Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Spoilers: Tim DeKay Cast as Ward's Older Brother

Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) has alluded to his troubled relationship with his brother on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now fans will finally get to meet the man in an upcoming Season 2 episode.

Zap2It first reported that Tim DeKay (White Collar, Desperate Housewives) would appear in the sixth episode of Season 2 as Senator Christian Ward, Grant's older brother. The episode is appropriately titled "A Fractured House."

Ward mentioned in Season 1 that his older brother used to force him to beat up their younger brother. Toward the end of last season, John Garrett (Bill Paxton) hinted at even deeper issues in Ward's family.

Ward has only appeared briefly in Season 2 in the premiere, as S.H.I.E.L.D. has him locked up in their basement.

In other news, Mockingbird has not yet appeared on Season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but apparently discussions have already begun to bring Adrianne Palicki's character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part of The Avengers.

In the comics, Bobbi Morse takes on the moniker of Mockingbird, becomes Hawkeye's wife and joins The Avengers. Palicki spoke to IGN, which asked if any discussions had occurred about Mockingbird making it to the big screen.

"Absolutely - that was one of the things that was discussed when I was coming on for the part, and you know, we'll see what happens," she said. "It's such a nice world that we live in that crossover can happen so often now which in the past it never really did so, to see these worlds come together on the small screen and the big screen is really cool."

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