1. Truth Be Told
Air date: 2001-09-30 · 60 min
Sydney Bristow is a college student who leads a double life: she works for shadowy government agency called SD-6 which is supposed to be a covert branch of the CIA and reports to Arvin Sloane. Recently engaged, she tells her boyfriend, Danny Hecht, the truth. The next day, he is murdered. Later, Sydney's father, Jack Bristow, tells the truth: he is a double agent for the real CIA, as SD-6 is a renegade agency who allegedly killed Sydney's fiancé. Sydney must make a decision which will haunt her for the rest of her life. Sydney's partner in the field, Marcus Dixon, is also unaware about his true alliances as is SD-6's tech expert, the socially awkward Marshall Flinkman. Sydney's friends, the headstrong Francine, and the ambitious journalist Will Tippin are also unaware about Sydney's double life, until Will becomes inquisitive about Sydney's well-being following her fiancé's murder.
Open episode 1 ↗2. So It Begins
Air date: 2001-10-07 · 60 min
In her new role as a double agent for the CIA, Sydney is intent on destroying SD-6 within weeks.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Parity
Air date: 2001-10-14 · 60 min
Sydney and Dixon go to Madrid to steal a lockbox containing a sketch with what appears to be a digital code drawn by a 15th century seer, Milo Rambaldi.
Open episode 3 ↗4. A Broken Heart
Air date: 2001-10-21 · 60 min
Sydney and Anna memorize a code written by Rambaldi. Sydney and Dixon are sent to investigate a plot to eliminate the United Commerce Organization.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Doppelgänger
Air date: 2001-10-28 · 60 min
Will tells Francie that he's been investigating the death of Danny. Sydney learns from Vaughn that her father may also be working for the FBI.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Reckoning
Air date: 2001-11-18 · 60 min
Sydney forms the opinion the Jack's suspicious activities led to the death of her mother 20 years earlier, creating a deeper tension between them.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Color-Blind
Air date: 2001-11-25 · 60 min
Sydney learns about Shepard's involvement in her past. Sloane confronts the Alliance about the CIA bug, and they conclude that SD-6 has been moled.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Time Will Tell
Air date: 2001-12-02 · 60 min
Sydney travels to Oxford to steal an ancient clock connected to the Rambaldi mystery.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Mea Culpa
Air date: 2001-12-09 · 60 min
Sydney is scared, as she thinks that Dixon may have heard her talking to the CIA.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Spirit
Air date: 2001-12-16 · 60 min
Jack must save Sydney when Sloane orders her to be tortured and killed after she is suspected as the mole. Sydney tells Vaughn about her time at SD-6.
Open episode 10 ↗11. The Confession
Air date: 2002-01-06 · 60 min
After Jack saves Sydney during a mission, she discovers that he was responsible for the deaths of many CIA agents, complicating her feelings for him.
Open episode 11 ↗12. The Box (Part 1)
Air date: 2002-01-20 · 60 min
A group of heavily-armed intruders sneak into SD-6 and take control of the building.
Open episode 12 ↗13. The Box (Part 2)
Air date: 2002-02-10 · 60 min
Sydney discovers a note left for her by her father, explaining the dire predicament: opening the SD-6 vault would trigger a fatal explosion.
Open episode 13 ↗14. The Coup
Air date: 2002-02-24 · 60 min
Sydney and Dixon travel to Las Vegas to try and track down the group that nearly destroyed SD-6.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Page 47
Air date: 2002-03-03 · 60 min
Sydney and Dixon are dispatched to Tunisia. A Rambaldi manuscript is being held on a yacht, and their mission is to retrieve it before Sark gets it.
Open episode 15 ↗16. The Prophecy
Air date: 2002-03-10 · 60 min
The Department of Special Research inquires about Sydney's connection to the Rambaldi notebook.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Q&A
Air date: 2002-03-17 · 60 min
While being questioned by the FBI about her ties to Rambaldi, Sydney makes a shocking discovery that may unravel the mysterious 500-year-old prophecy.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Masquerade
Air date: 2002-04-07 · 60 min
Sydney is reunited with Noah Hicks, an SD-6 agent she dated five years ago.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Snowman
Air date: 2002-04-14 · 60 min
Vaughn confirms that K-Directorate has hired an assassin, known as "The Snowman" for his favored use of an ice pick as a weapon, to take out Khasinau.
Open episode 19 ↗20. The Solution
Air date: 2002-04-21 · 60 min
Sydney and Vaughn meet with Mr Sark hoping to catch Khasinau, but Sydney's cover is endangered when an SD-6 agent is sent to stop the trade.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Rendezvous
Air date: 2002-05-05 · 60 min
Sydney and Dixon must go to a Paris nightclub, where Sark will deliver the ampule to Khasinau. Dixon is to steal pages of a Rambaldi manuscript.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Almost Thirty Years
Air date: 2002-05-12 · 60 min
Vaughn and Sydney must destroy a Rambaldi artifact to save Will. Jack makes a deal with Mr Sark, and The Alliance decides the fate of Emily Sloane.
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