on. The last shot is of her, visiting Will in Wisconsin.
5x03 (Guest stars - Angela Bassett)
-Jack & Sydney take what they have to Chase. Begin a full investigation into "Vaughn's" activities. They team up with A.D. Carl Raines, Vaughn's former mentor and now a CIA big whig.
-It's revealed that although Vaughn and Sloane are some how connected in his past, it doesn't appear that Sloane crashed the car. Sloane tasks Vaughn to find out who's responsible. Someone who wouldn't want his former allegiance to Sloane noticed.
-Using DNA tech, Syd discover "Vaugh's" true ID - Andrew Davis
-By episode's end they realize Vaughn is connected to Sloane.
5x04
- Sydney and Jack confront Sloane and he reveals:
• His endgame was always Rambaldi. His joining the Alliance was always a means to an end. But he knew he needed their power and Sydney to carry out his works.
• So he recruited Andrew Davis into the CIA to assist Sloane in his ultimate take down of the Alliance. He planted him as the late Bill Vaughn’s son. Simultaneously, he recruited Sydney into SD-6 to one day help him bring them down. He used the Irina-Bill connection as a means to form a bond between Syd and Vaughn.
• Vaughn reported all of Syd and Jack’s dealings to him.
- Someone else involved, an old associate of Sloane’s who doesn’t want to be revealed. He crashed the cars, not on behalf of Sloane.
- They all must work together to find this last guy.
- Vaughn says that he did lie to Sydney, but was abandoned by Sloane after the fall of SD-6. His obsession for Rambaldi consumed him and he cut off all ties. Vaughn never knew that Sloane was working with Irina or that he had killed Francie. It was a clean break from then on out. He had fallen in love with Sydney and had seen how badly Sloane had hurt her. He also realized, that Sloane was insane, had betrayed them both, and wanted to help her bring Sloane to justice, in essence, to atone for his own sins.
- When Syd disappeared, he left intelligence all together.
- Together, they figure out that A.D. Raines crashed the cars in order to protect his secret allegiance. He too had worked with Sloane and was the person who put Syd in Vaughn's care when she came to become a double agent.
-Though Sydney understands the truth now, her feelings for Vaughn are fractured. He lied to her all those years. The man she fell in love with was a lie.
5x05
-Lots of tension between Sydney and Andrew, but they still have feelings for each other.
-At episode's end, Jack has Vaughn arrested for his crimes. Though Sloane was pardoned for his past crimes, Vaughn was not.
5x06 (Guest Stars - Angela Bassett, Devlin)
-Chase puts Vaughn before a military tribunal.
-Syd listens to the testimony
-Flashbacks to Vaughn's early days, working for Sloane and betraying Sydney.
-Vaughn is sentenced to life in prison.
5x07 (Guest Stars - Gina Torres)
-Vaughn sees and talks with Anna Espinosa in a top secret military prison.
-A mission involving the Knights of Rambaldi arises. APO needs Anna's help
-Sydney and Anna team up, but by episode's end, Anna betrays Sydney and abducts her. No one knows where she is.
5x08 (Guest Stars - Isabella Rossellini; Mia Maestro (cameo))
-Jack believes "Vaughn" may some how be responsible for Sydney's disappearance
-Intel ultimately indicates that Katya Derevko may be of help.
-Sloane fears that Nadia may be at risk since Sydney's gone. He asks Jack to have her moved. But this gives Jack another idea.
-Jack and Katya team up to find Sydney, using a catatonic Nadia as bait. If Anna was after Sydney, perhaps she wants Nadia too. But Sloane insists on helping. He wants to keep his eye on Nadia.
-In the end, Jack is trumped though, and both Katya and Nadia are extracted...by Irina.
(Irina is only shown using old footage, so that they don't have to pay Lena for an episode.)
5x09 (Guest Stars - Lena Olin, Isabella Rossellini, Gina Torres)
-Irina comes to Jack and Sloane. Since Sydney has been abducted, she fears that Nadia would become a target. Someone out there, believes there's more to Rambaldi than's been let on. Irina truly believe that the prophecy had been fulfilled in "Before the Flood." But someone is not willing to give up.
