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Alias

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  • 75   Metascore
  • 2001-2006
  • 5 Seasons
  • ABC
  • Action & Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction
  • TV-14
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Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a young, athletic, college graduate who was recruited her freshman year as a Secret Agent for SD-6, a top-secret branch of the C.I.A. After a few years, Sydney stupidly confides her lifestyle to her fiancé, so the evil head of SD-6, Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin), has him killed. Sydney learns that SD-6 is part of a rogue international agency called the Alliance of 12, out to rule the world. She becomes a double agent, working with the real C.I.A. to bring down SD-6 with the assistance of her handler, Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her estranged father Jack Bristow (Victor Garber), also a double agent. Along the way, Sydney fights various rival agents, rival terrorist groups, and traitors all the while keeping her cloak-and-dagger lifestyle a secret from her friends (season one).

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Jennifer Garner
Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin
Arvin Sloane
Carl Lumbly
Marcus Dixon

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Episode 1

Prophet Five

Thu, Sep 29, 200543 mins

After learning that the man she has known as Michael Vaughn is under investigation and suspected of being a double agent for another secret terrorist group called Prophet Five, Sydney begins to question whether their business and personal relationship over the years had all been a lie.

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Awards

  • 2003 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 2002 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 2002 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - winner
  • 2005 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated

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