In the eighteenth episode of the third season of Alias<\/i>, I should really stop trying to analyze and predict the story or the characters for this show because every time I do, I become a hot fucking mess. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T DO THIS.<\/p>\n
Arvin<\/b><\/p>\n
I sort of hate<\/i> that the show has put me in the position of, even for a tiny moment, DEFENDING ARVIN SLOANE<\/i>. Of course, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all contextual. In any other situation, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even dream of it, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be fine with letting him suffer forever. Well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still fine with that. JUST SAYIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n
But he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of the machinations of the Covenant, and I want Arvin taken down for the right<\/i> reasons. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unveiled\u00e2\u20ac\u009d toys with the audience, though. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much we know that various characters don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i>, and thus, we are watching Arvin be the most truthful he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ever been in Alias<\/i>. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I JUST TYPED THAT SENTENCE. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m dealing with while watching this show. Good gods, this show is a lot, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all.<\/p>\n
Lauren<\/b><\/p>\n
Again: I tried. I really did. I admit that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been fun trying to decipher Lauren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s motivations and her part in the bigger picture, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like I regret talking about her in-depth. Her arc has taken up a large part of season three, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been one hell of a ride, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I was gonna make an attempt.<\/p>\n
I still don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t how this all started for her and her mother, but \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unveiled\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reveals in more detail how Lauren consistently manipulates the people and situations around her. This time, though, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s under immense pressure to do so because of Bomani\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s watchful eye, and that pressure forces her to be more risky than she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been. And for the audience, that means EVERYTHING HURTS WAY MORE. Oh my god, we got teased with Sydney and Vaughn learning the truth MULTIPLE TIMES. In that Berlin club. At the CIA safe house. In Marshall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office. IN THE MALL. And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fascinating is how so much of this is framed within Vaughn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story. This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just about Lauren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s duplicity, you know? That is certainly a big part, but how that duplicity affects Vaughn<\/i> is just as important.<\/p>\n
And as if we needed this show to drive the stake in just a little deeper, we got that unbearable scene in which Vaughn swore he knew his wife, that he was nothing like Jack, that there was no way his wife had betrayed them all. If it seemed like overkill, I found it perfectly in character, particularly since Jack probably<\/i> hit a nerve. Vaughn lashed out because HE KNEW DEEP-DOWN THAT IT WAS ALL TRUE. I mean, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just guessing here because so much of what goes down in this scene and some of the following ones is all internal. Perhaps Vaughn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s denial really was<\/i> buried deep within him. Or perhaps it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even there to begin with! It would explain his declaration, and then you could easily read his behavior afterwards as the beginning<\/i> of his doubt. Once Jack put that thought in his head\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat Lauren wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t who she said she was\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhe couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t escape it.<\/p>\n
Thus, we get him following her on her errands, having Weiss listen in on her phone conversations, and then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that big reveal at the end of the episode. Every time, Lauren manages to evade suspicion. Every time, the people around her might suspect her more, but with Vaughn on her side, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a huge<\/i> advantage.<\/p>\n
No more, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how she explains that suitcase. AT ALL. The house of cards has fallen, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over<\/i>. THIS NEXT EPISODE IS GONNA DESTROY ME.\u00c2\u00a0Not just<\/em> because Vaughn <\/span>must<\/span> know the truth of Lauren, but because of THE PASSENGER. It seems like Irina fits as the possible identity of that person, plus she <\/span>would<\/span> have tons of aliases. But what can the Passenger DO? What is their importance in the grand scheme of Rambaldi? Why did the Telling give Bomani and Sark so much more information than it did Sloane???<\/span><\/p>\n The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unveiled\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – My YA contemporary debut, ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the eighteenth episode of the third season of Alias, I should really stop trying to analyze and predict the story or the characters for this show because every time I do, I become a hot fucking mess. Intrigued? Then … Continue reading