Alias

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Alias is a spy-fi TV series that ran from 2001-2005. It follows the adventures of Sydney Bristow, an extraordinary CIA agent undertaking deep black-ops missions to thwart exotic, sometimes fantastic threats to the United States. An over-arching goal of the series is the defeat of Arvin Sloane, Sydney's one-time guardian and friend, former boss, and constant nemesis. Sloane always follows his own agenda, which usually revolves around collecting, studying and understanding the artifacts of Milo Rambaldi, a 15th-century artist, inventor and prophet whose works are centuries ahead of their time.

The universe of Alias incorporates much of the typical fare of the spy-fi genre: technology on (or beyond) the cutting edge, agents of near-superhuman ability, organizations that exist in total secrecy, exotic locations, guns, explosions and martial arts. To all this, however, Alias adds a fantastic element in the prophetic works of Rambaldi, including devices which use 15th-century technology to produce 21st-century effects (including, in one episode, the creation of a neutron bomb). Some other examples of this are the creation of genetic doppelgangers; chemically-produced, indiscriminate, zombie-like killers; and ageless, possibly immortal characters. Such elements are usually just on the line between what is scientifically plausible and what is clearly impossible.

Characters

Central Characters

• Sydney Bristow (b. April 17, 1975) – Extraordinary CIA field agent, retired. Daughter of Jack Bristow and Irina Derevko; wife of Michael Vaughn; mother of Isabelle Vaughn. [1]
• Marcus Dixon – CIA field agent turned deputy director. Former partner of Sydney Bristow. Widowed husband of Diane Dixon; father of Robin and Steven Dixon. [2]
• Marshall Flinkman – Computer genius and technical gadgetry inventor at CIA. Husband of Carrie Bowman; father of their son Mitchell. [3]
• Rachel Gibson – Computer genius and field agent with APO. Formerly an analyst for the Shed. [4]
• Julian Sark – Freelance field agent, often allied with Irina Derevko or Arvin Sloane but only truly loyal to himself. Exceptional talent for survival. Son of Andrian Lazarey. [5]
• Arvin Sloane – Intelligence director and obsessed collector of Rambaldi artifacts. Achieved immortality through the artifacts, but he is currently trapped in an underground tomb in Mongolia. Husband of Emily Sloane; father of Nadia Santos and Jacquelyn Sloane. [6]
• Will Tippin – Private citizen, formerly both a newspaper journalist and then a CIA intelligence analyst. He has been a friend of Sydney Bristow since before he found out she was an agent. [7]
• Michael Vaughn – CIA field agent and handler, retired. Son of Bill Vaughn; husband of Sydney Bristow; father of Isabelle Vaughn. [8]
• Eric Weiss – Former CIA field agent, now working for NSC. Friend of Michael Vaughn. [9]

