The series empire. Spying in Seven Parts: 'Alias', J.J. Abrams' First Big Hit

She looks like Nikita by Luc Besson. Sidney, A young model student, pretty brunette, is asked in marriage by her boyfriend. She ends up confessing to him in a moment of bewilderment that she is also a secret agent. A few moments later, we find the young man murdered in his bathtub on the orders of the girl's father, himself a spy.

The tone of Alias, J.J. Abrams' first big hit just before Lost, is set. The first series of J.J. Abrams told the life of a young high school girl. This time he has the idea of ​​giving a double life to such a character. With Alias, on the espionage side, we are served. The action scenes and pyrotechnic effects are legion. Sophisticated top secret missions: radioactive isotopes detectable by geosynchronous satellite must be poured into an enemy's wine; seize a genetic unlock coding system. We do not count the disguises and wigs of Sidney, the heroine, embodied with energy by Jennifer Garner: a young woman alternately blonde, brunette and redhead, in a mini-skirt or in fatigues equipped with gadgets of all kinds: curls pomegranate earrings, a lipstick with multiple functions. The heroine spends her time running with a pistol in her hand, encounters the worst enemies, and maintains a worried look, her face always frowning.

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If Alias ​​renews the spy series in 2001, it is because the young girl is not only a double agent but she has a busy schedule: in addition to being a spy, she must be wary of her own family: they doesn't know if her two spying parents are there to protect her. That's what J.J. Abrams does so well: mixing genres, professional and emotional, love and action. The heroine hunts down her family demons. J.J. Abrams will even say: "Alias, it's actually a family melodrama disguised as a spy series." Effective spy series. After Alias, Tom Cruise will offer J.J. Abrams to shoot Mission Impossible 3. The 5 seasons can be watched on Disney +.