Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) dancing with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a tycoon's mansion. They each intend to steal the same object, later in the evening.

Admit it. You've always wondered what would have happened if the protagonist of the "Mission: Impossible" films and the protagonist of the "Alias" TV series had crossed paths in their younger days as elite secret agents. For instance, if they were each assigned by their respective handlers to steal the same thing from the same business tycoon's mansion, and each chose to infiltrate the place as a party guest. Each agent equally motivated by patriotic fervor, with Sydney thinking she was working for the CIA's ultra-secret SD-6 program, and Ethan knowing he was working for the CIA's ultra-secret IMF program. Yes, you've always wondered . . . or is that just me?