Peripheral Characters

• Doctor Judy Barnett – Psychiatric counselor for the CIA.
• Charlie Bernard – Francie Calfo's ex-fiancée.
• Ned Bolger – Copycat of Arvin Sloane, who actually believed himself to be Sloane. Also called Arvin Clone.
• Carrie Bowman – Former NSA agent. Wife of Marshall Flinkman and mother of their son Mitchell.
• Stella Campbell – College student. Had an affair with Charlie Bernard, leading to his breakup with Francie Calfo.
• Elsa Caplan – Russian spy who turned her back on her country for love of her family. Granted defector status in the United States. Wife of Neil Caplan; mother of their son Eric.
• Eric Caplan – Child. Son of Neil and Elsa Caplan.
• Neil Caplan – Mathematician working out of CalTech. Abducted by Arvin Sloane to work on the Rambaldi artifacts. Husband of Elsa Caplan; father of Eric Caplan.
• The Cardinal – Unidentified figure who ordered the murder of Thomas Grace and so is responsible for the accidental death of Amanda Grace.
• Hayden Chase – CIA Director over APO.
• Alain Christophe – Representative of the Alliance of Twelve to SD-6. Former head of counterintelligence for the CIA, 1982 to 1989.
• McKenas Cole – Former operative for SD-6, later for Irina Derevko and then the Covenant. [10]
• Gerard Cuvee – Leader of the People's Revolutionary Front. Formerly Irina Derevko's supervisor in the KGB; he gave her the assignment to go to the United States and marry a CIA officer.
• Brandon Dahlgren – Member of K-Directorate.
• Katya Derevko – Former Covenant agent, now in federal custody. Sister of Irina and Elena Derevko. [11]
• Robin Dixon – Child. Daughter of Marcus and Diane Dixon.
• Steven Dixon – Child. Son of Marcus and Diane Dixon.
• Giovanni Donato – 16th-century clockmaker, possibly still alive today.
• Doctor Carson Evans – Investigator for the Department of Special Research.
• Mitchell Flinkman – Child. Son of Marshall Flinkman and Carrie Bowman.
• Larry Glasser – CEO of OT Technologies.
• Luc Goursaud – Test subject under Prophet Five. Father of Renée Rienne.
• Gregory Ivanov – Russian spy. Handler for Elsa Caplan. Posing as a reporter for Idertas, a Russian newspaper in Los Angeles.
• Ariana Kane – Head of counterintelligence for the Alliance of Twelve.
• Assistant Director Kendall – Supposed FBI assistant director, actually part of the Department of Special Research, in charge of Project Black Hole.
• Lavro Kessar – Head of K-Directorate after the assassination of Ilych Ivankov.
• Doctor Zhang Lee – Interrogator and torturer. Former Rambaldi researcher for the Soviet Union.
• James Lehman – Scientist associated with Prophet Five, hired to decrypt a 15th-century Rambaldi manuscript.
• Jim Lennox – CIA agent captured by Dr. Enzo Markovic and used as a source for genetic material to turn Markovic into a genetic doppelganger.
• Cesar Marquez – Former Argentine intelligence operative recruited, like Nadia Santos, from the streets. Turned freelance, hiring out to criminal organizations.
• David McNeil – Former software designer at OT Technologies. Framed and condemned to life in prison after creating an encryption program that SD-6 wanted. Husband of Susan McNeil; father of Kelly McNeil.
• Kelly McNeil – Daughter of David McNeil.
• Kelly Peyton – Director within the Shed after Gordon Dean's death, later working higher up within Prophet Five. Currently in federal custody. [12]
• Edward Poole – Leader of SD-9. In league with Alexander Khasinau.
• Shepard – SD-6 assassin who killed Daniel Hecht. He was unconsciously programmed to perform his role.
• Zoron Sokolov – Criminal intelligence dealer who often gives Julian Sark the first chance to purchase new acquisitions.
• Isabelle Vaughn (2005-) – Child. Daughter of Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn. [13]

