The Vampire Diaries Spoilers: Who Is Coming Back To Mystic Falls?

HollywoodLife.com has just got the exclusive scoop that a certain character will be making a return in episode 13 of this second season, read no further if you don't want to find out who it is.

Here is what they are reporting:

Hold onto your seats for this one, TVD fans! We’ve learned from a source on The Vampire Diaries set that actor David Anders will be returning to the show for episode 213. Not only that, but his character, John Gilbert, knows how to kill Elijah — the vampire who is after his daughter, Elena.

I was hoping that we would see the return of Anders this season who has been a favourite of mine since his delicious role of Sark on Alias and whilst his character was criminally dispatched in Heroes, I was glad to see John survive his stabbing in TVD even if this character has so far been less than appealing. It will be interesting to see what direction they will take him in and this knowledge of how to dispatch Klaus will surely make him of use to Elena et al and might endear himself to the group and fans alike. Without his ring which he gave up to Jeremy in the season opener it will be interesting to see how this will change his attitude, will there be less bravado and arrogance with this power gone? Does he also have anything to do with Elijah and Dr Martin who revealed themselves as potential allies last week?

This definitely seems  to be the week where bad uncles are announced as returning to the shows where they have previously caused mayhem and mishap with Desmond Harrington being set to return to Gossip Girl early next year. So TVD fans, what do you make of this news? Glad to see Uncle John coming back to save the day? Will he get some bonding time with Elena? Or will he end up with another knife to the gut?