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9 a.m. August 5, 2002
Alias In Family Way
J. J. Abrams, creator of ABC's hit spy series Alias, told SCI FI Wire
that next season will see a new family dynamic, fewer cliffhangers
and a few new faces. "What's fun about the show is that ... mom's in
town," Abrams said in an interview at the Comic-Con International in
San Diego. "And with the mother [Laura Bristow, played by Lena Olin,]
being around, it has a profound impact on Sydney [Jennifer Garner];
obviously on Sydney's father [Jack, played by Victor Garber], who was
abandoned by this woman; and also on Sydney's CIA handler [Vaughn,
played by Michael Vartan], whose father was killed by her mother. So
you've got this woman showing up, suddenly affecting everyone in a
huge way. There are a lot of great secrets, great mysteries revealed.
And we're approaching this year from the point of view of, if you've
never seen the show, this is the time to watch, because we're making
the stories accessible, whether you've ever seen the show before or
not."
Abrams added that the series may modify its trademark cliffhangers in
each episode. "You don't have to have seen the week before to get
into it," he said. "Our cliffhangers are going to be a little bit
less. We'll still do some the way we did, but there will be a little
bit less of the immediate life-and-death moments kind of cliffhanger,
and the episodes will be satisfying in and of themselves. But there
will always be something, a little nugget, to intrigue you to watch
next week."
As for new faces, Abrams said, "We're working on some really cool
guest stars, new ones and return. ... I promise we're going to do
everything we can to sort of outdo last year." And Abrams promised
more revelations about Milo Rambaldi. "That's going to be a big part
of what we're doing this year, but we're doing it in a slightly
different way," he said. "But it'll absolutely be part of the show.
And to me, it's the part that keeps Alias unique, in that it's a spy
genre show with a little bit of sci-fi thrown in for fun, which I
love. So we're definitely using that. It's an angle that I don't want
to overdo, but I feel the sci-fi audience is so smart that a little
bit actually goes a long way, and they don't need to be hit over the
head with too much obvious stuff. And it's almost like a sexier way
to approach it anyway." Alias returns for a second season in its 9
p.m. ET/PT Sunday timeslot, starting Sept. 29.
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