There's a real tendency in both film and TV writing to summarize J.J. Abrams' career as simply as possible. He's the Alias guy, or the Fringe guy, or the architect of the Chris Pine Star Trek era. If you really know (a specific type of) ball, he's the creator of Felicity, and if you run a ragebait YouTube channel, you're probably still performatively pissed at him for The Rise of Skywalker. J.J. Abrams has been active in entertainment for longer than people realize, and he's always had a lot going on.
