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Alias
Another Mister Sloane
original air-date: 04-20-05
Be
Kind. Rewind: A “Mister Sloane” seemed
to be behind the hoax involving the resurfacing of Vaughn’s
dad as well as the assassination attempt on Sydney.
Are
two Sloanes better than one? That question remains unanswered
(what else is new?), but the two sure make an interesting
pair. Of course, being Arvin Sloane does seem like it would
have its advantages. If you want everyone to fear you and
respect you, your name alone would be enough to make most
criminals shake in their boots. But why would someone go
to such extremes, copy everything about him down to the
last detail in order to impersonate Sloane?
The Sloane Clone,
as Sydney referred to him, doesn’t really look like
Arvin, but as the characters pointed out, there is a certain
air that he has, that makes them almost identical I terms
of mannerisms. I think that credit for this has to go to
guest star Joel Grey. He has captured every look, every
expression that Ron Rifkin has imbued Sloane with and made
the two of them remarkably similar.
Of course,
the motives behind this impersonation are still unclear.
It may be that this other Arvin is trying to do what the
real Sloane never could: bring Rambaldi’s vision to
life. Still, why would he get Vaughn involved now? Why risk
getting caught when he seems so close to making some real
breakthroughs? He must have known that involving Vaughn
would eventually lead to APO finding out about him. Perhaps,
it is all an elaborate plan to get Sloane back on the Rambaldi
track so that he can destroy Sloane forever and take his
place!
Okay, so that
might be a bigger conspiracy than the one that actually
exists, but with this show, nothing is all that far-fetched
and should be considered as an option.
Everyone
else was kind of floating in the background of this episode,
except for Nadia who saw the bloodied body of Clone Sloane’s
right hand man lying on the floor with her father standing
over it. It seems that Sloane promised his darling daughter
that he would give up on Rambaldi for her, but now that
he’s involved in the mission to save his “good
name” it could mean trouble for their already rocky
relationship.
The
madness that Nadia recalled seeing in her father’s
eyes a year ago was present last night when he told the
impostor’s employee that the promises of ever-lasting
life through the following of Rambaldi would never be fulfilled,
that all of the work would be for nothing because they are
all unworthy.
Creepy
much? Speaking of creepy, Sloane was a little scary when
he looked at Sydney and told her that it was nice that the
two of them were side by side in the field after all these
years of working together.
Sometimes
he seems to like Syd a little too much for my taste and
reminds me of a dirty old man, but it’s also funny,
especially when Jack said that Spy Girl should tag along
with Arvin to keep him safe and Sloane said, “I was
just going to suggest that.”
The
pace of the episode was a little slow, but it did leave
us with some interesting questions to ponder for a week
while we wait for a new episode. But, then again, doesn’t
Alias always do that?
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