Netflix is wonderful, is it not? (I just had to put that out for starters.) Without it, I would have to watch TV shows when they air instead of watching several seasons in a week or a month. As many of you know, my strongest virtue is not patience.
So, right before Christmas I bit the bullet and added "Alias" to my bulging-at-the-seams Netflix queue. Everyone who watched the show has always told me that it is "SO GOOD" and that I "HAVE TO WATCH IT" because it's right up my alley (being a spy myself, and all...oops...now I have to kill you...). I never watched it when it was on TV (mostly because I didn't own a TV when it was on), and I'm sure glad I didn't. I would have never stayed sane waiting a WEEK for the next episode! I could barely wait until my next disc came in the mail after watching 4 episodes in one day! And, as you may have gathered from my entry title here, yes: I watched all 5 seasons in 2 months. I just finished the final episode of season 5 two nights ago, and yes, I am proud.
My review of it is typical if you've heard others talk about it. The 1st & 2nd seasons are incredible. The 3rd season is good, too, but more than anything you have to watch all of just because the season 2 finale is so mind-blowing that you HAVE to find out what happens. The 4th season has a different feel (it feels like different writers & directors to me, but I can't find any proof of this), but is still worth watching. And the 5th season is a little hit-or-miss in the acting department, and all the amazing fight scenes get cut for a while (due to some important plot themes), but you have to watch it to the bitter end, or you're not a real fan. :-)
This show is my favorite show I've ever watched. I thought nothing could beat Veronica Mars, but it feels SO refreshing to get hooked on a story line that doesn't involve teenagers! At last! (Stephanie Meyer probably paid for her vacation home with the money I spent on her books & movie tickets...) All other males pale in comparison to Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan - speaks fluent French & has tasteful tattoos, hello?!) & Will Tippin (how Bradley Cooper got his start). And of course Sydney is my role model & hero (we play a game in my house now called "everything leads back to Heather wanting to be Sydney").
Anyway, I'm saying old things here that people have said for years. I just wanted to say them for myself.
And for those of you out there who still haven't watched the show, do yourself a favor: rent season 1. And kiss your life goodbye.
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