Alias (2001)★ 7.6/10

TV-14 · US · 45 min · September 30, 2001 · 5 seasons

Action
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Sci-Fi

Directed by: Ken Olin, Lawrence Trilling, Jack Bender, J.J. Abrams, Frederick E.O. Toye

Written by: J.J. Abrams, Jeff Pinkner, Jesse Alexander, Monica Owusu-Breen, Alison Schapker

Sydney Bristow agrees to become an international spy for a secret branch of the CIA. The secrecy complicates her social and love lives, but it's nothing compared to what happens when she finds out her employer has no ties to the CIA.

Original title

Alias

Storyline

Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a young, athletic, college graduate who was recruited her freshman year as a Secret Agent for SD-6, a top-secret branch of the C.I.A. After a few years, Sydney stupidly confides her lifestyle to her fiancé, so the evil head of SD-6, Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin), has him killed. Sydney learns that SD-6 is part of a rogue international agency called the Alliance of 12, out to rule the world. She becomes a double agent, working with the real C.I.A. to bring down SD-6 with the assistance of her handler, Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her estranged father Jack Bristow (Victor Garber), also a double agent. Along the way, Sydney fights various rival agents, rival terrorist groups, and traitors all the while keeping her cloak-and-dagger lifestyle a secret from her friends (season one).

Rating

7.6 / 10 · 58,327

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