{"id":6822,"date":"2018-05-02T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2018-04-23T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:13:52","slug":"mark-watches-alias-s04e14-nightingale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2018\/05\/mark-watches-alias-s04e14-nightingale\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Alias’: S04E14 – Nightingale"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of Alias<\/i>, I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T UNDERSTAND. I NEED ALL THE ANSWERS, OKAY. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Alias<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EXCUSE ME, I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T GET THIS. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t!!! I keep thinking about everything Sloane and Jack have said to one another, but it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make any sense to me at all. What they hell<\/i> are they planning?<\/p>\n

Nightingale<\/b><\/p>\n

I truly feel like there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no closure in this episode at all, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that it was designed<\/i> that way. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nightingale\u00e2\u20ac\u009d opens a million doors, and it closes none<\/i> of them. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start with the most obvious one: What the fuck is Nightingale?<\/i> We know from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Orphan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that Bill Vaughn brought Nadia to that orphanage in Argentina, recovered, and then sought out \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nightingale.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Here, we learn that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a person, but a device<\/i>, one that HORRIFYINGLY MELTS PEOPLE. So, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a weapon that\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t move around? Must be used in old nuclear reactors? Something like that? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand the application of this nightmare; it seems so impossible to use other than the worst weapon in the world. Seriously, I thought that one that froze people and made them crumble into pieces was bad, but this cold open is worse! Demonstrably worse! Why did that scene last as long as it did!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

What the fuck<\/i> does any of this season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plot have to do with it?<\/p>\n

Bill Vaughn<\/b><\/p>\n

At the very least, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some forward momentum in the relationship between Vaughn and Sydney, who decide to conspire against Sloane and Jack. Which is just so ENTERTAINING to me!!! If there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s anything here that makes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nightingale\u00e2\u20ac\u009d worth it, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the unreal cat-and-mouse game of two groups trying to out-manipulate the other. All of this is done in the service of discovering the mystery of Bill Vaughn, and Alias<\/i> brilliantly gives us a reason why<\/i> Sydney is supportive of Vaughn. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just out of love; she was right where he was back when her mother was still alive and in her life. She knows what it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like to be tormented by familial secrets, and she knows what that drive feels like, how obsessive it can be. Rather than stand in his way or convince him otherwise, she helps him, first by going to her father, and then<\/i> by choosing to lie to Jack when she realizes that Jack and Sloane can only stand in the way. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 strangely romantic??? Seriously, these two are in such an interesting place within their relationship, since they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re definitely giving it a second try. And what better way to grow close than to discover potentially traumatic truths about your dead parent???? Right???<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how he fits in to all of this, either. My only guess is that Bill had<\/i> to know something about Nadia being The Passenger and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 hid? her? in? an? orphanage? Maybe??? And the Nightingale is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 not related? Maybe related?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am not even grasping at straws. The straws are in another room at this point.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Plotting<\/b><\/p>\n

And don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even get me started on Sloane and Jack, EXCEPT I HAVE TO GET STARTED ON THEM BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING<\/i>. At this point, I can only accept that Alias<\/i> is an elaborate conspiracy fifteen years in the making just so y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all could get me on camera and watch me squirm. There might be clues here, but guess what? They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve all flown over my head. Somehow, these two are planning some sort of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153agenda\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that involves Bill Vaughn and the Nightingale and unfortunately for me, they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ever speak with any discernible sense. Oh, they clearly understand one another, but the writers design their conversation so that the audience is still left in the dark. I expect Sloane to be a hot mess, and Jack certainly isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a moral paragon, but\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 is there a good<\/i> reason behind this? What would make it worth it for Jack to so openly manipulate his daughter? (Note that he does this in the same episode where he sacrifices himself for Sydney! Like, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gonna die from that exposure to radiation, right??? Shortly? HOW DOES HE SURVIVE THAT?)<\/p>\n

I honestly don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a theory, and it is all your fault.<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nightingale\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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