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A Spoiler-Free Alias Rewatch Podcast hosted by Bree Leach & Jess Koehler

Bree Leach & Jess Koehler


    • May 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    05x07 - Fait Accompli

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 36:39


    In this week's episode, the team goes on a field trip to the race tracks to capture Gordon Dean: Sydney and SpyBaby and Tom the Drunk Australian are at the races while Rachel and Marshall are nearby. This is also the one where Rachel hits Dean with a shovel (nice), Nadia wakes up (briefly, but yay!), and Sloane kills Dean (yikes). It's also the one where Jess and Bree work out in real time live on mic why Dean doesn't have a bag over his head when he's walked into APO. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x06 - Solo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 50:35


    This is the one where Rachel goes on her first solo mission and it is TOO easy...well...sort of. This is also the one where we are conflicted over Kelly Peyton's feelings, and they hit us right in the feels in the baby store. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x05 - Out of the Box

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 39:12


    This is the one where a man comes out of a box. Wait, no, this is the one where Renee Rienne's dad comes out of the box. Wait, no, this is the where Renee Rienne's not dad comes out of the box. This is the one where we go to Marseilles to track down Renee and the man from the box. It's also the one where Sloane wants to come back to APO and Rachel is fully on the team. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x04 - Mockingbird

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 48:18


    In this episode, Rachel is put to the test and proves her tenacity and courage. We also get a delightful mission in Monte Carlo, and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) seriously question Sloane's trial and acquittal...and what it means. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x03 - The Shed

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 35:57


    In this week's episode, we meet officially meet Rachel Gibson (the blonde from the last couple of episodes) AND we meet Kelly Peyton (Amy Acker! Is here! We don't trust her!). It turns out that Rachel thinks she works for the CIA and her story with The Shed (Gordon Dean's organization) is very similar to Sydney's SD-6 story.   MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x02 - ...1...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 43:14


    We're diving into the second episode of our final season with new credits, new regular cast members, and our previously-ons have returned! This is also the one where we lose another cast member (don't worry, they didn't die), and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush that Spy Daddy melts our hearts because they just love each other. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    05x01 - Prophet Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 54:04


    The premiere of season 5 (the final season?!) has arrived and this is the one where [REDACTED] DIES!! For some spoilers, it's always too soon. Like right here in the description that you're probably only reading if you've already seen the episode???? It's also the one where we learn that Vaughn's name is Andre Micheaux, his dad was part of a group called Prophet Five and Sydney is pregnant!! Spy Baby on the way! It's also the one that Bree first watched in three minute digital camera clips that Jess recorded. You'll hear the whole story... as well as Bree's original post-episode thoughts from her 2005 journal. You will find the referenced Television Without Pity recap here. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

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    04x22 - Before The Flood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 66:44


    The season 4 finale is finally here (Happy New Year!) This is the one where we relive the action packed finale, our heroes save the world with some surprising twists and losses...and we wish we could end it a few minutes early and avoid the trauma of the car accident that forever changed how we watch television and movies. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) do a dramatic reading of a minutes post-finale exchange between recappers from Television Without Pity.   MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

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    04x21 - Search and Rescue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 43:49


    The penultimate episode of season 4 has arrived and this is the one where LENA OLIN IS BACK!! This is the one where we learn Irina didn't die and our team needs to rescue her before they head to Russia to stop Sophia and Sloane from unleashing the Mueller device on the world. It's also the one with one of Bree's favorite exchanges of the entire series. You will find the referenced Television Without Pity recap here. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x20 - The Descent

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 48:23


    This is the one where everyone finally learns about Sophia Elena (and the name is now canon...Marshall says it!) and we finally learn what went down in Sienna between Nadia and Sloane. This is ALSO the one where we get the major reveal that Irina is alive! MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x19 - In Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 33:36


