To really like Alias - I think you have to be a Jennifer Garner fan. The supporting characters aren't developed enough and don't get to do enough outside of her - for it to be possible to watch the show and ignore the lead. It was possible to do that with BTVS at times, because Xander, Willow, Spike, Giles, Dawn, Angel, Cordelia, Oz, Anya, Tara - they were all developed and had episodes that were devoted to them with Buffy in the background. You did not have to like Sarah Michelle Gellar to like BTVS. That's not true about Alias. And it may be at the root of my problem with the show - Garner, I'm ambivalent about - neither like nor dislike. I don't get her appeal and will not spend money on her movies, but I don't hate her either. I just don't think she's a very good actress.
That said - I've watched Alias since the beginning - hung in there during S3, and have only given up on it a few times. The best seasons were 1 and 2, when Will Tippin, Francie, and Irina were on board - Syd was playing double agent with Sd6 and her romance with Vaughn hadn't totally taken off. Haven't enjoyed it much since Irina and Will left and the romance between Syd and Vaughn took front and center.
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Date: 2005-01-09 07:29 am (UTC)at times, because Xander, Willow, Spike, Giles, Dawn, Angel, Cordelia, Oz, Anya, Tara - they were all developed and had episodes that were devoted to them with Buffy in the background. You did not have to like Sarah Michelle Gellar to like BTVS.
That's not true about Alias. And it may be at the root of my problem with the show - Garner, I'm ambivalent about - neither like nor dislike. I don't get her appeal and will not spend money on her movies, but I don't hate her either. I just don't think she's a very good actress.
That said - I've watched Alias since the beginning - hung in there during S3, and have only given up on it a few times. The best seasons were 1 and 2, when Will Tippin, Francie, and Irina were on board - Syd was playing double agent with Sd6 and her romance with Vaughn hadn't totally taken off. Haven't enjoyed it much since
Irina and Will left and the romance between Syd and Vaughn took front and center.