Alias (TV Series) Salvation (2002) User Reviews

one of the best episodes in the series

[A_Different_Drummer · 9/10 · 21 April 2015]

This review written 2015.

One of the unusual things that has happened in the last 13 years that episodic TV has in many cases become as good as or better than theatrical movies. This is a result not only of the rise in quality of product for TV but the decline in quality of full length movies.

That said, the review is simply that this episode is so good that in many ways it feels like a theatrical feature -- which, for the year, is a high compliment.

The key I think how many different arcs and threads are in motion at all times. This is nonstop entertainment, whether it is Will looking for a job, or the mommy/daddy issues Sydney must endure, or the mysterious virus, or (my fave) whether the Amy Irving character is still alive.

Great episode.

We can't hire you because you have a criminal record

[gridoon2024 · 7/10 · 25 October 2009]

Jack and Sydney are sent on a mission together to Geneva by Sloane - to get a blood sample from a man who is sick with a virus developed by Sark to be used as a biological weapon. Their extra time together gives them the chance to discuss things, and Jack decides to turn himself in for lying to his CIA superiors and framing Irina for giving them false leads. It's sometimes amazing how emotionally complex this show can be. In the previous two episodes, Jack was basically treated as the "villain", a man who is ready to break the rules and even endanger other CIA agents to get Irina out of the way. But this time we get to hear more of his side, and he makes some very good points about wanting to protect Sydney - the viewer gets on his side again. However, the episode is stolen, IMO, by the Sloane subplot: after a striking sequence in which he sees his wife (?) in the middle of the street, he decides to take drastic action to determine once and for all if she's dead or not. And yes, we get the answer to that one. *** out of 4.

Confessions and lies

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 22 March 2012]

Having learnt that her father framed her mother for the explosion in Madagascar Sydney has to decide what to do with the information; if she tells the CIA her father is likely to go to prison but if she doesn't her mother will be killed. It has certainly soured the relationship between the two of them although they manage to hide that while on an SD-6 mission to retrieve data on a virus Sark is believed to be developing. They aren't the only people having difficulties; Sloane is getting more and more convinced that his wife might still be alive; he even thinks he has seen her in the street; at this point it is hard to tell whether he really saw her or whether we were shown what he thought he saw.

While there were some great action scenes in the instalment it is primarily a character driven episode; Jenifer Garner and Victor Garber put in fine performances as Sydney and Jack although I think the top performance this week, as so often, came from Ron Rifkin; it is the first time we have really seen Sloane in a position where he wasn't in control and he actually looked frail when he thought he saw his wife in the street. The story with Jack and Sydney was well handled and I enjoyed the resolution... it was nice to see Sydney break the rules for a change!

Bull And Lies

[drexmaverick · 6/10 · 8 March 2021]

Trying to make the world believe the American government doesn't take kids to be trained or traded for other things is such a load!