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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Buena Vista
Salesrank: 26976
Released: October 25, 2005 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The action explodes in ALIAS' phenomenal fourth season. When Sydney leaves the CIA to join a powerful new Black Ops unit, she has no idea of the reunion in store for her. Family secrets are revealed and old adversaries come together for a year of betrayal, suspense, and breathtaking surprises. It's nonstop excitement -- from the spectacular two-hour first episode to the stunning impact of the season's final seconds. Experience all 22 heart-stopping episodes of season four in a sensational six-disc set. ALIAS features "the best acting and most addictive plot lines on television," raves CNN.com. Now with exclusive bonus features, including a conversation with Jennifer Garner, bloopers, deleted scenes, and more, this spectacular set makes TV's most exciting show even better.
Description of Alias - The Complete Fourth Season:
True to form, at the beginning of its fourth season J.J. Abrams' Alias proceeded to reinvent itself yet again--and the results looked quite a bit like the first season, but with a decided twist. Super agent Sydney Bristow (Emmy nominee Jennifer Garner) found herself once more working for a covert secret-ops group that was "off the books" and headed up by Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin) as she was partnered with... Hey, wait, wasn't Sloane a bad guy before? Well, yes, he was, but having been "rehabilitated" from his evil ways, he's now Sydney's new boss--nevermind the fact that he's trampled all over her life in more ways than one--and head of the CIA's new super-secret division, APO (for Authorized Personnel Only), which also includes all of Sydney's old friends, as well as her dad (Victor Garber) and love interest Vaughn (Michael Vartan). But as Sydney and Vaughn struggle with their budding relationship in the wake of his wife's death, and Syd also comes to realize her father may have had quite a bit to do with her mother's abrupt disappearance, a few monkey wrenches are thrown into the works. There's the emergence of South American agent Nadia (Mia Maestro), who's Syd's half sister--and the daughter of Sloane; the reappearance of Syd's nasty nemesis, Anna Espinosa (Gina Torres); a Sloane doppelganger (Joel Grey); and a mysterious cabal intent on harnessing the power of the legendary Rambaldi device.
Alias was definitely all over the map during its fourth season, and a few off-screen factors managed to take their toll onscreen as well. The end of a real-life relationship between Garner and Vartan gave Sydney and Vaughn's scenes a lack of romantic spark, but at the same time a decided tension, as the two warily circled each other and deepened their relationship; they clicked best in the episode "Welcome to Liberty Village," in which the duo infiltrates a Stepford-like suburb as a picture-perfect couple. And the absence of Lena Olin, as Syd's mother, was definitely felt, as her character became a looming presence despite little screen time. Where Alias succeeded this year was in the dramatic impact individual episodes had: "Nocturne" was a captivating tale of Sydney in the throes of deadly hallucinations; "The Orphan" affectingly fleshed out the enigmatic Nadia's background; "In Dreams" (directed by Garner) probed the subconscious of bad guy Sloane, who wasn't as evil as you might think; and "Mirage" forced Sydney to impersonate her mother in her father's fevered dreams. Don't worry, there was plenty of action--especially in the season's final episodes, which prominently featured a deadly Sonia Braga--and despite its ups and downs, Alias remained one of the most intelligent, compelling dramas on television. --Mark Englehart
Alias - The Complete Fourth Season Reviews:
Alias: Season 4 
2009-11-15 - Great TV series, Wish it were still on tv, Great addition to my collection, 5 stars
Miss This Show
2009-09-13 - The one TV series a few years back I would always make time for and would struggle to get home to get in front of the TV for! I miss this one. You should buy the whole series and watch it through. I still enjoy it and miss it instead of the garbage we have to watch on weeknight TV now.
Very Entertaining 
2009-09-04 - Don't get me wrong. Alias is probably one of my favorite shows ever!! I could not get enough of this show. The only reason why I am not giving it 5-stars is because.... After watching season 2 my husband would not watch the show with me anymore. He was so annoyed with all the double crossing etc... that went on. I won't spoil anything. I loved it and I have finished the Series, it was AWESOME, and the ending was AWESOME!
I love this season 4 especially because Sidney's sister is so great she is my favorite.
great show!
2009-06-26 - season 4 started as stand alone episodes, but then it evolve into a really cool story arc. as always the entire cast was awesome.
it makes you wanna watch the whole season in one sitting!!
u cant even try to start with season 4 if u havent seen the last 3 season.
but watch it all on dvd from the begining and you are in for a series thats would not be coming along again!
Good but not the best 
2009-05-07 - Had some trouble playing in my dvd player. but i would buy again. The series rocks so one disk with a little trouble at the start didnt hurt my feelings
