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Dear JJ,
Last night's episode of Alias was an insult to my intelligence.
I can accept the flashback type episodes, and the "x hours previously" type episodes, but I cannot accept a half hour episode with gaps that even a sub-zero IQed monkey could decipher without excessive trouble, being played twice. And furthermore, the "gaps" you did show us the second time around? Didn't. Need. To. See. Them. EW.
Also, thanks for making Sark a weenie. Is this a recurring theme? Will SpyDaddy be the next to succumb to your character assassinations?
What was the point of this episode, really? Did it advance your plot somehow? was it expository of anything? I wasn't seeing it. Feh.
I've mentioned before (and you'll forgive the mixed metaphor) that you can't see the forest for all the cameos you've thrown at us of late. It says a lot that I'm actually hoping to see Ricky Gervais next week, in spite of his absolutely detestable turn on The Office. Maybe he'll be able to pull your show back from the wrong side of the shark.
It took me a long time to go off of The West Wing and 24. Please don't make this one a shorter ride.
No love at the moment,
rappy
Posted by raptorgirl at March 8, 2004 02:21 PMI got to see it twice, and hated it just as much the second time around.
Posted by: rappy at March 8, 2004 03:58 PMReally? I didn't think it was that bad, once I figured out what was going on, at least. I was just grateful that they didn't do the flashback with those stupid timecards that West Wing always uses.
Posted by: Ka Ching at March 10, 2004 10:10 AMI was thinking about the whole "two views" thing, and it occurred to me that the Sark-Whoren POV wasn't all that different from the Syd-Vaughn POV, if only because I don't consider Whoren a spy of any sort, and certainly not a rival to Syd, and Sark's become a bigger pussy than Vaughn, so really, they're barely even competition.
If it were Syd-Vaughn vs. Sark-Irina, we would have had a completely different ball game, however.
Oh, I also forgot an addendum to my JJ letter:
N.B. - If I'm going to be subjected to Ford commercials DURING the show, I think I could be spared the Kief-overed commercials during the breaks. It felt like I was watching 24 AND Alias together, and I generally try not to watch two crappy shows at the same time. Oh, wait, I JUST DID.
Posted by: rappy at March 10, 2004 12:09 PM