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2.22 The Telling

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The Telling
Season
Episode

22

Production code
E673RX
Airdate
May 4 2003
Written by
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The Telling is the 22nd episode of Season 2 of Alias and the 44th episode overall. Sydney finally confronts her mother, who reveals her true motivation. Sloane, for his part, begins to execute his new grand plan and Will struggles to figure out who's behind his set-up. At the end of the episode, Sydney discovers that Francie is not herself but a genetic duplicate created in Project Helix.

Contents

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Guest Stars

[edit] Trivia

  • Number 47: The CIA has 24 pieces of Rambaldi’s machine, Sloane has 23. 23+24=47.
  • This is the highest rated episode of Alias on tv.com, with 9.8 out of 10.
  • The club in Stockholm is according to Irina named "Välsmakande" wich is a Swedish word that means "Good-tasting" in English. Once again they play on the fact that Lena Olin is Swedish.
  • This is the last time we see Sydney's house that she and her friends hangs out in since the very first episode. In Season 3 we only see it through flashback and what's left of it after the fire.
  • This episode won the 2003 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Stunt Coordination".
  • This episode was nominated for the 2004 Golden Reel Award for "Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic - Sound Effects & Foley".

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[edit] Music

  • "Bleed To Love Her" by Fleetwood Mac

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[edit] Quotes

  • Sydney Bristow: (to Irina) Freeze... I shot you before, I will do it again.


  • Michael Vaughn: See when I have a gun to you, I don’t just pull the trigger.
  • Julian Sark: Thank you.
  • Michael Vaughn: (He slams Sark’s head against the table) You’re welcome.


  • Jack Bristow: I used to feel sorry for you... could you sense it? You’d been abandoned, left for dead, disgraced, I pitied you. You needed Rambaldi to fill the void in your life... it was like a religion for you.
  • Arvin Sloane: I didn’t expect you to understand.
  • Jack Bristow: Really, why keep me alive?
  • Arvin Sloane: Because... we’re friends Jack.



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