<P> ABC considered bringing back Balthazar Getty's character Tommy Walker full - time for the fifth season, but it was later announced that Getty would return for several episodes, the first of which would be the show's 100th episode . </P> <P> Emily VanCamp left the show and only appeared in two episodes during the fifth season to close out her character's storyline . Patricia Wettig left the show mid-season after her character Holly Harper followed her daughter to New York . This season sees the whole Harper family absent from the show . </P> <P> Beau Bridges has been cast as Nick Brody; Nora's highschool flame . He has signed on for at least five episodes and will first appear in the middle of the season . It was announced that Ida Holden (Marion Ross), mother of Saul and Nora, would die off - screen, without appearing in any of the last season's episodes . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Season Five cast (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Dave Annable as Justin Walker </Li> <Li> Sally Field as Nora Walker </Li> <Li> Calista Flockhart as Kitty Walker </Li> <Li> Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker </Li> <Li> Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker </Li> <Li> Luke Macfarlane as Scotty Wandell </Li> <Li> Gilles Marini as Luc Laurent </Li> <Li> Ron Rifkin as Saul Holden </Li> <Li> Patricia Wettig as Holly Harper (Episodes 1--12) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <H3> Recurring and notable guest stars (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Sonia Braga as Gabriella Laurent </Li> <Li> Balthazar Getty as Tommy Walker </Li> <Li> Emily VanCamp as Rebecca Harper (2 Episodes) </Li> <Li> Kerris Dorsey as Paige Whedon </Li> <Li> Maxwell Perry Cotton as Cooper Whedon </Li> <Li> Cara Buono as Rose, Tommy's fiancée </Li> <Li> Stephen Collins as Charlie </Li> <Li> Jeremy Davidson as Jack, Kitty's new love interest </Li> <Li> Ken Olin as David Caplan </Li> <Li> Daniel and David Oshionebo as Evan Walker McCallister </Li> <Li> Odette Yustman as Annie, Justin's new love interest </Li> <Li> Ryan Devlin as Seth, a grad student at Kitty's college </Li> <Li> Richard Chamberlain as Jonathan, Saul's ex-boyfriend </Li> <Li> Rob Kazinsky as Dr Rick, Annie's ex-boyfriend </Li> <Li> John Terry as Dr. Karl West, Nora's new love interest </Li> <Li> Beau Bridges as Nick Brody, Nora's former boyfriend and Sarah's father </Li> <Li> Guillaume Dabinpons as Guillaume Dabinpons </Li> <Li> Isabella Rae Thomas as Olivia, Scotty and Kevin's adoptive daughter </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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