(with apologies to Linnell and Flansburgh)
I am watching the Alias episode in which they send Marshall the Q-alike tech geek Marshall character on a field mission! it is season 2, episode 10, in case someone cares. Kevin Weisman is such a good actor.
I have also noticed that as Alias became succesful, they hired better musicians and directors. The robbery scene from this episode is very Michael-Mannish in its HEAT-ness even the scripts are tighter, and even their soap-opera-ness is better integrated into the overall plot (some may argue that the soap-operaness is THE plot).
I was swooning at Jennifer Garner, really.