Miss Garner, I'm ready for my closeup!

Triple Emmy nominee, Golden Globe and SAG winner Jennifer Garner will make her directorial debut Wednesday night with the episode "In Dreams" of her TV show Alias. According to Alias-Tv.com, the episode will follow the elusive Sloane-clone (Joel Grey) as he goes hot on the trail of Rambaldi. Amy Irving, who was killed off in season 2, will guest star as Emily Sloane. You can never tell if they're really dead on this show. The last couple of Alias' have been among the series' best with last week's reaching a pinnacle and boasting Garner and Victor Garber's finest hour this season. Is Jennifer up to the challenge to continue the trend? Here's hoping.

Garner, previously married to her Felicity costar Scott Foley, will also be making another debut sometime towards the holidays: mother. She will welcome her first child with Oscar-winning boyfriend Ben Affleck. How this will be worked into the show remains a mystery, but I'd expect Mia Maestro - if she returns next season - to get more action (not just the Weiss kind) when Garner goes on the sidelines. Another possible scenario is that the pregnancy will be worked into the storyline. Remember that at one point it was brought up that Sydney would carry the second coming of Rambaldi.

After this week, three episodes of Alias remain for season 4: 2 will air May 18th from 9-11PM Eastern, while the season finale will follow a two-hour Lost on May 25th at 10PM Eastern. Of course, as you've probably heard and like me have been creaming over (EWW!), Lena Olin will make her triumphant return as Irina Derevko. Also, expect that face off mentioned earlier in the season between Sydney and Nadia.