Eli Stone returned for its second season bigger and better than ever. The season 2 premiere featured a big musical number, powerful visions and a dramatic court case involving Jordan Wethersby trapped in a collapsing bank. But this wasn't any normal bank, it was Credit Dauphine.

Fans of the J.J. Abrams spy drama Alias let out a collective squeal of delight at the mention of the bank's name because Credit Dauphine was the bank Sydney Bristow pretended to work at as a cover for SD-6. The reason this reference was so positively awesome was that it involved Jordan, played by Alias star Victor Garber.

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In the BuddyTV Forum's Question of the Day section on this topic, meimei42 pointed out that “Vaughn is a sexy daddy,” and we can't disagree. Though he didn't become a father until the second half of the final season of Alias, Vaughn (played by the devilishly handsome Michael Vartan) was already the kind of man you'd want raising your kids. He fights for justice, briefly taught high school French, and he's a great ice skater. Whether he's saving the world from SD-6 or feeding Isabella strained peas, Michael Vaughn is the man you'd want by your side, in the field, at home and in bed.

In honor of Mother's Day, BuddyTV has compiled this list of our 10 favorite motherly moments.

There have been some truly awful mothers on TV, but Irina Derevko (Lena Olin) from Alias would probably take the take. After all, she did try to murder her own daughter in the series finale. Regardless, as ruthless a woman as she was, the fifth season episode “Maternal Instinct” showed that there is at least a tiny bit of motherly love in every mom.

Mia Maestro played Nadia Santos on the television series Alias.  She was introduced in season four and then had a recurring role during the fifth season.  She spent many years of her life as the subject of experimentation and committed numerous criminal acts before being exposed to the field of espionage.  She was also known as the daughter resulting from an affair between Irina Derevko and Arvin Sloane, making her the half-sister of Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner).  Although her character was killed off towards the end of the series, the 29-year-old actress continues to be in the spotlight with her television and film projects.

Bradley Cooper was popularly known for playing Will Tippin on the spy drama series Alias.  Initially, his character worked as a local newspaper reporter and best friend to Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner). During the course of the series, however, he found himself wrapped up in Sydney's world of espionage as he pursued information about an international organized crime group and researched a secret government experiment.  Although he left the show in 2003, he returned twice as a guest star in the third and fifth seasons of the show.  In the coming months, the 32-year-old actor will be marking his comeback on the big screen with an extensive movie lineup set until 2009.

Kevin Weisman was known for his role on Alias as Marshall Flinkman.  His positive exposure on the show earned him two Teen Choice Award nominations for Choice TV Sidekick.  He portrayed a tech geek at SD-6 and eventually worked for the CIA. Known for his eccentric personality, he often babbled about technical topics and used unnecessary visual aids when giving presentations.  Although socially inept, he was perceived as an expert in various fields, including robotics, chemistry, electronics, explosives, and computers.  Apart from his work, he was known as the love interest of Carrie Bowman.  Later, he married Carrie and eventually had children with her.