Alias

Q & A

Season 1, Episode 17, Aired 3/17/02

Episode Summary

While the FBI detains and questions Sydney about her past and possible ties to a mysterious Rambaldi doomsday prophecy, Vaughn and Jack must race to free her and find a way to clear her name before her cover is blown and SD-6 is made aware of the situation. Once the rescue op has been launched, in her quest to prove her innocence, Sydney shocks even her usually unflappable father when she makes a chilling discovery that may unravel the mystery of the 500-year-old prophecy she finds proof that Rambaldi's writings may hold more truth about an alleged weapon of mass destruction - and the fate of her own family.moreless

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Kevin Weisman

Marshall J. Flinkman
Jennifer Garner

Sydney Anne Bristow
Merrin Dungey

Francine 'Francie' Calfo

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This episode was just a waste of space -as it basically was just clips from the previous episodes with about 5-10mins of new drama...makes me wonder why it gets scores of +7 and one would deduce that these scores are from fanatics!moreless

1.9

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By yuppa, Aug 17, 2011 Report Abuse

The episode just pieces together clips from previous episodes of series 1 with the minimum of additional new script. Very annoying indeed. It really makes you wonder why this episode was made. It is indeed very very difficult to obtain the 100 words min. to hopefully put this episode in better context for anyone that actually likes to see a review. Whether this review will make it on website is another question as everyone else gave this episode +7 which reminds one of the marking system in school exams now ..if all episodes get 10 can one believe it ..going by this episode no!moreless

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By cavanagh15, Jun 22, 2011 Report Abuse

I actually thgouht this episode was really bad right up until the end of the episode when Sydney dfrove the car off of the dock and we learned that the beginning of the episode was actually the end of the episode. I thought this was the worst written JJ Abrams episode to date. I always expect his episode to be in the upper nine portions, but this episode was mainly a review episode which makes hardcore fans like me very unhappy. He didnt really answer any new questions, he simply reviewed what Sydneys job was and why she is doing what she is doing. The end of the episode definatly saved it for me, with it being revealed that Sydneys mother could be alive and well and the real woman of the prophecy. I think this is yet another mytsry that will be over our heads as the series moves on. Decent episode, but not what I would come to expect from JJ Abrams writing an episode.moreless

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By CTUBauer24, Jun 22, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode of Alias Sydney is questioned because some people believe she is some how corniced to Rambaldi mean while Jack and Vaughan must free her and make clear Sydney is not the one that they are looking for before her cover at SD-6 is blown all and all an ok episode that was ok not the best thing in the world and I thought they wanted to do a flashback episode without slowing down the series so they tied into a episode where Sydney told them everything from when she found the truth about SD-6 to now but I do think it was done well since they did want to do a flashback or recap episode the endmoreless

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Too many answers

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By napen, Jun 22, 2011 Report Abuse

Lo siento chicos, pero yo v Alias desde el principio, desde el primer captulo y no me perd ninguno. Entonces este episodio me pareci casi absolutamente innecesario salvo, obvio, por el escape a lo Thelma y Louise y oh! mi madre est viva y es la persona de la cual habla Rambaldi.
Me parece perfecto que los productores hayan visto que mucha gente se iba sumando a la audiencia inicial y necesitaban informarlos ms o menos de lo que haba sucedido hasta ah pero, repito, a los que lo seguimos ininterrumpidamente desde el primer segundo nos molest (supongo) que este super flashback haya sido tan pronto, apenas en el captulo 17.moreless

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Quite pointless until the end

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By Parricida, Jun 22, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode was somehow a waste of time.. if you have been watching the serie carefully you knew everything they asked her.. and the whole look back things.. I felt like it was not necessary.. Maybe they just needed to fill this episode with something but to be honest, the only thing that developed the story was the end - Sydney driving into the water and realizing that her mother is still alive if the prophecy is true.. Ok, but they could have done it better, really.

I somehow think that if you had missed some episode or not started from the beginning to follow the serie, this one did had some purpose but..moreless

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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Trivia
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- Number 47: Haladki says that they have decoded 47 Rambaldi predictions. Edit
- SD in SD-6 stands for Section Disparu (the section that doesn't exist). Edit
- The payphone scene is supposed to take place during 1992, but a flyer for the 2000 movie Requiem for a Dream can be seen. Edit
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- This episode was nominated for three Emmy Awards in 2002 for "Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series", "Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)" and "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series". Edit
- The episode's title is Q & A, short for "Questions and Answers" as a lot of questions were answered during this episode. Edit
- This episode didn't include Sydney's opening narration ("My name is Sydney Bristow. Seven years ago I was recruited by a secret branch of the CIA called SD-6...." etc) explaining the premise of the show. This was probably because during the course of her interrogation Sydney explained the show's setup. Edit
Quotes
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- Kendall: So you have a hard time keeping secrets. Sydney: No, I don't have a hard time keeping a secret. What I don't enjoy is lying to my friends, or being in a constant state of jet-lag from flying to far corners of the world for a man I wish were dead. Edit
- Kendall: (during Sydney's interrogation) What did they tell you was the objective of SD-6? Sydney: The retrieval of intelligence both military and industrial throughout the world that is critical to the superiority and survival of the United States of America... it's a company line. Edit
- Weiss: This buddy of mine from Princeton says she actually knows Haladki, used to have lunch at the Webster Rotunda, apparently the guy's got the table manners of a 6 month old. Edit
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- Sydney says that she had thought that her mission in SD6 would be "over by Christmas." This is likely a reference to the hopes that World War 1 would be over by Christmas 1914. It was not over until 1918. Edit
- Visual: Sydney breathing air from the tire. This is a nod to the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Edit