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In honor of last night’s Alias eppy, “30 Seconds,” here’s a recap of the episode, in 30 lines (well, it was 30 lines when I typed it in Notepad) — Syd, dressed in a pink suit, a shade of “Hi, I work at Dairy Queen” pink lipstick, and a blonde wig, goes undercover with Renee to track down Anna Espinosa. She offers Renee a job at APO, which Renee doesn’t accept.  Meanwhile, Sloane has the cure for Nadia and learns he has to stop her heart and plunge a huge needle in her chest à la Pulp Fiction to bring her out of her coma.  Jack shows up right on time and tries to stop Sloane from “killing” Nadia. He fails, and Sloane does indeed bring back Nadia.

Back at APO Headquarters, the team finds out Prophet 5 has hired a man from Zurich to decode hidden text in Page 47.  Turns out this guy Kohler has a “past” with Renee.  That’s lucky, ain’t it? Jack is suspicious of how Sloane got the cure for Nadia and launches an investigation, but the spy sisters are much more interested in each other and Isabelle, and we are treated to the sweetness of seeing Nadia meet her niece (cute stunt baby!) for the first time. (continued after the jump including HQ episode stills )

(continued before the jump) Later at Syd’s home, Nadia finds out Sloane may be back to his evil ways, and joins Jack in his investigation.  Turns out Sloane’s clean, or so they think. While Sloane is being followed, Renee and Tom travel to Zurich and kidnap Kohler to find Anna Espinosa.  Kohler discovers that the Page 47 he has is a fake, and we soon learn who has the original (Yup, you guessed it.  That would be Sloane!).  Nadia shows up at her father’s house, where Sloane admits he needs Nadia more than she needs him.  While he finishes dinner, Nadia wonders into his office to find scissors to cut off the hospital bracelet she is STILL wearing.  There, she finds the original Page 47.  She and Sloane have it out. The classic “It’s me or some dead old guy, but not both” argument ensues, and Nadia tosses the page into the fire. He pushes Nadia out of the way in an attempt to recover it, and she falls right into a glass table, slicing her neck and “dying” in the process.  Does anyone really die on this show?

The APO team travels to Barcelona, for a meeting between Kohler and Anna (Or is it Sydney? Gee, Anna looks a lot like Sydney these days, doesn’t she?). Anna figures out she is being ambushed and flees, properly chased by the APO team.  For the second time this eppy, someone dies via throat-slice (Is this significant?  On Alias, nothing can be overlooked). So Renee is dead, Sloane is evil, Jack finds Nadia dead (who called him anyway?), and we addicts have to wait until next week to see our beloved Vaughn get frisky with someone bearing a striking resemblance to the mother of his child.

Did you all notice the SHAMELESS product placement last night of the Ford Hybrid?  They even did a close-up of the car and wasted precious airtime on dialogue between Jack and Nadia about how quiet the car is.  Shameless, I tell you!

For those of you interested in the eclectic but fabulous music featured on the show, there are several sites, which have music guides (ABC’s list is always current).  Last week’s episode, “There’s Only One Sydney Bristow,” featured the following choices (and yes, I’ve listed the cool mix playing as Syd is seen for the first time kicking ass once again, as a mother herself!) ::

Artist :: The Doors & Blondie
Song :: "Rapture Riders" * (song mash-up) *
Label :: 1) Warner Music Group 2) EMI Records

Artist :: Paul Oakenfold
Song :: "Faster Kill Pussycat"
Label :: 1) Warner Music Group 2) EMI / Perfecto Records

Artist :: Soul of Man
Song :: "Salty Moron"
Label :: Finger Lickin’ Records

Written by :: SuperSpy Jen

BABY MAKES THREE :: Jennifer Garner and costar Michael Vartan – along with a stunt baby – have a happy reunion filming a scene for the series finale of Alias in Malibu on Monday. Vartan’s character was "killed off" earlier this season.  A plane flew by with a ‘Happy Birthday’ sign for Jen (her 34th birthday was yesterday).

The Alias finale will air on Monday May 22, 2006 @9PM ET/PT on ABC with episodes "Reprisal" and "All the Time in the World". In part 1 of the finale, a male APO member dies heroically and Sark (David Anders) appears. In part 2 of the series finale, we will see a 6-year-old version of Sydney. There will be some excavating done in Algeria by an Arabic crew. We will meet Nemikov, a Russian man involved in organized crime. Don’t miss tomorrow’s 2-hour special event (see production stills here) with two new back-to-back episodes of Alias ( "S.O.S." and "Maternal Instinct"), which airs this Wednesday, April 19 (8-10PM ET/PT) on ABC.  More pictures in the gallery!

The cast and crew of Alias celebrates the 100th episode
(see production stills) of the award-winning series.

SPOILERS :: HOO-RAH!  In the milestone 100th episode of Alias  Sydney’s (Jennifer Garner) maternity leave is cut short (she gives birth in the 99th episode) when she learns that witness-protected Will Tippin (Bradley Cooper) has been abducted and tortured by her nemesis, Anna Espinosa (Gina Torres). Will is rumored to have a bomb implanted in his brain.  Meanwhile, Sloane (Ron Rifkin) finds himself one step closer to obtaining the cure for daughter Nadia (Mia Maestro).  Alias episode "There’s Only One Sydney Bristow" airs in two weeks on Wednesday, April 26 @ 8PM ET on ABC.  The countdown to the final six Alias episodes begins next Wednesday, April 19 with two all new back-to-back episodes (see pictures here).  Many more production stills in the gallery!

"Maternal Instinct" / "S.O.S." Episode Synopses ::  Jack calls on former Agent Weiss (Greg Grunberg) and the APO team to search for Sydney after receiving a distress call from her. But Jack believes that a larger conspiracy may be in play, thwarting their attempts to rescue her. Meanwhile, Tom’s suspicious actions may suggest he has a hidden agenda, Irina Derevko (Lena Olin) is a surprise partner to Jack and a very pregnant Sydney on a mission to retrieve "The Horizon" - but her allegiances still remain in question — and Sloane is forced to scramble when Devlin suspects a mole is working inside APO.

SPOILERS :: Alias returns with a two-hour event on Wednesday, April 19 (8-10PM ET/PT) on ABC featuring the episodes "S.O.S." and "Maternal Instinct."  The series finale will air on Wendesday, May 22 with a two-hour episode.  I will enter a mourning period when Alias ends!  I’ve been there for all five seasons and I am loving the new cast additions — Balthazar Getty and Rachel Nichols.  And you can’t forget about the irreplaceable Jennifer Garner. [Cue sobbing] More pictures in the gallery!