Alias (TV)

Riding the wave of blah one hour television action "espionage" shows of the early 2000's, Alias is just another pulp, middle of the road nothing show complete with sloppy story lines, horrible acting and pathetic writers throwing about technical banter that wouldn't convince the local VCR repairman. The show lacks originality and is a poor substitute for many other shows in its same genre.

Jennifer Garner is particular poor in this series as the emotionally devoid star. Her blank facial expressions lead us to believe that she is a CIA zombie remotely controlled through satellite technology designed by one of their magical "hackers."

The show centers around the interactions between the US Government's Central Intelligence Agency and a fake CIA called SD-6 which is an unclear intelligence agency that has no clear sponsorship and interacts further with many competing intelligence agencies - none of which are government sponsored nor have any clear purpose. This show relies on viewers desires for their to be a complicated web of confusing "spy" networks without any objectives other than to be spy networks.

Overall, the show is viewable but its serial nature makes it much better to viewers who are prepared to devote a tremendous amount of time to the series which I strongly recommend against.