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Before Lost, J.J Abrams was behind ABC’s intense spy-thriller Alias, which starred Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow. The series made a name for itself by expertly executing insane plot twists and white-knuckle cliffhangers during nearly every episode. In particular, no show did season finales quite like Alias. For four years, Sydney worked alongside her one-time handler Michael Vaughn, who eventually became her fiancé. In the fourth season finale, the happy couple are driving to Santa Barbara after Sydney accepts Vaughn’s proposal. As the two make plans to elope, Vaughn interrupts that he needs to tell Sydney the truth about something – he says that they didn’t meet by chance, and that depending on whom she’d ask, he could be considered a ‘bad guy.’ “For starters, name isn’t Michael Vaughn.” Before Sydney can react, they are in a head-on collision.
