An Alias question- Abrams/Garner fans, please help me out here... by chrisisall

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An Alias question- Abrams/Garner fans, please help me out here...

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 09:05
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:08 AM

I recently bought season 5, loved it, then got season 1, loved it, and now I'm plowing throught season 2, and am

wait for it

loving it.

My question is, I've read things about seasons 3 & 4 that suggest to me that I might do better not getting them.
Like, how many times am I supposed to buy Sloan getting out of prison to head ANOTHER agency... is Vaughn's marrage just a plot device, or is he really stupid enough to marry a bad guy... are the stand-alone eps in season 4 any good when I've become acustomed to arc-driven seasons... ?

I'm thinking by the end of season 2, I should just stop there while I've already seen the best Alias has to offer.
Thoughts, my peeps?

Thanks in advance.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:17 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Season Three had its ups and downs, mostly downs, and I stopped watching Season Four after the first episode. I can't recommend them, but if you find them real cheap...

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:52 AM

PLATONIST

is Vaughn's marrage just a plot device, or is he really stupid enough to marry a bad guy... are the stand-alone eps in season 4 any good when I've become acustomed to arc-driven seasons... ?

Season 4 is the weakest, the plot devices that you mention become convoluted and they stray from the relationships and focus more on individual character development. Season five brings the relationships back on track, especially the one between Sydney and her father Jack and of course, Sydney and Vaughn, at the end:)

You could always rent season four.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:22 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Platonist:
Season five brings the relationships back on track, especially the one between Sydney and her father Jack and of course, Sydney and Vaughn, at the end:)

I found season five to be most entertaining & satisfying, and, having seen season one & most of two, incredibly "loose end tying."

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, September 28, 2009 3:32 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Season Three had its ups and downs, mostly downs, and I stopped watching Season Four after the first episode.

Did you see season five? I thought it was very neat, Drew Goddard was one of the writers.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:06 PM

CHRISISALL

Okat, DON'T help me out.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:25 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Season Three had its ups and downs, mostly downs, and I stopped watching Season Four after the first episode.
Did you see season five? I thought it was very neat, Drew Goddard was one of the writers.

The laughing Chrisisall

I only watched the series finale. It did not tempt me to go back and watch what I had missed.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:57 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:

I only watched the series finale.

Pretty cool though, the way

Select to view spoiler:

Sloan became immortal, then stuck in a mountain under a boulder for all time, eh?

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, October 5, 2009 8:35 AM

CHRISISALL

Okay, coming up on the end of season two, I'm gonna skip three, and go right to four.
Season two was da BOMB!
Irina Derevko RULES!!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, October 5, 2009 11:18 AM

STORYMARK

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, coming up on the end of season two, I'm gonna skip three, and go right to four.

When did you go retarded?

Skipping a good, if uneven season, to jump to the far-and-away worst.....?

Bad move.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Monday, October 5, 2009 11:37 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Storymark:

Skipping a good, if uneven season, to jump to the far-and-away worst.....?

I'm thinking that 1, 2, & 5 might be all I watch for now then. There's no where to go but down, eh? At it's best, it was better than Dark Angel.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, October 5, 2009 11:57 AM

STORYMARK

I still personally think 3 is a good season. Gets bogged a bit with it's love triangle, but is still a great spy show. And season 3 wraps up some dangling plot threads. And you'll be missing some Irena (who is entirely absent from season 4).

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:51 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Storymark:
And you'll be missing some Irena (who is entirely absent from season 4).

What?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000565/filmoseries#tt0285333

Quote:
18 May 2005 (Season 4, Episode 21)
25 May 2005 (Season 4, Episode 22)

This lists her as being the last 2 eps of season #4, and not at ALL in season #3!
Is this in error?

Gotstoknowisall

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:48 AM

CHRISISALL

Okay Story, a little research shows that Derevko is indeed, NOT in season 3. Are you confusing the two seasons? Is it 4 that's the good one & 3 that's actually the worst???

*does that stern pissed-off grade-school teacher look*

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 10:57 AM

STORYMARK

Well, I guess I was wrong about Irena.

But season 3 is still far better than 4. Season 4 is the one where they try and reboot the season 1 dynamic - everyone happily working in the same office again, with Sloan as the boss - except this time, he's really on the Government payroll. Which, given what Sloan is responsible for at that point, it just became very hard to watch everyone getting along (even if Syd does throw a tantrum or two about the situation). And they ditch all long-running plots, cliffhangers, and anything Rambaldi-related (untill the two-parter that wraps the season.... which is when Irena shows up and they go full-bore back into Rambaldi and his big plot).

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:18 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Storymark:
season 3 is still far better than 4. Season 4 is the one where they try and reboot the season 1 dynamic - everyone happily working in the same office again, with Sloan as the boss

Oh crap, that's bullshit. Sloan is wanted dead by too many. Thanks for warning me off it, dude!
(Is MY hate for Sloan showing?)
I may get season 3 then, thanks.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:00 PM

STORYMARK

Sloan is fun to hate.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:12 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Sloan is fun to hate.

I've been doing STUPID online research just now- I will get season 3 definitely. Season four is a probable no at this point. Even with Sonia Bragga as a guest villainess.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:22 PM

STORYMARK

Spoiled yourself, did ya?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:37 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Spoiled yourself, did ya?

A little, however it doesn't take away too much for me. I like seein' how it plays out. Remember, I started with season five.

But the "reset button" set in four that I read of and that you reinforced in your posts seems just a little too BS-y for my taste.
Still, the most fun I've had watching a series since Firefly.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, October 12, 2009 2:57 PM

CHRISISALL

Okay, final evaluation: The last season was the best one IMO. No surprise here, I liked the final season of Buffy best as well.
Wrap-us are cool.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:30 AM

STORYMARK

I'd still rank season 5 after 1-3, but then, I watched them in order. And you're weird.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:05 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
And you're weird.

Thank you.
I think.

The laughing Chrisisall

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