Deceased Characters

• Martin Bishop – Master thief with terrorist connections. Killed by Nadia Santos.
• Jean Briault – SD cell leader. Killed by Arvin Sloane.
• Jack Bristow – Incomparable strategist and game theorist for CIA, also field-rated as an agent. Father of Syndey Bristow; ex-husband of Irina Derevko. Killed himself to trap Arvin Sloane in Mongolia. [14]
• Francie Calfo – Friend and roommate of Sydney Bristow. Killed and replaced by genetic doppelganger Allison Doren. [15]
• Gordon Dean – Director of the Shed. Killed in custody by Arvin Sloane at the behest of Kelly Peyton. [16]
• Elena Derevko – Secret leader of the Covenant. Ran the orphanage where Nadia Santos grew up. Ruthless. Sister of Katya and Irina Derevko. Killed by Irina Derevko. [17]
• Irina Derevko – Former KGB agent turned spymaster, eventually a partner with Prophet Five. Mother of Sydney Bristow and Nadia Santos. [18]
• Aldo Desantis – Researcher for Prophet Five. Killed by Renée Rienne.
• Diane Dixon – Wife of Marcus Dixon. Killed by Arvin Sloane in retaliation for the death of his own wife.
• Allison Doren – Operative working for Arvin Sloane and Julian Sark; Sark's lover. Genetic doppelganger of Francie Calfo. Killed by Will Tippin.
• Anna Espinosa – Former operative for K-Directorate, later freelance. Member of the Magnific Order of Rambaldi. Nemesis of Sydney Bristow. Killed by Bristow. [19]
• Roberto Fox – Argetine intelligence operative turned rogue. Recruited Nadia Santos and became romantically involved with her. Killed by Nadia Santos.
• Anthony Geiger – Replacement head of SD-6 after Arvin Sloane went missing. Killed by Sydney Bristow while he was interrogating her father, during a CIA raid on SD-6.
• Amanda Grace – Wife of Thomas Grace. Accidentally killed by a hit man actually targeting her husband.
• Thomas Grace – Field agent at APO, recruited to replace Michael Vaughn. Killed by a bomb set by Julian Sark. [20]
• Steven Haladki – Mole in the CIA, working for Alexander Khasinau. Killed by Jack Bristow.
• Daniel Hecht – Pediatric cardiologist. Fiancée of Sydney Bristow. Killed by Shepard on orders from SD-6.
• Noah Hicks – Assassin working for K-Directorate, also known as the Snowman. Former SD-6 double agent and one-time lover of Sydney Bristow. Killed by Bristow while he was on a mission to kill Igor Valenko.
• Ilych Ivankov – Head of K-Directorate. Killed by Julian Sark.
• Alexander Khasinau – Second-in-command of Irina Derevko's criminal organization. Former KGB officer, responsible for recruiting Irina Derevko into the KGB. Killed by Irina Derevko. [21]
• Eloise Kurtz – Woman hired to lie to Will Tippin and throw him off the story of Daniel Hecht's murder. Killed by SD-6 when she only further raised Tippin's interest.
• Andrian Lazarey – Russian diplomat. Member of the Magnific Order of Rambaldi. Father of Julian Sark. Killed by Lauren Reed. [22]
• Doctor Enzo Markovic – Creator of Project Helix, the technology to create genetic doppelgangers. Killed by Jim Lennox.
• Susan McNeil – Also identified on coroner paperwork as Karen McNeil. Wife of David McNeil. Killed by SD-6.
• Milo Rambaldi (1444-1496) – 15th-century inventor and prophet whose mysterious devices would fascinate, inspire, and be the obsession of many people for centuries to follow. Chief architect to Pope Alexander VI.
• Lauren Reed – Former NSC liaison to the CIA, actually working for the Covenant. Wife of Michael Vaughn. Killed by Vaughn. [23]
• Renée Rienne – International criminal and independent operative. Daughter of Luc Goursaud. Killed by Anna Espinosa in the guise of Sydney Bristow. [24]
• Nadia Santos (b. 1982) – Former Argentine intelligence operative, later a member of APO. Daughter of Arvin Sloane and Irina Derevko; half-sister of Sydney Bristow. [25]
• Emily Sloane – Wife of Arvin Sloane; mother of Jacquelyn Sloane. Accidentally shot and killed by Marcus Dixon, who was aiming at her husband. [26]
• Jacquelyn Sloane – Daughter of Arvin and Emily Sloane. Died in infancy.
• Igor Valenko – Retired KGB mole, associate of Irina Derevko and Alexander Khasinau. Also known as Bentley Calder. Killed by Noah Hicks.
• Bill Vaughn (d. 1979) – CIA agent. Also associated with Prophet Five as a mathematician. Father of Michael Vaughn. Killed by Irina Derevko.
• Archdeacon Claudio Vespertini – Catholic who suppressed and concealed the works of Milo Rambaldi, fearing their implications for the faith.
• Emma Wallace – Agent Jim Lennox's partner and fiancé. Killed by Enzo Markovic when she found out he was a genetic doppelganger of Lennox.

Organizations

• The Alliance of Twelve – Criminal organization with international subsidiary cells, the twelve SDs. Primarily trades in intelligence and weaponry. Destroyed in 2003.
• Cadmus Revolutionary Front – Criminal organization believed to be made up of former operatives of the Covenant.
• The Convenant – Criminal/terrorist organization run by former KGB and Central Committee members, dedicated to the new world order envisioned by Milo Rambaldi. Destroyed in 2005.
• K-Directorate – Criminal organization composed of former operatives of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. Destroyed between 1999 and 2005.
• The Magnific Order of Rambaldi – Ancient order entrusted to safeguarding Milo Rambaldi's creations, but now infiltrated by criminals pursuing the artifacts.
• Omnifam – A charitable organization led by Arvin Sloane. Secretly tainted the world's drinking water with chemicals that induced feelings of peace and tranquility.
• People's Revolutionary Front – Criminal organization led by Gerard Cuvee.
• Prophet Five – An international criminal organization structured very much like the Alliance of Twelve. Probably pursuing the secrets of immortality through the Rambaldi artifacts. Its leaders were killed by Kelly Peyton on orders from Arvin Sloane.

Departments

• APO – Black ops division of the CIA.
• Department of Special Research – Division of the NSA. Investigates the occult and fringe sciences. [27]
• SD-6 – The Los Angeles cell of the Alliance of Twelve, run by Arvin Sloane.
• The Shed – Any of several divisions of Prophet Five, posing as CIA black-ops divisions.

Front Companies

• Chantre Telecom – Front company for the Covenant.
• Credit Dauphine – Bank used as a front by SD-6.
• Dryden Bank – Front company for the Covenant.
• Jennings Aerospace – Front company for SD-6.

Projects

• Project Black Hole – Top secret storage facility of the Department of Special Research.
• Project Christmas – CIA project led by Jack Bristow, utilizing questions embedded into standardized tests to identify potential future CIA recruits.
• Project Helix – Technology that enables the creation of genetic doppelgangers. Created by Enzo Markovic.

See also

• CIA
• FBI
• KGB
• NSA
• NSC