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Entertainment Weekly
September 5, 2003
DVD Spotlight: Alias: The Complete First Season
by Ken Tucker
It's a great pleasure to be able to watch creator J.J. Abrams' marvelous spy
puzzle assemble itself over the course of its debut season, one episode after another,
and to see how Jennifer Garner's Agent Bristow comes to terms with her various
loyalties--to her government, to her friends, to her neglectful father
(Victor Garber). There are lots of DVD extras, including the show's snappily
edited TV promotions (a quick way for you adolescent boys to see Garner in all
her various wigs, tight dresses, and spike heels). But its best feature is
the commentary from three of the show's executive producer-writers (John
Eisendrath, Alex Kurtzman-Counter, and Roberto Orci) analyzing "Q&A," the
season's sole "clip show," on how much work it requires to make the show, well,
make sense, and offering the endearing observation that Garber "hates every
second" of any action scene he's in. (Seems he'd much rather sit at a desk
and, y'know, act.)
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