The first season of Alias premiered September 30, 2001 on ABC and concluded May 12, 2002 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2003. Guest stars in season one include Sir Roger Moore, Terry O'Quinn, Quentin Tarantino, and Gina Torres. Apart from "Truth Be Told", the episodes of Alias are often unconventionally structured in that the title credits are usually shown well into the plot, almost as an afterthought. Also, usually a plot finishes at mid-episode and a new plot begins, so that every episode finishes with a cliffhanger. The impression thus created is that an episode will conclude the previous one and plant the seeds of the next one.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

• Greg Grunberg as Eric Weiss (13 episodes) • Sarah Shahi as Jenny (7 episodes) • Evan Parke as Charlie Bernard (6 episodes) • David Anders as Julian Sark (5 episodes) • James Handy as CIA Director Ben Devlin (5 episodes) • Amy Irving as Emily Sloane (5 episodes) • Joey Slotnick as Steven Haladki (5 episodes) • Angus Scrimm as Calvin McCullough (4 episodes) • Elaine Kagan as June Litvack (4 episodes) • Wolf Muser as Ramon Veloso (3 episodes) • Derrick O'Connor as Alexander Khasinau (3 episodes) • Gina Torres as Anna Espinosa (3 episodes) • Patricia Wettig as Dr. Judy Barnett (3 episodes) • Quentin Tarantino as McKenas Cole (2 episodes) • Ric Young as Dr. Zhang Lee (2 episodes) • Terry O'Quinn as FBI Assistant Director Kendall (1 episode)

Episodes

Reception

Entertainment Weekly put the pilot episode on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Fiery red hair. Weird red ball. Black ops. White knuckles. Our 2001 introduction to Jennifer Garner's Sydney Bristow--the grad-student/fakebanker/double-agent superspy at the rapidly beating heart of this intricate action serial--was mesmerizingly colorful."

Home release

The 6-DVD box set of Season 1 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 2, 2003, in region 2 format (UK) on September 29, 2003 and in region 4 format (AU) on November 4, 2003. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 1, plus the following features: