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Being an expatriate allows you to miss a lot of trashy television, only to get trapped by your children as the bring it home a season at a time. Since that's the way way I viewed "Alias" it's hard for me to pass judgment on the Fifth Season in isolation from the preceding four seasons. J.J. Abrams' spy-soap, cum sci-fi fantasy, "Alias" is a perfect example that it's easy to become addicted to a series. At least as long as the storytellers frequently provide you with a cliffhanger, a great ensemble cast including a cute female lead (Jennifer Garner), along with a father driven to protect her (Victor Garber), a mother who seems determined to eat her own young (Lena Olin), and an eccentric, but endearing techno-geek sidekick (Kevin Weisman). The show also had a string of A-List talent, often playing lovely villains like Faye Dunaway, Isabella Rossellini, Sonia Braga and charming thugs like Roger Moore and Rutger Hauer. Being an expatriate allows you to miss a lot of trashy television, only to get trapped by your children as the bring it home a season at a time. Since that's the way way I viewed "Alias" it's hard for me to pass judgment on the Fifth Season in isolation from the preceding four seasons. I can say that the espionage an a great deal of fun, kind of like an updated Man from U.N.C.L.E., however, "Alias" had this irritating sub-plot centered around a renaissantial phantom, Milo Giacomo Rambaldi, who if he was really smart he would have taken over the world back in the 1480s. At any rate it got to the point that if one more "Rambaldi artifact" I was in danger of experiencing a round of projectile vomiting. However, Rambaldi faded away in the fourth season, only to see his evil spectre raise again in the Final Season. The finale was exciting, and ended with an upbeat look at the future. If you want to watch this you have to start at Season One, Episode One, and settle down for a few weeks of determined viewing, beacause there will never be a Season Six.Read full review
Season 5 is my favorite season of Alias even though Vaughn is missing from half the season. It highlights Sidney as a single mom still displaying that she works harder than ever to catch the bad guys. The reappearance of Bradley Cooper makes it even more exciting and when he is in trouble Sidney proves that she is a valuable friend. I didn't like that in the end several major characters died but I guess that had to happen to further the story line. I would have liked to see the show go another more season to see what Sidney was like raising her children and doing her job. In the end Sidney ends up with Vaughn and is exactly the way it should be.
Just love Jennifer....she & others did a fine job thru out the seasons of wanting more..Sad to see show ended...Worth keeping DVD's in collection and watch again...
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Product in excellent condition. Plots and characters engaging - except Vaughn who is a boring, mousy and uninspiring character from the beginning of the series to the very end.
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I now have all the seasons of Alias, love each one too. Glad I got it.
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