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Alias
Alias
Alias is an American spy action thriller television series created by J. J. Abrams that was broadcast on ABC for five seasons from September 30, 2001, to May 22, 2006.[2] It stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a double agent for the Central Intelligence Agency posing as an operative for SD-6, a worldwide criminal and espionage organization. Main co-stars throughout …
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Truth Be Told
SD-6, allegedly a CIA black ops division, recruits L.A. university student Sydney Bristow. Her boyfriend, pediatric cardiologist Danny Hecht[a] proposes marriage, prompting Sydney to reveal her clandestine occupation. Arvin Sloane orders Danny's assassination to protect SD-6. Devastated, Sydney takes a protracted leave of absence. Agent Marcus Dixon urges her to return, in vain. Sydney evades a hit squad, aided by her estranged father Jack Bristow. He reveals SD-6 is really a criminal division of the Alliance of Twelve, which steals intelligence, weapons, etc. Only selected leaders know their true agenda, exploiting Agents' patriotism. Sydney is sickened that Jack lied, and was complicit in allowing her to become Sloan's pawn. Realizing Sloane no longer trusts her, Sydney devises a plan to regain her SD-6 standing. In Taipei, she retrieves a prototype "circumference" artifact designed by the mysterious 15th century inventor Milo Rambaldi. Confronting Sloane with the coveted device, Sydney promises allegiance to SD-6. With trust restored, she presents herself as a "walk-in" at CIA HQ, Langley to report SD-6's illicit activities. Volunteering to become a double agent, she meets Michael Vaughn and Eric Weiss. At Danny's grave. Jack reveals he's not a traitor, but a double agent trying to end SD-6.
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So It Begins
Sydney offers a plan to Vaughn to destroy SD-6 in a matter of months only to be shocked to learn the grand scope of the work ahead of her. Sydney returns to SD-6 as a double agent and is assigned with Marcus Dixon to travel to Moscow to retrieve some stolen files. In the process, however, she inadvertently gives SD-6 access to a nuclear weapon, which makes her travel to Cairo and face a deadly foe in order to fix things. Meanwhile, Will Tippin (a journalist and a close friend) driven by pity and a secret devotion for her, begins to question the circumstances surrounding Danny's death. He discovers weird details about the night of the murder, one being that someone had tried to help him escape by booking him a flight to Singapore. Sydney, who still can't come to terms with her father's insincerity, reconciles with him to a certain extent when she discovers he was the one who bought plane tickets for Daniel and her.
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Parity
Sydney's life is in danger as she is sent to Madrid to retrieve a 500-year-old sketch that contains a set of binary digits on its reverse, having to do with the Rambaldi artifact Sydney brought back from Taipei. SD-6 needs the sketch to decipher the key to its workings. Meanwhile, Will Tippin continues his research into the cause of Danny's death and discovers a strange anomaly concerning surveillance cameras in the zone of Danny's apartment the night he was murdered. Will is not aware of the danger he is placing himself in by doing this, but Sydney tries to make him stop. In Madrid, Sydney meets up with her deadly nemesis, K-Directorate agent Anna Espinosa,[b] and a fight ensues to retrieve the sketch. It ends up at a draw, as Anna keeps the key to a small suitcase Sydney has obtained. In the end they have to make an arrangement to open the suitcase together, which has the two of them looking inside the suitcase in astonishment at something that remains unrevealed.
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A Broken Heart
Sydney and Dixon go on a dangerous mission to Morocco involving the safety of the United Commerce Organization, and an agent friend of Sydney's dies of a gunshot. Meanwhile, Sydney's close friend and roommate Francie Calfo confronts her boyfriend Charlie Bernard about a secret date with another woman. Sydney's friendship with Francie, Charlie and Will is strained by her lying about all the sudden trips she takes for Credit Dauphine, her cover-job. Will continues his investigation to find the truth about the murder of Daniel Hecht and unravels more of the mystery. Back from Morocco, Sydney tries to get to know her father better by inviting him to dinner. However, he doesn't dare turn up, which makes her miserable.