# Alias is canceled. Dammit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588 "2005-11-24T15:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/1 "2005-11-24T15:51:52Z")
[The Turkey That Didn’t Get a Thanksgiving Pardon](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/23/AR2005112302415.html) I knew in my heart this was the last season. Still, having it confirmed really sucks. To make matters worse, the article is so _mean_ about it. Why was it necessary to gloat? The show does have fans. I think its main problem was that it wasn’t very accessible to new viewers. That, and the fact that you actually have to pay attention to it. In its prime it was damn good, and though it’s certainly not what it once was, it’s still worth watching. (Hell, even if Jennifer Garner left, I’d continue watching just for Balthazar Getty - he can spy on me any time. 😉 ) Yes, I _know_ it’s absurd and impossible. Name a TV show that isn’t. It’s a spy fantasy, emphasis on _fantasy_, and it cleaved to the traditions of the genre with style and quality. Thanks for ruining my Thanksgiving, ABC and Washington Post. :mad: At least I’ll still have the DVDs. ::_hits Submit, awaiting the inevitable smug replies from people who didn’t care for the show and are glad it’s been canceled, because anyone who enjoys shows they don’t is obviously a philistine of lesser intelligence and taste._:: ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/2 "2005-11-24T16:40:22Z")
You know, I’ve often wondered if anyone else was still watching this show. I almost gave up on it this season, but I’ve watched every episode since its debut and I just can’t let it go yet. So I have mixed feelings about its cancellation. On the whole, though, I do think it’s a good show – at its best, it is a _great_ show. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/3 "2005-11-24T16:43:57Z")
I’m not gloating or anything but I didn’t even know it was on this season. I honestly thought they decided not to renew it last year. Sorry for your loss though, I recenly lost Arrested Development and it’s my fear that Scrubs is on it’s last legs. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/4 "2005-11-24T16:46:20Z")
Once upon a time, Alias was awesome. It has fallen a long way, and although I’m still watching, I probably won’t miss it when it’s gone. A [less reputable source](http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/11/23/threshold-is-canceled-breaking-news/) is reporting that Threshold is cancelled, too, so Alias might not be the only thanksgiving victim. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/5 "2005-11-24T17:11:55Z")
I’m not gloating. _Alias_ was a damn good show and I’m sorry to see it go. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/6 "2005-11-24T21:05:54Z")
I knew this was coming. I don’t watch the show myself, but **SolGrundy** just started watching it a few months ago, and got really into it. That’s pretty much always the mark of death. So don’t blame ABC, blame him. Not that it will do you much good; there’s not going to be much left of him after the _Arrested Development_ fans get a hold of him. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/7 "2005-11-24T21:09:33Z")
People that didn’t like it just didn’t understand it. It was over their heads. Stupid people. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/8 "2005-11-24T21:23:32Z")
I was a huge Alias fan, but it was starting to remind me of the X-Files. I never liked the character of Nadia and felt that whole “lost lost sister” thing was as old as the hills and about as interesting. Losing Vaughn and Weiss was tough too. I just can’t get into these new agents. I miss the Syd/Vaughn dynamic, and we haven’t been seeing enough of Jack Bristow either. I’m relieved it’s canceled so that it can go out on a high note. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/9 "2005-11-24T21:27:03Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Sorry for your loss though, I recenly lost Arrested Development and it’s my fear that Scrubs is on it’s last legs. Breathe easy. From an interview with the creater (who has been involved with TV long enough to know what he’s talking about) Scrubs gets the kind of ratings that, while not steller, will keep it on the air until they decide to pull the plug for creative reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/10 "2005-11-24T21:29:39Z")
Considering that it was never that high in the ratings, I’d say ABC did fairly well by it, especially compared to how Fox treats its shows. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/11 "2005-11-24T23:52:26Z")
I kind of knew it was going to happen. I love _Alias_ and Jennifer Garner, but I’ve kind of fallen behind on the show. But, I’ll miss it all the same. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/12 "2005-11-25T00:01:23Z")
I will miss Jack and Sloan. Jack and Sloan _rule_. Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin are both terrific actors and no matter how ridiculous the plots got they were always able to sell them. And I’ll miss Marshall too. And why Carl Lumbley isn’t a superstar I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/13 "2005-11-25T00:42:35Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > And I’ll miss Marshall too. And why Carl Lumbley isn’t a superstar I’ll never know. [nitpick]Carl Lumley is Dixon, and I assume that’s who you’re talking about. Marshall is the nerdy tech guy.[/nitpick] I’m glad that other _Alias_ fans commisserate, though. And I agree about Jack, too. He can be my daddy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/14 "2005-11-25T00:48:14Z")
D’oh! **Otto** , I just realized you were talking about Marshall and Carl Lumbley separtately. Sorry. :o ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/15 "2005-11-25T00:48:51Z")
> [@Stinkpalm](#): > > People that didn’t like it just didn’t understand it. It was over their heads. > > Stupid people. 🙂 I like it but don’t watch it. What does that make me? ---
**Author:** ![Jillyvn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jillyvn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillyvn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/16 "2005-11-25T02:11:05Z")
> [@AlbertRose](#): > > 🙂 > I like it but don’t watch it. What does that make me? Part of the problem, instead of the solution… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/17 "2005-11-25T04:47:23Z")
Rachel Nichols’ series, _The Inside_, was axed. She joins this show, and it gets axed. She might start feeling like something of a hex! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/18 "2005-11-25T08:51:33Z")
[The Holllywood Reporter’s write up](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001570832) was a bit kinder. Sorry to see the show end…yes, the Rimbaldi story was way out there, and it was getting tedious to see Sloan good/bad/good/bad again etc etc. But it was always fun to see BERLIN and Sydney with orange hair going into a disco, or PRAGUE and Sydney wearing dark rimmed glasses and holding a clipboard. BTW…did Jennifer Garner actually learn to speak all those foreign phrases in dialog (her German wasn’t half bad) or was she dubbed? At any rate - sorry to see the show end, but looking very much forward to see how they wrap this puppy up. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/19 "2005-11-25T09:50:53Z")
My favorite part of every episode was when she would run down a corridor at warp 5 in a miniskirt. That, and the time in the pilot episode when she kicked a that guy in the head. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588/20 "2005-11-25T13:26:06Z")
I also had the feeling the show was on its last season…I had a hard time finding it (Wednesday at 8?) and the new characters have no chemistry for me. I thought it might be interesting to see how Sydney would handle motherhood and the spy business, since she wasn’t too keen on her mother’s method. But the loss of Vaughn was too much, even though I keep hoping he’s the body in the coffin that they found…or did I miss that answer when I forgot to tape last week and this week? As a “Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” fan, I really loved this show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-is-canceled-dammit/332588.md?page=2)