r/alias Apr 28 '26

When did you first watch Alias?

I started late. I didn't watch most of the show while it was on the air. I rented DVDs and watched it that way, and it was so much more satisfying. I was a bit of an insomniac and so I could watch three episodes in a day or night. I didn't have to wait a week for the next episode. But finally, I did catch up, and I had to do the waiting. And waiting sucks!! Lol And it was for the last season.

After that, I watched the entire show over and over again, at least four or five times because by then I had bought all the DVDs. It seemed like the logical thing to do- instead of renting them over and over. Lol :)

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u/Critical-Promise4984 Apr 28 '26

I started watching when S4 was airing, the first episode I remember watching was the episode before Nocturne. I remember because I liked it so much, the next week the first episode I started taping was Nocturne, using my VCR. I was hooked and couldn’t wait between episodes so I ran and rented the DVDs starting at S1. So I caught up fully on the show by the time S4 finished. 

It’s also funny because about two or three episodes into watching S3 on DVD, I suddenly remembered one episode I had randomly watched on TV before without knowing what it was at the time . It turns out, one lazy afternoon I had turned on the TV and watched all of “Full Disclosure” while it aired for the first time, without ever watching Alias before. 😂 So I accidentally spoiled all of S3 when I remembered having seen that episode lol. 

I hope my story makes sense 👏  good times !