Alias
Color-Blind
TV Flash files “Color-Blind” as hour 7 of 105 in the TV Flash guide — Alias (2001–2006) on ABC, season 1, episode 7, aired 2001-11-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 105 in the Alias guide, hour 7 of 22 in season 1. It aired 2001-11-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Reckoning” (S01E06). Next is “Time Will Tell” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sydney learns about Shepard's involvement in her past. Sloane confronts the Alliance about the CIA bug, and they conclude that SD-6 has been moled.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Color-Blind sit in the Alias guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 105 — hour 7 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Alias S01E07 air?
Color-Blind aired 2001-11-25 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start Alias?
The ABC premiere: Sydney learns the agency is not what it claims and goes double. Wigs and missions are the weekly candy; family is the real intel network.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Grad student Sydney Bristow learns her spy agency is evil and becomes a double agent — wigs, missions, daddy issues. J.J. Abrams mystery-box action with Jennifer Garner as a star-making physical vehicle. Stylish network espionage that trained audiences for Lost-level mythology.
September 30, 2001, ABC puts a grad student in a red wig and calls it Tuesday: Sydney Bristow learns her spy agency is evil and becomes a double agent — weekly missions, disguises, daddy issues as J.J. Abrams mystery-box action. Five seasons through 2006, 105 episodes. Jennifer Garner made spy TV a star vehicle with martial arts, tearful phone calls, and city-title cards beside Victor Garber's Jack, Ron Rifkin's Sloane, Michael Vartan's Vaughn, Bradley Cooper's Will, and Carl Lumbly's Dixon. Serialized mythology…
Filed against
- Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow
Jennifer Garner’s Sydney Bristow made Alias a wig-and-mission star vehicle — grad student learns her spy agency is evil, becomes a double agent, daddy issues as mythology. J.J. Abrams mystery-box action that trained audiences for…
- Victor Garber as Jack Bristow
Victor Garber’s Jack Bristow turned Alias into daddy issues with tradecraft — grad student Sydney learns her spy agency is evil, wigs and missions, J.J. Abrams mystery-box action with Jennifer Garner as a star-making physical vehicle.…
- Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane
Ron Rifkin's Arvin Sloane coiled through Alias as mystery-box menace — grad student Sydney Bristow learning her spy agency is evil, J.J. Abrams wigs and daddy issues, Jennifer Garner as a star-making physical vehicle. Stylish network…
- Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn
Michael Vartan’s Michael Vaughn was the CIA weather on Alias — J.J. Abrams mystery-box action, Jennifer Garner as a star-making physical vehicle, wigs, missions, daddy issues. 2000s network espionage that trained audiences for later…
- Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin
Bradley Cooper played Will Tippin on Alias — the civilian best friend who kept J.J. Abrams's wig-and-mission hour from becoming a pure spy catalog. Jennifer Garner's Sydney got the star-making stunts; Cooper got the longing that made the…
- Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon
Carl Lumbly played Marcus Dixon on Alias — the handler steel inside J.J. Abrams's wig-and-mission mythology, Jennifer Garner as a star-making physical vehicle, daddy issues as plot. Stylish network espionage that trained audiences for…