Hey Italo!
I wanted to reply earlier, but the University got me reading all night, yesterday.
But anyway, yes I read every word you wrote.
Really interesting all the things you say at the end.
I didn't even look for clues.
I think Vaughn might still be alive, yes.
JUst because I always heard Michael Vartan say he loved workig on the show.
So, why would he leave?
I know the whole story about him not being who he really is, is far more interesting when he gets killed off at the beginning, so Sydney has to figure everything out herself.
But I don't think the writers would let him go, with never bringing him back.
And I also think Vartan would really like to come back too.
And all the rumors about Jennifer being the reason for him to quit are so not true.
That's just stupid.
People believe everything they read in magazines.
They worked together all of season 4 and that went good, right?
So why would there be problems now?
But about the clues.
Yes, I also saw the coffin was closed the whole ceremony, so you never know if Vaughn is in there.
And about Syd and Jack looking at eachother.
Maybe Syd asked Jack to arrange something for them, so that Vaughn would be save.
Maybe Jack hid him somewhere and were Syd and Jack looking at eachother, cuz they know what's really going on.
The whole scene where the docters come rushing in to save Vaughn could easily be a setup.
-Jack: "I''ll do everything I can to help you both."
Maybe he helped them already.
About Vaughn drinking that thing before he dies, haha, I don't think that's the case, but hey you never know.
And yes, I also saw that Greg Grunberg was mentioned as a Special Guest, and Vartan was still mentioned as a regular.
So why would they do that?
But maybe that was just for all the people that didn't know yet Vaughn would be killed, so at the beginning of this episode they didn't went like, hey, why is Vartan a Special Guest, instead of a regular. Than they would already know something was bout to happen to him.
But for more about that we have to watch next week.
If Vartans name is still with the regular cast then he WILL come back.
Maybe even sooner than everyone expects.
Cuz if he will come back and they bring him back somewhere at the end, than it would be what happened with Irina last season all over again.
It would just be the same.
I don;t think the writers would be so stupid to do that, so if he comes back, I expect something really different to happen.
I also thought it was strange how they introduced us to Rachel Nichols.
Her part in this episode was so short, they could have waited and give her a bigger, real, introduction, instead of just putting her there, like she was some kind of extra.
Anyone else could have said the things she said this episode, but yeah, maybe if she's supposed to be a bad girl, they wanted us viewers to know, by letting her help the enemy.
I haven't read much about her character, but I thought she was supposed to be the "new" Sydney.
I read that Sydney will send agents to do missions herself, because of her pregnancy, and I thought Rachel's character would be one of those agents, so I expected her to be a good girl, on Sydney's team.
I also thought Elodie Bouchez would be one of the new agents, but she's not.
She is a regular, though, so i really wonder what her role will be.
Maybe she joins the CIA, or stays a villan.
That new guy Balthazar Getty, we didn;t see him yet, right?
I didn't cry though, but that's jusy because I never cry when I'm looking a film or TV series, it just never happpens. Sometimes I would really like it, so I can really explain that it really did something to me, that I was really moved by what I saw.
I always here people saying that as a kid they cried when Bambi's mother died, but I never did.
I just thought it was a normal thing.
My eyes got a bit wet though, when Syd was running towards Vaughn and the train blocked her view.
But I think that was just because I had to yawn before that. I was kinda tired already, cuz I decided to watch the season 4 finale before watching the new episode.
But yeah, a great start for Alias.
I really hope this will not be Alias last season though, but I don;t think we could do anything about that.
But maybe it's better if it's the end, cuz I don;t think they can ever bring the excitement from season 1, 2 and 3 back.
By the way I still think they made a really big mistake with season 4, the self contained episodes and stuff.
I loved season 3, I think it was one of the most exciting seasons so far.
Every week I went crazy watching it.
I don;t think that will ever come back, but hey, maybe this time.
And maybe I just shouldn't expect to much anymore, else I will be really dissapointed.