Alias Season 4 [DVD]

After finishing the final disc of this season, i felt a great dissapointment and sadness as i realized that the show is far from what it once was. The storyline remains the most important thing so i'll try not to reveal anything, though when reading most of the other reviews it's hard not to ruin yourself most of the surprises.So here i go:After 3 years of great TV, despite a few mistakes and wrong turns here and there, Alias entered its fourth season wanting to regain the audience lost in the last season. And the new structure of the episodes manged to attract more viewers, at one HUGE, WRONG, DESTRUCTIVE sacrifice, the storyline. You're watching the episode and listening " this new weapon could wipe out an ecosystem....you must get it back and stop the terrorists from using it." And then you think: wasn't this in the last episode? No, last time it was a bomb, and the time before it was a chemical weapon, and before that a new weapon, and before that a new defense technology...etc.etc... Every episode is almost the same! (except for the final ones, but i'll get to them later). However, i'm not saying the episodes are bad, the missions are better than before, longer more realistic, Marshall no longer makes everything happen. Sydney and the gang have use oldschool tricks.Towards the middle of the season, the shows begins to show faint signs of a storyline, despite this, the level of excitement remains as low and you then continue to the ussual "terrorist" episodes. it is until the final episodes that the story takes hold and doesn't let go, but it is not as strong as past seasons for this very reason, it all happens in a short time and you don't understand what happens until the final episodes when everyhting is explained, including what happened to nadia and sloane at the end of the 3rd season. Besides, big plus here, you finally get to know what is the goddamn red ball from season 1 for.So, if the missions are good, and you get some explanation from past misteries, why do i say it is horrible for die hard fans? Well the answer is the lack of a continuing storyline, in past seasons, each episode flowed nicely into the next, however, like lost, the next episode may have nothing to do with the past one. This new way of presenting the storyline creates a whole different Alias, wich fans may not see as a better one, like i did.Secondly, the storyline only answers misteries from the 3rd season, not progressing much, not moving moving forward (this is most obvious when in the final episodes a series of flashbacks from different characters appear to explain the past). Therefore, i see season 4 only as closure for the past season. Finally the season finale, though interesting, was most different from the past ones. It felt more like a superhero movie where the villain is about to destroy the world with his evil creation and the good guy has to stop him before its too late. You'll see for yourselves if you buy it. Also, the twists and turns are getting old and predictable, much like 24's i could see the surprises a mile away! It's getting boring when the bad guy says he is good again blablablabl and we all know how that turns out later.So...yes i recommend it to new viewers, fans may find the final episodes to be the only interesting ones. Nevertheless, i feel i owe it to the show to continue watching the 5th season,and if you are a fan too you may feel you have to watch this season, but don't expect too much. I didn't and i felt dissapointed anyway.

Season 4 of Alias isn't bad at all but just like season 3, it's not as good as season 1 or 2. This one is a bit all over the place. Sydney found out that her father Jack killed her mother. So that's why she was so upset about what she found at the end of season 3. She also fakes quiting her job at the CIA, just to join a secret CIA group. With everyone she knows of course just happening to be on the team. After the death of his spy wife Lauren Reed, Vaughn and Sydney figure out where to take their relationship. Which of course leads them straight to the bedroom. Sydney's sister Nadia is a regular cast member now so of course she needs a love interest too. Soon sparks start to fly between Nadia and fellow agent Weis. Although that seems to never really lead anywhere. Vaughn soon starts to get lead on that his father is still alive and gets sent on secret missions if he wants to know where to find him. He finds information that points to Sloane as the man using him. Things get strange though when they find someone else posing as Sloane. Which is the better parts of this season. Then we get a poor excuse to why Sydney's mom is really alive. We get a flashback showing Jack clearly shoot her in the head and her fall in water. Then Jack says, maybe she had a double make believe it was her...um ok whatever Jack. When they find her she punches him, so it must've been her he shot but how the hell is she alive ?? Then the season ends with Vaughn telling Sydney he's a spy and his name isn't Michael Vaughn. Um...yeah that really makes sense. He was looking for Michael Vaughn's father all season and was obsessed with finding him. But he's not Michael Vaughn ?? The show can try too hard to leave us cliffhanger endings. Season 1's ending was good and so was season 2's and 3 left you guessing as well. Season 4's ending though almost made me lose interest in the show. Otherwise this season did have some fun episodes. I like when Sydney and Vaughn go under cover as a married couple. Where they compete with spys posing as normal american couples. The best part is where they have a shoot-out at a car dealer spot and compete with another couple. Angela Bassett joining the show is a high spot as well. Since she can act and they needed a new face. The show doesn't do much with her though. Hopefully she'll get more to do in season 5. Jack gets exposed to a deadly gas to save Sydney's life. The show gets weird when Sydney has to pose as her own mother to get secret information from Jack in-order to save his life. At least he doesn't try to have sex with her lol. Then the season finale has Sydney, her mom, sister and father teaming up to fight....zombies ?? As they set out to save the world. There's too many zombie movies these days without them being on Alias too now. It was still entertaining and gripping but no way the shows best stuff. Which can be said about this season. Entertaining and gripping but not the best. This one was critically acclaimed too, when it's the most confused season. So shows what critics know.

Bought the whole five seasons a few years ago without checking the opening season to see if I'd like the series, which is what I'd recommend anybody to do. My bad, my fault.English subtitles, 898 minutes running time, shed loads of bonus features.

Good quality & condition. Another good season of a good show.

bought & enjoyed this series.

Only 1/2 through the first season but can already tell the the rest of the show is going to be amazong

the product is what i wanted itgood to watchit does the job and cheapits a very good product highly recomend