Alias/Before the Flood

Before the Flood
Season 4, Episode 22
Airdate	May 25, 2005
Written by	Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec
Directed by	Lawrence Trilling
← 4x21 Search and Rescue	5x01 → Prophet Five
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Before the Flood is the twenty-second episode of the fourth season of Alias, and the eighty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Jennifer Garner (Sydney Bristow), Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane), Michael Vartan (Michael Vaughn), Carl Lumbly (Marcus Dixon) (credit only), Kevin Weisman (Marshall Flinkman), Mia Maestro (Nadia Santos), Greg Grunberg (Eric Weiss)

and Victor Garber (Jack Bristow)

Special Guest Stars: Sonia Braga (Elena Derevko), Lena Olin (Irina Derevko)

Guest Starring: Robert Patrick Benedict (Brodien)

Co-Starring: Eric Anderson (Spotter)

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The Mueller device is deactivated with minimal risk. We later learn that the survivors were killed to maintain the cover of a chemical explosion.

• After the situation has been defused, Irina shoots her sister Elena in the head.

Characters

• Nadia is injected with the contaminated water and becomes aggressive like the others. She and Sydney fight, but the prophecy appears to have been thwarted when Sloane shoots Nadia. She survives and is placed under medical care where she is in stable condition and is kept her under sedation until an antidote can be found.

• Sloane is found by the team where he explains that his alliance with Elena was a ruse to stop her plans. Despite this, he is in imprisoned upon his return.

• Instead of returning Irina to the United States, Jack allows her to escape.

• Alone with Vaughn, Irina urges him to tell Sydney the truth. When everything has died down, Vaughn begins to divulge. He starts with saying that it has to do with how they met and that his name isn't really Michael Vaughn. Before he can explain, they are suddenly sideswiped by another car.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Jennifer Garner received a 2005 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for this episode.

• This episode was nominated for the 2006 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement.