Alias (TV series)

Timeframe

The first season of Alias begins in 2001, the same year the series first aired. Reference to Homeland Security midway through the first season suggests the series begins not long before, or not long after September 11 as the federal Homeland Security department was not established until some weeks after September 11. In season 1, each episode covers roughly the events of one week in Sydney's life, thus each episode is said to take place a week apart, although it is unknown if this is still the case.

Related Topics:
Homeland Security - September 11

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The season 2 finale, which sees Sydney lose two years of her life, would suggest that the series now takes place two years ahead of "real world" time (i.e. Season 4 takes place in 2007, not 2005 when it was broadcast). However as of the first few episodes of season 4, the writers have avoided mentioning any current calendar dates in any episode. The one fact that did contradict this would be the date on the tombstone of the supposedly dead Irina Derevko, which, when calculated would suggest the show is still running on "real world" time rather than 2 years in the future.

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