But on closer inspection, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Instead of acting as a simple continuation of the story, “Repercussions” is more of an epilogue, or a follow up to the events which took place in “A Missing Link”. It deals with the repercussions of Sydney’s questionable choices to get an extra piece to the two-year puzzle.

Written by Alias veteran Jesse Alexander (“The Box”, “A Dark Turn”), the episode takes off a few hours after the events of “A Missing Link”, leaving all the characters in their difficult scrapes and compromising positions...just the way we like them. Vaughn is lying in field bleeding to death in a field and Weiss is frantically searching his heart out for him, Lauren has no idea what has happened and Sydney is on the move with stolen biological weapons intended for wide-scale distribution. It is a grave situation indeed. But the best bit is, none of it gets completely resolved before the half way mark. There is some closure in a way which is very similar to the dashing escapes to sticky situations from the first season, but everything is still left hanging in the air until the very end.

Once again setting the standard for action and adventure, the episode features a very well directed car chase (thank you Ken Olin - you are an absolute genius) and it is perhaps one of Alias’ finest accomplishments – with Lauren at the wheel, Sydney as a passenger and Sloane the primary target, the mounting excitement was incredible. A couple of the missions this season have been missing something, but not this one. It has everything you would expect from the series, and the decision to have Lauren and Sydney team up for it was a fascinating choice. Both Melissa George and Jennifer Garner were easily able to work off each other in a truly captivating manner. It’s a shame that the love triangle issue is always in the way because these two are a dynamic duo waiting to happen – smart, sexy and action packed. With any luck we’ll get to see more of them as an operational unit in the future instead of the usual briefing room debates and 'you stole my man' fights.

It was a tad disappointing however that after all of Sydney’s dealings with Simon he was quickly demoted to background material. His importance to the missing time arc was forgotten and a bigger fish emerged from the pond (Djimon Hounsou). Even his unfortunate end at Jack's hand seemed like B-class material - he was Sydney’s problem, so it should have been her who got to pull the trigger. However, the event itself sets a steep precedent for Victor Garber’s character and once again opens up the unethical choices Jack has to make in order to save Syd. How then will this play out during the rest of the season? Who knows, but it can only be good.

Unfortunately, “Repercussions” was almost devoid of Sark, who’s only notable screen time involved rushing around with special guest star Djimon Hounsou, who was also under-used. The same can be said of the Weiss/Sydney dynamic which has been developed over the last few episodes. Aside from a short scene at the end, there was nothing to be had. In fact, Greg Grunberg barely put in an appearance and instead seemed to revert to the recurring role he once held in the first two seasons.

And while on the subject of season two, one of the many highlights of the season was “The Abduction”, and seeing Alias’ gadget guy Marshall Flinkman in his first ever field operation. As the comic relief for the show, there was a question of how the action and comedy of the operation would blend, but Kevin Weisman was a natural, and more entertaining than ever before.

It is therefore a blessing when the powers that be send Marshall on a mission once again, proving that successful blend of genre’s wasn’t just a fluke. The final mission is able to incorporate suspense, action and the hysterical talents of Kevin Weisman just as before. The “a woman this beautiful would be willing to share my bed” line in particular is among Weisman’s finest deliveries, as was Garner’s eye-popping response. But alas, it was over a little too quickly, and the episode concluded with another emotionally-challenged love triangle cliff-hanger…whatever happened to the solid mission related cliff-hangers of the early days?