Thursday, January 05, 2006

The Final Farewell By Jenn256

Here is a piece written by blogger Jenn256. Thanks Jenn for your contribution!

In" M*A*S*H", the dedicated doctors were flown home after the war ended. "Cheers" showed everyone move on with their respective lives and we saw the light in the bar be turned off and that was the end. "Freinds" showed all of the friends go off into the sunset and leave their keys to the apartment on the counter and walk away. "Sex in the City" showed all of the girls get everything they wanted in life and also walk into the sunset happy.
As we approach the end of our favorite show I have been left wondering, how will it end? Will all of our questions be answered, or will we be left to come up with our own conclusions? Will the writers, in true Alias style, leave us with a cliff hanger to use our imaginations to end it the way we choose? In a recent blog, there were many different thoughts on how the show would end. Will Sydney finally get what she has said she wanted for so many years? Will she leave the CIA with Vaughn and baby Bristow-Vaughn in tow? Knowing that she has been trained and literally brainwashed all of her life for CIA training, can she really escape? Will she ever be safe? What will happen to Jack and Dixon? And Marshall, poor Marshall! How will he react if Syd does leave?

I suppose the answer to all of our questions will depend on if there will be a spin-off (set in present time or a prequal). What do you all think? How would you like to see our favorite show end? What will happen to Syd? Is Vaughn truley alive? What about Kendall's alliegence? Will Sloane turn out to be the ultra-baddie we all think he is, or true to his word finally, that he is just a devoted father looking for answers? Will Jack and Irina take over APO and work together to rid the world of the evil that is endangering their daughter and granddaughter? And where do you think Rachel and Grace fit into the future of APO and Alias?

Jenn asks some great questions here. Many of us have been thrown for a loop over the years, gasping and screaming at the many twists and turns that Alias has thrown our way. How is it possible for us to even anticipate what writers and producers will dish out for the finale? We are just now piecing together the puzzle of SD-6 and P5 and we still don't know enough concrete information to consider this puzzle in anyway solved.

If you are interested in spoiler, which I am, please check out the leaks from the Alias magazine at www.alias-media.com. There are some tidbits there related to Grace and his secret that I found interesting, as related to Sydney and her baby, and Jack. CAUTION- Spoilers below....to see the spoilers, highlight the text below.




It is said in the magazine that Grace's secret will be revealed, that Jack chose him for a specific purpose. Something has happened to Grace in the past that is connected with Sydney's situation and is in someway connected to Vaughn. Follow me...could it be that Grace's ex-wife was a double-agent? That she married him to acquire information from him related to his CIA work? Suppose Jack asked for him because Jack knew Grace would do anything to bring down an organizatation run by a woman (possibly Irina) who once betrayed her husband. Suppose Jack hired Grace because he would be interested in bring down an organization run by a man (possibly Vaughn) who betrayed the one who loved him. We have been yearning to learn more about Grace, and this connection, if true, is one of the best full-circle plotlines I've read thus far related to this season and it's end. What do you think?

8 comments:

Girlscout said...

I agree Dignan. We all have an idea of how we want the show to end personally and the writers can't please everyone. Some will be disappointed, some will be thrilled, but I am sure the majority will be satisfied.

Unknown said...

I like Jenn's idea of Jack and Irina taking over APO together. I, personally, think that however the show ends, Irina has to be part of it. And I don't know if I'd rather have Sloane end up being ultra bad or ultra good. I'm on the fence on that.

Also, question for GS-- Why does the song by Evanescence "My Immortal" always remind me of Jennifer Garner or Sydney? Was it used in an ep of Alias or am I just dreaming?

Girlscout said...

Birdie- That song was the theme for Daredevil starring Garner and her hubby BenBen. So, it reminds you of Garner, though it would be a great song for Alias.

Anonymous said...

All I know is that I want a Season Four ENDING! That was a heart-stopping moment. But I want an ending that can let us draw conclusions, not one that makes us scream for answers like the car crash. So...I want S4's ending and I don't. Is that even possible?

SKlaft said...

If I were writing the ending, it would be traggic and probably altogether different than the fairie-tale ending everyone wants. I have a few ideas, but I am keeping them to myself, in case I end up right about one of them.

Why would I do that? For the same reason I want to thank you for concealing the spoiler. I have discovered that shows and movies are twice as good when you don't know a thing about them. Take the movie "The Island" for example. All I knew about it was that it had some good action in it based on the breif TV trailers. I was bored one night and went to see it at the theater. Absolutely blown away was I. Other people watched it, having been spoiled regarding what was happening, and just thought it was "okay".

Same thing with Alias. Thanks to the ABC board, I knew too much about the first part of this season and it was pretty dry.

(Watch out for the following sentence!) I think, the more I know, the less I want to know too much, for knowing lessens what I think too much.
(That was fun!)
-R.

SKlaft said...

BTW... what is "Six Feet Under"? I havn't heard a thing about it. Don't spoil it, bt tell me the theme.

Is it about Vampires... like, some bubble headed blond teenager who takes on the underworld? 'Cause that's been done to death (excuse the pun).

Is it about two young heroic boys searching the country for their father and defeating supernatural powers from the ghostly relm? 'Cause that's already being done (and is kind of dumb if anyone asked me).

Common. Dish it out! I'm always on the lookout for good shows that I can watch on DVD.

-R.

Vixen said...

I know there will be at least 2 dozen unanswered questions. There is no way that one epi can fully wrap up this show to my satisfaction. A whole Season couldn't even wrap it up.

Anonymous said...

Just a thought to the SPOILER.

TO
THE
SPOILER.

What if Grace was the double agent, and he was there to steal secrets from his wife?