Alias 02/23/03 - "Firebomb"
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Great episode! Can anyone tell me what they showed for next episode's preview? My local station spent the whole commercial break talking about current weather conditions until Dragnet started.
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Good to see
. Marshall is hilarious as usual. All that build-up on the Rambaldi device, and a bit of a letdown, though I guess with a season and a helf of build-up, pretty much anything would be a letdown. Should be interesting to see where this new development with Rambaldi takes us.
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marshall (to jack): you could try saying please.
jack: stares ahead blankly.
will: i can get you that web address if you want.
both of these lines had me
all in all just an average episode IMO, but the best part was mentioned above in the spoilers.
jack: stares ahead blankly.
will: i can get you that web address if you want.
both of these lines had me
all in all just an average episode IMO, but the best part was mentioned above in the spoilers.
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It seemed really staged that Will wrote the one paper the Director wanted to know more about. I thought the Alias writers could have come up with a better reason to have Will in that room.
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It was good seeing Dixon back in action, kicking some ass - screw his wife! She's just a waste of screen time.
The "android" that took Francie's place is completely retarded - boring as hell.
Why doesn't Sydney just shoot Sloan? I know that would kill the major storyline of the show, but the minute she found out the detonator didn't work anymore she should have just turned around and shot him and not let him have a chance to get out of the car. Then she can call Harvey Keitel to come clean up the mess. (that would make a cool cameo, imo)
Marshall adds that little extra somethin', somethin' to the show, doesn't he?
The "android" that took Francie's place is completely retarded - boring as hell.
Why doesn't Sydney just shoot Sloan? I know that would kill the major storyline of the show, but the minute she found out the detonator didn't work anymore she should have just turned around and shot him and not let him have a chance to get out of the car. Then she can call Harvey Keitel to come clean up the mess. (that would make a cool cameo, imo)
Marshall adds that little extra somethin', somethin' to the show, doesn't he?
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There are so many fustrating characters in this episode: Dixon's wife, FakeFrancie, and of course, Slone. FakeFrancie bothers me the most, since everybody is so clueless about her. I'm shouting at the screen for Syd to shoot her already, but I bet she won't catch on until the end of the season or something.
Again with the Ford Focus. Honestly, why not just rename the show "Ford Focus and Nokia present Alias"??? It's irritating.
Again with the Ford Focus. Honestly, why not just rename the show "Ford Focus and Nokia present Alias"??? It's irritating.
Originally posted by RichardW
Can anyone tell me what they showed for next episode's preview?
Can anyone tell me what they showed for next episode's preview?
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Why doesn't Sydney just shoot Sloan? I know that would kill the major storyline of the show, but the minute she found out the detonator didn't work anymore she should have just turned around and shot him and not let him have a chance to get out of the car. Then she can call Harvey Keitel to come clean up the mess. (that would make a cool cameo, imo)
Why doesn't Sydney just shoot Sloan? I know that would kill the major storyline of the show, but the minute she found out the detonator didn't work anymore she should have just turned around and shot him and not let him have a chance to get out of the car. Then she can call Harvey Keitel to come clean up the mess. (that would make a cool cameo, imo)
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Originally posted by Jericho
With what though? Unless I'm mistaken, she had no gun at that point.
With what though? Unless I'm mistaken, she had no gun at that point.
BTW...that one scene with FakeFrancie and Syd...did anybody catch the "creepy lesbian" vibe from FakeFrancie? First she was all cold and evil, and now she sort of gives off a psycho stalker feeling.
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I half expect a Ford Focus to pull up in front of the CIA building as all the kids from American Idol jump out drinking Coke and flaunting their stylish Nokia phones. I praised them for subtle product placement last season, but it's annoying this time around.
As for the episode, I enjoyed it, although I didn't like Dixon's rationalization for forgiving Sydney. I wish he had seen the hypocrisy of his own actings, condemning her for doing the same thing he did to his wife, but instead he just said he didn't know what he'd do given the circumstances. That's a fine reason too, I guess, but I would have liked the other more. Marshall's scenes are just priceless. Robo-Francie is annoying.
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As for the episode, I enjoyed it, although I didn't like Dixon's rationalization for forgiving Sydney. I wish he had seen the hypocrisy of his own actings, condemning her for doing the same thing he did to his wife, but instead he just said he didn't know what he'd do given the circumstances. That's a fine reason too, I guess, but I would have liked the other more. Marshall's scenes are just priceless. Robo-Francie is annoying.
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I thought it was good.
The scene with Marshall and Vaughn on the phone was hilarious.
I can't wait until they get rid of evil Francie. You'd think with all her spy training Syd would be able to figure it out.
It was good to see Dixon back. Hopefully that's the last we see of his wife.
The scene with Marshall and Vaughn on the phone was hilarious.
I can't wait until they get rid of evil Francie. You'd think with all her spy training Syd would be able to figure it out.
It was good to see Dixon back. Hopefully that's the last we see of his wife.
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Originally posted by Kal Jedi
Marshall is one of the best characters on TV right now.
Great episode.
Marshall is one of the best characters on TV right now.
Great episode.
great ep tonite. i wonder what was the little art that sloan obtain from smashing the statue. is that a remebody art?
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Originally posted by the_dude8
great ep tonite. i wonder what was the little art that sloan obtain from smashing the statue. is that a remebody art?
great ep tonite. i wonder what was the little art that sloan obtain from smashing the statue. is that a remebody art?
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Marshall's line about Predator was hilarious. Good to see that Dixon's got his spurs back on. Android Francie is annoying. For variety's sake, i'd love it, if for an entire episode, we followed Sark around as he tries to implement Sloan's diabolical plans. Sark is such a great character and he's pretty much playing second fiddle to Sloan.
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I'm getting the feeling that Sark has his own agenda. He's only sticking with Sloan to find out what's going on with the Rambaldi artifact. He's going to be the wrench thrown in the cog of Sloan's well-oiled plan.
Also, you just know that if they're casting a good-looking guy as a recurring character, he's going to eventually be involved with Syd on a more...uh...personal level. That's been JJ Abrams' pattern before when he was writing Felicity.
BTW, nice camera angle of her doing stomach curls.
Also, you just know that if they're casting a good-looking guy as a recurring character, he's going to eventually be involved with Syd on a more...uh...personal level. That's been JJ Abrams' pattern before when he was writing Felicity.
BTW, nice camera angle of her doing stomach curls.
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The reason why Sydney doesn't quite suspect FakeFrancie is because Francie represents "normalcy" in her turbulent world as a spy. If she loses Francie, she'll lose a big tie to the normal world (and she has, just doesn't know it yet) where she gets to be "normal" and let her hair down.
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Good episode IMHO. Nice to see Marshall, Will, and Dixon back in the mix. Nice to see Sark get some extra screen time as well. I bet he has something up his sleeve involving Syd's mom but we'll just have to wait on that one. FakeFrancie will get found out by the end of the season (I hope). The scene in the church was just creepy - I guess they earned that advisory notice at the beginning.
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Maybe I was just too tired or something (since other people seemed to like this one), but I thought it was boring.
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i still say vaughn has been replaced and is evil, maybe next week? will was great on show, they have to get him more involved. I don't know why but vaughn annoys the crap out of me. too much of a boyscout i am still rooting for will to get the girl but i also used to root for noel on felicity, scott speedman by the way not good actor. marshall as usual priceless but a little of him goes a long ways. typical but for a tech head but he is so underappreciated by his fellow agents.