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Summary: Episode guide for the TV show Alias; season 1.
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Subject: Introduction

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This guide is only a brief summary of each episode. When posting about =
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episode you can use either the actual episode name or the code SSxEE, =
where SS is=20
the season number and EE is the episode number. Please do NOT identify =
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are at least several weeks behind this schedule.

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<http://www.abc.com/primetime/alias>.

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Subject: Season 1

Episode 1: "Truth Be Told"
Original Airdate: September 30, 2001
   An unconventional coed, Sydney Bristow, is a grad student juggling =
the books, a=20
boyfriend, and big secret: she's a CIA-trained operative. When Sydney =
reveals the=20
secret to her fianc=E9, Danny, he is killed by the organization she =
works for: SD-6.
   The series pilot; season one premiere.

Episode 2: "So It Begins"
Original Airdate: October 7, 2001
   Sydney gets shocking info that her dad, Jack, played a role in =
Danny's murder=20
and takes on a countermission against the SD-6 to bring down an arms =
dealer linked=20
to a missing nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Will begins to grow suspicious =
of his=20
friend's secret life. Vaughn is taken off Sydney's case after his =
mishap puts the=20
entire world in danger.

Episode 3: "Parity"
Original Airdate: October 14, 2001
   A mission to steal an ancient sketch pits Sydney against her sworn =
nemesis, Anna=20
Espinosa a Russian agent. But when the container holding the painting =
proves=20
impenetrable, the two foes are forced to team up to satisfy their =
respective=20
agencies. Meanwhile, Will begins to notice something very fishy about =
Danny's=20
murder. Francie frets over her guy's possible infidelity.

Episode 4: "A Broken Heart"
Original Airdate: October 21, 2001
   On the trail of a terrorist with an explosive plot to disrupt a =
world-trade=20
seminar, Sydney is also roped into helping Francie spy on her guy as he =
steps out
with another woman. Also, Vaughn opens up to Sydney about his tormented =
love life.=20
Will uses his newspaper ties to locate a woman, Kate Jones, Danny was =
booked to=20
travel with the night of his murder. Jack begins to feel the heat over =
a secret=20
he's keeping from his daughter.

Episode 5: "Doppelganger"
Original Airdate: October 28, 2001
   Vaughn helps Sydney pull a fast one on the SD-6 after she's sent to =
abduct a=20
German engineer working on biochemical vaccines. But when a glitch =
triggers=20
Sloane's eye, Jack is forced to step in and display his darkest side to =
protect his=20
daughter's cover. Meanwhile, Will comes face-to-face with Kate Jones.

Episode 6: "Reckoning"
Original Airdate: November 18, 2001
   Sydney pieces together Jack's role in her mom's death. A mole is =
found (framed=20
by Jack) at SD-6 and executed. Francie's guy explains his sneaking =
around with=20
another woman. Meanwhile, Sydney finds herself trapped by a sadistic =
K-Directorate=20
agent after checking into a Romanian asylum housing a crazed assassin, =
Martin=20
Shepard. Will hits another dead end in his quest for Kate Jones.

Episode 7: "Color Blind"
Original Airdate: November 25, 2001
   Sydney uncovers a shocking truth about Danny's murder while trying =
to break=20
Shepard out of the K-Directorate's asylum. Sloane comes to the =
realization that not=20
all of his agents are on the up-and-up. Charlie gives Francie a =
Thanksgiving she'll=20
never forget. Will hits the deadest end of all in his search for Kate =
Jones.

Episode 8: "Time Will Tell"
Original Airdate: December 2, 2001
   As Sydney goes to Mexico to retrieve info on an ancient clock linked =
to the=20
Rambaldi case, Sloane fires up his deadly plan to silence the SD-6's =
mole. Will=20
struggles to kill a front-page piece on Danny's murder until a =
high-tech bug in=20
Kate Jones' car takes his story in a new direction.

Episode 9: "Mea Culpa"
Original Airdate: December 9, 2001
   Will makes contact with the mystery man on the other end of Kate =
Jones' bug.=20
Sydney falls into Sloane's trap after Jack saves her from a sting to =
smoke out the=20
SD-6 mole. Dixon comes out of his coma with little or nothing to say =
about what=20
went down in the Andes.

Episode 10: "Spirit"
Original Airdate: December 16, 2001
   The holidays take a terrifying turn as Sydney's cover is blown and =
she lands in=20
the hands of the sadistic Sloane. Awakening in a top-secret SD-6 =
torture chamber,=20
Sydney realizes her double-agent days are over. But before Sloane can =
get her to=20
crack, Jack pulls a fast one to save his abducted daughter, who then =
takes a risky=20
mission to win back her boss' trust. Things go from bad to worse, =
however, once=20
Sydney discovers that her new assignment has put dear old dad in hot =
water with one=20
of Sloane's most wanted foes.
=20
Episode 11: "The Confession"
Original Airdate: January 6, 2002
   After delivering terrorist Hassan to the CIA, Sydney heads to Crete =
to locate=20
his top-secret stealth technology. What she encounters instead is a =
death trap set=20
by Hassan, who backs Vaughn into a corner with a dirty deal for =
Sydney's life.
   Series producer Ken Olin guest stars.

