I've watched a few episodes of Alias recently and I realised that part of the reason I'm really enjoying it is Jack Bristow. I remember back in the first series when he shoots that annoying CIA guy in cold-blood (looking at an episode guide, was his name Haladki?) that it was a bad guy thing to do. Yet Jack is a good guy. And at that point I wasn't sure if they were just highlighting that Sydney would think twice about that sort of thing because she's a good guy, and perhaps because she hasn't been a spy for quite so long, or that perhaps Jack's not actually such a good guy.

Now I'm watching the fourth series and I still don't know the answer to that question. In one of the episodes I saw recently, just for a minute, there was a bit of uncertainty about whether he'd gone over to the dark side. And actually, come to think of it, no real proof afterwards that he hadn't. Or hasn't.

The other part that was really interesting about him in the second series was his relationship with Irina Derevko. For years she pretended to be Laura Bristow and he loved her. Still does. But Irina betrayed him horribly and he hates her, understandably. Except that he still loves her. I do wonder if perhaps part of the reason he hates her is because he loved her.

And then there's Sydney. Sometimes I think she's the most important thing in his life and he would do anything to save her. Other times I'm not so sure. There's never any easy way to tell how he feels about anyone. I can't work out his feelings about Sloane at all. He doesn't like Vaughn and never has.

I won't say more because it would be a spoiler, but I'm still not sure how he feels about Nadia. I can understand that he would have mixed feelings but the thing about Jack is if you go for the obvious you're probably wrong.

So I'm watching Alias for Jack Bristow. May he continue to puzzle me. And I like Weiss, who is funny, even though they pronounce his name wrong (it's my grandmother's maiden name, so I do know how it should be pronounced).