Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college and trained for espionage and self-defense.
That's it. I quit. Alias was slow to begin with but this is ridiculous. In the last season, I don't know what happened but the characters don't mean anything anymore. Half the cast is dead or moved away and the only one left is Sydney. Of course.
So Sydney is the main character and she's a spy. Her boyfriend proposes to her and she tells him that she's a spy so she doesn't have to lie to her husband. He accepts her and still wants to be with her but the organization she works for finds out she told him so he is killed.
The rest of the series is her avenging his death. She hates the leader, Sloane, but continues to work for him (and now the CIA) to take him down. After she does she goes to work with the CIA for real. Stuff happens and seasons move on...eventually she falls for her CIA handler, Vaughn. They get engaged and then hit by a car. This plot is halted for a LONGGGGG time. And that's when I stopped.
Jennifer Garner (Sydney) was never my favorite actress and she was even ok for a while kicking butt and taking names. But as the seasons went on she got more and more BORING. Her and her problems just seemed less and less significant. Examples:
Oh I miss my fiance!! (acceptable)
Oh I hate my boss because he killed my fiance! (acceptable)
I really like my CIA handler but that's not professional :( (uhhhh.....)
My dad lied to me! (ok you're losing me)
I have a sister! (why is this a problem?)
It's this kind of lame-ness that stops me from wanting to actually watch the show. Honestly it doesn't even look like the cast enjoys what they're doing. Maybe that was just part of their acting technique but they should at least be able to feed off each other. These actors said their lines and walked away.
One high point was the makeup and costumes. Every time Sydney went on a mission she had the BEST outfits and hair. Props to her stylist and makeup artist!!
Other than that I don't have much else to say about this show. I'm not really into spy shows to begin with so maybe that's why I wasn't quite as receptive to this show as I could have been.
Overall, 3 stars. I understand where the writers were going with the concept but I don't think it ever got there. And they could have picked a better leading lady.
