As the fifth (and possibly final) season of
Friday Night Lights draws closer, more of the show's veterans are returning as if they never left in the first place.
Entertainment Weekly reports that three of the show's original cast members -- Taylor Kitsch, Zach Gilford and Adrianne Palicki -- are confirmed to return in several episodes of FNL's fifth season, which airs in the fall on DirecTV.
(I've got possible spoilers after this paragraph!)
Gilford, who is
the subject of a Facebook campaign for an Emmy nomination, has confirmed that he'll get a significant episode arc in the show's next season, with appearances in four episodes, including the finale. "Two will air in the middle of the season and then two at the end,"
he said, adding that he doesn't know what he'll be back in Dillon for.
Kitsch -- who exited at the end of the fourth season, which currently airs on NBC -- is confirmed to appear in the last four episodes of the next season. Palicki, who left the show at the end of the third season, will appear in two.
Their returns come as another original cast member, Scott Porter, returns for one episode. Jesse Plemons, who also exited at the end of the fourth, is in talks to return too -- and considering that he left the show on a plane with Matt, I think it's very much possible.