In the fourth episode of the second season of Alias<\/i>, I fucked up. I FUCKED UP REAL BAD. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For talk of gaslighting, manipulation<\/b>.<\/p>\n
I have never so continuously and loudly tried to be prepared, only to be completely steamrolled by a show LIKE I HAVE TODAY. Goddamn it, I tried! So hard!<\/p>\n
Will<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m only now realizing how much of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dead Drop\u00e2\u20ac\u009d deals with the disturbing ramifications of deception. Indeed, much of Alias<\/i> does anyway. This is a world in which lying is a natural part of these characters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives, and we consistently watch how the constant deception can tear people apart or make people paranoid. Will is largely collateral damage, since he tried to peel back the curtain, only to discover that Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life was not what he thought it was. After paying a terrible price to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153inducted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d into the world of CIA espionage, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s left doing community service, helping Francie at her restaurant, and faking an addiction to maintain a cover story. Indeed, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very<\/i> surreal, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s readily apparent as we watch Will in his group therapy sessions! He has to craft this entire story just to live his life in peace, which is why it was so upsetting that Rebecca Martinez seemed ready to derail everything that Will had been through. HE HAD SUFFERED SO MUCH FOR PURSUING THE SD-6 STORY AND NOW SHE WANTED HIM TO REVISIT IT FOR HER CONSPIRACY THEORY SITE.<\/p>\n
Of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another layer of meaning on top of all of this, given that Rebecca was actually <\/i>a SD-6 plant, and THERE ARE SO MANY LEVELS OF DECEPTION IN THIS SHOW, I SWEAR. I suppose it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quietly comforting to know that SD-6 doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t view Will as a threat??? Yet I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but feel disturbed by it all. Will isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ever gonna be left alone, is he? PROTECT WILL FROM SD-6.<\/p>\n
Emily<\/b><\/p>\n
WHAT THE FUCK. Okay, lemme list these three options out because what the fuck<\/i>.<\/p>\n
There are, as I see it, three possible explanations for Emily\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name being on the check-in sheet at the bed & breakfast that she stayed at before Arvin killed her.<\/p>\n
ALL THREE OF THESE WOULD BE RIDICULOUS PLOT TWISTS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANY OF THEM.<\/p>\n
Irina vs Jack<\/b><\/p>\n
Well, I was bound to embarrass myself on video because I hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t done so in a while, but also because Alias<\/i> is too much. Despite that I might have wanted<\/i> Sydney and Irina to approach something close to closure, I believed Jack. I do not trust Irina at all! Thus, throughout this episode, even as she provided Sydney with crucial intel that proved to be true, even after she seemed to work against her own interests in order to help the CIA, I believed it was all part of a long con. She was manipulating the CIA and Sydney to get what she wanted. Have I figured out a potential endgame? Oh, no, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not even close. I am certain I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have enough pieces to even begin to hazard a guess. Yet I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m firm in my assessment: Irina Derevko is going to screw everyone over, and this is all a scam. IT IS.<\/p>\n
My awareness of how twisty and unpredictable Alias<\/i> is certainly played a part in that. I have no problem admitting that. I was trying to keep myself ready for her inevitable betrayal! That was why I was utterly ignorant to what was unfolding right in front of me: Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/i> betrayal. We have watched him become increasingly upset by Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continued conversations with her mother; we watched him try to get his therapist to help him manipulate Sydney; and then we watched him argue with Vaughn and Sydney in front of Director Kendall. He was utterly committed to this position, and I still didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see what he was plotting.<\/p>\n
He got his revenge against Irina, sure, but at what cost? Her operations bible was destroyed along with Sark\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s men. Sydney was devastated by the betrayal. And in the horrible event that Irina was<\/i> genuinely helping them, they all just lost a necessary asset. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, JACK IS SO FUCKED UP! And after getting so much closer to his daughter, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now a million miles away. Rather, he will<\/i> be, because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think this will stay a secret long. Sydney is gonna figure out, and oh my god, THIS IS ALL GOING TO HELL.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so messed up by this, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all.<\/p>\n
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