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Michael Vartan—whose character, CIA Agent Vaughn, found himself in peril in the season finale of ABC's Alias -- revealed to SCI FI Wire spoilers about Vaughn's fate in that flooded corridor. "Let's just say I have a very powerful breaststroke," Vaughn said in an interview, without disclosing details about his character's future.

Vartan added that the show's second-season premiere "literally picks up exactly where it left off and answers almost all the questions that were posed at the end of last season. I'm obviously not going to give away any of the meaty answers, but it addresses all the questions everyone had when the show ended last year."

Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper -- who plays journalist Will Tippin -- told SCI FI Wire to expect growth in his character. "All I can say is Will changes a lot," Cooper said in an interview. "Think about it this way. If you get tortured, you get your teeth pulled out, you get injected with a serum that one out of five people become paralyzed for life from, you're not the same person when you come out of that. All I can say is he's definitely turned a new leaf in a way."

Cooper doubted that a romance would develop between Tippin and Sidney [sic] (Jennifer Garner), at least in the short term. "Will's going through so many changes, I think if that's ever going to happen, it'll be a long time to come," he said. "He's just found out that she leads this double life. I think what his main concern now is just getting to know this woman -- this woman who he's always been in love with, but has never really known. It's almost like getting to know somebody for the first time."

Vartan said that he hoped that the writers would explore a romance between Vaughn and Sidney [sic], but not too soon. "I think it's a good storyline to play for a couple of years, if we're so lucky to go that far," he said. "But I do think there is definitely a potential there." Alias returns to its Sunday timeslot this fall.

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