Alias (2001)

Action · Drama · Mystery

Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (58,380 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Disney+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2001)

7.79 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.5 49 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Truth Be Told	8.2	1,492
2	So It Begins	7.7	968
3	Parity	7.6	859
4	A Broken Heart	7.5	819
5	Doppelgänger	7.6	764
6	Reckoning	7.6	737
7	Color Blind	7.9	739
8	Time Will Tell	7.8	694
9	Mea Culpa	7.9	696
10	Spirit	7.7	669
11	The Confession	7.8	663
12	The Box: Part 1	8.3	774
13	The Box: Part 2	8.2	743
14	The Coup	7.4	663
15	Page 47	7.8	667
16	The Prophecy	7.8	637
17	Q & A	7.3	662
18	Masquerade	7.4	623
19	Snowman	7.6	627
20	The Solution	7.6	644
21	Rendezvous	8.2	679
22	Almost Thirty Years	8.5	760

Season 2 (2002)

7.81 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Enemy Walks In	7.8	639
2	Trust Me	7.5	588
3	Cipher	7.5	569
4	Dead Drop	7.5	568
5	The Indicator	7.6	568
6	Salvation	7.5	566
7	The Counteragent	7.7	562
8	Passage: Part 1	7.9	591
9	Passage: Part 2	8.0	587
10	The Abduction	7.8	556
11	A Higher Echelon	7.8	566
12	The Getaway	8.0	577
13	Phase One	9.0	848
14	Double Agent	7.9	602
15	A Free Agent	7.6	548
16	Firebomb	7.6	540
17	A Dark Turn	7.7	548
18	Truth Takes Time	7.9	543
19	Endgame	7.6	526
20	Countdown	7.4	516
21	Second Double	7.9	529
22	The Telling	8.7	699

Season 3 (2003)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.1 43 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Two	7.8	562
2	Succession	7.3	524
3	Reunion	7.3	511
4	A Missing Link	7.6	511
5	Repercussions	7.4	505
6	The Nemesis	7.5	509
7	Prelude	7.7	504
8	Breaking Point	8.0	531
9	Conscious	8.0	549
10	Remnants	8.1	552
11	Full Disclosure	8.2	589
12	Crossings	7.7	520
13	After Six	7.5	532
14	Blowback	7.5	509
15	Facade	7.9	542
16	Taken	7.6	486
17	The Frame	7.5	487
18	Unveiled	7.8	489
19	Hourglass	7.9	496
20	Blood Ties	7.8	497
21	Legacy	7.6	478
22	Resurrection	8.1	523

Season 4 (2005)

7.79 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 41 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Authorized Personnel Only: Part 1	7.6	517
2	Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2	7.7	479
3	The Awful Truth	7.5	456
4	Ice	7.6	485
5	Welcome to Liberty Village	8.2	515
6	Nocturne	7.4	474
7	Detente	7.6	445
8	Echoes	7.6	487
9	A Man of His Word	7.5	475
10	The Index	8.0	450
11	The Road Home	7.5	453
12	The Orphan	7.3	452
13	Tuesday	8.4	517
14	Nightingale	7.8	447
15	Pandora	7.7	432
16	Another Mister Sloane	8.0	456
17	A Clean Conscience	7.5	432
18	Mirage	8.2	468
19	In Dreams...	7.8	456
20	The Descent	7.9	450
21	Search and Rescue	8.2	475
22	Before the Flood	8.4	532

Season 5 (2005)

7.59 avg 17 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 42 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Prophet Five	7.6	518
2	... 1...	7.1	451
3	The Shed	7.6	454
4	Mockingbird	7.5	449
5	Out of the Box	7.1	450
6	Solo	7.5	436
7	Fait Accompli	7.4	430
8	Bob	7.7	490
9	The Horizon	7.8	474
10	S.O.S.	7.8	450
11	Maternal Instinct	8.0	481
12	There's Only One Sydney Bristow	7.8	484
13	30 Seconds	7.6	473
14	I See Dead People	7.4	485
15	No Hard Feelings	7.4	481
16	Reprisal	7.8	494
17	All the Time in the World	8.0	708