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Series cocreator Matt Reeves has done a deft job of showing ''Felicity'' to the exit door; the other creator, J.J. Abrams, has concentrated on his newbie, ''Alias,'' whose recent finale was a deep doozy. It brought back old favorites, like the Asian torturer from the show's pilot; it entwined every major character together in subplots with the common themes of trust and betrayal; and it inflicted exquisite pain on the CIA character played by Joey Slotnick (sorry, Joey: payback time for ''The Single Guy''!). ''Alias''' glossiness (Internet-geek posters can thank Abrams for one final Jennifer Garner getup: the blue-wig/leather-bra/dog-collar number) gave way to a great final moment of serious wit: revealing ''The Man'' of mystery to be Sydney's season-ending utterance -- ''Mom.'' Woo-hoo!
Final fantasy finale? This week's ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' in which Alyson Hannigan's Willow, driven power-mad by the death of her lover Tara, tries to destroy nothing less than the world. (Her great, bitter line to Buffy: ''Six years as a sideman, and now I get to be the slayer.'') The producers face down the constant criticism of this season -- that there was no single supervillain to organize the evil around -- and make us see that she was in the midst of the Scooby Gang all along. Hmmm, can't give too much away, but I'll drop two clues: A major character returns, and the season's ultimate hero is someone without supernatural powers. And overall, this wrap-up redeems what has been an uneven season for ''Buffy,'' and leaves you with a chiller-diller closing scene that revs things up for the fall. Between ''Alias,'' ''Buffy,'' and ''Felicity'' (three female-driven shows: coincidence?), you're tempted to think this year in TV was better than it was.
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