Alias Episode Review: 4:19 "In Dreams"
Yesterday, I wrote in a review that executive producer J.J. Abrams' show Lost is actually just a character study in disguise, and the island events are not important in themselves, but exist simply to explore who the characters are. It seems that season four of another Abrams' program, Alias, is following suit.
Alias has always been a show where the plot never really made much sense, and really wasn't that important in the first place, only working as a tool to reveal the true nature and motivation of the characters. This season, Alias has dropped a season long story-arc in favor of a more episodic nature, and, taking a cue from sister show Lost, has focused more on flashbacks.
This week, another terrible thing is stolen by the episode's villian, and the heroes have to get it back. None of this matters, of course, as we know the heroes will win the day, but the important thing is, what character's past will be exploited in order to solve the problem?
This week, that character is Sloane, the once evil, now good(?) boss of this season's current spying organization that the characters all work for, APO. Sloane is forced to basically strap himself into a memory machine in order to recollect information that will stop the episode's villians. Logically, this whole deal makes no sense, but it does serve the whopping task of revealing previously series long villian Sloane's motivations for almost all his actions throughout Alias history.
SPOILER!
Sloane's wife had lost their only child, Jacquelyn, during childbirth. This was the primary force that sent Sloane down a spiral of grief leading to his obsession with Rimbaldi.
SPOILER ENDS
With this knowledge, we now understand Sloane's character more, and we'll understand his motivations better next time he steals some random object that might possibly destroy the world or do something else really bad.
OVERALL EPISODE RATING: 4 out of 5
Alias has always been a show where the plot never really made much sense, and really wasn't that important in the first place, only working as a tool to reveal the true nature and motivation of the characters. This season, Alias has dropped a season long story-arc in favor of a more episodic nature, and, taking a cue from sister show Lost, has focused more on flashbacks.
This week, another terrible thing is stolen by the episode's villian, and the heroes have to get it back. None of this matters, of course, as we know the heroes will win the day, but the important thing is, what character's past will be exploited in order to solve the problem?
This week, that character is Sloane, the once evil, now good(?) boss of this season's current spying organization that the characters all work for, APO. Sloane is forced to basically strap himself into a memory machine in order to recollect information that will stop the episode's villians. Logically, this whole deal makes no sense, but it does serve the whopping task of revealing previously series long villian Sloane's motivations for almost all his actions throughout Alias history.
SPOILER!
Sloane's wife had lost their only child, Jacquelyn, during childbirth. This was the primary force that sent Sloane down a spiral of grief leading to his obsession with Rimbaldi.
SPOILER ENDS
With this knowledge, we now understand Sloane's character more, and we'll understand his motivations better next time he steals some random object that might possibly destroy the world or do something else really bad.
OVERALL EPISODE RATING: 4 out of 5
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