Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Reportedly Casts Twin Peaks Star Kyle MacLachlan In Major Spoiler Role

Diane, 11:30 a.m., February Twenty-fourth. Entering the vicinity of the Helicarrier, two miles up, twelve miles west of the state line...

That's right, Twin Peaks and Desperate Housewives star Kyle MacLachlan is joining the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role, according to Yahoo! TV.

Specifically -- and here's where it gets really spoilery, so if you don't want to hear about it, turn back -- he'll join the cast as...

...wait for it...

...Skye's father, and thus a key player in one of the lingering, unsolved mysteries left over from the show's first season.

It's safe to assume that he'll be a superhuman of some kind --Kree and Inhuman are the two most popular guesses -- since her parents were described as having laid waste to a Chinese city while looking for their missing infant years ago. The season finale closed with Centipede's Raina approaching a hidden figure and telling him, "I found your daughter."

MacLachlan appeared in a number of episodes of CBS's How I Met Your Mother with recurring Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. guest star Cobie Smulders (she as a lead and he as a recurring guest). He also provided the voice for Superman in Justice League: The New Frontier, one of the animated DC Universe feature films based on the award-winning miniseries by Darwyn Cooke, and starred in the much-reviled film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.

Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery, which includes all of the series' episodes as well as deleted scenes and the Fire Walk With Me prequel movie, is now available on Blu-ray. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first season comes out in September.