Alot of people are quick to say that season 3 was bad. I can't believe this.
I thought season 3 was great. Not as good as 1 and 2 but it had a whole new element to it. It was different, and thats a good thing. It needed to be different.
Since SD-6 is gone and Sydney could not be a double agent anymore, Alias needed a new intriguing element to it. I thought Lauren Reed being a double was perfect for two reasons:
1. Vaughn has his own Irena complex. A wife that marries him as part of her job as a foreign spy. This makes him understand Jack better and makes the character of Vaughn darker and full of anger. Good character development in my opinion.
2. It was so much fun watching Sydney be a double and how missions had to be adjusted so that she could help out both sides with out SD-6 knowing anything. This was what make seasons 1 and 2 so much fun. Season 3 couldn't have this and having the double be a spy inside the CIA was a great way to change that. Doubles are fun to watch, especially when they are evil.
Lauren added a new dynamic to the Sydney/Vaughn love story also. Things would be to easy if they could just be together. They are spies. They need adversity in their relationship. They are a better couple to watch when they have to overcome emotional things to be together. First, Vaughn was her handler and they couldn't be together because it would risk blowing her cover. Now, Sydney disappears and is supposedly dead so Vaughn moves on. Yet another bump in the road for their relationship to overcome. A show like this can't have their relationship be all peaches and cream all the time.
Season 3 was awesome. This show keeps gaining steam. Its addictive and one of the best tv shows on today.





