Alias

JJ Abrams admits that even he is confused by Alias:

He told a story about recently watching an old ep of Alias with his pal Greg Grunberg. "I was so confused. It was impenetrable," says Abrams, the, um, creator of Alias. "I was like, ‘Who the f--- is that guy?"

At least it wasn't just me. I instituted a rule in my home when others were watching Alias with me of "No 'why' question". You were allowed to get a quick summary of who a character was, but you weren't allowed to ask about why things were happening, because it would take three years to explain and really, it wasn't important.