Nothing to Write Home About
An Alias/LWord Crossover Series

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1.A Mother's Gift
Sydney Bristow never imagined family was as close as West Hollywood

2.A Family Affair
Sydney confronts Marina about their mutual family ties.

3.Insomniacs
Marina receives a late-night phone call, and Shane is let in on the family secret.

4.New Blood
The L Gang encounters the new woman in Marina's life.

5.Anywhere But Here
Vaughn and Weiss take a trip to the Planet - and discover a new truth about Sydney.

6.In the Absence of You
Daddy Bristow informs his wife on Sydney's new friendship with Marina.

7.Green Isn't Really Your Color
Sydney meets up with Marina's complicated love connections. And she thought her lovelife was bad.

8.Between Friends
Aware of Sydney and Marina's 'break-up', Shane decides it's time to take matters into her own hands.

9.A Hotbed of Rumor
Is Sydney really gay? Vaughn and Weiss assemble a team to crack the case.

10.It's a Small World After All
After a humiliating incident after waking up a gay bar, Sark had an assignment for Lauren... and she's finally making headway.

11.Getting to Know You
In an effort to support Sydney's new lifestyle, an extremely jealous Vaughn and curious Weiss meet up with Shane and Marina for drinks.

12.Dinner & A Movie
Desperate for answers, Daddy Bristow finally makes his presence known to Marina.

13.Girl's Night Out
Heartbroken, Sydney heads to the Planet for comfort from Marina - and finds Shane instead.

14.Viper
Francesca and Lauren feel each other out.

15.Crush
Sydney's infatuation with Shane, coupled with her love for Vaughn, is just a bit disconcerting - can Marina and Weiss help her through it?

16.The First Time Never Lasts
Marina's admitted her love for Jenny, but it might just be too late.

17.Crisis
Sydney's got a lot on her plate, with a new sister, an ex-boyfriend going psychotic and a reappearing aunt - the last thing on her mind is a suffering cousin and friend. It could be a fatal mistake.

18.An Unraveling Thread
Rejected by Jenny, Shane out of comission, and Sydney obsessed with her new sister, Marina finds herself facing a stranger she's feared for nearly a decade: her mother.

19.A Simple Plan
Things take a turn for a worse with Jenny, and in the midst of it, Marina gets an unexpected visit from an old blonde friend.

20.It's Always the Quiet Ones
When Marina is kidnapped, it's up to Shane to put things together for Jenny and the gang. There's just one problem: where the hell is she?!

21.Secret Agent
Truths come out when Jenny and Shane show up at the CIA to tell what happened to Marina, and Sydney gets help with her rescue mission, whether she wants it or not.

22.Ammoral European Bitch
Marina gets a taste of home, and Lauren finds her own control slowly slipping from her fingers when the past suddenly reasserts itself in a way neither would have imagined.

23.Vigilante
It's a renegade CIA group and a pissed off mother to the rescue - that is, their own emotional baggage doesn't get them all killed first.

24.Twisted Sister
Trapped inside a mind game of guesses, lies, and unknown intentions, Lauren takes desperate measures to regain control of the kidnapping of Marina, and Marina discovers the real enemy is someone she's known all along.

25.Zombie
It's Shane and Jenny who find themselves coming to the rescue when one of their own's betrayal leads them to join forces with a stranger, in an effort to save Sydney and Marina from a fate worse than death.

26.A Little Drop of Poison
Moms, aunts, evil sisters, tortured cousins - it's a regular family reunion. Irina finally comes out of the closet - and it has disastrous consequences thanks to one of the betrayed.

27.What You Are
Still in shock from the devestating outcome of Marina's rescue, the group finds they have no time to regroup - Marina's secret is out, and with no protection and the CIA already losing on sister, she has no choice: leaving West Hollywood.

28.Accidentally in Love
On the eve of Marina's last night in West Hollywood, Jenny struggles with Marina's imminent departure, and Sydney finds herself at a crossroads littered with sisters, cousins, and a love triangle.

29.Good-Bye to You
This is true love - do think this happens every day? Shane gets a job offer, Sydney sets things square, and Marina leaves West Hollywood.

30.Long Time Gone
It's been five years since Marina's departure: Sydney's still stuck between Shane and Vaughn, Jenny wears an invisible ring and the CIA gets a new addition.

31.Here Without You
Jenny gets a surprise birthday party, and finds an unexpected guest waiting for her. Sydney's secret is leaked to a devestated Shane.

32.Nothing To Write Home About
Marina writes one last letter to her mother.

end series

DELETED SCENES

1. On Olympics and Lesbians
Those Beach Volleyball Olympians can act so friggin' gay.

2. Mad World
An unexpected reunion with Francesca leaves Marina and Sydney bewildered, and Shane suspicious as Marina's ex asks for help in freeing herself from Lauren's clutches, and a way to avenge their aunt's murder.

3. A Hairy Situation
Coming home from a routine mission, Sydney and Marina are in for a surprise when they see what their girlfriends did while they were away.

4. Bad Habit
Already tangled in the litter of her own lovelife, Sydney finds herself even more conflicted when Marina asks for help in finding a baby kidnapped from a rich heiress and her sexually confused partner. (LONG STORY)