    This is the one where Arvin Clone is back (and so is Emily! sort of!)! Arvin Clone steals an orchid critical to a plot ot change humanity for Rambaldi and our team at APO must find Clone AND the orchid. After capturing Clone, who is not only convinced he's the real deal, but also has the same brain (?!), Marshall sends Sloane into a deep memory regression about Jacqueline in order to use that memory to force Clone to resume his real identity and share the location of the orchid. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x18 - Mirage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 65:44


    This is the one where we have Sophia/Elena doing bad things with the guy from Legally Blonde, Jack hallucinating lucidly, and we get to see Sydney playing Laura to help get information they need from Jack to help save his life. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) absolutely love Marshall (major kudos to Kevin and the writers) MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x17 - A Clean Conscience

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 50:12


    This is the one where we the audience find out Sophia is ELENA DEREVKO!! Okay, but that's actually just the very end of the episode. So, this is the one where we learn what Jack and Sloane have been hiding that they were searching for Elena, the cruelest of the Derevko sisters, because she was stalking Sydney and Nadia. This is also the one where Sophia comes to stay with Nadia (and Sydney) and she plants a bug on a necklace she gives Nadia. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    BONUS EPISODE 00x04 - Season 4 Bundle Episode Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 16:01


     This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) go back and rewatch the second set of episodes  (episodes 13 - 16) that were aired in a different order than they were originally written and examine the impact on the season and flow of episodes. Season 4 intended/written order: (the bolded episodes are the ones that were aired "out of order"... this episode tackles the second section of bolded episodes) APO 1 APO 2 The Awful Truth Detente Ice Nocturne Echoes A Man of His Word Welcome to Liberty Village The Index The Road Home The Orphan Nightingale Pandora Another Mister Sloane Tuesday A Clean Conscience Mirage In Dreams Descent Search and Rescue Before the Flood Season 4 Aired Order: APO 1 APO 2 The Awful Truth Ice Welcome to Liberty Village Nocturne Detente Echoes A Man of His Word The Index The Road Home The Orphan Tuesday Nightingale Pandora Another Mister Sloane A Clean Conscience Mirage In Dreams Descent Search and Rescue Before the Flood   MUSIC: The featured music in these episodes match from streaming to original.

    04x16 - Another Mister Sloane

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 44:29


    This is the one where Joel Grey (aka Another Mister Sloane aka Arvin Clone) is posing at Arvin Sloane. He kidnaps Dr. Maggie Sinclair to build a Rambaldi artifact, the Mueller device, for him. Our APO team sans Sloane goes on a mission with the coil to get to Joel Grey, but Joel Grey gets away with the coil, so Sloane is brought into the mission to figure out what Arvin Clone will do next. This is also the one where Jess and Bree try to figure out what Jess' first episode of Alias was and... was it this episode????  MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x15 - Pandora

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 60:08


    This is the one where we drop directly into the action and then time jump back to where it all started and we get a surprise guest appearance by our favorite Aunt Katya. This is also the one where we discover ANOTHER Mister Sloane, and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) fan girl over Joel Gray. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x14 - Nightingale

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 37:01


    This is the one where we go on the hunt for Nightingale... separately and sort of together? Sydney and Vaughn are running a countermission to Sloane and Jack and we don't know why (which makes Bree AND Jess very nervous). This is also the one where Vaughn met Roberts for more information and injected himself with an unknown substance a la Alice in Wonderland. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. NOTES: Find us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast.

    04x13 - Tuesday

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 45:21


    This is the one where Sydney gets buried alive, almost the entire team is locked inside APO, leaving Marshall to race to her rescue.  It's also the one where Marshall pretends to be Jack Bristow...and then has to use a spork to remove an eyeball. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) consider putting the entire script into the running for this mission's quote vote. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x12 - The Orphan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 50:35


    This is the one where a blast from Nadia's past is in the picture and that takes us into Nadia's past through a series of flashbacks. It's also the one where Vaughn tells Sydney about his dad's journal and seeks more information. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) discuss the state of television and network interference at length. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x11 - The Road Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 67:18


