Dr. Patrick Drake is ditching rehab for some fun in the sun on 90210.
General Hospital vet Jason Thompson has booked a guest spot in the CW series’ fifth season, TVLine has learned.
He’ll appear in Episode 3 as a detective named Eugene Thompsen whose case centers on something major — and top secret! — that goes down at the start of the season.
The suds star first mentioned his primetime gig via Twitter.
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Thompson joins the series’ ever-increasing list of upcoming guest stars, including One Tree Hill‘s Lindsey McKeon, songstress Carly Rae Jepsen and 24‘s Riley Smith, as well as returning matriarch Lori Loughlin.
90210 Season 5 launches Monday, Oct. 8 at 8/7c,