Scarcely an episode of “Alias” has passed this season without Sydney (Jennifer Garner) or one of her colleagues remarking on the death of her mother, Irina Derevko.
Hey, even double-secret CIA agents can be wrong.
ABC said last week that Lena Olin, who played Irina during the show’s second season and had since resisted creator J.J. Abrams’ entreaties to return, will guest star in the show’s final two episodes this season. They’re scheduled to air May 18 and May 25.
Reports of Olin’s return have been bubbling for several weeks, but ABC also is offering a few details about how her character will be worked into the show’s story. After finding out she’s alive, Sydney, Jack (Victor Garber) and Nadia (Mia Maestro) will track Irina down and enlist her help in stopping a catastrophe brought on by followers of the mysterious Rambaldi.
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Unanswered for now is the question of just how Irina is still alive.
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