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Season 5

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17. All the Time in the World
16. Reprisal
15. No Hard Feelings
14. I See Dead People
13. 30 Seconds
12. There's Only One Sydney Bristow
11. Maternal Instinct
10. S.O.S.
9. The Horizon
8. Bob
7. Fait Accompli
6. Solo
5. Out of the Box
4. Mockingbird
3. The Shed
2. ... 1...
1. Prophet Five

Cast

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Jennifer Garner
Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin
Arvin Sloane
Carl Lumbly
Marcus Dixon
Kevin Weisman
Marshall Flinkman
Victor Garber
Jack Bristow
Michael Vartan
Michael Vaughn
Greg Grunberg
Eric Weiss
David Anders
Julian Sark
Merrin Dungey
Francie Calfo
Bradley Cooper
Will Tippin
Mía Maestro
Nadia Santos
Lena Olin
Irina Derevko
Melissa George
Lauren Reed
Terry O'Quinn
F.B.I. Assistant Director Kendall
Rachel Nichols
Rachel Gibson
Balthazar Getty
Thomas Grace
Amy Acker
Kelly Peyton
Élodie Bouchez
Renée Rienne

Creator

J.J. Abrams

Synopsis

Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a young, athletic, college graduate who was recruited her freshman year as a Secret Agent for SD-6, a top-secret branch of the C.I.A. After a few years, after Sydney confides her lifestyle to her boyfriend, the evil head of SD-6, Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin), has him killed. Sydney learns that SD-6 is part of a rogue international agency called the Alliance of 12, out to rule the world. She becomes a double agent, working with the real C.I.A. to bring down SD-6 with the assistance of her handler, Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her estranged father Jack Bristow (Victor Garber), also a double agent. Along the way, Sydney fights various rival agents, rival terrorist groups, and traitors all the while keeping her cloak-and-dagger lifestyle a secret from her friends (season one).