    This is the one where Sydney endangers a civilian (Jason Segel AKA Marshall Erickson) and Vaughn follows clues in his father's journal and learns some shocking information. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) need a Spy Daddy (the early years) spin off and JJ can have ALL the credit…and they also question how the “known for” listings are chosen for IMDB and how in the world How I Met Your Mother doesn't make that cut on Jason Segel's page. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x10 - The Index

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 51:25


    This is the one where we think Sloane is up to know good (or at least Dixon does) and then it turns out Jack and Sloane are in cahoots?! It's also the one where Nadia has a birthday, doesn't want to celebrate, gets talked into celebrating, and is then very disappointed when Sydney set up the dinner so she could spy on Sloane. It's ALSO the one where Vaughn goes to see his ailing uncle in the hospital only to receive his dad's journal with... entries after his death?! Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) have way more questions than answers this episode. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    BONUS EPISODE 00x03 - Season 4 Bundle Episode Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 36:48


     This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) go back and rewatch the first set of episodes  (episodes 4 - 9) that were aired in a different order than they were originally written and examine the impact on the season and more particularly the characters. Season 4 intended/written order: (the bolded episodes are the ones that were aired "out of order"... this episode tackles the first section of bolded episodes) APO 1 APO 2 The Awful Truth Detente Ice Nocturne Echoes A Man of His Word Welcome to Liberty Village The Index The Road Home The Orphan Nightingale Pandora Another Mister Sloane Tuesday A Clean Conscience Mirage In Dreams Descent Search and Rescue Before the Flood Season 4 Aired Order: APO 1 APO 2 The Awful Truth Ice Welcome to Liberty Village Nocturne Detente Echoes A Man of His Word The Index The Road Home The Orphan Tuesday Nightingale Pandora Another Mister Sloane A Clean Conscience Mirage In Dreams Descent Search and Rescue Before the Flood   MUSIC: The featured music in these episodes match from streaming to original.

    04x09 - A Man of His Word

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 41:32


    This one is a "classic" (just as Sark and also Jess (@jesspkoehler)! After Anna shoots Nadia at the end of last episode, we find Nadia in a coma most of this episode while Jack has Marshall work to learn what Nadia knew that led to Anna shooting her (and then trying to shoot her again!). Ultimately, Jack pulls Nadia out of her coma early. This is also the one where Sark will only talk to Sloane, Sark gets sent on a "glorified date" mission with Sydney and Vaughn, and he is extracted by Anna. THEY TEAM UP! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) keeps misprouncing Anna's name for no good reason.   MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x08 - Echoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 51:14


    This is the one where we get both ANNA ESPINOSA and SARK back on our screens! (aka Gina Torres and David Anders)....need we say more?  It's also the one where we, Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) love how "classic" Alias this episode feels...and have concerns about why Sloane is even in the building. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x07 - Detente

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 53:24


    This is the one where Sydney keeps going off book during her missions with Nadia. This is the one where Nadia and Sydney get an invite to Boris' hotel room to steal his information about the sale of black thorine (much to Sloane's frustration and everyone else's delight) and then they go on ANOTHER mission to steal the vials before the sale occurs (where once again Sydney goes off script when she talks to the purchaser about Sloane. It's also the one where we, Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler), enjoy Vaughn's smile, love Dixon, and wonder when Alias will stop living in a stand alone episode world.  MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original.

    04x06 - Nocturne

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 72:26


    This is the one where Alias tries its hand at a horror-type episode (and succeeds), and Sydney nearly loses her mind. This is also the one where (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) really start to wonder the impact of the air order versus the written order of the episodes this season. CONTENT WARNING: This episode (and our discussion about it) contains some intense scenes with two suicides. Please listen (and watch) with care. (Note: the Disney+ version is slightly less intense in the events leading up to the suicides than the original version on the DVDs) MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    04x05 Welcome To Liberty Village

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 47:57


    This is the one where Sydney and Vaughn go undercover as a married Russian couple pretending to be a married American couple in Liberty Village, a training site for the October Contingent. This is also the one where Vaughn tells a story about proposing at the Santa Barbara Zoo in front of a crooked-neck giraffe and it turns Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) into complete saps. This is also the one where we give Tom a performance evaluation for his plan... was it really the best decision to have the spies that they recruited kill each other just because they weren't ready for this mission????  MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    04x04 - Ice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 111:40


