| Original
Airdate: |
November
30th, 2003. |
Written
By:
|
Josh
Appelbaum and André Nemec.
|
| Directed
By: |
Ken
Olin.
|
| Guest
Starring: |
Kurt
Fuller as NSC Director Bob Lindsey, Sarah K. Peterson as Sydney
Bristow (Age 7), David Cronenberg as Dr. Brezzel, Mark Bramhall
as Andrian Lazarey, Daniel Smith as Steven Dixon, Tristan Hays
as Robin Dixon, Erica Leerhsen as Kaya, Boris Hamilton as Customer,
Susan Han as EMT, Dan Warner as Agent Reims and Gerard O'Donnell
as Agent Scrimm.
|
| US
ABC Ratings: |
Alias
made a slight U-Turn with "Concious", recieving an increase
in the Nielson ratings. The episode managed to pull in 5.9/9 -
the same as the season premiere. |
| Location
Ciphers: |
Intel
Unknown. |
| 47
References: |
Sydney
enters room 47 at the end of the episode. |
| Episode
Notes: |
- This episode
marks Josh
Appelbaum and André Nemec's first co-written episode.
- "Concious" is
the seventeenth episode directed by Ken Olin.
- The rock
formation where Jack and Sydney found the severed hand is the
same rock formation that was featured in Roswell.
It was also used in an episode of Star Trek.
- At the
start of the episode when Syd wakes up and meets with Jack,
Vaughn and Lauren, you can see Melissa George struggling
to keep a straight face in the background. During the filming
of this scene, the actress was struck down with the giggles.
- In the
same scene, Sloane stands up without any problems despite the
fact that he took a bullet for Jack the episode before.
- Keep an
eye in on Syd as she walks through the dessert with Jack -
she struggles to turn her head as a result of her
whiplash from the previous episode.
- Face replacement
was required for part of the Syd-Syd fight scene at the end
because of Jennifer Garner's whiplash.
For the insects on the Rambaldi tattooed hand, the show
required a specialist bug wrangler.
- In
the scene where Sydney punches Lauren, there were two additional
versions filmed. One (at the request
of director
Ken Olin)
had Melissa George with chewing gum chiclets in her
mouth. When she
was punched, the actress spat them out like teeth.
In the other, Jennifer Garner and Melissa George looked
like they
were about
to kiss.
- Dr. Brezzel's
lab was actually filmed in the building next door to the location
of the opening scenes of
this episode.
Both buildings
are in downtown L.A.
- On the
DVD audio commentry for this episode, Jennifer Garner dropped
her ring during the recording process
but continued
to talk about the episode as she crawled around the
floor looking for it.
- The red
room was constructed out of red carpet and the scene was filmed
in the middle of
the night.
- This episode
relied heavily on motion control, where a camera will copy
the movements of the previous
shot. This
was done
in the scenes where there would be two Sydney's.
- The
dream sequence where Syd goes head to head with Lauren as
actually Melissa George's first
fight scene.
- The Director
of Photography submitted this episode for an Emmy nomination.
|
| Music
Listing: |
Track: "The
Chokin' Kind" - Captain Luke and Cool John
Album: [Intel Unknown].
Played: During one of Syd's hallucinations,
she goes for a drive with Dixon.
[Currently Not Available To Purchase].
Track: "Sonnet
No. 3 (Like A Duck)" - MC Honky
Album: [Intel Unknown].
Played: In a hallucination, Weiss and Marshall
play poker.
[Currently Not Available To Purchase]. |
   
   
|
