Alias season 3

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Alias
Season 3
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Season 3 DVD cover
No. of episodes22
Release
Original network ABC
Original releaseSeptember 28, 2003 (2003-09-28) –
May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23)
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The third season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 28, 2003 on ABC and concluded May 23, 2004 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 7, 2004. Guest stars in season three include Vivica A. Fox, Isabella Rossellini, Ricky Gervais, Griffin Dunne, Djimon Hounsou, Peggy Lipton, and Quentin Tarantino.

Contents

A seven-minute animated short titled The Animated Alias: Tribunal was produced for the DVD release of the third season. The short takes place between the second and third seasons.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUS viewers
(millions)
451"The Two" Ken Olin J. J. Abrams September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)9.73 [1]
Unconscious after shooting Allison Doren, the Project Helix -produced doppelgängerin of best friend Francie Calfo (in "The Telling"), Sydney wakes...in Hong Kong without knowing how she arrived. Vaughn, now married, explains she was presumed dead by DNA found on "her" remains from the fire in her home two years ago. Meanwhile: Will survived Allison's attack; Vaughn is now a teacher; Dixon is CIA Division Director; NSC Director Robert Lindsey imprisoned Jack; allegedly reformed Sloane is CEO of Zurich-based philanthropic World Health Organization, OmniFam; Irina's #6 of CIA's "Most Wanted"; Sydney's stomach has a new, unexplained scar; and Carrie is pregnant by Marshall. In Lyon, aircraft engineer Scott Kingsley is murdered for his radar-invisible spy drone schematics by Russian ex-MVD hitman Gordei Volkov, [a] now affiliated with The Covenant. Sydney is granted temporary clearance to retrieve Kingsley's microchip in Paris. Agent Eric Weiss leads the failed assault, ambushed by Volkov who escapes; only Sydney and Eric survive. Lindsey designates Sydney an enemy of the state for going rogue to confront Sloane. Monsieur Bernard helps Sydney end Volkov to retrieve the microchip, with which she extorts Lindsey, demanding Jack's release. Jack reveals video of Sydney cutting the throat of Russian diplomat Andrian Lazarey.
462"Succession" Dan Attias Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05)9.40 [2]
473"Reunion" Jack Bender Jeff Pinkner October 12, 2003 (2003-10-12)8.93 [3]
484"A Missing Link" Lawrence Trilling Monica Breen & Alison Schapker October 19, 2003 (2003-10-19)9.45 [4]
Jack takes matters into his own hands to protect his daughter, purposely revealing Sydney's deadly secret to Dixon in order to preserve her position inside the CIA.
495"Repercussions"Ken Olin Jesse Alexander October 26, 2003 (2003-10-26)9.45 [5]
Jack's cover is jeopardized when he meets with criminal crew boss Simon Walker to dig up information on Sydney's missing two years when she accompanied Simon under the alias, Julia Thorne. Marshall is sent on his second field mission with Sydney, posing as a Texan high-stakes gambler.
506"The Nemesis"Lawrence Trilling Crystal Nix-Hines November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)8.92 [6]
517"Prelude"Jack Bender J. R. Orci November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09)9.26 [7]
Sydney accompanies Sloane on a Covenant assignment to steal a maser OS from the Chinese Defense Minister's office. Marshall uses a camouflaged remote-control car to disable security, allowing Sydney to break into a safe. Discovered, Sydney overpowers guards, scrambles the OS and escapes. Sloane gives Sydney a key and coded message in Sydney's handwriting, leading to Julia Thorne's Rome apartment. Jack explains it was encoded with Irina's method, suggesting they might've had recent contact. In Mexico, Vaughn and Lauren try to extradite Javier Perez, who claims to know about Lazarey's murder. They are taken hostage en route, giving Jack a chance to kill Perez, making it appear as a suicide. Claiming to be interested in avenging his father's death, Sark provides Lauren evidence that Julia Thorne is really Sydney, who killed Lazarey. Vaughn helps Sydney escape before being arrested by the National Security Council. Lauren tells Dixon that he is no longer in charge of the task force due to obstructing her investigation. Sydney enters the apartment in Rome. She recognizes an angelic statue outside her window – the same recurring figure in her nightmares. But before she can recall more, Sydney is suddenly arrested by Italian policemen.
528"Breaking Point"Dan AttiasBreen FrazierNovember 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)8.48 [8]
NSC Director Lindsey assumes control of Dixon's division. Sydney is taken to Camp Williams, an NSC black site that interrogates terrorists. Dr. Vasson [b] subjects Sydney to electroshock torture to coerce her into decoding a message found in her Rome apartment. Her valiant escape attempt fails. Jack and Vaughn organize a rescue team with help from Sloane and ex-CIA Agent Brill. [c] They obtain blueprints by infiltrating a FEMA facility; Sloane is shot escaping. Jack operates, removing the bullet. Lindsey extorts Lauren into whitewashing Sydney's interrogation report by threatening to expose Vaughn's involvement in Sydney's earlier escape. Sydney is persuaded to reveal the decoded coordinates from the message when Lindsey orders the stabbing of fellow inmate Campbell. However, Campbell is revealed to be Schapker, [d] who knows empathetic suffering is harder for Sydney to sustain than physical torture. Marshall attempts to obtain access codes for Camp Williams, but they have mysteriously been deleted. With Lauren's help, the extraction team infiltrate the Camp just as Vasson is about operate on Sydney's cranium to obtain information from her two missing years. Lauren helps them rescue Sydney, who reveals that she gave Lindsey the wrong coordinates.
