"Alias" Creator Was Just As Confused As Everyone Else

Ben Kallen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:15:00 GMT

Remember Alias, that spy show starring Jennifer Garner as a good guy working for the bad guys while thinking they were the good guys, then pretending to be a bad guy pretending to be a good guy pretending to be a bad guy, or something like that? And then there was all this stuff about quadruple agents and clones and prophecies by some medieval inventor who created a killer robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason?

Well, now it turns out that creator J.J. Abrams didn't know what the hell was going on, either.

According to Washington Post columnist Lisa de Moraes, Abrams told an audience at the TV Critics Press Tour, "I was at my friend Greg Grunberg's house a year ago -- he was on Alias and [is on] Heroes now -- and Alias was on.... I was watching and I wasn't thinking about it. I watched a few minutes and was so confused. I was like, literally, it was impenetrable. I was like: 'I know I should understand this. I read the -- who the [expletive] is THAT guy?!' "

So, no, viewers, you weren't alone in your confusion. The busy writer-producer has asserted that his upcoming show Fringe, about investigators into supernatural events, will be easier to follow. Still, someone may want to remind him of that promise right around season 3.

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"Alias" Creator Was Just As Confused As Everyone Else