-If the Prophecy has truly not been fulfilled, then that means Nadia and Sydney are still destined to fight, and Irina believes that Nadia may be the best hope for finding Sydney. Therefore, it is essential to find a cure for her condition.
-Jack says this is risky. One of the daughters is destined to be killed. By using Nadia, they could be playing with fire.
-They realize Anna is looking for the cure to Nadia's condition, and could lead to Sydney.
-Realizing Vaughn communicated with Anna in prison, they vet him for intel. he says that he'll only help if he can get out of jail on a provisional basis to help find Sydney. Once she's found, he'll go back to finish his sentence.
5x10
-Jack, "Vaughn," Sloane and APO team up to find Sydney
-Before long they realize that they're going up against Sark. It seems that he's back in the Rambaldi game, and has Sydney.
-Sark returns to "regular status" for the final 12 episodes of the season.
5x11
-APO continues to hunt down Sydney.
-They are unsuccessful.
-But in the last moments we find Sydney, chained to some ancient looking apparatus. Sark is in the room as expected, but there is someone else. Sark's partner in this latest play...Sloane.
Then viewers prepare for the five-week, holiday hiatus.
I'll repost the outline for the first 11 episodes here, and then do a second post with the next 11. Remember, this isn't elegantly written. Just the nice and easy plotpoints.
Episode 5x01
-Sydney wakes up in the hospital. She's told no one was in the car with her. It seems "Vaughn" has gone missing.
-Nadia has been taken to the DSR’s Project Black Hole Medical facility in Nevada.
-Sloane has resigned from APO and opted to leave intelligence.
-Sydney tries to get Sloane to return. They need his contacts and expertise to find "Vaughn," to figure out what he was up to. But Sloane will not return. He's hurt too many people.
-In the end, "Vaughn" revealed to be under Sloane’s care at a Sacramento hospital. “I’m sorry it had to be this way,” Sloane says to him.
5x02 (Guest Stars - Bradley Cooper (cameo))
-Irina, via an intel packet (Lena Olin wouldn't appear), provides Jack and Sydney with cryptic but crucial intelligence that may help them uncover Vaughn’s secrets. A military experiment gone wrong in the late '80s. Jack and Syd investigate.
-Sloane helps Vaughn recover. Tells him he shouldn’t have told Sydney. Could ruin everything. Secrets are power. But Sloane doesn’t want Sydney to lose two fiancés to the truth.
-Jack and Sydney's investigation ultimately reveals that Bill Vaughn’s son, the real Michael Vaughn was murdered at age 21. Perhaps by "Vaughn"
-Sydney is overwhelmed. She needs a shoulder to cry on. The last shot is of her, visiting Will in Wisconsin.
5x03 (Guest stars - Angela Bassett)
-Jack & Sydney take what they have to Chase. Begin a full investigation into "Vaughn's" activities. They team up with A.D. Carl Raines, Vaughn's former mentor and now a CIA big whig.
-It's revealed that although Vaughn and Sloane are some how connected in his past, it doesn't appear that Sloane crashed the car. Sloane tasks Vaughn to find out who's responsible. Someone who wouldn't want his former allegiance to Sloane noticed.
-Using DNA tech, Syd discover "Vaugh's" true ID - Andrew Davis
-By episode's end they realize Vaughn is connected to Sloane.
5x04
- Sydney and Jack confront Sloane and he reveals:
• His endgame was always Rambaldi. His joining the Alliance was always a means to an end. But he knew he needed their power and Sydney to carry out his works.
• So he recruited Andrew Davis into the CIA to assist Sloane in his ultimate take down of the Alliance. He planted him as the late Bill Vaughn’s son. Simultaneously, he recruited Sydney into SD-6 to one day help him bring them down. He used the Irina-Bill connection as a means to form a bond between Syd and Vaughn.
• Vaughn reported all of Syd and Jack’s dealings to him.