539"Conscious"Ken Olin Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec November 30, 2003 (2003-11-30)9.16 [9]
At the coordinates (from "Breaking Point"), Sydney and Jack find a tattooed hand indicating Magnific Order of Rambaldi membership. Lauren tells Lindsey she was captured by The Covenant, who are ransoming Sydney for the Rambaldi Device. Sydney visits Dr. Brezzel [e] , a neuro-researcher who specializes in dream memory state. Sydney enters a drug-induced dream state, reliving Allison's attack. Knocked unconscious, she can't see her abductors' faces. Sydney relives her seventh birthday party, with "St. Aidan" on the cake, which she cuts, slicing into Lazarey's hand. Next, she's wheeled by gurney to doors marked "47." Dream-Lauren attacks, causing real-life heart failure; Brezzel resuscitates Sydney. Sloane reinforces Lauren's lie about Sydney's abduction; Lindsey requests an assassin to kill Sydney during the ransom exchange, revealing proof he knows Sloane's endgame. Lauren matches hand DNA with Lazarey, but the hand was alive four months ago, and video of Sydney killing Lazarey was time-stamped a year ago; thus Sydney did not murder Lazarey. Sydney re-enters dream-state. She's with Dixon in a car; "St. Aidan" appears again. Instead of fighting Lauren again, Sydney meets herself, who says "trust Lazarey." They fight. Real Sydney defeats dream-Sydney, allowing entry to Room 47, in which she exclaims, "Oh my God!"
5410"Remnants"Jack BenderJeff PinknerDecember 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)8.61 [10]
Sydney dreams Will and the name St. Aidan. Sydney visits Will, in WITSEC, working as a construction foreman. He had thought Sydney was dead but Sydney proves her identity and tells Will that Alison Doren is still alive, working for The Covenant. Will explains that St. Aidan is the name of a CIA contact. Sydney and Will meet St. Aidan, revealed as Andrian Lazarey, having one hand missing, and mentioning an item in Graz. Sark abducts Lazarey and tortures him for more information. Will and Sydney reminisce and become intimate. In a Graz hotel, Sydney discovers her "Julia Thorne" safe deposit box. She break into it, but Sark gets there first and steals a metal hexagonal cylinder. Will fights and kills Allison Doren while Sydney gets the cylinder from Sark. It contains a sample of human tissue, still vital, bearing the name Milo Rambaldi. Lindsey suspects Jack and Vaughn know Sydney's location and arrests them. He arranges for Sloane to hire an assassin to kill Sydney when she gets exchanged for a Rambaldi device, threatening to reveal Sloane's extra curricular activities to the Justice Department. However, Sloane has Lindsey killed instead, and steals the Rambaldi device for himself.
5511"Full Disclosure"Lawrence TrillingJesse AlexanderJanuary 11, 2004 (2004-01-11)9.05 [11]
The Covenant steals Rambaldi's Cube from the DSR during transport. Kendall reveals what happened during Sydney's missing years. Sydney was taken by Oleg Madrczyk [f] (who she recalls killing in Hong Kong). Madrczyk had planted tooth DNA to fool investigators. For six months, Madrczyk tried brainwashing Sydney, and administered the final loyalty test; murdering a helpless man. As a "Project Christmas" child, Sydney was conditioned to thwart enemy programming. Nine months after her apparent death, she called Kendall, having escaped from The Covenant. Kendall persuaded Sydney to maintain her double agent alias, Julia Thorne. The Covenant tasked Sydney to kill Lazarey after obtaining Rambaldi's Cube; instead, Sydney faked Lazarey's death and hid the Cube. Kendall reveals he runs DSR's Project Black Hole, collecting Rambaldi's artifacts, and Sydney is still considered, The Chosen One. She prepared a DVD, explaining her voluntary memory-wipe to safeguard Rambaldi's DNA, to prevent followers from fertilizing her stolen eggs (thus her abdominal scare). Marshall secretly tracked the Cube; the team raids the Covenant base in Patagonia. Against Kendall's orders, Sydney burns their lab. Sark escapes, ordering his father Lazarey's assassination. Before he's shot, Lazarey asks Sydney about "The Passenger." The sniper is revealed as Lauren.
5612"Crossings"Ken OlinJosh Appelbaum & André NemecJanuary 18, 2004 (2004-01-18)7.58 [12]
Sydney and Vaughn travel to North Korea to meet with a Covenant defector. Lauren passes this information to The Covenant, who then poison the pilots. En route, the pilots die, Sydney and Vaughn evade North Korean missile attacks, crash land the plane and elude the military. Sydney and Vaughn discuss the difficulty of working together. Sydney reveals that she had slept with Will and has decided to move on. Before Sydney and Vaughn can meet the defector, Sark appears and masquerades as a CIA operative. Sydney, Vaughn and the defector are captured by the military but Sark escapes. The defector informs on Sydney and Vaughn, who are then physically abused. Jack contacts Sydney's mother, Irina Derevko, for assistance and is visited by Irina's sister, Katya, who offers help in exchange for Sloane being killed. Jack visits Sloane but Katya first calls Sloane and warns him to back off Irina, hinting that even Jack would turn against him. Katya then contacts Jack and aborts the assassination. Vaughn admits his feelings for Sydney before they are taken to a firing squad. Instead of being killed, one of the guards kills the other soldiers and they all escape with the defector.
5713"After Six" Maryann Brandon Monica Breen & Alison SchapkerFebruary 15, 2004 (2004-02-15)9.54 [13]
The Covenant defector, Lisenker, discloses the location of the Doleac Agenda, a microdisc which contains information about the six Covenant cells. It is in a chalet with a protection system designed by security expert Toni Cummings (Vivica A. Fox), whom Sydney and Weiss meet while posing as diamond smugglers. They obtain schematics of the security systems, bypass the lethal response security and escape with the Agenda. Sloane meets with CIA psychologist Dr. Barnett and reveals that he has a secret that affects the only two people he cares about in the world, Sydney and Jack. Sark meets with Lauren and reveals that he knows her affiliation with The Covenant. He proposes that they stage a coup, kill all six cell leaders and demand ascension within The Covenant by threatening to present the CIA with access keys kept by each of the leaders. After killing the leaders, Sark meets with McKenas Cole (Quentin Tarantino) who then reveals that Lauren had informed him of their intentions and was happy that the leaders were dead since the CIA were soon to learn of their identities. As a reward, Cole makes Sark and Lauren the heads of the North American cell.
5814"Blowback"Lawrence TrillingLaurence AndriesMarch 7, 2004 (2004-03-07)7.39 [14]
The CIA intercepts a communication suggesting that a terrorist organization, Shining Sword, has a plasma charge weapon. Sydney and Vaughn access a secure data facility to download information but their access is cut short by a Covenant operative who escapes after a car chase. They trace the weapon to a ship but Vaughn is shot while on board. The story is then replayed, with additional scenes showing Lauren's involvement in the operation. She had leaked information, it was her in the secure data facility and it was she and Sark that had escaped in the car. Lauren is aroused by the operation and makes love with Sark. Back aboard the ship, Sark and Lauren attempt to stop Sydney and Vaughn. Vaughn gets the upper hand, demanding that Lauren remove her mask but before Lauren reveals her identity, Sark threatens to kill Sydney. Sark and Lauren escape, arming the weapon which Vaughn disables with Marshall's remote assistance. Sloane meets Dr. Barnett, revealing that he had an affair with Irina Derevko and that Sydney may be his daughter.
5915"Façade"Jack BenderR. P. Gaborno and Christopher HollierMarch 14, 2004 (2004-03-14)7.43 [15]
Daniel Ryan [g] detonates a bomb in Belfast, proving his bombs cannot be disarmed to advertise his skill to The Covenant. The recent Covenant defector Lysanker provides information, allowing Sydney to capture Ryan disguised as a Covenant operative. The team creates a Moscow hotel room facade to convince Ryan to stop his next bomb, promising to buy his entire stock. Ryan agrees, but demands Sark deals from an airplane. A contact doesn't show, forcing a reevaluation of Ryan. His brother was murdered by The Covenant, thus he planned revenge against Sark. Vaughn finds Ryan's bomb on the plane. The team lifts the facade, revealing their CIA office, but Ryan refuses to help. Sydney sympathizes with Ryan, explaining how The Covenant stole her life also, turning her into Julia Thorne. Her admission piques Ryan's interest; he agrees to disarm the bomb, supplying a pager code. However, this activates a five-minute timer on two bombs; on the plane, and in the CIA office. Ryan reveals he recognizes Julia Thorne as the Covenant operative who slaughtered his brother (described in "Full Disclosure"). Jack takes drastic action, coercing Ryan for the deactivation code. Both bombs stop with one second remaining.
6016"Taken"Lawrence TrillingJ. R. OrciMarch 21, 2004 (2004-03-21)7.93 [16]
6117"The Frame"Max MayerCrystal Nix-HinesMarch 28, 2004 (2004-03-28)8.80 [17]
6218"Unveiled"Jack BenderMonica Breen & Alison SchapkerApril 11, 2004 (2004-04-11)8.47 [18]
Sydney and Jack warn a disbelieving Vaughn about their suspicions of Lauren being the CIA mole. Meanwhile, Bomani and Sark take possession of the Rambaldi machine, Sydney and Vaughn must stop a Covenant computer virus that's crippling medical facilities around the world, Sloane's secret is revealed to Jack, and Bomani begins to lose faith in Lauren's ability to carry out her Covenant missions.
6319"Hourglass"Ken OlinJosh Appelbaum & André NemecApril 18, 2004 (2004-04-18)7.96 [19]
After finding out that Lauren is working for The Covenant, Vaughn is told to keep up the facade of a happy marriage in order to keep tabs on his wife's activities. But he's in for a shock when he uncovers the truth about Lauren's mother, Olivia. Meanwhile, Jack refuses to help exonerate Sloane of his crimes and put in motion a stay of execution, and a monk discloses the identity of the Rambaldi "Passenger" to Sydney.
6420"Blood Ties"Jack BenderStory by : Monica Breen & Alison Schapker
Teleplay by : J. R. Orci		April 25, 2004 (2004-04-25)8.25 [20]
After discovering the identity of the Rambaldi "Passenger," Sydney and Jack seek the aid of Sloane, to track the "Passenger" down, which involves infiltrating a museum, using retinal scans (obtained by Arvin Sloane) from the members of The Trust. Meanwhile, after learning a secret about his father from Thomas Brill, Vaughn is kidnapped and tortured by Lauren and Sark, who are about to track "The Passenger" down themselves.
6521"Legacy"Lawrence TrillingJesse AlexanderMay 2, 2004 (2004-05-02)8.27 [21]
With the aid of Katya Derevko and CIA imprisoned security systems designer Toni Cummings, Sydney and Vaughn attempt to track down Sloane and Nadia. But Lauren and Sark are also in hot pursuit of them in order to uncover the secrets of Rambaldi. Meanwhile, Vaughn's obsession with tracking down Lauren is beginning to consume him, Sydney and Vaughn turn the tables on an old foe, and Katya expresses her attraction to Jack.
6622"Resurrection"Ken OlinJeff PinknerMay 23, 2004 (2004-05-23)7.65 [22]
Lauren stages a stunning betrayal to steal classified materials from the CIA. Meanwhile, Vaughn comes face to face with his darkest demons in pursuit of his wife; Nadia must decide whether or not she can trust her father, Sloane, in the pursuit of Rambaldi's most priceless artifact; and Sydney receives a shattering revelation that will make her question everything - and everyone - she thought she could trust.

