A Simple Alias

This is the one where Joel Grey (aka Another Mister Sloane aka Arvin Clone) is posing at Arvin Sloane. He kidnaps Dr. Maggie Sinclair to build a Rambaldi artifact, the Mueller device, for him. Our APO team sans Sloane goes on a mission with the coil to get to Joel Grey, but Joel Grey gets away with the coil, so Sloane is brought into the mission to figure out what Arvin Clone will do next. This is...

This is the one where we drop directly into the action and then time jump back to where it all started and we get a surprise guest appearance by our favorite Aunt Katya. This is also the one where we discover ANOTHER Mister Sloane, and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) fan girl over Joel Gray. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES:  Find us on...

This is the one where we go on the hunt for Nightingale... separately and sort of together? Sydney and Vaughn are running a countermission to Sloane and Jack and we don't know why (which makes Bree AND Jess very nervous). This is also the one where Vaughn met Roberts for more information and injected himself with an unknown substance a la Alice in Wonderland. MUSIC: The featured music in this epis...

This is the one where Sydney gets buried alive, almost the entire team is locked inside APO, leaving Marshall to race to her rescue.  It's also the one where Marshall pretends to be Jack Bristow...and then has to use a spork to remove an eyeball. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) consider putting the entire script into the running for this mission's quote vote....

This is the one where a blast from Nadia's past is in the picture and that takes us into Nadia's past through a series of flashbacks. It's also the one where Vaughn tells Sydney about his dad's journal and seeks more information. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) discuss the state of television and network interference at length. MUSIC: The featured music in thi...

This is the one where Sydney endangers a civilian (Jason Segel AKA Marshall Erickson) and Vaughn follows clues in his father's journal and learns some shocking information. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) need a Spy Daddy (the early years) spin off and JJ can have ALL the credit…and they also question how the "known for" listings are chosen for IMDB and how in...

This is the one where we think Sloane is up to no good (or at least Dixon does) and then it turns out Jack and Sloane are in cahoots?! It's also the one where Nadia has a birthday, doesn't want to celebrate, gets talked into celebrating, and is then very disappointed when Sydney set up the dinner so she could spy on Sloane. It's ALSO the one where Vaughn goes to see his ailing uncle in the hospita...

 This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) go back and rewatch the first set of episodes  (episodes 4 - 9) that were aired in a different order than they were originally written and examine the impact on the season and more particularly the characters. Season 4 intended/written order: (the bolded episodes are the ones that were aired "out of order"... this episode tackles th...

This one is a "classic" (just as Sark and also Jess (@jesspkoehler)! After Anna shoots Nadia at the end of last episode, we find Nadia in a coma most of this episode while Jack has Marshall work to learn what Nadia knew that led to Anna shooting her (and then trying to shoot her again!). Ultimately, Jack pulls Nadia out of her coma early. This is also the one where Sark will only talk to Sloane, S...

This is the one where we get both ANNA ESPINOSA and SARK back on our screens! (aka Gina Torres and David Anders)....need we say more?  It's also the one where we, Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) love how "classic" Alias this episode feels...and have concerns about why Sloane is even in the building. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

This is the one where Sydney keeps going off book during her missions with Nadia. This is the one where Nadia and Sydney get an invite to Boris' hotel room to steal his information about the sale of black thorine (much to Sloane's frustration and everyone else's delight) and then they go on ANOTHER mission to steal the vials before the sale occurs (where once again Sydney goes off script when she...

This is the one where Alias tries its hand at a horror-type episode (and succeeds), and Sydney nearly loses her mind. This is also the one where (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) really start to wonder the impact of the air order versus the written order of the episodes this season. CONTENT WARNING: This episode (and our discussion about it) contains some intense scenes with two suicides. Plea...

This is the one where Sydney and Vaughn go undercover as a married Russian couple pretending to be a married American couple in Liberty Village, a training site for the October Contingent. This is also the one where Vaughn tells a story about proposing at the Santa Barbara Zoo in front of a crooked-neck giraffe and it turns Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) into complete saps. This is als...

This is the one where we learn if you freeze dry a person they shatter into cereal...possibly Fruity Pebbles, Vaughn is a priest, and we go "old school" spy. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush over the commentary and have many 2005 moments. MUSIC:  The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on social media at @Simp...

This is the one where the whole crew goes on TWO missions together! First, the team heads to the Bahamas and then they head to Spain! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are very frustrated by Jack being a jerk to Nadia and the one where Weiss finds out about APO. MUSIC:  The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on soc...

This is the one where we are back for the second half of the season 4 premiere...it's also the one where Sydney learns the truth about Irina's death and Nadia joins APO. It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) need many more "deleted scenes" and prove that they are, in fact, goldfish. MUSIC:  The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect...

This is the one where "at laaaaaassssst" we are back with the start of season 4! It's also the one where Alias reboots itself again by putting SLOANE?! in charge??? It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are thrilled to see our people back together and intrigued to see what happens next because they remember so very, very little. MUSIC:  The featured music in this episo...

This is the one where we race to the end of the season with a fast paced, action packed emotional episode. This is also the one where Cole (@coledelbyck) is back to gush about the season 3 finale with Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler), with a few delightful tangents along the way. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on Instagram, F...

This is the one where Sloane has Nadia and almost everyone else is actively looking for Sloane and Nadia (except Vaughn, Vaughn is somewhat unwilling participant as he'd prefer they were looking for Lauren). Katya is back, Suit & Glasses is back (and gets a name, Dr. Zhang Lee), and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are still really confused on the timeline around Vaughn's dad and Nadia's...

This is the one where we FINALLY get to meet The Passenger...Sydney's sister Nadia! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) have many questions and a lot of ideas about the possible blood ties in our episode title.   MUSIC: The music matched in this episode.   Connect with us  on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or  email us  at asimplealiascast@gm...

This is the one where EVERYONE knows that Lauren's a mole. Vaughn goes on a mission at Lauren's mom's house and Lauren's mom suspects that Vaughn knows about Lauren. This is also the one where we think Sloane gets executed, but he is saved by a bottle of wine (because of course. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) try to figure out the math of Sloane and Irina's a...

This is the one where Lauren almost gets caught in action twice, but Vaughn discovers the truth while she's taking a bath. This is also the one where Jess (@jesspkoehler) and Bree (@bleach226) (and Jeremy via text @rodriguezjeremy/@rodriguezjeremy_) fangirl over Goth Vaughn. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Club in...

This is the one where it turns out Lauren's mom (played by Peggy Lipton) is ALSO Covenant and she kills Senator Daddy. This is also the one where Vaughn says he's going to leave Lauren, Bomani returns to our story, and the one where we get a very Indiana Jones tale about archaelogists looking for a Rambaldi artifact. This is also the one where Jess (@jesspkoehler) and Bree (@bleach226) go on a lit...

This is the one where Sark kidnaps Dixon's kids, we meet Senator Daddy, and Lauren makes a mistake. This is also the one where Bree (bleach226) and Jess (jesspkoehler) have a blast chatting with their friend Jeremy (@rodriguezjeremy/@rodriguezjeremy_) and going on a few tangents with lots of laughter along the way.   MUSIC:  The featured music matched in this episode. Connect with us  on Instagram...

This is the one where the CIA intercepts a bomb maker seeking to work with The Covenant... which leads to Vaughn and Sark being on a plane with a bomb (to quote Marshall, "omg omg omg omg omg!") and SpyDaddy kills a man and brings him back to life in order to get him to cooperate. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) does a deep dive on The Troubles in Northern Ireland and on eight-letter...