    This is the one where we learn if you freeze dry a person they shatter into cereal...possibly Fruity Pebbles, Vaughn is a priest, and we go "old school" spy. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush over the commentary and have many 2005 moments. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    04x03 - The Awful Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 59:22


    This is the one where the whole crew goes on TWO missions together! First, the team heads to the Bahamas and then they head to Spain! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are very frustrated by Jack being a jerk to Nadia and the one where Weiss finds out about APO. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on social media at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    04x01 - APO Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 61:03


    This is the one where we are back for the second half of the season 4 premiere...it's also the one where Sydney learns the truth about Irina's death and Nadia joins APO. It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) need many more "deleted scenes" and prove that they are, in fact, goldfish. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    04x01 - APO Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 61:31


    This is the one where "at laaaaaassssst" we are back with the start of season 4! It's also the one where Alias reboots itself again by putting SLOANE?! in charge??? It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are thrilled to see our people back together and intrigued to see what happens next because they remember so very, very little. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x22 - Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 116:53


    This is the one where we race to the end of the season with a fast paced, action packed emotional episode. This is also the one where Cole (@coledelbyck) is back to gush about the season 3 finale with Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler), with a few delightful tangents along the way. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x21 - Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 43:19


    This is the one where Sloane has Nadia and almost everyone else is actively looking for Sloane and Nadia (except Vaughn, Vaughn is somewhat unwilling participant as he'd prefer they were looking for Lauren). Katya is back, Suit & Glasses is back (and gets a name, Dr. Zhang Lee), and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are still really confused on the timeline around Vaughn's dad and Nadia's automatic drawing response. MUSIC: The featured music in this episode matches from streaming to original. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E20: Blood Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 65:12


    This is the one where we FINALLY get to meet The Passenger...Sydney's sister Nadia! This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) have many questions and a lot of ideas about the possible blood ties in our episode title.   MUSIC: The music matched in this episode.   Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E19: Hourglass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 65:35


    This is the one where EVERYONE knows that Lauren's a mole. Vaughn goes on a mission at Lauren's mom's house and Lauren's mom suspects that Vaughn knows about Lauren. This is also the one where we think Sloane gets executed, but he is saved by a bottle of wine (because of course. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) try to figure out the math of Sloane and Irina's affair and also try to decipher who knew Jack was going to save Sloane. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Sydney retrieves the hourglass/Sloane's execution (start 37:38): Play The Deftones' "Change (in the House of Flies)" starting the song at 00:00, but it cuts to 1:40 when Sydney pulls out her guns (37:55).  Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E18: Unveiled

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 54:49


    This is the one where Lauren almost gets caught in action twice, but Vaughn discovers the truth while she's taking a bath. This is also the one where Jess (@jesspkoehler) and Bree (@bleach226) (and Jeremy via text @rodriguezjeremy/@rodriguezjeremy_) fangirl over Goth Vaughn. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Club in Berlin (start 8:48): Play Laibach's "Tanz Mit Laubach" starting the song at 00:00.  Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E17: The Frame

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 60:36


    This is the one where it turns out Lauren's mom (played by Peggy Lipton) is ALSO Covenant and she kills Senator Daddy. This is also the one where Vaughn says he's going to leave Lauren, Bomani returns to our story, and the one where we get a very Indiana Jones tale about archaelogists looking for a Rambaldi artifact. This is also the one where Jess (@jesspkoehler) and Bree (@bleach226) go on a little tangent about Alias-adjacent television we're currently watching. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Vaughn and Weiss go for a run (start 1:37): Play John Mayer's Clarity starting the song at 00:00.  Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E16: Taken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 128:36


    This is the one where Sark kidnaps Dixon's kids, we meet Senator Daddy, and Lauren makes a mistake. This is also the one where Bree (bleach226) and Jess (jesspkoehler) have a blast chatting with their friend Jeremy (@rodriguezjeremy/@rodriguezjeremy_) and going on a few tangents with lots of laughter along the way.   MUSIC: The featured music matched in this episode. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.   Connect with Jeremy's podcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @alwaysothpod.      

