According to The Hollywood Reporter, Southland actor Kevin Alejandro will be joining the cast as Jesus, a Latino orderly who is taking care of Alfre Woodard’s Ruby (Lafayette’s mother) at her nursing home facility. Jesus will become romantically involved with Lafayette and it’s being said that the character will appear in just about every episode in True Blood‘s third season.

Technically Alejandro is still attached to Southland but will be vamping things up on HBO, till a decision from TNT regarding a second season pickup up for the series.