Reviewers Notes:
1. Swarc directs. Wow. Has been in the groove since the 1960s. Check out his IMDb resume. Reads like a WHOS WHO.
2. Jackson shines. Takes a character everyone thought they knew and adds layers. Carries the episode on his back.
3. Fun watching the series get better and better. TV fans think of Alias as a "test" series for JJ but he really honed his craft here. The casting is MUCH better. The stories are MUCH better. The writing is MUCH better. The arcs are so strong that you don't have to constantly re-invent the show, on the fly, just to make it connect.
4. Show is also odd for the career arcs of the stars. Torv had a monster fan base ... and then disappeared. Jackson, ditto. Too bad.
1. Swarc directs. Wow. Has been in the groove since the 1960s. Check out his IMDb resume. Reads like a WHOS WHO.
2. Jackson shines. Takes a character everyone thought they knew and adds layers. Carries the episode on his back.
3. Fun watching the series get better and better. TV fans think of Alias as a "test" series for JJ but he really honed his craft here. The casting is MUCH better. The stories are MUCH better. The writing is MUCH better. The arcs are so strong that you don't have to constantly re-invent the show, on the fly, just to make it connect.
4. Show is also odd for the career arcs of the stars. Torv had a monster fan base ... and then disappeared. Jackson, ditto. Too bad.