    S3E15: Facade

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 63:02


    This is the one where the CIA intercepts a bomb maker seeking to work with The Covenant... which leads to Vaughn and Sark being on a plane with a bomb (to quote Marshall, "omg omg omg omg omg!") and SpyDaddy kills a man and brings him back to life in order to get him to cooperate. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) does a deep dive on The Troubles in Northern Ireland and on eight-letter synonyms for arrogant and makes Jess (@jesspkoehler) play along. MUSIC: The featured music matched in this episode. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E14: Blowback

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 64:56


    This is the one where we watch the episode twice. It's also the one where Sark and Lauren are bad (but hot), Sloane is manipulative (what else is new), and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) decide that Shining Sword is a much better name for a themed pub than for a potential terrorist organization. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Sark & Lauren's version of the car chase (start 27:06): Play "Song 2" by Blur. Also, if you search YouTube for Alias Blowback Car Chase, there are several options to watch the original version. Jack comes to see Syd and invites her to dinner (start 41:02): Play "Carnival Town" by Norah Jones

    S3E13: After Six

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 49:27


    This is the one where Quentin Tarantino is back (!) and Vivica A. Fox is guest starring (!)... it's also the one where Marshall and Carrie get married (!!) as she goes into labor (!!!), Sark and Lauren team up (!!!!), and Jess (@jesspkoehler) and Bree (@bleach226) have a new ship to ship. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Vaughn and Weiss play pool (start 8:40): Play Johnny Lee Schell's Panhandle Stomp starting the song at 00:00. This song seems to match the DVD. Sydney and Jack have dinner (start right after credits at 12:32): Play Jonny Lang's Give Me Up Again, starting the song at 00:14. Sydney and Weiss go on a mission to Athens (start right after Athens title at 17:10): Play The Crystal Method's Starting Over starting the song at about 00:16. An extra note on the music this episode, Uncovering Alias and TuneFind both report the pool scene and dinner music reversed, so we reported song changes from streaming with both. Upon realizing this and listening back to back for timestamps, it seems it is the same song on the DVD as streaming. While it's not 100% clear what song it is, there are no lyrics and it seems to be Panhandle Stomp. The song during the dinner scene is very clear it's Give Me Up Again which is changed in streaming. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E12: Crossings

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 64:32


    This is the one where Sydney and Vaughn are captured in North Korea and face a firing squad after a desperate kiss because they will ALWAYS find each other. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) deep dive on Lauren's character...and Jess wonders if Bree might be a spy.   MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Sydney and Vaughn in North Korea (start 39:05): Play Delicate by Damien Rice starting the song at about 00:04.   Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E11: Full Disclosure

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 57:44


    This is the one where Kendall (!!) fills Sydney in on the last two years (!!). It's also the one where Bree (@bleach226) heard a familiar voice in an unexpected setting and Jess (@jesspkoehler) went speechless upon learning it... and everyone gets a MASSIVE reveal at the end.   MUSIC: The featured music matched in this episode. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E10: Remnants

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 62:11


    This is the one where Will is back, Sark is "reunited" with his father and Lindsey's plan to take out Sydney backfires...this is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) gush over Bradley Cooper being back and needing Will as an agent. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Will and Sydney catch up at the safehouse (start 22:07): Play Fever by Peggy Lee starting the song at about 00:13. Graz (start 28:45 on title card): Play My Goddess by The Exies starting the song at 00:04. Hotel mission (start 31:33 right before they exit the hotel room): Play Take It Off by The Donnas starting the song at 00:00. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E9: Conscious

