This is the one where Alias tries its hand at a horror-type episode (and succeeds), and Sydney nearly loses her mind. This is also the one where (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) really start to wonder the impact of the air order versus the written order of the episodes this season.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode (and our discussion about it) contains some intense scenes with two suicides. Please listen (and watch) with care. (Note: the Disney+ version is slightly less intense in the events leading up to the suicides than the original version on the DVDs)

MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

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This is the one where Sydney and Vaughn go undercover as a married Russian couple pretending to be a married American couple in Liberty Village, a training site for the October Contingent. This is also the one where Vaughn tells a story about proposing at the Santa Barbara Zoo in front of a crooked-neck giraffe and it turns Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) into complete saps. This is also the one where we give Tom a performance evaluation for his plan... was it really the best decision to have the spies that they recruited kill each other just because they weren't ready for this mission???? 

MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

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This is the one where we learn if you freeze dry a person they shatter into cereal...possibly Fruity Pebbles, Vaughn is a priest, and we go "old school" spy. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush over the commentary and have many 2005 moments.

MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

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This is the one where the whole crew goes on TWO missions together! First, the team heads to the Bahamas and then they head to Spain! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are very frustrated by Jack being a jerk to Nadia and the one where Weiss finds out about APO.

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This is the one where we are back for the second half of the season 4 premiere...it's also the one where Sydney learns the truth about Irina's death and Nadia joins APO. It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) need many more "deleted scenes" and prove that they are, in fact, goldfish.

MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

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This is the one where "at laaaaaassssst" we are back with the start of season 4! It's also the one where Alias reboots itself again by putting SLOANE?! in charge??? It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are thrilled to see our people back together and intrigued to see what happens next because they remember so very, very little.

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This is the one where we race to the end of the season with a fast paced, action packed emotional episode. This is also the one where Cole (@coledelbyck) is back to gush about the season 3 finale with Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler), with a few delightful tangents along the way.

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This is the one where Sloane has Nadia and almost everyone else is actively looking for Sloane and Nadia (except Vaughn, Vaughn is somewhat unwilling participant as he'd prefer they were looking for Lauren). Katya is back, Suit & Glasses is back (and gets a name, Dr. Zhang Lee), and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are still really confused on the timeline around Vaughn's dad and Nadia's automatic drawing response.

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This is the one where we FINALLY get to meet The Passenger...Sydney's sister Nadia! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) have many questions and a lot of ideas about the possible blood ties in our episode title.

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This is the one where EVERYONE knows that Lauren's a mole. Vaughn goes on a mission at Lauren's mom's house and Lauren's mom suspects that Vaughn knows about Lauren. This is also the one where we think Sloane gets executed, but he is saved by a bottle of wine (because of course. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) try to figure out the math of Sloane and Irina's affair and also try to decipher who knew Jack was going to save Sloane.

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney retrieves the hourglass/Sloane's execution (start 37:38): Play The Deftones' "Change (in the House of Flies)" starting the song at 00:00, but it cuts to 1:40 when Sydney pulls out her guns (37:55). 

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