I totally love it when my favorite shows start combining DNA.

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I reported earlier that BSG‘s Katee Sackhoff is going to join 24 for its New York season next year. Now, I found out, via Michael Ausiello’s blog, that Jacob is joining Supernatural AS LUCIFER.

Yeah, that’s what I said.

The man who played Jacob last season in Lost (and next season, of course), Mark Pellegrino, has signed on to play Lucifer in SPN.

If you recall, Lucifer was unleashed from his underworld in the season finale, but we never saw the evil dude himself.

I’m thinking that Lindelof & Cuse would never have signed up Pellegrino without ensuring he’d be around to the end. Or at least until the end they had planned for Jacob. And Ausiello points out that Pellegrino’s not signed on as a regular cast member for Supernatural, but rather a “recurring” cast member.

He’s had guest appearances in a whole bunch of shows, from Burn Notice to Prison Break, and even had a recurring role as Debra Morgan’s boyfriend on Dexter.