Song while Sydney recalls her recruitment: 'Trouble' by Cat Stevens.
The first alias Sydney operates under during the series is her assuming the identity of Amy Tippin for a mission. Nancy Wetzel, who portrays Will Tippin's sister Amy in this and other episodes, additionally worked as a stunt double for Jennifer Garner in various episodes of the series.There is an episode commentary for this episode on the Season 1 DVD.In syndication, this episode is sometimes cut down to fit into a normal 60-minute timeslot with commercials.
There were only commercials before and after the show for Nokia.
In a sudden series of events, an attempt is made on Sydney's life, only to be stopped (with ruthless efficiency) by Jack Bristow, Sydney's estranged father. She tells him that she is not ready yet, even though it is long past when she was supposed to return to work.
Her partner, Marcus Dixon is sent to check up on her, and urge her back to work. When the SD-6 finds out, they murder him to protect the secrecy of her identity.Sydney, devastated by this loss, takes several months off from work to recuperate and focus on school. After some time she falls in love with Daniel Hecht (Edward Atterton), a promising pediatric cardiologist, and makes the fatal mistake of telling him about her secret identity. She is recruited to work for SD-6, allegedly a secret branch of CIA. Sydney Bristow is a young university student living an uneventful life in Los Angeles.