Alias

Reckoning

Season 1, Episode 6, Aired 11/18/01

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Sydney goes undercover in a mental institution to get information from Shepard, a man who has been unconsciously programmed to be a deadly assassin. Meanwhile, Sydney becomes convinced that her father was responsible for the death of her mother 20 years earlier. Will discovers the true identity of the woman who claimed to have an affair with Danny and Francie is relieved to learn that Charlie is not having an affair with another woman. Marshall finds the computer worm planted in the SD-6 mainframe by the CIA.moreless

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Kevin Weisman

Marshall J. Flinkman
Jennifer Garner

Sydney Anne Bristow
Merrin Dungey

Francine 'Francie' Calfo

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7.8

"Good"

By CTUBauer24, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

Not my favorite episode the storylines are ok but where not interesting enough to make me jump for joy and the little twist at the end was not that exiting this episode was slower and not as fastest the other and when one episode slows down it becomes a little dull and not fun to watch my favorite part is when Marshall kill the bug that the CIA put into the SD-6 computers even though that was a small part of the episode an ok episode not great but ok my over all rating is 7.8 for this episode endmoreless

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By Parricida, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

And if you think last episode glues where enough we are getting, this episode continues to turning the story in who-knows-what direction. First what Sydney learns about her mother and FBI involvement - poor girl, every time she thinks she knows all about her father, there is something else.. And Will continuing Danny's murder glues and gets to that woman and we all knew how it will end - she will be gone without trace.

And the cases.. getting more and more exciting. i really most say those two episodes have been the best one so far - always motion, action, something secret going on.moreless

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An interesting view of Vaughn's character

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By snickers545, Oct 20, 2008 Report Abuse

I really love this episode of Alias because of Agent Vaughn's storyline. We finally kind of get a real characterization of him and the last scene where he attends the funeral, it makes me tear up. I enjoyed the scene when Vaughn and Sydney are at the golf course and he gives her the "bug" and she playfully retorts, it's a way cute bit of flirting that foreshadows what happens later on. The scene with the funeral is what really makes this episode one that I will watch over and over. Michael Vaughn is my favorite character on Alias and this episode is proof of why.moreless

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By napen, Oct 04, 2008 Report Abuse

Como existe la posibilidad, para un padre, de mentirle a su hija acerca de la muerte de su propia madre? Sidney cree (con gran criterio e informacin) que su madre muri a causa del trabajo de su padre. Y me pregunto cun grave puede ser para una mujer que de pequea perdi a su madre enterarse que su padre tuvo gran culpa en eso? Y l cmo corno puede vivir con eso en el alma? El show va bien, se qued un poquito pero va bien. Otra pregunta: hace falta que viajen tanto? Cada misin no es especfica de cada ciudad, o sea, lo de este captulo podra producirse tanto en Bucarest como en Asuncin.moreless

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By VGFreak8, Feb 08, 2008 Report Abuse

Sydney goes into a mental institution undercover in order to find a man who can tell them where a man they need is buried. Marshall finds the bug that the CIA put into their computer system. Sydney believes that her father is responsible for her mother's death. Francie and Charlie talk about the situation and he tells her that he's not having an affair, but he wants to sing! That's who the woman was, she is helping him fulfill his dream! Will finds out the true identity of the woman, but she leaves in a hurry.

This episode was really good! The ending was a cliffhanger that I didn't expect! Most of the episodes seemed long to me, but this one seemed short. I really liked it! It gets a 10 out of 10!moreless

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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Trivia
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- Goof: When the mental institution guards taze the guy strangling Sydney, she should have been electrocuted too as he was holding on to her. Edit
- Number 47: The motion sensor's activation code is 2472. Edit
- Number 47: When talking about FTL, Jack mentions the T-47s that were moved. Edit
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- This episode was nominated for the 2002 Excellence in Production Design Award for "Television - Episode of a Single-Camera Series". Edit
- This is the first episode to include the "mugshots" of the main characters, before the opening sequence. Edit
- Music from episode includes: "Going, Going, Gone" by Stars "Tornado" by Garbage "Be Still My Soul..." by Lisbeth Scott "Zero Hours a Week" by Huffamoose Edit
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- Eloise Kurtz: Just leave me alone! I don't know anything! Will: See, it's people who say that that always know much more than they think they do. Edit
- Sydney: What about the file... the one you pulled for me? There were pages missing. Maybe it didn't end twenty years ago. Maybe he's still working for Russia! Vaughn: Stop. Okay? Stop. What matters, what "is" important, is taking down SD-6. Jack... your father... is helping us do that! Edit
- Francie: Bar association dinner. One of the lawyers wanted to sue me because his chicken was undercooked. Can you believe that... an obnoxious lawyer? Edit
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- During Sidney's briefing Sloane mentions that a decoder is held by "Josh Smythe owner of the Hobb's End Photogallery in London." "Hobb's End" is a fictional section of London where, while digging a subway tunnel, an alien spacecraft was found in the TV Mini-series (later a movie) "Quartermass and the Pit." "Hobb's End" is also the fictional New England town in H.P. Lovecraft's "In the Mouth of Madness" where a direct portal to hell exists. Edit