In the second episode of the third season of Alias<\/i>, Sydney adjusts to her new life and finds it harder than she anticipated. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For consent issues, memory loss, trauma<\/b>.<\/p>\n
My god, this show. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my whole review.<\/p>\n
A Trade<\/b><\/p>\n
If only. I mean, I feel like succinctly conveys my experience watching Alias<\/i>, but let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about how season three wastes no goddamn time ramping everything up. The action in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Succession\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is rooted in the seemingly confusing trade that The Convenant makes with the CIA. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll return a kidnapped agent if the CIA hands over Sark. For\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 what? Why is Sark so important to them?<\/p>\n
It was hard not<\/i> to think that this wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a set-up in the vein of Irina\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s extraction. What if Sark had manufactured things so that this exchange would happen if he gotten arrested? Look, I fully mistrust nearly everyone in this show, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like this is an absurd idea with no basis in reality. But given how long<\/i> Sark was held by the CIA, I discarded that notion fairly quickly. Oh, I was sure that Sark would change his allegiance at the first sign that he could benefit from a new situation, so I never really entertained Lindsey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s theory that the Covenant just wanted to kill him. But why<\/i>?<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s through the exchange that the writers further multiple important plots, and I loved<\/i> how complex this was. Honestly, think about it: Sark\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transfer reveals just how boneheaded and stubborn Robert Lindsey is, which helps us recognize him as an antagonistic force. It also sets up the reveal that Sark was wanted by the Covenant because of his money, WHICH HE DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T KNOW HE INHERITED WHEN HIS FATHER DIED. Oh, and his father is the dude Sydney assassinated when she was missing time. No big deal! Everything\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine!<\/p>\n
Except it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the opposite of fine, and I am fucked up<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Return<\/b><\/p>\n
There was so much angst in Alias<\/i> surrounding Sydney and Vaughn prior<\/i> to them actually dating that I never considered that the writers could find a way to make them MORE ANGSTY. And yet here we are, in the most uncomfortable situation between these two IMAGINABLE. I think the first episode needed<\/i> that confrontation, and the audience needed<\/i> that moment where Sydney spelled out why she was so angry and disappointed. Here, though, Vaughn doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily contradict Sydney; he just gives her the context she needs to understand what the past two years were like for him. Which isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to say that she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> feel how she wants about Vaughn. This is still going to be immensely difficult for Sydney. But it was<\/i> difficult for Vaughn, so much so that his obsession with Sydney was negatively affecting his mental health. Him moving on from Sydney provided him a means to break from behavior that he saw as unhealthy, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a negative thing.<\/p>\n
Still, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how this is going to work. Sydney still has feelings for Vaughn, and now she just admitted them to HIS WIFE. Who she has to work with, too! Because this show can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just be NICE to me!<\/p>\n
HELP.<\/p>\n
You Were My Favorite<\/b><\/p>\n
I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect this season to escalate the mystery of Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disappearance so quickly, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my own fault. Look how quickly season two moved! WHY WASN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T I READY. But I feel like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Succession\u00e2\u20ac\u009d more or less confirms that the Covenant was responsible for kidnapping Sydney and then brainwashing her to be an assassin. Of course, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m assuming a few things here; I have to fill in some blanks with this theory that will probably end up being wrong. Like: I still think Arvin Sloane is involved. Sark? Less so. I am also guessing that Sark\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the only<\/i> person Sydney killed. That would make this an incredibly elaborate plan for something that could have been pulled off far more easily, right???<\/p>\n
But that doctor\/scientist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death was SO FUCKING DISTURBING TO ME. What did he mean by saying that Sydney \u00e2\u20ac\u0153never broke\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? Broke what<\/i>? What else had he programmed her to do? WHY ARE YOU GONNA DENY ME THIS ANSWER, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL.<\/p>\n
This show remains A Lot.<\/p>\n
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