Alias 2x12

That has got to be one of the best Alias eps I've seen! Okay let's start listing the highlights... First of all the reversal of roles when Sydney rescues Jack was simply brilliant. Jack points his gun at a car who brakes right next to him, and sees it's Sydney. "Get in!" she says. This was the exact position Sydney was in in the pilot ep, when Jack comes and rescues her tight yet slightly unproportionately chunky ass. Dad saves daughter, then daughter saves dad. Sweet.
Number two. Sydney doing the John Travolta "Staying Alive" strut to No Doubt's "Hella Good" in the Nice airport decked out in punk gear, complete with nose ring, purple wig, studded bracelet and collar, and spider tattoo ranks pretty high up there. Sits right up there with the "Amy Tippin" look and the blue (no room for any underthings) rubber dress. Hmmmmm... blue rubber.. :)
Numero tres. JJ's comic relief guy is back. Agent Weiss, who has spent three months obviously not working out, has returned to the CIA. Which is refreshing since no one else is even lightly comedic. Everyone's too deeply involved in the spy and counterspy crap. While good ol' tubby spy is asking for eclairs. Two if they're small.
Nomor empat. Abrams continues to cook the Bristow/Vaughn sexual tension, turning up the simmer to full boil. He even goes as far as offering the notion that Syd and Boyscout will spend the night in an inn in romantic France. Of course after a bottle of red, both are ready and willing to test the mattress springs, but Sydney says there's gotta be rules. Like who's on top and who gets handcuffed to the bedpost first. Alas all is foiled by Kane's surveillance team who are pretty damn good at this spy thing. I had to rewind to see the guy with the watchcam taking a pic of Vaughn. Good surveillance. One thing that was sorta predictable though was they'd surely get in shit as soon as Vaughn took out his earpiece. What the hell happened to "always prepared" ?
Lastly, I think that Jack and Arvin (Who da man?) Sloane should join forces, kill SD-6, take down the CIA, eliminate the Alliance and rule the planet themselves. God knows that they have the combined intelligence of all three Agencies and more. Throw Sydney in the mix for a little eye candy and kung-fu fighting and they can walk over anyone. Sloane's got Emily stashed in the Philippines somewhere and an anti Alliance bug device so he can do whatever he wants. Jack's got the resources of SD-6 and the CIA at his fingertips, and the brain of Irina Derevko to pick anytime, which makes him the man who knows everything. And Syd's got those dimples and the tight cuts of her obliques to round off the crew. Killer trio. Can't wait till the next ep. It's gonna be hard to top this one. A suggestion to JJ if he wants to make better episodes than this one... Get to the fucking already! ;)

Ep Grade: A

Seems like they're going to be showing a rerun of "Cipher" this Sunday. :P That sucks. Next new ep is scheduled for the 26th I believe. Can't wait.