# ALIAS series finale--Death, Life, and Glowing Red Balls

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 23, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-series-finale-death-life-and-glowing-red-balls/357854 "2006-05-23T03:07:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-series-finale-death-life-and-glowing-red-balls/357854/21 "2006-05-25T22:27:44Z")

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And here I thought I was being picky! 🙂

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**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-series-finale-death-life-and-glowing-red-balls/357854/22 "2006-05-31T02:32:22Z")

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Resurrecting this thread because I just got back to town and watched the finale. I have kinda lukewarm feelings about it. Nothing special.

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> I dunno. I would have liked to have actually MET Rambaldi; I got the impression that Sloane was trying to resurrect Milo, or what was left of him, but, like everything else, it was left unclear. Is Sloane invincible as well as immortal? If he is, why can’t he just kick off that rock and get out of Dodge? I can’t help thinking of those people in Gulliver’s Travels who are immortal but nevertheless age and are trapped in helpless debilitation for eternity. I’m going to call Sloane Floyd Collins for now, although unlike Floyd he’d be freed when the CIA comes looking for Jack. Hmmm, stairway going down, recent explosion, let’s dig, oh dear there’s Mr. Bristow here (and there, and some more there) and hello, CIA’s Most Wanted!

I actually think we did meet Rambaldi. “The Rose”? He knew too much to just be a follower and there was something ancient in his eyes. Perhaps he had his own Rambaldi Life Juice and managed to get himself put in prison to be safe from all but the extreme followers.

Just my theory, take it or leave it.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-series-finale-death-life-and-glowing-red-balls/357854/23 "2006-05-31T05:07:18Z")

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Leave it. I think it’s possible he was a contemporary (as was the guy from S1 who fixed the Rambaldi clock) but I like the irony of the man whose greatest discovery was immortality not taking advantage of it.

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