Major spoiler alert!

We have some some big casting news for the upcoming season of 24.  Someone very close to Jack Bauer will be making a shocking return.  To find out more, click below.  But be forewarned—it’s a major spoiler alert!!

You have to excuse Jack Bauer for being out of the loop—he was a bit preoccupied in that Chinese prison for a while.

According to TV Guide, Jack’s long lost friend, Tony Almeida, will be returning for Season 7 of 24.  What is that you say?  We saw Tony die in Hour 7 of Season 5? 

Well apparently we didn’t.  We just saw him left for dead.  How silly of us to assume an important detail like that.  And let’s not quibble about the fact he collapsed in Jack’s arms or anything.  I mean—what does Jack know anyway?  He was moving on to the next crisis a nanosecond after Almeida’s last (supposed) dying breath.

Let’s just hope actor Carlos Bernard is the only blast from the past joining Kiefer Sutherland next year (and you all know which cougar girl I’m referring to).  In the meantime, mark these premiere dates on your 2008 calendar:  Jan. 13/14.