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Spy vs. spy Ticking clock or kicking jocks? In TV’s espionage sweepstakes, ’Alias’ has the excitement that ’24’ has frittered away By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff, 11/16/2003
Let’s get real. Sure, "24" is the CIA drama that gets all the buzz, but "Alias," so audacious and so plastic fantastic, is really the bee’s knees. "24" baits you with the promise of post-9/11 terror suspense, then scrambles to make sense without looking too ridiculous. "Alias" never pretends to reality as it joyously (...)