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If you didn't know...it's my recent obsession. My uncle introduced me to the first season over the summer because he's as obsessed with her as I am with Johnny Depp. So then he sent me the second season. He's going to send me the third season soon and I should be right on time to see the latest season. I love this show. I LOVE IT. I'm glad there's no way to make a reality TV show out of this. *Knocks on wood* At least, that I can think of...

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But yeah, season four is disappointing so far... but I'm not going to stop watching it after just three episodes. But as a fan since the beginning, I'm just baffled. It's like they've thrown the first three seasons out the window, like they didn't happen... all that we've learned since then means nothing. UGH.

And now the episodes are self contained, meaning it's like CSI... there's just one storyline for each episode... it's not a continuous storyline like the first three seasons. Rambaldi is taking a back seat until who knows when. I understand that the whole story of Rambaldi is confusing to new viewers and that's why they're not focusing on him, but hello?! How can you have THE CHOSEN ONE, THE PASSENGER, and THE BIGGEST RAMBALDI ZEALOT working together AND NOT HAVE RAMBALDI?! That's just bull.

I know season three sucked and they need more viewers, but to act like the first three seasons didn't happen is just beyond me. Everything is all shiny and new...

And I feel like they're trying to put everything they lacked in season three into every episode. People missed Sydney the person (not Sydney the spy) last season, so we've seen her home countless times already in these first three eps. People missed Sydney having friends... she's thrown a party for Weiss's birthday already. People missed all the butt kicking... we've had MANY fight scenes already. It's just ridiculous.

I had so many questions regarding last season and the season finale, and I feel like none of them were answered. The most important question being what the hell was SAB47... and they totally copped out and gave a pathetic answer. I in no way believe that those documents were about Jack requesting to kill Irina.. what does that have to do with SAB47? A project overseen by Jack and started on the date of Sydney's birth?! I wasted SEVEN months of speculation on SYDNEY when it was just about killing Irina.

Speaking of Irina, they've finally closed the door on her. So she's dead... Jack killed her... do I believe that she's dead? Do I believe that Jack killed her because she'd put a hit on her own daughter? No way. I know the writers had to take her out on way or another because Lena Olin refuses to reprise the role, but the way they did it was just... UGH. Irina Derevko is such an important part of the show and her death just... wasn't enough justice for her.

And I don't understand why VAUGHN is a part of APO (ridiculous name by the way, IMO). I understand Jack is there because he's the closest to Sloane, along with Sydney. And Dixon... because well, they killed each other's wives, and they've worked together for almost as long as Jack's worked with Sloane. Those three have worked with Sloane, they know him... they can keep an eye on him. But Vaughn? What do they need him for? Besides the fact that he's good looking and of course he has to work with Sydney... he has no ties to Sloane. Ugh. (I don't like Vaugh BTW, or the relationship he has with Sydney.)

Oh, and speaking of Dixon and Sloane working together... HOW CAN THEY?! They killed each other's wives, for crying out loud! Yet they show no objection and no hatred towards each other. Unbelievable.

And where is the Covenant? There's no word of them whatsoever... where's KATYA? She tried to kill Sydney, yet she doesn't seem to have anything to say about that... alllllllright...

It's just a web of unanswered questions. And I feel like there's no big aim for ALIAS anymore... no bigger reason why they're doing what they're doing. Before, everything was about Rambaldi... working to recover his works, to find out all they could about him, to find out what his endgame was. And now? Whatever they do in each episode is just that... they're not working to solve this big puzzle. It's just... blah.

I used to wait impatiently each week for this show. Last week? I slept through it and had to wait until Saturday morning to download it. And I wasn't even freaking out about it like I would have been two/three years ago. This used to be a smart show... it used to involve some thinking... and now it's just... Sydney goes out and kicks butt and takes down the bad guy of the day. And that's it.

JJ needs to focus more on Alias and less on Lost... or this season is seriously going to be the last of Alias.




PS.... I know that was LOOOOOOOOOONG rant... but Alias does that to me.