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'' is an American

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, drama, thriller, and

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television series which debuted on September 30, 2001, on

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. The series follows

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Sydney Bristow Sydney Anne Bristow (played by Jennifer Garner) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the television series ''Alias''. She is an American woman with a Russian-Canadian family background who works as a spy for the CIA. Sydney is depi ...

, a

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for the

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working inside of the counter-government agency

SD-6 Alliance of Twelve The Alliance of Twelve is a fictional international organized crime group in the television series ''Alias''. It is involved in the trade of intelligence and weapons as well as in blackmail. SD-6 is one of its subsidiary cell ...

. The main theme of the series explores Sydney's obligation to conceal her true career from her friends and family, even as she assumes multiple aliases to carry out her missions. These themes are most prevalent in the first two seasons of the show. A major plotline of the series is the search for and recovery of artifacts created by

Milo Rambaldi The following is a partial list of characters from the TV series, ''Alias''. Overview Main characters Recurring characters McKenas Cole McKenas Cole was portrayed by Quentin Tarantino. Formerly an operative for SD-6, he defected from the o ...

, a Renaissance-era character with similarities to both

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and

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. On May 22, 2006 the series completed its run, airing a total of 105 episodes over five seasons. An

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was included on the DVD release of season 3. In addition to the individual season sets, the complete series was released on DVD with a bonus disc and a book that reveals the deepest secrets of the series, packaged in a "Rambaldi artifact box".

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2001–02)

Season 2 (2002–03)

''The Animated Alias: Tribunal''

reprises her television role of

agent

in this story that takes place between the

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and third seasons of the live-action series. It is considered a "missing adventure" during a period Sydney later erases from her memory in which she works undercover as an assassin named "Julia Thorne." Despite how it was promoted in the teaser, the episode does not reveal anything that explains Sydney's missing time. It's merely a mission she undertook, and contains no background, or much information (not even about the mission portrayed). The events of this short are considered

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with the live-action ''Alias'' series. This short film was originally produced for the DVD release of the third season as bonus feature.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2001–02)

Season 2 (2002–03)

''The Animated Alias: Tribunal''

Season 3 (2003–04)

Season 4 (2005)

Season 5 (2005–06)

References

External links