"Alias" has had A LOT of "What the hell?" episode endings so far, but the one of "Pandora" may just top them all. Something similar has happened before, even in this series, but there is a surreal quality about this particular scene that makes it stand out. The opening scene is quite a shocker as well. As for the rest? "The world is never black or white", a returning Katya Derevko says at one point. "No one is a single thing", Sloane says at another. That's the theme of this episode: the mystery surrounding several characters' "true" selves, but here in particular Sydney's mother and Vaughn's father. Vaughn himself takes a walk on the wild side, as his desperation to find out the truth about his father leads him to participate in a daring heist for a Rambaldi manuscript, transported and guarded by the CIA! It's fun to see the underrated and beautiful Izabella Scorupco ("GoldenEye") as one of his new "accomplices". One thing I have reservations about is how easily Sydney seemed to forgive Katya for a) trying to shoot her in the head, b) stabbing Vaughn in the back, when she was apparently working for the Covenant. Maybe they'll deal more with that later. *** out of 4.
Review of Pandora
