Male-ias

After his barely watched appearance on KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL last week, MICHAEL VARTAN sheepishly returns to do JENNIFER GARNER's bidding like a pussy-whipped bitch on tonight's ALIAS. And while this show's penchant for resurrecting dead spouses is growing a bit tired, the return of VAUGHN couldn't come any sooner.

Look at the picture above! It's Syd & Vaughn at the Santa Monica Pier, perhaps revisting my favorite all time Alias scene (from episode 4) in which Vaughn declares to Sydney that no matter what, "he's her ally."

Here's hoping tonight's episode -- the fall finale -- can produce similar chills.

ALIAS airs tonight at 10 p.m./9 p.m. Central only on ABC.