Welcome! We're Bree Leach (@bleach226) and Jess Koehler (@jesspkoehler) and we can't wait to introduce ourselves to you... and then go on many missions as we rewatch Alias (spoiler-free). We'll be back with our first episode discussion on August 24, 2020! 

If you're checking out the show notes before the episode, you can find the original promo for Alias below. It's the first 30 seconds of the video (so stop after that to avoid spoilers).

Original ABC Alias Promo*

or if your podcatcher doesn't have a clickable link: https://youtu.be/0oyPMUMlGFk*

*REMEMBER - stop at 00:30 to avoid future spoilers as this file contains multiple promos for Season One.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush about how Sydney has bright red hair, how we're meeting all of our favorite characters for the first time, where we learn that Jack does NOT sell airplane parts, and the music is JUST SO ALIAS.

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney & Danny at home (start at the track on 13:58): Play Never Grow Old by The Cranberries starting at 00:00; this song gets cut, so from the "do, do, do" it skips past the 2nd verse straight to "hope you never grow old" after the 3rd repetition, cut to "forever young" (Sydney turns up the stereo at "I hope you'll stay" -- I mean, can you even?!).

Funeral scene (start just as it cuts to the funeral at 35:53): Play Here Comes The Flood by Peter Gabriel starting the song at 00:00.

Final scene at the cemetery (start at 1:02:01 in the show): Play Give You Back by Vertical Horizon starting the song at 00:00.


VIDEO: The YouTube clip discussing Alias that we reference, with the former CIA Chief of Disguise, starts here at the 1:42 mark in the video (or if your podcatcher doesn't show hyperlinks, visit: https://youtu.be/mUqeBMP8nEg?t=101). Note: There is a second clip from a later season of Alias from 23:17 - 24:24.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) talk about the music in the bathtub scene at length because it gives us ALL OF THE FEELINGS. It's also the one where Vaughn gives Sydney a happy face bandaid, Sydney wears an iconic blue dress, and Marshall tells Sydney to "hold the phone" while she is SITTING ON A TICKING BOMB.

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney moves in (start just as scene opens from credits 9:16 per Amazon IMDB X-Ray): Play Looking For A Friend by Roland Gift starting the song at 00:10.

Sydney at home/in the bathtub (start at the 29:30 mark): Play This Woman's Work by Kate Bush starting at 00:30

TRAVEL: Here is the link to the post Jess found about Taipei that was mentioned in the pre-intro.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) talk about how much we love Gina Torres. It's also the one we learn about a prophet named Milo Rambaldi, we hate Lambert, and Sydney swings on a chain in a red dress. It's also the one where WILL AND SYDNEY KISS?!?!

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney & Will Kiss (start 29:55): Play La Cienega Just Smiled by Ryan Adams starting the song at 00:00.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) find out that so much happens that neither the DVDs nor the IMDB synopsis can cover it all, but we try very hard to cover it all. It's also the one where we gush about how much we love when Sydney calls Vaughn and meets him at the pier (because she was supposed to have dinner with her dad and he said he had work and he didn't have work!) and Vaughn says our favorite quote (of... the whole series???????).

MUSIC: Angel by Sarah McLachlan plays in both versions! :)

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) talk about how we are a pro-candy corn podcast. Also, we find that a mission for a vaccine for a respiratory disease hits too close to home, we love Francie's Halloween decor, and our hearts break with Sydney's when Dixon is too good at his job. Oh, and what's going on with Case 332L?????

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Francie & Will decorating (start 22:37 on Los Angeles title): Play I'm Wrong About Everything by John Wesley Harding starting the song at 00:12 with the first lyrics.

Halloween party, Dixon arrives (start 27:34): Play Get Down Massive by Freestylers starting the song at 01:05.

Halloween party, Will & Francie talk (start 29:09): Play Trans Am by Leroy starting the song at 00:11 with the first lyrics.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) talk about whether non-apple fritters exist, whether or not Sydney intentionally matched the artwork in that London art gallery, how Charlie is a really great singer, and how there are so many things in this episode are sad. "So, on a lighter note... maybe..." 

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney at home and talking to Francie (starts at 4:27 right after Vaughn finishes talking): Play "Going, Going Gone" by The Stars starting the song at 00:17.

London Art Gallery (start at 21:02 just after London title): Play "Tornado" by Garbage starting the song at 00:04.

Charlie's Gig (start 28:06): Play "Zero Hours A Week" by Huffamoose starting the song at 00:00.

VIDEO: Watch the original promo for this week's episode here on YouTube. NOTE: This full video includes several promos for S1, don't watch past this promo (:31 - 1:02) if you want to avoid spoilers.

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This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) talk about how sad the scene by the fire with Shepard is and how happy the scene outside Sydney's house at Thanksgiving makes us (we just want Syd and SpyDaddy to LOVE EACH OTHER). It's also the one where we find out Marshall has inflatable furniture, where Charlie proposes, and OH NO IS SLOANE ON TO SYD AND SPYDADDY?!

MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips.

Sydney & Shepard Escape (start 20:21):Play The Wait by The Pretenders starting the song at 00:00.

Thanksgiving Prep Montage (start 32:43): Play Everything's All Right (I Think It's Time) by Jude starting the song at 00:02 when the music starts.

Rendezvous to End Montage (start 41:08): Play Not In This Life by Natalie Merchant starting the song at 00:00.

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