Hello. and a happy New Year to all--even without "Alias." I would have liked to have had the show go on to its original (or so I understood) 7th season, but alas and alack. I remember reading a statement by JJAbrams (remember him?)--perhaps issued at the time of the 3rd season--evidently at that time there was a question relayed to JJ re. the Vaughn--Will/Syd relationships. At least initially JJ (according to the comment as I remember it) had made up his mind (even before Michael Vartan had auditioned for that CIA agent part) that Vaughn was the very ONE--her close confidant, friend, handler and, of course, her ultimate true love. It helped, as cited above by Point Blank and bachdreaming10 that the Syd/Vaughn chemistry spark could have and did light up a city the size of Chicago. (Well, I'm slightly S/V prejudiced, as you probably guessed by this time.) This is just a guess, but perhaps JJA issued that statement when he was in the process of trying to right the 3rd season Vaughn/Lauren fiasco. He really succeeded as far as I'm concerned--I loved the 4th season with the exception of the, well, Santa Barbara finale, which ended in a bleak (at least for me) and final 5th season. Anyway to all, have a great 2008! Posted December 28, 2007.