UPDATE: CSI: Miami Exhumes Rory Cochrane

• Jul 22, 2007 03:38 PM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Major spoilery update: Scroll down to the bottom of the story for details -- but do so at your own risk.

I'm not quite sure how they're going to pull this off, but sources confirm that Rory Cochrane is returning to CSI: Miami this fall - three years after his character was fatally shot in the line of duty.

Cochrane - who asked to be released from his contract back in the summer of 2004 because " he couldn't really handle the grind anymore" - will appear in multiple episodes, beginning with this season's second. It's not clear, however, if he'll be reprising his role as presumed-dead criminalist Tim Speedle or playing a brand-new character. Tim's evil twin, perhaps?

Which option would you prefer, Miami fans? And more importantly, does Cochrane's return qualify as a good thing? Sound off below!

This just in: Sources confirm that Cochrane is definitely returning as Speedle. Discuss amongst yourselves...