Jennifer Garner, ‘Alias’ to return April 19

updated 1:00 p.m. ET March 8, 2006

NEW YORK - ABC’s spy drama, “Alias,” starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, will return April 19.

The two-hour episode will feature the birth of Sydney’s baby and the reappearance of love interest/fellow spy Michael Vaughn, played by Michael Vartan.

Garner, 33, gave birth to a daughter, Violet, on Dec. 1. The baby is the first child for Garner and her husband, Ben Affleck.

“Alias,” created by J.J. Abrams, is ending its five-year run this spring.

Other familiar faces who will crop up in Sydney’s life during the show’s final episodes include best friend Will Tippin (Bradley Cooper), mother Irina Derevko (Lena Olin) and nemesis Julian Sark (David Anders).

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