Kyle MacLachlan to Join cast of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wrapped up its first season with a bang. Riding on the back of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, when we last left Coulson and his team, they were rogues; S.H.I.E.L.D. had dissembled, they have lost two of their number and they are left to pick up the pieces. With season two hitting the air at the end of September, rumors are flying and exciting news is coming to light such as Lucy Lawless’s addition to the cast as a long time S.H.I.EL.D. agent. The newest announcement is that Kyle MacLachlan, best known for his role as Special Agent Dale Cooper on Twin Peaks, will be joining the S.H.I.E.L.D. cast and appearing in the second episode of the new season. The rest of this article will contain minor spoilers to season two, so if you want to be surprised, stop reading now!

MacLachlan will be playing “The Doctor” and according to iO9, that is code for Skye’s father! But we still don’t really know what that means; will the role be recurring? Is Skye’s father one of the Marvel Universes many existing doctors? There are so many speculations about Skye’s origins, so it is comforting to know that some mysteries will begin to unravel within the first couple of episodes. MacLachlan and Lawless are only two of the newcomers to the cast of Marvel’s first TV show. They will be joined by Nick Blood who will play Lance Hunter (comic fans may recognize the character), and Reed Diamond who will play a Hydra villain.