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Welcome To Liberty Village

Episode Number: 71    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Wednesday January 26, 2005    Prod Code: n/a
Sydney and Vaughn are sent to infiltrate a training camp run by the October Contingent. Posing as a Chechen couple, they are taken to a former military base that has been designed to resemble a suburban American neighborhood. Sydney and Vaughn find themselves in a unique position of having to 'learn' how to pose as Americans. But these civics lessons have deadly consequences for the losers.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Drew Goddard
Director: Kevin Hooks
Star: Victor Garber (Jonathan 'Jack' Donahue Bristow),  Michael Vartan (Michael C. Vaughn),  Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane),  Carl Lumbly (Marcus R. Dixon),  Jennifer Garner (Sydney Anne Bristow),  Kevin Weisman (Marshall J. Flinkman),  David Anders (Sark),  Mia Maestro (Nadia Santos),  Greg Grunberg (Eric Weiss)
Guest Star: Margaret Easley (Tammy),  Jamison Jones (Ray Miller),  Larry Sullivan (Phil),  Katherine Disque (Donna),  Bob Jesser (Bill),  Thomas Alexander (Technician),  Alla Korot (Dianne),  Jim Pirri (Tom),  Denney Pierce (Ken),  Rick Overton (Alexi Vasilevich)

Notes

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Music from this episode includes:
"Uncle Wally" by Umphrey's McGee (edit)
This episode averaged 11.80 million viewers. (edit)
Although Mia Maestro, Greg Grunberg, and Carl Lumbly are all Season Regulars, they only appear in one small scene in this episode. (edit)
This was originally the 9th episode of the season. (edit)

Quotes

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Weiss: (to Sydney and Vaughn) You guys are as spontaneous as my grandparents. And they're dead. (edit)
Sydney: I happen to like us. Even if we're cold...
Vaughn: and boring... don't forget the boring.
Sydney: How could I? (edit)
(Vaughn and Sydney infiltrate a terrorist training facility)
Tom: First sight of trouble we sound the alarm, lock down the streets, give the snipers a go ahead to fire at hostiles, it's our version of the "Neighborhood Watch" program. (edit)
(Weiss is talking about bowling)
Nadia: It doesn't make any sense.
Weiss: What is so hard to understand? Take a ball right, you roll it, knock over some pins and everyone cheers you.
Vaughn: Or in your case everyone laughs. (edit)
Vaughn: You know, we have operational command of this aircraft. The pilot could take us anywhere we want...
Sydney: (playfully scolding) Our orders are to proceed with our extraction. If we were divert this aircraft for our personal use, we would get into a lot of trouble.
Vaughn: Yes.
Sydney: (looking a bit disappointed) Yeah...
Vaughn: Wanna have dinner with me in Paris?
Sydney: (no hesitation at all) Absolutely. (edit)

Trivia

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Number 47: (hidden) 1526 Glenbury Lane...
Subtract the even digit place from the preceding odd digit place to get 4 (5-1=4; 6-2-4). Add either the outer or inner digits to get 7 (1+6=7; 5+2=7). Arrange to get "47". (edit)
Number 47: 47, the Number of people killed in the Grozny bombing in 98 according to Sloane. (edit)
If Jack believes Elena is dead, why would he have asked Katya which sister she was in "Crossings"? (edit)
Goof: When Jack comes to Sloane asking to know more about the October Group, his mouth does not move - this section has been dubbed. (edit)
Goof: Tom's car plates should be in Cyrillic not Latin letters. (edit)

Allusions

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Marshall: More importantly, why are they all dressed up like the Cleavers?

Cleavers are the main family from the American sit-com Leave It to Beaver. (edit)
Tom: Rise and shine
The Prisoner is a show from the 60s in which the main character gets obducted and held prisoner in a secret village that forms it's own miniature society. Prisoners are held under constant video surveillance. Every morning the radios and speakers throughout the village repeat the line: "Good morning! Rise and shine, rise and shine! (edit)
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Welcome To Liberty Village
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Welcome To Liberty Village
"Above average"
The first "standalone" episode that actually works.
Continue » Posted May 5, 2007 10:57 pm PST
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Welcome To Liberty Village
"Pilot episode"
very beautiful...
Continue » Posted Feb 3, 2007 10:42 am PST
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"Series classic"
Awesome!
Continue » Posted Nov 11, 2006 8:22 pm PST
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Welcome To Liberty Village
"Character development"
Is this the episode where thse's two kiss for the first time? If not an someone pleaseeeee pm or email me with the episode they do... really wanna see it!! My email is rommie_rules@yahoo.com. I would love to see the episode where the
Continue » Posted Mar 26, 2006 10:57 pm PST
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Episode: Welcome To Liberty Village
Season Number: 4
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