Home release

The 6-DVD box set of Season 3 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 7, 2004, in region 2 format (UK) on May 30, 2005 and in region 4 format (AU) on January 5, 2005. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 3, plus the following features:

Notes

  1. ↑ Oleg Taktarov as Gordei Volkov
  2. ↑ Erick Avari as Dr. Vasson
  3. ↑ Richard Roundtree as Brill
  4. ↑ Pruitt Taylor Vince as Campbell / Schapker
  5. ↑ David Cronenberg as Dr. Brezzel
  6. ↑ Bill Bolender as Oleg Madrczyk
  7. ↑ Ricky Gervais as Daniel Ryan

References

  1. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 22-28, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . October 1, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  2. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . October 8, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  3. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 6-12, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . October 15, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  4. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 13-19, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . October 22, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  5. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 20-26, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . October 29, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  6. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . November 5, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  7. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 3-9, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . November 12, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  8. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 17-23, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . November 26, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  9. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 24-30, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . December 3, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  10. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 1-7, 2003)". The Los Angeles Times . December 10, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  11. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 5-11, 2004)". The Los Angeles Times . January 14, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  12. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 12-18, 2004)". The Los Angeles Times . January 23, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  13. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 9-15, 2004)". The Los Angeles Times . February 20, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  14. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 03/01/04 THROUGH 03/07/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. March 9, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  15. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 03/08/04 THROUGH 03/14/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. March 16, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  16. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 03/15/04 THROUGH 03/21/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. March 23, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  17. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 03/22/04 THROUGH 03/28/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. March 30, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  18. ↑ "RANKING REPORT: FROM 4/05/04 THROUGH 4/11/04". ABC Medianet. April 13, 2004. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  19. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 04/12/04 THROUGH 04/18/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. April 20, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  20. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 04/19/04 THROUGH 04/25/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. April 27, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  21. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 04/26/04 THROUGH 05/02/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. May 4, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  22. ↑ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS FROM 05/17/04 THROUGH 05/23/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. May 25, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
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