Is Alias starring Jennifer Garner on Netflix?

If there’s one show that’s simultaneously one of the best television series of all time but also one of the most underrated, it’s Alias starring Jennifer Garner.

Garner starred in the ABC spy drama as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent who learns that the “Black Ops” team she works under isn’t actually part of the CIA, but rather an enemy to the United States. She soon becomes a double agent working on the inside to bring SD-6 down.

Throughout the course of the series, which found Jennifer Garner nominated for four consecutive Emmy Awards, Alias shifted its narrative in creative and unprecedented ways, keeping the audience of the sci-fi spy thriller on the edge of their seats.

But where can fans watch the 2000s classic theses day? To find out if the series is currently streaming on Netflix or another streaming service, as well as additional information about the series, continue reading.

Where to watch Alias

On May 22, 2022, Jennifer Garner announced on Instagram that every season of Alias is now available to stream on Disney+. It’s the first time the action series has been available on the platform as they open up to more mature content outside of the family-friendly realm.

If you’re not a Disney+ subscriber, Alias can also be streamed on the Disney-owned streaming platform Hulu. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem as though the series will ever be available on Netflix again as Disney looks to retain the distribution rights to its content library.

How many seasons of Alias are there?

There are five seasons of Alias total, which amounts to 105 episodes. The first, second, third, and fourth seasons each contain 22 episodes, while the fifth and final season was shortened to 17 episodes to accommodate Jennifer Garner’s real-life pregnancy.

Since 2010, there have been murmurs of an Alias reboot swirling around ABC, and even in the past few years, Garner has been asked about returning as Sydney Bristow for a revival. But as of 2022, nothing official has been set in stone, though fans could always remain hopeful.

Alias cast

The cast of Alias fluctuated with each season, though a handful of key cast members remained the same through the entire series. Here’s every cast member who has been featured in the main cast throughout the series’ five-season run:

• Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow
• Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane
• Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn (season 1-4; recurring season 5)
• Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin (season 1-2)
• Merrin Dungey as Francie Calfo/Allison Doren (season 1-2; recurring season 3)
• Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon
• Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman
• Victor Garber as Jack Bristow
• David Anders as Julian Sark (season 2-3; recurring season 1 and 5)
• Lena Olin as Irina Derevko (season 2; recurring season 5)
• Greg Grunberg as Eric Weiss (season 3-4; recurring season 1, 2, and 5)
• Melissa George as Lauren Reed (season 3)
• Mía Maestro as Nadia Santos (season 4; recurring season 3 and 5)
• Rachel Nichols as Rachel Gibson (season 5)
• Balthazar Getty as Thomas Grace (season 5)
• Élodie Bouchez as Renée Rienne (season 5)
• Amy Acker as Kelly Peyton

The series also featured a number of incredible recurring cast members and guest stars, including Gina Torres, Patricia Wettig, Terry O’Quinn, Amanda Foreman, Isabella Rossellini, and Angela Bassett among many others across five seasons.

How old was Jennifer Garner in Alias?

When Alias premiered on Sept. 30, 2001, Jennifer Garner was 29 years old. (Garner was born on April 17, 1972.) The actress was then 34 years old when the series ended in 2006.

Sydney Bristow was around the same age as Garner, as they share the same birthday (April 17), though Sydney was born in 1975. A flashback in the pilot to Sydney as an undergraduate student when she was recruited into SD-6. She’s later a graduate student and PhD candidate in the first season.

Does Vaughn die in Alias?

If you haven’t watched the series, then here’s your spoiler warning for a series that’s over 20 years old. In the fourth season finale, Sydney and Vaughn are driving on their way to vacation in Santa Barbara when Vaughn reveals Michael Vaughn isn’t his real name before another car crashes into Vaughn’s side of the car.

Although they survive the car accident, Vaughn is taken away and later suspected of being a double agent. Sydney later tracks him in Cape Town, where he’s shot multiple times and dies in the hospital after the couple choose a name for the baby. Of course, that’s not the end of the story as Vaughn returns later, having not really died.

Have you watched Alias and will you be watching the series on streaming?