Something I seem to be very good at lately. I lied, it's Monday already and I've finally decided to post my Alias thoughts before I can't remember anything. There was no episode tonight; instead, ABC aired The Ten Commandments, which I think is rather odd considering that Palm Sunday is next Sunday. But whatever, I guess its showing was inevitable. Anyway, I'll continue my scheduling rant later.. like, next Sunday when I bitch about Nick and Jessica's Variety Hour which ABC will be airing.

So... my thoughts on The Frame... I've really been looking forward to this episode, mainly because this is where the season is supposed to be picking up. Vaughn was supposed to choose Sydney over Lauren. Which, in the Alias writers' own twisted way, he did. And Jack was suppose to discover Lauren's duplicity; which, for a brief while, he did. But then they screwed it all up.

First
Lauren had Vaughn's father's sacred watch fixed. Seriously. Could she piss me off any more? In this moment of clarity, Vaughn tells Lauren it's over. Hurray, hurrah! Stupid as ever, Lauren calls Sark to tell him the bad news in the middle of the restaurant she and Vaughn are dining in. Seriously, if she had half a brain you would think she might at least go outside. Or in the bathroom. Or something.

But it doesn't matter. It's over with her and Vaughn, right? Right?!

Wrong.

Sark tells her to kill her father, that way, Vaughn will stay with her out of pity. He did it for Alice once upon a time, right? Damn. Sark, you're making it hard for me to love you.

Lauren refuses to kill her papa. For now.

Then
This part just totally pisses me off, now. Jack, acting on his suspicions from the previous episode, signs on to Lauren's computer to check up on her. For some stupid reason, he signs on using his ID. Jesus Jack, what the hell is wrong with you? He finds phone records and other shit.. I really was too busy screaming at him to pay attention. But he finds enough to confirm his suspicions. The man is a freaking genius, but he made an amateur's mistake. Even I would have known better.

He pays Senator Reed a visit first. Here we meet Lauren's mom.. far to pretty to be Lauren's mom, but okay.. Senator Reed doesn't believe him. For now. He leaves the Senator with Lauren's file and tells him to call if he has any questions.

Seriously, Jack, you so screwed up.

Meanwhile... Vaughn and Syd are after Sark and Bomani, they find them. They also get whatever they were looking for, I'm not sure what, I was still fuming over Jack at this point. On they plane trip home, Vaughn tells Syd that it's over between him and Lauren. He asks Syd if she wants to 'get some coffee' after they get back. She accepts. Sweet.

And then
We're back with Lauren. Checking her email or whatever. I don't care, I tend to pay more attention to what's going on around Lauren, rather than look at her. She notices someone logged into her computer and bullies a tech guy or someone into telling her who it was. It should be noted that her "Anti-Intrusion Software" or whatever caught the foriegn login. What the hell? I work at the freaking ZOO and I'm not even allowed to install ICQ. She knows that Jack's on to her, so what does she do? She calls Sark from inside the JTF. Seriously. Worst.Spy.Ever. Sark tells her to reconsider killing her father so they can pin the blame on him. She does. It's interesting how Sark has to clean up her messes. It just really pisses me off because he could be doing something more constructive with his time.. like, say.. taking over the world.

Jack receives a call from Senator Reed about Lauren or something or someone. Really, I have no idea what is going on at this point. I'm just angry for some reason.

Then what?
Well, we're back with Senator Reed at home. Lauren comes in the room. Dressed in black. And leather. Five sticks of black eyeliner surrounding her eyes. I guess she's about to do something bad. It's a shame that Melissa George can't act in layers.. like, in order for her to do something evil she has to be wearing ten pounds of make-up. Oh, and black leather.

Daddy tells her that he knows what she's done. And he's willing to help her. Lauren is touched, and her resolve is crumbling. She doesn't want to kill her dad, which is obvious, because she abruptly starts massaging her temples. It's a difficult decision, I know... Like, killing family members gives her a headache or something. You almost wonder if JJ was offset saying, "Okay, Melissa... conflicted! You're conflicted!" Seriously? Worst.Actress.Ever.

Anyway, mommy comes in the room and asks what's going on. She takes the gun from Lauren and shoots daddy herself. Apparently, Sark wanted to make sure Lauren did her job this time, so he asked her mom to keep an eye on her. I guess he's tired of fixing her mistakes just as much as I'm tired of watching him do it. Oh yeah, if you haven't figured it out, mommy's bad.

They make it look like a suicide.

In the meantime, Syd and Vaughn are on yet another mission. This time underwater, courtesy of some crappy CGI. Really, usually I have no complaints when it comes to things like this, but it was really bad. They're in a cavern of some sort, doing something with Rambaldi keys or crystals or something. My mind is still with Jack and his stupidity. Vaughn suggests destroying whatever they're retrieving because it is supposedly a danger to Syd's life. Aww. Before she can answer, Bomani interrupts them. He tells them to hand whatever it is over, and they do. They fight, yadda yadda. They narrowly, and unrealistically, escape - thanks to some more crappy CGI.

Meanwhile
Jack has a talk with Lauren's mom, Olivia by the way. She tells him about the 'suicide'. I didn't find it convincing. I'm not sure that Jack did either, but it's always hard to tell with him. Anyway, since they pinned the blame on the senator, Jack's investigation comes to a halt. For now. And Lauren is off the hook. Thanks to Sark - who she treats like shit, by the way. And her mom.

Dixon tells Sloane that even though Sen. Reed was supposedly the mole, his death sentence is still in effect since they have evidence of ties between the two of them. Sloane is stunned, but doesn't really say anything.

Finally
Vaughn and Syd return from their mission. Lauren is surrounded by people offering their condolences. Weiss tells him what happened with her father, while Syd listens. Vaughn runs over to her. Lauren glares at Syd behind Vaughn's back. Dammit. This sucks.

Later that night, Vaughn calls Syd and tells her that they won't be having coffee. Syd crys. Vaughn feels bad. Syd hangs up before he can say anything else. Vaughn goes back to sleep as far away from his wife's side of the bed as possible. Heh. Then? Lauren opens her eyes and gets this creepy look. Seriously, it was disgusting. Like, her eyes looked dead. And her mouth was half open. She looked like a rotting caveman. But she seemed pleased with herself.

Stupid bitch.

I'll redo this tomorrow. It's three in the morning and I have to go to class tomorrow. I haven't gone since last Monday.