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 70:25


    This is the one where Sydney punches Lauren in the face (for real), Lauren slams Sydney into a wall (in a dream), Sydney kisses Vaughn (for real), and Dixon drives Sydney into her apartment where Weiss and Marshall are playing poker (in a dream). This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) get very invested in the dream state and the reality. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Sydney and Dixon in the St. Aidan (start 38:44): Play Chokin' Kind by Captain Luke and Cool John starting the song at 00:11. Marshall and Weiss play poker (start 39:25): Play Sonnet No. 3 (Like A Duck) by MC Honky starting the song at 00:16. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E8: Breaking Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 67:51


    This is the one where we are hitting breaking points left and right throughout the episode, and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) are having alllll the feels. This is also the one where Lauren helps break Sydney out of Lindsey's custody. MUSIC: If you're streaming and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Jack goes undercover at FEMA (start 20:24): Play What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You by Marva Whitney, starting the song at 00:00; the mission music will cut in, but when the feature music comes back at 23:18, it seems to pick up at the chorus. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    S3E7: Prelude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 77:30


    This is the one where Sydney and Sloane (!?) go on a mission to China and Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) can't stop gushing about how much they love these actions (we're sorry Sydney!). This is also the one where Sark tells Lauren who Julia Thorne is and Lauren tells Lindsey, much to Vaughn's dismay.  MUSIC: This episode didn't have any featured music, but the song the orchestra was playing in Beijing was the same on Disney+ and on the DVD. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x06 The Nemesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 57:01


    This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) fan girl over the return of Merrin Dungey as Allison (aka Bad Francie & "just" Francie). MUSIC: If you're watching on Amazon and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Sydney running (start 01:24): Play Last Chance by Jet, starting the song at approximately 00:10. At the club in Milan (start 16:13): Play A/Klimatize by Helix. This one sounds to have been mixed/edited, so we do not have an exact "play from" timestamp here. Song changes around 17:33, to what references say it is Nocturne of the Sea by Stephen James Edwards, but that does not sound correct and we do not have an alternate song identified. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x05 - Repercussions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 70:35


    This is the one where Vaughn is in a coma for most of the episode, Jack almost gets shot, Sloane becomes a double agent (?!), and Lauren asks Sydney to put in for a transfer. This is also the one where Bree (@bleach226) inserts her own fanfiction into her episode watch Bree and Jess (@jesspkoehler) get mad at Lauren for asking for that transfer. MUSIC: If you're watching on Amazon and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Marshall plays cards montage (start 36:44): Play Kenny Rogers - Pharoahe Monch Dub Plate (feat. Kenny Rogers and Phoraohe Monch) by Wyclef Jean starting the song at 00:36. Visiting Vaughn at the Hospital (start 39:58 with LA): Play Ooh Child by Lady Laistee starting the song at 00:00 until the refrain hits (when Vaughn reaches for Laurens beer) and then let the refrain repeat until Sydney and Weiss are walking down the hall and stop (41:46) where it crossfades into Ooh Child (Alternate Version) by Beth Orton starting the song at 00:07 (with the "easier" lyric line when Sydney first looks in on Vaughn and Lauren). Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x04 - A Missing Link

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 62:42


    This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) have Buffy/Angel vibes and create a Vampire Diaries crossover mid episode. It's also the one where we discover a significant missing link in Sydney's lost two years in the form of Simon Walker, and the one where the show is very Alias and leaves us hanging off of a cliff...or rather lying at the bottom of a ravine, with a gravely injured Vaughn. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

    03x03 - Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 77:21


    This is the one where Bree (@bleach226) and Jess (@jesspkoehler) struggle with their feelings about Lauren and worry about Marshall being too good at his job... again. It's also the one where Sark is trying to get Project Medusa and Sydney and Vaughn have to go in to stop him from getting it. MUSIC: If you're watching on Amazon and want to line up the scenes with the original feature songs, here are the sound clips. Return to LA (start 18:00 right after the escape when we see Lauren): Play Choked Up by Whiskeytown starting the song at ~00:05. Weiss gives Sydney Alice in Wonderland (start 39:27 with Sydney exiting the briefing): Play Something Else by Gary Jules starting the song at 00:00. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter at @SimpleAliasCast or email us at asimplealiascast@gmail.com.

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