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Alias - The Complete First Season Customer Reviews (13 - 15 of 49 Reviews)

superswank !
with only three less than stellar reviews, easily outnumbered by 100+ five-star reviews (before the dvd is even released) "alias" certainly has a legion of dedicating fans... and for good reason - it's just stellar. from the big thrills and fantastic plots that leave you just in awe (ie. the choreograhpy, the lighting, the camerawork, the costumes, the sets and the science/tech behind it all) to the little details (ie. the acting) that draw you to the characters and their relationships with a grip that doesn't let go... this spy-thriller truly has a place in my heart. heck, in the first season, i'd schedule my sundays AROUND it.

be prepared, however, to watch this show with some time on your hands.

seeing only one hour of it per week left me, and millions of other fans, craving for more. we NEEDED to see what happened next, and often a week was lost agonizing (and often with other alias fans on some awesome sites dedicated to "alias") about what would happen, how the cliffhangers would be resolved, and what would be next... all the while, trying to figure out jj's master plan - revealed in a MAGNIFICENT season finale. now, you won't have to wait. so, once you start with this dvd, "action packed" will take on a whole new dimension because you too will be speechless or screaming, mortified or elated, on the edge of your seat or huddled up in the corner of your couch... mesmorized by the spy and domestic worlds of ms. sydney bristow. no wonder garner won that emmy.

Please release ALIAS on DVD!
I feel that I too must include my plea for an "Alias" Series DVD. It is my favorite show on television and I'm sure that all fans would purchase the DVD/video. The strange thing is that I saw the first episode and didn't really enjoy it. Throughout the year though, I got sucked in and couldn't stop! Really, once you start watching the show, you get addicted rather quickly. In case you don't already watch the show, it's about a character named Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner), who is recruited to work for a covert branch of the CIA--SD6. She comes to learn that it is, in fact, not part of the CIA, but is actually the very enemy she though she had been fighting against (took that right from the show's intro). She turns to the actual CIA and becomes a double agent, in the process learning that her father is also a double agent. All of this takes place in the first episode, so that is basically just the premise. This first season is really exciting, with great storylines, and ended on a real cliffhanger. I would recommend that everyone watch the show and purchase this DVD when it is released.

Alias on DVD
I am a true fan of Alias and it is the ONLY show I try to watch consistently every week. Even though I have had my vcr record the last several episodes, I would DEFINATELY buy the entire season on DVD. It is a show that is fast moving and doesn't leave room for boredom no matter how many times you watch it. I did miss one or two episodes unfortunately and would love to be able to start over with the pilot of the show and go through them in order again. PLEEAASSEE bring this out on DVD so I can buy it!! It has something for everyone and doesn't contain much, if any swearing and nothing really that would make it objectionable for families. My 8 year old loves it whenever he gets a chance to see it and everyone here KNOWS that when Alias is on, Mom is off-limits! I am hooked and will be back next season for sure!
For those of you unfamiliar with the show- is that possible?? It gives a recap at the beginning of every episode now to catch you up on the background and history of what's happened up until that point, which I have never seen done before and is EXTREMELY helpful even as a refresher. It airs on ABC on Sundays at 9:00pm EST. It's about a college girl, Sydney Bristow, that was recruited to work for what she thought was a secret division of the CIA and learned years later (when the show began) that it wasn't really the CIA at all, but a group called SD-6 whom she had thought she was working against. Thus the backbone of the show- she's a double agent and the only one she knows that is aware of the truth is one other double agent "whom she hardly knows"- her father, Jack Bristow. (Apparently it's been a strange, distant relationship between these two).
Her contact in the true CIA is Michael Vaughn (very cool and good looking) and the show plays with the chemistry they have between them and the fact that they can't actually get involved with each other, but the underlying feeling is they want to.
There are other main characters, Dixon her partner in SD-6 (who thinks he is working for the CIA like everyone else there except for Sydney, her dad and the boss- Arvin Sloane.) An important detail about Sloane is that he was apparently born without a heart (feelings and emotion that is) as he is cold and calculating and the job ALWAYS comes first. He and Jack Bristow have history and are in a complicated, twisted way- friends, sort of. Jack is his right hand man, but if Sloane ever learned that Jack or Sydney were double agents he would kill them or have them killed without hesitation. He does love his wife, but if faced with choosing between his wife and his job, it would be a tough decision. He had a hand in Sydney's upbringing and thinks of her as, in a way, his own daughter, although any favors he may do for her will most likely cost her in the future as in his eyes she will 'owe him one'.
Throw this in with her reporter friend, Will Tippin and roommate and best friend, Francie (who Sydney has to lie to all the time to protect them, as apparently the saying, "I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you" in this show means "if I tell you, SD-6 will kill you") and you have one very intense, smart action/drama. I give it 2 thumbs up and hope it comes out on DVD so I can have it at home.

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