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Alias episode
“Truth be Told”
Original Air Date	ABC: September 30, 2001
Season	1
Episode #	1
Production #	1.01
Writer(s)	J.J. Abrams
Director	J.J. Abrams
Guest star(s)	Terry O'Quinn Lo Ming Edward Atterton Ric Young Angus Scrimm Nancy Wetzel Raymond Ma
Episode Order
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"Alias episode guide"	"So It Begins"

"Truth be Told is the premier episode of the series Alias. The premier introduces Jennifer Garner as graduate student and SD-6 spy Sydney Bristow. Victor Garber plays her father, Jack Bristow, also an agent and establishes the pair's complex relationship. Rounding out the cast are Michael Vartan as Sydney's CIA handler, Michael Vaughn, Carl Lumbly as SD-6 partner Marcus Dixon, Kevin Weisman as SD-6 computer tech Marshal Flinkman, Ron Rifkin as SD-6 cell leader, Arvin Sloane, and Merrin Dungey and Bradley Cooper as Sydney's close friends Francie and Will.

Synopsis

The premier episode establishes Sydney as a graduate student working for a CIA blackops division known as SD-6. When she reveals her secret life to fiancee Danny (Edward Atterton), he is murdered. Her already complex life is turned upside down when her father reveals that he is a double agent and that SD-6, who recruited her during her undergrad years is actually a renegade agency wanted by the real CIA. Sydney is faced with also becoming a double agent working for the real CIA to bring down SD-6, while continuing to keep the complexities of her secret life from friends Will and Francie who ground her in normality and doing her best to complete her masters degree.

Episode Cast

Starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow
Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane
Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn
Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin
Merrin Dungey as Francie Calfo
Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon
Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman
Victor Garber as Jack Bristow

Guests

Lo Ming as Agent Ming Lo
Mark Newsom as Surveillance Tech
Greg Grunberg as Eric Weiss (uncredited)
Emily Wachtel as Beth at Airline Counter
Eric Betts as C.I.A. Agent
Emily Wachtel as Beth
Angus Scrimm as Agent Calvin McCullough
Edward Atterton as Danny Hecht
Jay Gerber as Professor Mizzy
William Wellman, Jr. as Priest
Lorenzo Callender as Messenger
Greg Collins as Kenny
Vicki Davis as Intern
Ron Letterman as Airplane Passenger
Raymond Ma as Taiwanese Businessman
Miguel Najera as Agent Gonzale
Greta Sesheta as CIA Receptionist
Philip Tan as Taiwanese Security Officer
Nancy Wetzel as Amy Tippin