This article is about a character from Alias. Marshall J. Flinkman, played by Kevin Weisman, is one of Sydney Bristow's CIA coworkers on the television series, Alias.
Bio
Marshall is the tech geek at SD-6 and then later the CIA. When someone needs to go on a mission, Marshall serves in a function similar to Q from the James Bond films: as a creator and proprietor of seemingly eccentric but incredibly useful gadgets. Marshall has an equally eccentric personality to go along with his work. He is also socially inept, having a tendency to speak very rapidly, often babbling about tangential subjects in the middle of technical briefings (before someone impatiently brings Marshall back on to the topic at hand). He has a fondness for unnecessary visual aids when giving a presentation, once even playing a full drum set to make a point (actor Weisman is in a Rock band). However, his expertise in almost any subject imaginable is unparalleled, being well-versed in robotics, chemistry, acoustics, electronics, biometrics, explosives, computer networks and many other subjects.
Starting in the second season, Marshall met his love interest, an NSA agent with similar geekish tendencies, Carrie Bowman. Eventually, they had a child together and then got married. This, of course, happened in typical Marshall fashion. The two decided that they were to be wed before the birth of the baby, but Carrie began to go into labor in the middle of an important mission. Marshall quickly enlists Eric Weiss to become legally ordained online (through the "United Church of Mammals") so that he can marry the two (while Marshall continues to guide Sydney and Vaughn through their mission), bolting at the last second to take his wife to the hospital.
During the third season, Marshall experiences great character growth, realizing that most people do not understand Quantum entanglement, understanding how he appears to others and offering suggestions for operations (which are implemented without comment). At the conclusion of the third season, Marshall is shot and seriously wounded by Lauren Reed. By the start of the fourth season (several months later in the timeframe of the series), he has fully recovered from his injuries and is recruited into the new Authorized Personnel Only (APO) black ops offshoot of the CIA.
Marshall serves as comic relief for the Alias series.
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