Alias: Season 2

Season 2 overview

Sydney Bristow survives her mother's attack and struggles to determine whether her mother's apparent cooperation is genuine. Threats involving weapons, illness, and family secrecy increase the pressure.

Key story beats

  1. Mother's Capture — Sydney Bristow confronts her mother, who shoots her and takes her captive. Sydney later escapes while the destroyed Circumference device releases a wall of water.
  2. Uncertain Allegiances — Sydney Bristow must decide whether her mother's apparent goodwill is sincere or an attempt to kill her. Arvin Sloane becomes a full partner in the Alliance of Twelve.
  3. Grief's Distortion — Arvin Sloane is haunted by his wife's death and behaves contrary to his established habits. A dead garden is unexpectedly found in full bloom.
  4. Protective Measures — Sydney Bristow's dealings with her mother lead Jack Bristow to take drastic measures intended to protect Sydney.
  5. Weaponized Secret — Sydney Bristow discovers a terrifying secret while tracking a new generation of weapons. Jack Bristow is suspected of setting up Sydney's mother to take the blame.
  6. Virus Exposure — Sydney Bristow and her partner may have been exposed to a deadly virus in Taipei. Arvin Sloane begins to unravel while remaining haunted by his wife's death.
  7. Antidote Bargain — Sydney Bristow races to find a cure and makes a deal with a dangerous criminal, a choice that could endanger Arvin Sloane's life.
  8. Family Infiltration — Sydney Bristow, Jack Bristow, and Sydney's mother put aside their differences and pose as a loving family to seize six nuclear warheads.
  9. Loyalty Revealed — The nuclear-warhead mission continues while Sydney's mother meets a contact and her loyalties become clearer. Arvin Sloane informs the Alliance that his wife may still be alive.
  10. Counterintelligence Pressure — Jack Bristow meets the Alliance counterintelligence head, who investigates the disappearance of Arvin Sloane's wife. Marshall Flinkman is sent on his first mission with Sydney Bristow.
  11. Tortured Memory — Marshall Flinkman is abducted and tortured, and is forced to rewrite ECHELON from eidetic memory. Arvin Sloane considers him expendable and employs a replacement.
  12. Cover Under Strain — Jack Bristow seeks help from Sydney's mother to find the person blackmailing Arvin Sloane. Sydney Bristow and her partner risk exposing their covers during a romantic dinner while on assignment.
  13. SD-6 Collapse — Sydney Bristow and Jack Bristow are confronted by the new director of SD-6 after Arvin Sloane disappears. Sydney learns information that could destroy SD-6 and shut down the Alliance.
  14. Replicated Identity — Sydney Bristow, her partner, and Jack Bristow investigate a compromised deep-cover mission. A machine capable of replicating a human appearance creates uncertainty over which operative is genuine.
  15. A Free Agent — Sydney Bristow must make a life-defining decision about her future with the CIA. Arvin Sloane re-emerges and continues pursuing Rambaldi artifacts, while Marcus Dixon's marriage is tested after he reveals his occupation.

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