Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.
Will Tippin's sister, seen briefly in the pilot episode, "Truth Be Told" and several other episodes, was played by Jennifer Garner's stand-in, Nancy Wetzel.
Arvin Sloane:
One night - oh, this was years ago, maybe two years before you and I met - I had just finished my first Far East briefing in the White House. I was new to the CIA. After that meeting, everyone got into a limousine to head back to Langley, but I ...
In virtually every episode where the characters are shown sneaking around in Eastern European or Asian countries, US-style electrical outlets are visible.
Beginning in the second season, episodes that are running too long have no opening theme. The credits are played over the episode and the only title logo you see is the black screen with the words ALIAS that is seen at the end of every episode.
There are two versions of the pilot episode. One which lasts for sixty-nine minutes, aired on ABC commercially uniterrupted when premiered, while another only lasts for forty five minutes and was designed for commerical interruption.
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