{"id":6784,"date":"2018-03-28T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:37:34","slug":"mark-watches-alias-s03e12-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2018\/03\/mark-watches-alias-s03e12-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Alias’: S03E12 – Crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

WHAT THE FUCK WHY CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T THIS SHOW JUST CUT ME SOME SLACK, I SWEAR.<\/p>\n

Lauren<\/b><\/p>\n

So, duplicity and deception is part of the Alias<\/i> experience; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s built into the mythology through Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history, through the story of Francie\/Allison, through Irina\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s return to Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life, through Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s role at SD-6. And now, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting a front row seat to the next iteration of this thematic story: Lauren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing deception as a double agent for the Covenant.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to feel any<\/i> sort of sympathy for her throughout \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossings.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Without any context to her actions, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m only left with assumptions and hypotheses. Is she being forced<\/i> to be a double agent? Is there some extenuating circumstance I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not aware of? Or is she just as despicable as she seems? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been the mole for the Covenant THE ENTIRE FUCKING TIME. Which means that her outrage over Vaughn not telling her about Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s complicity was entirely faked, and this is just scratching the surface. It would require a whole re-watch of her episodes for me to truly unravel the levels of deception that she pulled off.<\/p>\n

So, how could I feel sorry for her after watching what she does in this episode? She betrays Vaughn, Sydney, and the CIA, identifying the airbase they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re leaving out of so that the Covenant can poison the pilots and crash their plane. Some of her distress in reaction to the news of Vaughn seems like it might<\/i> be real, but y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ALL. How you gonna feel bad about contributing to the assassination of your husband when you willingly gave up the information that could have led to it? How does that level of guilt actually function within the same person? Hell, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not even sure I believe<\/i> it. So what gives? DID SHE DEVELOP FEELINGS FOR VAUGHN?<\/p>\n

Oh, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve become petty about this, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope. THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S HOPE THAT VAUGHN AND SYDNEY CAN END UP TOGETHER.<\/p>\n

Last Words<\/b><\/p>\n

AHHHHHH IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ONE OF THE ROMANCE TROPES I HAVE COME TO LOVE. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Vaughn thought he and Sydney were about to die, and they PROFESSED THEIR LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER, only to discover that JUST KIDDING! THEY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122RE NOT DYING! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a painful<\/i> journey to that point, of course, especially since Vaughn was fool enough to take Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horrific<\/i> advice and push Sydney away. Seriously, has Jack ever<\/i> given good romantic advice? EVER??? And in this case, his advice was particularly<\/i> bad. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s necessarily wrong about the fact that Vaughn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence and kindness hurt Sydney. But this notion that cruelty was the proper response to it is just ludicrous.<\/i> Vaughn made it seem like he hated<\/i> Sydney for no reason whatsoever, or that he was punishing her for something she couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t control. Was that really<\/i> the best option here??? That was supposed to solve this complicated situation?<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not trying to ignore what an unfair mess this whole thing is, but this felt like the worst<\/i> possible solution, one that made matters infinitely more<\/i> complicated than they needed to me. Sydney recognized it, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. So what happens now that they both know the truth about one another? How do you navigate this nightmare??? Obviously, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m holding out hope that while Lauren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true identity will surely break Vaughn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heart, this means that Sydney and Vaughn can find a way to be with one another. ONE HOPES, THAT IS.<\/p>\n

Katya Derevko<\/b><\/p>\n

I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T REMEMBER IRINA MENTIONING THAT SHE HAD SISTERS. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not complaining, though, because Katya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appearance on this show was ELECTRIFYING. It helps that Isabella Rossellini played Katya because she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such an incredible actress. She also acts as an agent of chaos, a variable that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impossible to predict because we know so little about her. Well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just<\/i> that. She is a MASTER manipulator, and watching her play both Arvin and Jack was an experience<\/i>. Look, I have no idea what her endgame is at all, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s partially because she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s allied with her sister, Irina, who is also a queen at hiding her intentions. I have no theory whatsoever as to what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re planning, though I suspect that they both want to take out Sloane. Do they know his secrets? Do they know what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s planning? Are they opposed to the Covenant? My guess is that they are; it makes no sense for them to do what they do here if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a part of the Covenant themselves. Plus, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re powerful enough on their own that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need an existing organization to get what they want.<\/p>\n

I JUST LOVE THAT THERE ARE NEW VARIABLES TO CONSIDER.<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossings\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":"