Conspiracy theorists aren't paranoid, they're just misunderstood. Need proof? Here's a look at those secret groups on TV that wield the real power from Nikita's Division black ops group to Lost's mysterious Dharma Initiative. We may not know they're there, but that won't stop their agendas — diabolical or otherwise.

This black ops group pulls young, convicted criminals like Nikita out of jail and teaches them to be the ultimate spies and assassins. How nurturing! Then again, Division has also been known to aid international arms dealers and kill many, many people. How anti-nurturing! Good or Evil?: It depends on who you ask. There appears to be a deeper game here, in which the lives of one may be sacrificed for the lives of many. Yes, Percy made us say that.

FBI agents Olivia Dunham and Astrid Farnsworth joined Dr. Walter Bishop and his son Peter in this top-secret Bureau effort to investigate unexplainable crimes and occurrences. But there are two universes, and thus two Fringe Divisions. While the characters are basically the same, one is a tiny, five-person outfit headquartered in a basement laboratory and the other is an elaborate government agency, which operates under a Cabinet-level Secretary, much like the Department of Homeland Security. Good or Evil? Strangely enough, both Fringe Divisions are fighting for the greater good: the survival of their universe over any other. Unfortunately, this also makes them adversaries.

Secret Service Agents Myka Bering and Peter Lattimer are tasked with filling this remote warehouse out in South Dakota with supernatural "artifacts," such as Lewis Carroll's reflection-manipulating looking glass, Ben Franklin's energy-boosting lightning rod, Harriet Tubman's illusion-making thimble and Cinderella's knife that transforms the people it stabs into glass. It's just a matter of time before they acquire Justin Bieber's hair. Good or Evil?: Good. These are powerful objects that are better kept safely locked away from those whose intentions are less than honorable.

The Fifth Column was originally made up by Visitors who rebelled against lead Visitor Anna, but slowly dwindled in numbers. Once the Visitors arrived on Earth, the few humans suspicious of the new people from space banded together to reestablish the presence of the Fifth Column. Human FBI Special Agent Erica Evans was appointed as the group’s leader, and Chad Decker — who was initially tapped as the Visitors’ human spokesperson — joined the Fifth Column when he learns the truth about their motives. Good or Evil? Good. Visitor leader Anna may seem nice on the outside, but her people have spent decades infiltrating human governments, businesses and religious institutions in order to plan their eventual takeover of Earth. The Fifth Column opposes Anna and is trying to save humanity.

Led by the well-preserved, 160-something Dr. Helen Magnus, the Sanctuary helps protect or contain "Abnormals" — people and creatures with extraordinary powers or abilities, such as herself (because you know it's not Oil of Olay that's keeping her youthful). The Abnormals range from manservant Bigfoot and vampire blood-infused Nikola Tesla to the giant arachnid Kali, aka "Big Bertha," who can literally make the earth move using her body's magnetic resonance. Good or Evil?: Good. Abnormals are people too! Well, okay, not all of them are technically people, but all life forms can have merit, even the dangerous ones.

Two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan founded the "large-scale communal research compound," located on an island in the Pacific where scientists studied meteorology, zoology (polar bears!), and electromagnetism in the 1970s. Dharma's various stations were used by the survivors of Oceanic 815, some of whom actually worked in the Dharma Initiative after being transported in time to 1974. Good or Evil? We honestly have no idea. Dharma was really more of a red herring — just a blip on the radar of the Island's crazy past. Most of their research was for the possible betterment of man, except for that whole "Incident," where workers uncovered a crazy pocket of electromagnetism, which ultimately caused Oceanic 815 to crash. And since "evil" Ben Linus basically helped The Others kill all the Dharma workers (including his dad), they must have been the good guys, right?

This government-run top-secret detention center in Alaska is part of a CIA cover-up that houses research labs and the slowly-aging humanoid survivors of a 1944 plane crash. All told, there are 97 prisoners who are led by Sophia Maguire. Good or Evil?: Although these prisoners could be dangerous, we don't know that. Imprisoning people for any reason other than criminal activity brings to mind the injustice of Jewish concentration camps and Japanese-American relocation camps.

