The story linked below on TheWrap.com details how Damon Lindelof had one goal: to work on Alias as a writer. Instead, J.J. Abrams asked him to do a crazy pilot called LOST and the rest is TV history. One can only imagine what Lindelof could have done for Alias those last two seasons. Click the following link for all the details:
Damon Lindelof’s History of ‘Lost’ (A Show He Longed to Quit) | TheWrap TV