Alias
Echoes
TV Flash files “Echoes” as hour 74 of 105 in the TV Flash guide — Alias (2001–2006) on ABC, season 4, episode 8, aired 2005-02-23, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E08: listed hour 74 of 105 in the Alias guide, hour 8 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2005-02-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Détente” (S04E07). Next is “A Man of His Word” (S04E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sloane steps down as director of his task force and gives Jack full authority over the next assignment, which involves Anna Espinosa, Sydney's old foe.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Echoes sit in the Alias guide?
S04E08 is listed hour 74 of 105 — hour 8 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 8.
When did Alias S04E08 air?
Echoes aired 2005-02-23 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…