Poor, innocent grad student-by-day, field agent-by-night Sydney Bristow thought she was working for the good guys (the CIA). That is, until her fiancée was murdered and her long-lost pop came out of hiding to tell her she was working for the very enemy she thought was fighting. Oops? But before Sydney and the CIA could take down SD-6, she had to fight an enemy of the United States and of SD-6: K-Directorate. K-Directorate was composed of former Eastern and Soviet operatives (as well as famed agent Anna Espinosa) and possessed several important Rambaldi artifacts. Good or Evil? SD-6 and its mothership, the Alliance of Twelve, were pure evil and behind a carbon proxy disaster that killed thousands and a bullet train derailing in Japan that led to 150 fatalities, among other events. K-Directorate's end game was more unclear (as was the group's eventual downfall).

Need a sex slave? Or an assassin? Or a sexy assassin? The Dollhouse can help! Choose from your choice of Actives, aka Dolls, with international radio alphabet names like Echo, Sierra or November and they'll fulfill your every desire... for a price. And so what if they get mind-wiped into childish submission and sleep in grave-like holes in the ground between each engagement? Innocence is bliss, right? Good or Evil?: Evil. Ostensibly the Actives are volunteers who've signed up for these five-year tenures at the Dollhouse, but there's no guarantee they were of sound mind or were free of duress when they did so. Regardless, the absolute obliteration of free will is horrifying, and it's money, not ethics or morality, that's the determining factor for the Dollhouse to accept an engagement.

A ragtag team of alien-hunters who make up one branch of the Torchwood Institute, which defends earth from extraterrestrial threats. Good or Evil? Good! Way good! Last season, they saved millions of children from having their brains sucked by a slimy but powerful alien invader. And is there a better looking hero than immortal ex-con Captain Jack? We think not.

Oh, it may look like the typical Los Angeles law firm (or suspiciously like the Sony Studios building exterior), but it's really just one puppet organization on Earth run by the Senior partners, a trio of true demons — the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart. Their employees are fiercely dedicated (a failed review could mean instant execution or worse — being forced to eat their own liver) to produce results for the firm's unscrupulous and often demonic clientele. Good or Evil?: Pre-Angel ownership, Wolfram & Hart was really, really evil. Kidnapping, assassinations and interment acquisitions (grave robbing) were par for the course. Heck, even the patent-holder for cancer was a client. Post-Angel, Wolfram & Hart was thrown into disarray from the more ethical stewardship and soon collapsed.

Meaning "The Prophet" in Hungarian, Latnok is a clandestine group of wealthy scientists who have a vision of an advanced civilization populated by humans with enhanced brain power. Kyle is the human name for the genetic experiment 781227, a human male exhibiting extraordinary mental abilities after 13 months of gestation in an artificial womb. And since there was no human surrogate involved, hey, no belly button! Good or Evil?: Good intentions gone astray. The humanitarians got too caught up in the scientific pursuit of creating the perfect, living super-computer and conveniently forgot that these "experiments" were human beings who shouldn't be summarily terminated. In short, they're made of people!

A secret government institution, Manticore produces genetically enhanced super-soldiers and assassins in the vein of Max Guevara (X5-452), who escapes from it in 2009 (remember, this show premiered in 2000). Ten years later, Manticore goes on a hunt for all the escaped X-5s. Good or Evil? Hard to say. Manticore, launched by Sandeman after he rejected the beliefs of an ancient cult, had been creating numerous animal/human transgenics, all with different abilities, but the series ended before Sandeman's ultimate plan was revealed.

Castle is the code name for the CIA's underground base facility beneath the Buy More (although it previously was primarily accessed from the fro-yo shop Orange Orange) where Chuck works alongside Agents Casey and Walker. The team receives their assignments, train, detain criminals, interrogate subjects and conduct research there. Sometimes they shop for wedding dresses in a virtual database too, but we're sure that was only during off hours. Good or Evil?: Good. C'mon, we're talking Chuck Bartowski here, and his rather unjaded view of the world and how justice works guarantees that he'd only knowingly ally himself with the good guys.

A secret government organization, formerly known as Demon Research Initiative, it once employed Angel's services for good in World War II. In the present, however, the group operates beneath the University of California in Sunnydale, capturing vampires and other supernatural creatures for the secret purpose of hybridizing them with humans in order to create "super soldiers." Buffy's one-time boyfriend, Riley, was a one-time member. Good or Evil?: Evil-ish? They did keep Spike at bay by implanting a chip causing pain whenever he attempted to attack a human.