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Alias - The Complete First Season
Actors: Jennifer Garner, and Michael Vartan
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $69.99
Release Date: 2003-09-02
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Run Time: 1007 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Discs: 6


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a super (and super sexy) spy, fighting nefarious villains and working for the good guys--or so she thinks. Recruited as a college freshman for espionage work, Sydney found her true calling with SD-6, a secret division of the CIA. When her hunky doctor-boyfriend proposes to her, she decides to let him in on the truth she's not supposed to tell anyone: she's not a grad student with a demanding job for an international bank, but a secret agent who constantly puts her life on the line for the free world. But when SD-6 discovers her security breach, her fiancé is brutally assassinated, and Sydney suddenly finds herself face-to-face with the truth: she's been working for the bad guys. Deciding to become a double agent for the CIA and bring down the evildoers, Sydney gets one more surprise--her estranged father (Victor Garber) is also working for SD-6, and the CIA as well. Welcome to the family, Syd! Confusing? This is all just in the first episode of Alias, the brainchild of Felicity creator J.J. Abrams that plays like a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and James Bond. With its double-edged tension (how long can Syd play double agent?) and one heck of a MacGuffin (the dreaded Rambaldi device, the mythic creation of a Renaissance genius), the show leads its viewers from episode to episode with visceral, compelling action, not to mention the nascent romance between Syd and her CIA handler, Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her clashes with her heretofore distant father. Sharp, smart, and always suspenseful, Alias' center was held by the gorgeous Garner, a stellar action heroine and an even better actress who could pull off Sydney's exotic undercover missions and conflicted emotions with equal dexterity. By the end of this first season, which concludes with a breathtaking cliffhanger, you'll be seduced into Alias' world with, happily, no desire to escape. --Mark Englehart

2) Description
Golden Globe Award-winning actress Jennifer Garner (Best Actress In A Television Series, 2002) is Sydney Bristow. Syd's not exactly your average grad student. Her life might appear normal, but she's hiding a secret life working as a spy for the CIA. Sydney's world is turned upside down when she learns she may work for the very enemy she thought she was fighting. Now she's entangled in a covert lifestyle where she is forced to question the allegiances of everyone, including those closest to her. Entertainment Weekly says ALIAS is "a spy-fi roller coaster of killer gadgets, double roundkicks, triple crosses, poignant confessionals, cliff-hangers, sliced-off fingers, conspiracies, outrageous outfits, exotic locales, flirtations, mythologies -- and that's just before the first commercial break." Now see the 22 mesmerizing episodes that launched it all in this 6-disc set. You'll also experience never-before-seen extras that give you special access inside the world of ALIAS. See the show everyone has been talking about that has redefined series television. This edge-of-your-seat collection with its heart-pounding action of unpredictable plot twists will have you gasping for air and begging for Season 2!

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) The best season of Alias by far, you won't be able to turn it off!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Alias was a great show through the entire season, but the first season is by far the best. If you never watch any other Alias episodes, watch this season. You won't be able to turn off your DVD player.

2) nice boxed edition   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Great for catching up on missed episodes. I paid 49.00 for it when it was first released.

3) !!Amazing!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love Alias, in this season, every chapter is very interesting, and you always end up wanting to watch the next one, rather than wait one week to see the next one.This is the only show I want to watch, the whole five seasons of it.A must buy!!

4) One of the best shows on tv in the last 20 years   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This show is incredibly addictive, incredibly well written, pure fantasy and a pure pleasure to watch. I hate reality tv and have turned to TiVo and DVD's to rescue me. I want to be entertained when I watch tv, not annoyed by reality tv drama queens. Alias brings back the romance, intrigue, suspense, and tounge-in-cheek humor of some of the 1970's spy movies and tv shows and mixes it in with futuristic technology. Plus it has an edge - great music and talented actors and actresses that know their stuff and are easy on the eyes. This is what TV should be. PURE ENTERTAINMENT

5) Absorbing and Exciting   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
My wife and I loved this first season of Alias. The characters and storyline were very interesting, and the acting and action sequences were top-notch entertainment. We really felt like the quality of the show was similar to that of a Hollywood blockbuster event. After finishing Season One, we promptly ripped through the rest of the series DVDs.Fun and mesmerizing!Highly recommended.