{"id":6718,"date":"2018-01-17T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=6718"},"modified":"2018-01-08T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T17:03:23","slug":"mark-watches-alias-s01e08-time-will-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2018\/01\/mark-watches-alias-s01e08-time-will-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Alias’: S01E08 – Time Will Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the eighth episode of the first season of Alias<\/i>, THIS ONE HURT TO WATCH. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve misjudged this show.<\/p>\n

WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING, it just means that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m adjusting my perception of Alias<\/i> and what it can do, and y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. I think this Rambaldi business is way<\/i> more important than I previously thought, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bold move for the show to introduce some sort of POSSIBLE speculative fiction element to Alias<\/i>. See, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually tell if stuff is going to lead to some otherworldly explanation, or if Rambaldi is evidence of something more ground. I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T TELL. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s half the fun of this, though, because I feel like the show has added another dynamic to it that\u00e2\u20ac\u201dunsurprisingly\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI am super into.<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the sole plot here, though, and I want to touch on what else is happening in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Time Will Tell\u00e2\u20ac\u009d before I get back to the Rambaldi device. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty neat that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m watching this after Person of Interest<\/i> because this show is accelerating its mythology\/story at the same breakneck speed. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re already dealing with SD-6 suspecting a mole IN THE EIGHTH EPISODE. I figured that was a plot we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d see much further down the line, but nope! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already one of the main overarching plots, and the threat of discovery hangs over everything<\/i>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard not to worry about it, especially when we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shown just how difficult Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lie detector test is going to be. But the logistical threat of the lie detector is only one piece of this complicated puzzle. Up to this point, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been given a very<\/i> detailed look at the ridiculous balancing act that Sydney has orchestrated to keep her life a secret. And while scenes with her lit professor aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a major<\/i> part of Alias<\/i>, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still significant enough. For a spy, Sydney has elements of her life that are remarkably normal. Her relationship with her best friend and roommate, Francie, is loving and joyous, one of the few things that really feels pure on this show. (And somehow, I believe that if Francie knew the truth about Sydney, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d still support her.)<\/p>\n

But those scenes are still edged in tension because… well, how long can Sydney maintain this dual life? How long can she keep the truth from Francie and Charlie and Will? Will\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey to publish a story about Daniel Hecht\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s murder has been a rollercoaster, and it certainly doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help that he keeps avoiding a conversation with Sydney about what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done. I GUARANTEE THIS WILL ONLY GET WORSE IF YOU KEEP WAITING. Of course, his pursuit of the facts has led him from one mystery to the next, and despite Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interference, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still close to something<\/i>. That brooch\/bug is another step towards learning about SD-6, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still worried about what this all means for Will. Can the show keep him from the truth for very long?<\/p>\n

Thus, this episode is dense as hell, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing. I really got the sense that Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life is jam-packed at the current moment, and throwing in another Rambaldi puzzle only made it worse. BUT MORE INTRIGUING!!! Because y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Donato said HE SPOKE WITH RIMBALDI HIMSELF. That slip of the tongue cannot have just been a mistake. HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH. And how the fuck did he know exactly when to stand up to block the show meant for Sydney? WHAT SORT OF WITCHCRAFT WAS THAT?<\/p>\n

But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why I said I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell if this is speculative fiction or not. It seems practically impossible that the clock and<\/i> that weird polymer disc were made over four hundred years prior, that they combined to make a map for an INCREDIBLY DEEP CAVERN where Rambaldi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s designs were hidden. Yet that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where we are. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically a cult or a secret society that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sprung up around Rambaldi, so this man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work clearly<\/i> holds meaning for a lot of people. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more than just meaning; that sounds so passive. People are willing to KILL to get their hands on his work. WHY? Why is so important? How was he able to predict things with such accuracy?\u00c2\u00a0 WHAT THE FUCK.<\/p>\n

And how the hell<\/i> was Sydney able to survive that horrible fall? What happened to Dixon? How did Anna find them if she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the coordinates? WHY IS EVERYTHING SO TENSE?<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Time Will Tell\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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