So, after five seasons, this it is; the final episode. Sloane's plans are about to tome to fruition and Rambaldi's greatest work will be revealed... and as if that wasn't enough Irena has two nuclear missiles which she plans to use to destroy two major capitals! Of course Sydney and the rest of APO will do everything that it takes to stop them. Initially things don't look so good; Sydney is freezing at the bottom of a crevasse and APO headquarters have been destroyed. They get the break they need when they capture Peyton and force her to talk; with her information they are able to track Sloane to a bunker deep under the Mongolian desert... in the confrontation Jack is shot and badly wounded and Sloane is killed. Sydney is forced to leave her father in order to stop Irena. In a not so unexpected twist it turns out that the Rambaldi prophecy has come true and Sloane has come back to everlasting life... but that turns out to be a curse when Jack confronts his old friend for the final time.
Final episodes are always a little bit of a disappointment and this one was no exception. I liked the story with Sloane and his quest for immortality but found the story about the missiles to be a bit of a distraction. It was good to see that Sloane's downfall came at the hands of Jack Bristow; these to characters were among the best in the series largely due to the fine acting from Ron Rifkin and Victor Garber. The episode saw quite a few confrontations; as well as Sloane and Jack, Sydney and her mother slug it out on to of a Hong Kong skyscraper, Rachel manages to terrify Peyton and Vaughn shoots Sark... but he survives to complain about it! The ending did seem a little tacked on but it was interesting to find out what was happening with Sydney and Vaughn a few years down the line and to see that their daughter has the same special abilities that made Sydney such an ideal agent. It is a shame that the series had to come to an end but I'm glad it ended while it was still entertaining rather than dragging on and on till it became dull or a parody of itself.
Final episodes are always a little bit of a disappointment and this one was no exception. I liked the story with Sloane and his quest for immortality but found the story about the missiles to be a bit of a distraction. It was good to see that Sloane's downfall came at the hands of Jack Bristow; these to characters were among the best in the series largely due to the fine acting from Ron Rifkin and Victor Garber. The episode saw quite a few confrontations; as well as Sloane and Jack, Sydney and her mother slug it out on to of a Hong Kong skyscraper, Rachel manages to terrify Peyton and Vaughn shoots Sark... but he survives to complain about it! The ending did seem a little tacked on but it was interesting to find out what was happening with Sydney and Vaughn a few years down the line and to see that their daughter has the same special abilities that made Sydney such an ideal agent. It is a shame that the series had to come to an end but I'm glad it ended while it was still entertaining rather than dragging on and on till it became dull or a parody of itself.
