Review of Episode 10: S.O.S.
04/19/06
Weiss: "One more thing. Next time, just call."
It was fast-paced, it was amusing, it had everyone committing
treason and Marshall in disguise, so I watched most of this
one with a big smile on my face. Well, okay, I wasn't as thrilled
when it segued into medical ickiness, but still.
The Langley mission was standard "Alias" fun. I
particularly liked Eric Weiss coming to their rescue, Marshall
cracking the impossible Enigma code, and Rachel running smack
into a door of the server room. That demo of the Cold War
spy coin that held microfilm was a great inside joke. The
guide was actually saying, "You can only imagine what's
in use today" as Rachel was passing some high tech gizmo
to Dixon.
If Prophet Five is infiltrating the top levels of world governments,
the ever popular world domination must be their end game.
I really thought they were going to take Sydney's baby; I
thought they already had during the last few minutes where
they were so careful only to shoot Jennifer Garner from the
chest up. It appears the baby's health is important to them.
And was that ultrasound weird, or what? It was like the baby
had a disco ball in there with it.
What is going on with Tom Grace? Is he really a member of
Prophet Five? Is his real name Peter? Is that whole dead wife
thing a ruse? Or could he possibly be doing something undercover
for Jack? Maybe he has some connection to Rambaldi. After
all, the Rambaldi symbol is over Balthazar Getty's name in
the credits this season.
Bits and pieces:
-- Amy Acker is now a cast member. I love Amy Acker. I've
met Amy Acker. And Elodie Bouchez is now a "special guest
star." It's probably for the best, since they're never
going to have time to develop Rene Rienne as a character now.
-- It was so great to see Greg Grunberg again. I missed him.
-- Alpha Black clearance is given only to the top seven CIA
directors. All well and good, but I know how hard it is to
schedule a meeting with top executives. How did Jack get them
all into one room so quickly?
-- Sydney's ID is black seven niner three sierra, confirmation
foxtrot one.
-- Sydney's own doctor appears to be a member of Prophet
Five. Unless Sydney was hallucinating from the drugs.
-- Angus what's his face is still trying to control Sloane,
and Sloane is still giving him a hard time.
-- Jack was arrested. Is he going to jail again? That's my
boy. He's a rebel.
-- The head of Red Cell on "La Femme Nikita" was
also called the Cardinal. Is that a standard title for the
heads of terrorist organizations? Or was it yet another Nikita
ripoff?
-- "S.O.S." is the title of last week's "Lost"
episode. Considering the relationship between "Lost"
and "Alias," this can't be a coincidence.
-- In this week's hair report, Dixon has an interesting new
do: lots of tiny braids.
-- This week's itinerary: Langley, Washington D.C., and a
cargo ship in the North Atlantic.
-- This week's language skills: In that scene with Korman,
Tom Grace was speaking German.
-- Marshall: "Sorry, it just came to me. I play a lot
of Sudoku."
-- Weiss: "I cannot believe this, but I have to cancel
my pilates again." Does this create a scary mental image,
or what?
-- Marshall: "Maybe they found out I decoded the message!
We should run!" Dixon: (sotto voce) "Take it down
a notch, Hamlet."
Fun was had. Three out of four spies,
Billie
- Review by Billie Doux
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