{"id":6777,"date":"2018-03-19T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2018-03-12T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:06:05","slug":"mark-watches-alias-s03e05-repercussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2018\/03\/mark-watches-alias-s03e05-repercussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Alias’: S03E05 – Repercussions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fifth episode of the third season of Alias<\/i>, THIS HURTS. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appropriate that this episode is titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Repercussions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because it so heavily deals in that exact concept. What are the consequences from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Missing Link\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? From Arvin Sloane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sudden (YET STILL UNBELIEVABLE) redemption? From Syndey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s return to everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life? From whatever Sydney did during those two years she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember?<\/p>\n

IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ALL ADDRESSED AND IT ALL HURTS<\/i>.<\/p>\n

A Missing Link<\/b><\/p>\n

Look, I figured that Sydney had tried to stab Vaughn in the most\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 survivable way possible? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a weird sentence, but IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S APPLICABLE. THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WHAT HAPPENED. Though\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 maybe there was a better option than stabbing Vaughn in the lung<\/i>? Maybe????<\/p>\n

But the greater point is that Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s choice reverberated outward. The CIA loses track of the bio weapon because she chose to put the tracker on Vaughn instead. Then, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s used to murder everyone<\/i> in a prison in order to free Kazari Bomani, which sets into motion another<\/i> potential disaster. And while that heist is incredibly entertaining\u00e2\u20ac\u201dso far, I have loved every mission Marshall has gone on!!!\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe main focus in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Repercussions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is on the contentious and uncomfortable relationship between Lauren and Sydney. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SO UPSETTING. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good<\/i> thing that the writers don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ignore the ramifications of both Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s return and<\/i> Vaughn nearly dying on this mission. If anything, it brings all these issues to the forefront. Now, Sydney and Lauren have<\/i> to deal with them openly.<\/p>\n

And oh lord, is it ever<\/i> a mess. Which isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a criticism! I think this had<\/i> to be messy and awkward because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such an unfortunate situation. Lauren has felt threatened since Sydney came back, and this mission certainly hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t helped. Then, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the whole complication of whether or not Sydney intended this as a means of punishing Vaughn for not waiting while she was gone. AND HIS DREAM SEQUENCE CERTAINLY SUGGESTS THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A LEGIT SOURCE OF ANXIETY FOR HIM. (Also: so mean<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

How do you solve this? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no real resolution here without someone getting hurt, and in the end, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sydney who gets the rawest deal. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad that Lauren ultimately decided against forcing Sydney to transfer out of the Los Angeles office, but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make matters better for Sydney. She still has to watch Vaughn be in love with someone else<\/i>. IT IS THE MOST ANGST WE HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS SHOW, and there was a lot<\/i> of angst between Vaughn and Sydney for like a season and a half. Plus, Lauren and Vaughn seem deeply in love, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 this is gonna last, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it?<\/p>\n

Simon<\/b><\/p>\n

I was excited by the prospect of Jack and Sydney tricking Simon and using that to get more information out of him. I DESPERATELY NEED TO KNOW WHAT SYDNEY DID FOR THOSE TWO YEARS. Somehow, she was reprogrammed into Julia, and she worked alongside Simon as a part of his team. But what exactly<\/i> did she do? How did she become a part of his life, and why<\/i>? These are such vital questions, and unfortunately, we won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get the answers from Simon himself. I was impressed by the way that this episode built up to that confrontation between Simon and Jack because by the time it arrived, I was TERRIFIED. Simon learned the truth in the midst of it, but would Jack find out? Had he just lost millions of dollars? Would he still be able to get the truth out of Simon?<\/p>\n

In hindsight, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not surprising that Jack would kill Simon. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very<\/i> much in character for him, especially given that he has this fucked up sense of how to protect Sydney. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the first time he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s killed someone onscreen, either. But Simon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death is another repercussion: Jack lashed out once Simon taunted Jack regarding Sydney. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Jack can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deal with the idea that Syndey was taken from him for two years<\/i>, can he? How much you wanna bet that that plays a part in it?<\/p>\n

EVERYTHING IS SO MESSED UP, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL.<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Repercussions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n

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