The fifth and final season of Prime Video's critically acclaimed series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, is shaping up to be an unforgettable season filled with familiar faces. TV Line broke the story this morning that Gilmore Girls alum Milo Ventimiglia is set to return to the series, and it sounds like this time he'll get a name! Fans will remember that he made a very brief cameo in Season 4 as Midge Maisel's (Rachel Brosnahan) serendipitous park paramour, who turned out to be a married man. It wasn't a very substantial role, but based on TV Line's reporting he'll be back in a "more extensive" way.
Given the fact that he was a married man, he probably won't be returning as relationship material for Midge—but who knows! We can certainly thank Ventimiglia's mysterious handsome man for paving the way for Midge to finally sleep with Lenny Bruce (Luke Kirby) in the finale, even though that is a storyline that will most likely end in heartbreak. Ventimiglia isn't the only Gilmore Girls alum reuniting with showrunner Amy Sherman Palladino and Daniel Palladino, last month it was confirmed that the one and only Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop, would be returning to play Benedetta, Rose's (Marin Hinkle) matchmaker rival.
Ventimiglia will be taking his final vow as the beloved patriarch of NBC's hit drama This Is Us next week, as the series comes to an end after six seasons. He is also lined up to star in the ABC con-artist pilot of The Company You Keep, though there hasn't been any news about whether the series will get a full pickup.
Joining Ventimiglia and Bishop in Season 5 are several other familiar faces from Season 4, including Alfie Fuller and Jason Ralph, who have both returned as series regulars, and Reid Scott, who plays talk show host Gordon Ford. Additional cast includes Peter Friedman, Chloë Kerwin, Austin Basis, Josh Grisetti, Michael Cyril Creighton, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Lucas Kavner, though it's unclear who their characters will be.
The main cast of the series is also set to return, including Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Luke Kirby, Jane Lynch, Caroline Aaron, and Kevin Pollak. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is currently filming in New York City, with filming set to wrap up sometime later this summer. Stay tuned to Collider for all of the latest news.