Ralph Waite is a busy man.

The 83-year-old actor could do worse as far as paternal roles. We recently reported that he will return to NCIS for the fourth straight season as Gibbs' father. Today, we learned he'll also be brought back to Bones this fall as the grandfather of Seeley Booth!

Gramps reappears in the fourth episode this fall, TV Line reports, when Booth “is faced with a family crisis,” according to executive producer Stephen Nathan.

Set to return in that very same episode? Tina Majorino’s Special Agent Genevieve Shaw! Also, Carla Gallo will reprise her role as Miss Daisy Wick at some point.

The status of Daisy's relationship with Sweets will remain “ambiguous” in the early going, John Francis Daley says. “They love each other very much,” he adds.

“I have the feeling - I don’t know this for a fact - that their [relationship] will be unpredictable.”

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