Episode 12: "The Box, Part 1"
Original Airdate: January 20, 2002
   McKenas Cole, a former SD-6 operative left for dead after a botched =
mission in=20
Chechnya, returns ready for revenge, taking the Credit Dauphine =
headquarters by=20
siege. His goal: crack the agency's vault and give the duplicitous =
Sloane a fatal=20
lesson in torture techniques. But what Cole doesn't know is that two =
brave Bristows=20
are on the loose somewhere in the building, cooking up a desperate plan =
to save the=20
day.

Episode 13: "The Box, Conclusion"
Original Airdate: February 10, 2002
   The attack on SD-6 heats up as Vaughn breaks CIA ranks to help =
Sydney bring down=20
Cole before he triggers the explosives wired to the vault. Meanwhile, =
Sloane=20
refuses to crack under his captor's cruel and unusual torture. Will =
decides it's=20
time to find out the truth about what lies within David McNeill's =
secret locker.

Episode 14: "The Coup"
Original Airdate: February 24, 2002
   As the team behind the attack on SD-6 targets Sloane's rival =
intelligence=20
groups, Dixon and Sydney hit Vegas to observe a K-Directorate who may =
be next in=20
line for a lethal visit. But their mission is compromised by the =
unexpected arrival=20
of Francie and her two-timing fianc=E9. Meanwhile, Jack gets a chance =
to play dad to=20
his daughter, who is having a hard time deciding her educational =
future.

Episode 15: "Page 47"
Original Airdate: March 3, 2002
   Vaughn discovers a mysterious blank page in the Rambaldi book that =
may hold the=20
16th-century physicist's secrets in invisible ink. The problem is that =
the book is=20
locked up at Sloane's house, forcing Vaughn to ask Sydney a delicate =
favor: use her=20
friendship with Sloane's dying wife to get inside the house. After =
that, it's up to=20
Sydney to snag the page from her boss' vault and get it to the CIA. =
Meanwhile,=20
Will's work with McNeil to expose SD-6 comes at a shocking price.

Episode 16: "The Prophecy"
Original Airdate: March 10, 2002
   A lethal British operative has information for Sloane's eyes only. =
Edward Poole,=20
leader of the SD-9, drops a bombshell about a traitor within the =
Alliance of 12.=20
Meanwhile, the CIA is up to their dossiers in psychic surprises, as =
agents reveal=20
Sydney's bizarre link to the 500-year-old Rambaldi drawing, and an =
ominous prophecy=20
about a risk to world security.
   Roger Moore guest stars as Edward Poole.

Episode 17: "Q & A"
Original Airdate: March 17, 2002
   As the FBI grills a captured Sydney about her past and Rambaldi's =
doomsday=20
prophecy, Jack and Vaughn race to free her before SD-6 suspects =
anything is amiss.=20
But once a rescue op is launched, Sydney soon finds proof that =
Rambaldi's writings=20
may hold more truth about the alleged weapon of mass destruction.

Episode 18: "Masquerade"
Original Airdate: April 7, 2002
   The truth about Sydney's mom emerges. Noah Hicks, an ex-flame and =
fellow agent=20
who resurfaces to help Sydney snag a device owned by The Man that holds =
the key to=20
her mother's KGB work and possible whereabouts. Before long, Sydney and =
Noah=20
realize that their feelings for one another are as strong as ever. =
Elsewhere,=20
Sloane owns up to his part in a cover-up that takes a severe emotional =
toll on=20
Jack. A mysterious plane ticket has Will and Francie fearing that =
Sydney has=20
something to hide.

Episode 19: "Snowman"
Original Airdate: April 14, 2002
   Sydney's torn between following her heart and finding her mother =
after Noah=20
offers her a way out of SD-6 just as a KGB tape of Irina Derevko =
surfaces. But once=20
she makes her decision, an assassin steps in to change her mind. =
Meanwhile, Will=20
and Francie confront Sydney about her secret travel plans. Vaughn =
begins to hide=20
his agent's info from the FBI. Jack seeks out Barnett's aid after =
hitting bottom.

Episode 20: "The Solution"
Original Airdate: April 21, 2002
   Sydney and Vaughn set a trap for Khasinau with a report about the =
existence of a=20
second dose of the Rambaldi serum. Sloane's wife tells Sydney she is =
aware of the=20
SD-6 and puts her own life on the line in the process. Will confronts =
Jack face-to-
face about his kidnapping following a phone call from his unnamed =
informant.

Episode 21: "Rendezvous"
Original Airdate: May 5, 2002
   Will makes a startling discovery while helping Jack smoke out Deep =
Throat in=20
Paris, where Sydney is set to pull the switch on Khasinau with the =
captured Sark's=20
aid. Meanwhile, Dixon begins to suspect all is not on the up-and-up =
with his=20
partner. The Alliance fills Sloane in on the plans for Emily's =
elimination. Vaughn=20
begins to pull away from his favorite agent in an effort to save both =
their lives.

Episode 22: "Almost Thirty Years"
Original Airdate: May 12, 2002
   Sydney and Vaughn must destroy a Rambaldi device in order to save =
Will's life;=20
the Alliance comes to a decision regarding the fate of Emily Sloane. =
Sydney gets
captured by The Man.
   Season one finale.

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