Rachel Gibson (Alias)

Rachel Gibson
Alias character
Rachel Nichols as Rachel Gibson
First appearance	"Prophet Five" (episode 5.01)
Last appearance	"All the Time in the World" (episode 5.17)
Portrayed by	Rachel Nichols
Information
Aliases	Mockingbird, Oracle
Gender	Female
Occupation	The Shed analyst APO field agent CIA field agent
Relatives	Unnamed mother, father, sister and brother
Nationality	American

Rachel Gibson is a fictional character played by Rachel Nichols in the final season of the spy-fi television series Alias.

Introduced at the start of the fifth season of Alias, Rachel Gibson's life parallels Sydney Bristow in many ways. A computer genius, she was recruited by Gordon Dean to work for what she thought was a black ops branch of the CIA. In reality, "The Shed" was Dean's own criminal organization. Like with SD-6, all employees but a central handful were told only the cover story- they were an off-book CIA division.

After being captured by Bristow's team on behalf of APO, a genuine black ops CIA office, Gibson was shown hard evidence The Shed was a mercenary group. She was sent back into The Shed in order to steal information. Dean, however, realized his cover had been blown and set off a bomb, destroying Gibson's office and almost everyone in it, although Gibson herself survived. She was subsequently recruited into APO, which resulted in Gordon Dean ordering her murder. Gibson's family was sent into witness protection to get them away from Dean's vengeance.

Although a novice when it came to field operations, Gibson learned quickly with some help from her colleague Thomas Grace—himself a recent APO recruit. She bonded with Sydney and at one point moved in with her. She also developed up a mutual admiration with APO's computer whiz, Marshall Flinkman. Gibson went on her first solo mission in the episode "Solo", and on a later mission personally apprehended Gordon Dean (Dean was subsequently killed in custody).