Well, there’s always good to go with the bad.
Yes, college football is done (and the NFL has only about a month left), but that opens the door for good dramatic television!!
Tonight, Alias began its’ fourth season. And on Sunday, 24 begins its’ fourth season too.
And just 2 hours into the new season of Alias (probably 2 episodes blended into 1), I’m so into it already. See, in season 3, the show sort of took a side-turn and got away from it’s roots. And in 20 minutes, it seems like they’re going back in that direction again. SD-6 is no more, but APO is going strong as a black-ops splinter group of the CIA. APO does include Arvin Sloan (former head of the terrorist SD-6 group), but the concept of the group is that it polices itself… thus Sloan is under constant scrutiny. Definitely some potential there.
They’ve also worked Nadia, Sydney’s half-sister, into the story, and into the group. With the revelation that Jack killed Irina (his former wife, and both Nadia’s and Sydney’s mother) because Irina had a contract out to have Sydney killed, there’s a unique underlying story going on… Nadia (who doesn’t know about Jack killing Irina, or why, for that matter), has sworn to kill her mother’s killer. Very interesting!!
They’ve also started showing some of the off-the-job scenes, which was sorely missing in season 3… again, going back to the strong roots of Alias. I’m soooooo looking forward to the rest of the season! I love Alias!!
And on Sunday, 24 starts back up, too. There’ll be 2 hours of 24 on Sunday, and another 2 hours on Monday. Yep, 1/6th of the season in 2 nights. I’m really ready for 24, as it’s a great action show, where what happens in one hour might not be affected until hours later. Definitely a smart, intense, full-of-action show. I’m sure I’ll start the 24 discussion soon!
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