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Summary

• Hank Voight actor Jason Beghe reveals the context behind Jon Seda's reunion with former co-stars at a Chicago PD party.
• Intelligence has suffered major departures, including Seda's Dawson, but there's hope he may return to reprise his role, especially after the end of La Brea.
• Beghe expresses his desire to see Dawson back with Intelligence, but this decision lies with higher-ups.

Hank Voight actor Jason Beghe reveals the context behind the viral photo of Jon Seda reuniting with his former Dawson being written out in Chicago PD season 6 was somehow the start of this trend. Since then, Intelligence has moved on from that loss, but considering how his fate was left off, there's always hope that he comes back and reprises his role as Dawson.

In an interview with Screen Rant about Reverse the Curse, Beghe revealed how Seda ended up ing the wrap party for Chicago PD season 11, as seen in viral images of the pair with Jesse Lee Soffer and Benjamin Levy Aguilar. As it turns out, he invited his former co-star to the gathering. While he cannot say if Dawson is slated to return to Intelligence, Voight stated he would be very happy if Seda res One Chicago. Read his full quote below:

The context was we had a cast party, and I had been talking to Jon, and we'd been meaning to get together. And I said, "Hey, why don't you just come to the cast party, be my date?" That was the significance of him, and apparently it was all over. I don't read the papers, but people said it was all over, like this big thing. Obviously, it'd be wonderful to have him back. He's a fantastic actor, and just a classy gentleman, professional, just fantastic human. So, I'm in, but I'm not the one who makes that call. But, if he's interested, I'm sure we could make at least some space for an arc if he doesn't want to be a series regular. But yeah, we could use some new people, who knows, maybe it'll be Antonio coming back.

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Seda was an original One Chicago cast member. When Chicago PD premiered, he was already an established member of Voight's Intelligence team and was the squad's deputy leader, which came with his seniority. Dawson was going to Chicago Justice — the fourth series in Dick Wolf's One Chicago, which was unfortunately cancelled after just one season. This paved the way for his return to his initial procedural, but not long after that, he was eventually written out after he became dependent on opioids. Since he didn't die, this left the door open for his return anytime.

Voight can't afford to just bring in anyone since he needs a new right hand, and the easiest way to fill that void is to bring back his original deputy.

Eventually, Seda found himself a new show to spearhead in La Brea. This made it difficult for the actor to return to One Chicago in any capacity in the last several years. With that done, however, he has time to step back into the shoes of Dawson and re Intelligence. Hailey Upton's departure following Jay Halstead's Chicago PD season 10 exit also leaves Intelligence undermanned. Voight can't afford to just bring in anyone since he needs a new right hand, and the easiest way to fill that void is to bring back his original deputy.

However, Beghe is right that the decision to see Seda's potential return will be made by the people above him. That said, it doesn't hurt that he has publicly expressed his desire to see Dawson back with Intelligence. On top of that, it's also helpful to see that there's interest in Dawson and his story years after he was written out of Chicago PD.

Chicago PD season 12 will premiere as part of NBC's fall 2024-2024 TV schedule.