'Alias'

*SPOILER ALERT*...

I just watched the final episode of Alias. It was horrible. Well, when i say horrible, i mean good. The episode itself was a good conclusion. It wrapped up the loose ends, and did one of those nice 'where-are-they-now' things at the end, showing Sydney, Vaughn and their little family in their new reclusive home on the beach.

However, after five seasons, i was a little emotional at the end. Who am i kidding, i'm attached to characters after an hour and a half in a movie. After five seasons, i was inconsolable with the fate that some of them suffered.

Jack Bristow is (was?) one of my favourite characters. Even though he comes across as brusque, and at times very harsh, his motive is always the wellbeing of his daughter. Underneath that harsh exterior is a big old softie. Unfortunately, that hidden interior, that loyal, honourable, protective side led to his death.

When Jack was shot, i was in floods of tears. But there was a little chance that he's be ok, so i pulled it together... until he faced the bad guy and blew him up... along with himself, so as to save the world from further ills. Explosives removed that last shred of hope. Jack Bristow wasn't coming back.

It's hard to describe exactly how hard the death of this fictional character hit me. I think it's safe to say that i get too invested in the lives of the make-believe.

The misery of his death, however, was somewhat abated by the happy ending for Sydney and Vaughn, and their two little children. But still. It was all very emotional.

I'm a huge Jennifer Garner fan. She seems to down to earth, and is a good mum and wife, as well as making great films. She's always so innocent, and charming. I can't really see her playing the bad girl, with no morals. She's always so lovely!! She definitely made Alias a success. And Michael Vartan, well, he's just a dreamboat, he's so gorgeous!! Definitely my type. It always pleased me that his real name and the name of his character were almost the same (Michael Vartan/Michael Vaughn). He nearly died about three times, but kept miraculously being alive. It was very stressful to think he was dead, so i'm glad he ended up living until the end!!!

I'm sad to see the back of the show... i'm not only going to have to find something else to watch, but i'm going to miss Jack, Sydney and Vaughn.

I really need to stop getting attached to television characters.