- Someone else involved, an old associate of Sloane’s who doesn’t want to be revealed. He crashed the cars, not on behalf of Sloane.
- They all must work together to find this last guy.
- Vaughn says that he did lie to Sydney, but was abandoned by Sloane after the fall of SD-6. His obsession for Rambaldi consumed him and he cut off all ties. Vaughn never knew that Sloane was working with Irina or that he had killed Francie. It was a clean break from then on out. He had fallen in love with Sydney and had seen how badly Sloane had hurt her. He also realized, that Sloane was insane, had betrayed them both, and wanted to help her bring Sloane to justice, in essence, to atone for his own sins.
- When Syd disappeared, he left intelligence all together.
- Together, they figure out that A.D. Raines crashed the cars in order to protect his secret allegiance. He too had worked with Sloane and was the person who put Syd in Vaughn's care when she came to become a double agent.
-Though Sydney understands the truth now, her feelings for Vaughn are fractured. He lied to her all those years. The man she fell in love with was a lie.
5x05
-Lots of tension between Sydney and Andrew, but they still have feelings for each other.
-At episode's end, Jack has Vaughn arrested for his crimes. Though Sloane was pardoned for his past crimes, Vaughn was not.
5x06 (Guest Stars - Angela Bassett, Devlin)
-Chase puts Vaughn before a military tribunal.
-Syd listens to the testimony
-Flashbacks to Vaughn's early days, working for Sloane and betraying Sydney.
-Vaughn is sentenced to life in prison.
5x07 (Guest Stars - Gina Torres)
-Vaughn sees and talks with Anna Espinosa in a top secret military prison.
-A mission involving the Knights of Rambaldi arises. APO needs Anna's help
-Sydney and Anna team up, but by episode's end, Anna betrays Sydney and abducts her. No one knows where she is.
5x08 (Guest Stars - Isabella Rossellini; Mia Maestro (cameo))
-Jack believes "Vaughn" may some how be responsible for Sydney's disappearance
-Intel ultimately indicates that Katya Derevko may be of help.
-Sloane fears that Nadia may be at risk since Sydney's gone. He asks Jack to have her moved. But this gives Jack another idea.
-Jack and Katya team up to find Sydney, using a catatonic Nadia as bait. If Anna was after Sydney, perhaps she wants Nadia too. But Sloane insists on helping. He wants to keep his eye on Nadia.
-In the end, Jack is trumped though, and both Katya and Nadia are extracted...by Irina.
(Irina is only shown using old footage, so that they don't have to pay Lena for an episode.)
5x09 (Guest Stars - Lena Olin, Isabella Rossellini, Gina Torres)
-Irina comes to Jack and Sloane. Since Sydney has been abducted, she fears that Nadia would become a target. Someone out there, believes there's more to Rambaldi than's been let on. Irina truly believe that the prophecy had been fulfilled in "Before the Flood." But someone is not willing to give up.
-If the Prophecy has truly not been fulfilled, then that means Nadia and Sydney are still destined to fight, and Irina believes that Nadia may be the best hope for finding Sydney. Therefore, it is essential to find a cure for her condition.
-Jack says this is risky. One of the daughters is destined to be killed. By using Nadia, they could be playing with fire.
-They realize Anna is looking for the cure to Nadia's condition, and could lead to Sydney.
-Realizing Vaughn communicated with Anna in prison, they vet him for intel. he says that he'll only help if he can get out of jail on a provisional basis to help find Sydney. Once she's found, he'll go back to finish his sentence.
5x10
-Jack, "Vaughn," Sloane and APO team up to find Sydney
-Before long they realize that they're going up against Sark. It seems that he's back in the Rambaldi game, and has Sydney.
-Sark returns to "regular status" for the final 12 episodes of the season.
5x11
-APO continues to hunt down Sydney.
-They are unsuccessful.
-But in the last moments we find Sydney, chained to some ancient looking apparatus. Sark is in the room as expected, but there is someone else. Sark's partner in this latest play...Sloane.
Then viewers prepare for the five-week, holiday hiatus.