I’m enjoying the new season of “Alias,” but mostly for Lena Olin and in spite of the rest of it. I’m loving the Lecter-like scenes between Sydney and her mother, and I could watch that steely stare of Olin’s for hours. But the rest of the show just seems way over-the-top for me. Was it always like this and I just didn’t notice? The Siberia snow caves stuff from this week was just too much – with Syd in a stylish parka, her lipstick impeccable and a few stray ice crystals adhering daintily to her cheek. (Falling through the ice is one of my phobias, too, so that didn’t help.)
My other main problem – and I know this is stupid because, after all, it’s episodic TV about spies – is Sloane. After about the 15th time that Syd appeared to be a traitor to SD-6 but was exonerated at the last moment, I think he would have caught on. He is a smart guy – he’s the head of a giant crime syndicate, after all. And if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck… It’s just getting to be too much. She doesn’t have to be almost exposed every week in order to make the show exciting.
Whatever happens, I’ll still be watching, as long as Lena Olin is staring back at me.