‘That sound you hear?

That’s my mind blowing.’

In honor of the anniversary of the series finale, EW counts downAlias' 10 best twists.

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Shirley Li

9.

“I was not that agent.

Your mother was.”

10. Lauren works for the Covenant (Season 3, Episode 13)

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Derek Lawrence

8.

Rambaldi may have been right about a few things, but he never counted on Jack Bristow.

Kelly Connolly

7.

9. “I was not that agent. Your mother was.” (Season 1, Episode 11)

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Derek Lawrence

6.

(Poor, poor Francie.)

Shirley Li

5.

8. Sloane gains immortality only to spend it trapped in a tomb (Season 5, Episode 17)

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Shirley Li

4.

A drawing of her face was on the ancient page.

Like that page, there was more toAliasthan met the eye.

7. Francie is killed and replaced by a double (Season 2, Episode 13)

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Kelly Connolly

3.

Before he could reveal more, a car crashed into theirs, and the season cut to black.

Derek Lawrence

2.

6. The CIA takes down SD-6 and the Alliance of Twelve (Season 2, Episode 13)

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(Vaughn even got married!)

Shirley Li

1.

Cue Francie’s face in the doorway: “I just remembered.

5. “You’re CIA” (Season 1, Episode 1)

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Francie doesn’t like coffee ice cream.”

(Her next memory after the fight would be of waking up in Hong Kong two years later.)

In one exquisitely ordinary line,Aliasturned the everyday on its head and left it there.

4. Page 47 (Season 1, Episode 15)

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3. “For starters, my name isn’t Michael Vaughn” (Season 4, Episode 22)

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2. “You’ve been missing for almost two years” (Season 2, Episode 22)

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1. “Francie doesn’t like coffee ice cream” (Season 2, Episode 22)

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