Alias/The Horizon

The Horizon
Season 5, Episode 9
Airdate	December 14, 2005
Written by	Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec
Directed by	Tucker Gates
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The Horizon is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Alias, and the ninety-seventh episode overall.

Starring: Jennifer Garner (Sydney Bristow), Ron Rifkin (Arvin Sloane), Carl Lumbly (Marcus Dixon), Kevin Weisman (Marshall Flinkman), Rachel Nichols (Rachel Gibson), Elodie Bouchez (Renée Rienne), Balthazar Getty (Thomas Grace)

and Victor Garber (Jack Bristow)

Guest Starring: Amy Acker (Kelly Peyton), Patrick Bauchau (Aldo Desantis), Michael Massee (Dr. Burris), Kathe Mazur (Dr. Lynn)

Special Guest Star (end credits): Michael Vartan (Agent Michael Vaughn)

Special Guest Star (end credits): Lena Olin (Irina Derevko)

Co-Starring: Dominic Comperatore (Italian Doctor), Evan Helmuth (Man in a Suit), Mark Kelly (Agent #1), Elisa Leonetti (Audio Tech), Natsuko Ohama (Noodle Vendor)

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Prophet Five realise Vaughn told Sydney of some valuable information on them. They kidnap her and use hypnosis, which leads her to conjure her memory of Vaughn showing her the map of the Alliance. When Sydney says X-23 Norte, Irina is satisfied and leaves, unaware that Sydney gave them the wrong information.

• Jack and Renée look through Desantis's notebook and see a recurring dress and the date of Sydney's due date. They go to the location in Hungary and find a room decorated as a nursery.

Characters

• Sydney manages to free herself and soon learns that she's being held on a large ship out in the ocean.

• Desantis is taken and tortured for information on Sydney. Once he is no longer useful, Jack shoots and kills him.

Referbacks

• While under hypnosis Sydney revisits several locations:
  • Sydney and Vaughn about to jump into Sovogda, when Vaughn proposes to Sydney (Search and Rescue)
  • Sydney at Vaughn's bedside before he dies (Prophet Five)
  • Sydney and Vaughn when they were captured in North Korea (Crossings)
  • Sydney and Vaughn at the pier, after Sydney's SD-6 mission in Morocco goes bad (A Broken Heart)
  • Sydney and Vaughn's briefings in the mesh cage (Seasons 1 and 2)
  • Sydney and Vaughn in the Blood Drive van, where Vaughn shows her the Alliance map (So It Begins).

Trivia

The Show

• While Lena Olin is billed in the closing credits to maintain the surprise of Irina, this was also done with Michael Vartan, despite Vaughn appearing in the episode's very first scene.

Behind the Scenes

• The brief image we see of Irina Derevko was the use of recycled footage with Lena Olin simply doing a voice-over.