Alias 02/09/05
 

Episode Title: "Nocturne"

:hscratch: Huh?

I had a hard time paying attention to what was going on in this episode. Don't know if I really it.

Is JJ Abrams colluding with Jennifer Garner to get the show canceled, hence out of her contract?


BTW...Welcome me to Alias threads!!!!...I just caught up with Seasons 1-3 on DVD and ep 1-4 on DVR...so my first ever 'LIVE' Alias episode was...

...this piece of crap!

I suppose had Alias aired in a normal fashion (season beginning in the Fall) this might have been the Halloween episode. Maybe that was the original intent?? (still no excuse... but maybe an explanation.)

Ehhh, not such a great episode. Again this didn't really further the characters aside from Sydney's feelings toward Jack and Vaughn through her halucinations.

On the other hand, the exchange between Dixon and Sloane in the end was excellent. One of the most satisfying scenes of the show so far. Otherwise a boring and pretty pointless episode. Hopefully they get to something good soon. Alot of people complain about the endless Rombaldi stuff, but I personally would welcome it back. Theres more story to tell there.

Maybe at the end of the Dixon/Sloane exchange, Dixon could have said

"...and killing my wife sucked too!"

It wasn't easy to watch alias after a great Lost episode.
Still, I liked this week's episode. It certainly was better than that "married couple/terrorist" training camp episode. Smart of Jack to take the bullets out.

I didnt like this episode either. And next weeks preview was pretty crappy.

In general, I dont mind the stand alone episodes, but I would still like it to advance the overall plot in some way, even if its small.

Other than the Dixon going off on Sloane at the end this was a poor episode. Some of the scenes where she was hallucinating were unintentionally hilarious

i could barely finish this episode....way too boring this week

I passed out 2/3 into this episode. Had to watch my ReplayTV recording of it to find out how it ended up, and wasn't all that impressed, except for the Dixon/Sloane showdown.

I agree.

I have 3 words.....JUMP THE SHARK!

People complained about Season 3 a lot so I expected it to be bad, but I bought the DVD set and didn't think it was bad at all. Not great, but pretty good.

So I finally caught up in Season 4 to watching the HD broadcasts via DVR and expected it to get even better. But this season just seems to meander all over the place without much direction. It's still okay, but nothing special anymore. I think they need some significant overhauls to the characters and storylines. For one thing, I'd much rather see a stronger week-to-week advancing plotline than this "adventure of the week" approach.

I liked Dixon's little talk w/ Sloane at the end. Good stuff.

I was so excited to see Julie Ann Emery during the intro, and then...boom. :(

Weiss was funny in the girls' apartment when Nadia wanted to ask him to stay, but didn't - and he called her on it. :lol:

I spent the first commercial break trying to remember where she was from before I remembered Line of Fire.

I thought this actually was one of the better ones of the season but i am tired of just having stand alone episodes i want the story arcs. i am bummed that he basically just reset the series. so far this season isnt as good as the others. but i am one who thought season 3 was better then ever one is trying to say it "bad"

This season sucks. How sad.

The Dixon / Sloane exchange was so worth it but the rest of the episode was rather blah.

That's my biggest gripe thus far as well. This show seems too procedural this season. I understand that that formula will most likely yield higher ratings, but the quality suffers.

As most people have said, no a great ep. Kind of boring.

The guy who bit Sydney was pretty freaky. Didn't think anyone else was in that crawl space. :eek:

Eh, the whole thing was bland to me. The Dixon/Sloane stuff doesn't make much sense. If Dixon is suspicious of Sloane, why tell him? Why not keep an eye on him in private, while outwardly being the loyal solider? The whole season so far smacks of lazy writing (including, as mentioned, that everyone seems to have forgiven/forgotten that Sloane has killed loved ones).

Boring/pointless episode overall. And this season seems to be about random missions with no overall purpose or story arc. I still watch, and occasionally get a kick out of something. But this show 'jumped the shark' in the first few minutes of Season 3... and I doubt it'll recover. Makes me sad because those first two seasons were pretty incredible.

I guess I read the exchange as a giant kiss my ass to Sloane which is why I liked it. To me the look on Dixon's face said: I haven't forgotten that you killed my wife and the minute you step out of line I'm putting a bullet in your head.

Totally agree - my girlfriend and I were discussing it afterwards and we both concluded that it's becoming way too CSI-ish without the sunglasses at the end.

I can't remember the last time an episode of Alias totally put me to sleep.

Only bit I liked was Eric in Sidney and Nadia's apartment. Funny stuff.