Alias: "Almost 30 Years" - Season 1
Alias had some of most unexpected plot twists and revelations on television. Jennifer Garner played she-spy Sydney Bristow, who in the season finale must save her friend Will from the KGB by destroying a Rambaldi device. At the end of this episode, Sydney meets the "Man" in charge of the KGB, her mother whom she believed was dead all these years.

Image © Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.