8:30 AM PDT 8/1/2013 by Philiana Ng
Josh Cooke will drop by Bluebell as a new
recurring character in the upcoming season.
Josh Cooke
Hart of Dixie is dipping into the Dexter casting well.
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The CW medical drama led by Rachel Bilson has recruited Josh Cooke, who recurred on the Showtime series as Louis Greene, for season three,The Hollywood Reporter haslearned exclusively.
Cooke will recur as Joel, a New Yorker who
finds himself a fish out of water in Bluebell. His first appearance will be in
the season premiere.
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Hart of Dixie ended season two with Dr. Zoe Hart (Bilson) on her way to New York City to attend a friend's wedding
after deciding to put things with Wade (Wilson Bethel) on the back burner and remaining indecisive over George (Scott Porter). Lemon's cousin, Jonah (Travis Van
Winkle), was seen
offering to escort Zoe to the wedding.
Cooke, repped by Gersh and Untitled
Entertainment, starred in ABC's Better
With You and executive produced the Crackle series Issues. He appears next in 2014's A Bet's a
Bet withKristin Chenoweth.
Hart of Dixie returns Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. on The CW.
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