Dancy will recur as John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a new foreign-policy advisor to the President and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson.
EP Alex Gansa told EW that, “We’re going to start fresh in Season 8 and probably do a fairly big time jump between 7 and 8. We’ll tell a very contained story, hopefully in Israel.”
Spector has been cast in a series regular role as Dante Allen, an old friend of Carrie’s. Astin will play the recurring guest role of Carrie’s brother-in-law, Bill.
“I hope he enjoys eating through a tube,” showrunner Alex Gansa joked to EW.com, before adding, “How [Quinn] is gonna be dramatized this year is going to surprise people, and it may not be what you think.”