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So we know that Alias is coming to an end this season (new episodes come back in March). And word comes that Amy Acker, who we last saw with a giant needle sticking out of her chest thanks to Sydney, will be a series regular for the rest of the season.

In other news, Ron Rifkin has a new job: he's staying with ABC in the pilot Brothers and Sisters, a drama about a family. Rifkin will play the uncle of the title characters.

This comes on the heels of other Alias news, that Bradley Cooper (Will) will be coming back to Alias for the 100th episode, and that Nadia will finally be coming out of her coma, and she won't be too happy with daddy Sloane.  

When ABC decided that this was going to be the last season of Alias, J.J. Abrams wasn't in on the discussions. It wasn't until after the decision was made that Abrams was called while filming Mission Impossible 3 in China. While he's not all that surprised at the decision, he is saddened to see it end . . . make that "somewhat" end. Abrams has been discussing the possibility of doing something (spin-off? TV movie?) involving the characters Sark (David Anders), Peyton (Amy Acker) and Sloane (Ron Rifkin). Y'know, I might be OK with that idea, but only if they do something fresh with it; the whole Alias vibe to me is stale.