Blue Bloods Star Dylan Walsh Joins SEAL Team
SEAL Team spoilers to follow.

Blue Bloods star Dylan Walsh has joined the cast of SEAL Team for its upcoming final season.

Starring David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, the series follows the elite Navy SEAL unit Bravo Team as they train and carry out a variety of dangerous missions.

According to Deadline, Walsh will play Captain Walch — an addition that will certainly shake up the current cast dynamic. As the newly appointed commanding officer of the Navy Special Warfare Development Group, Walch is described as “by-the-book but also politically minded and can be clouded by his own ambition when deciding what to do with Bravo Team.”

The procedural drama will also see the return of stars Max Thieriot (Bates Motel), AJ Buckley (Supernatural), Neil Brown Jr (The Walking Dead), Jessica Paré (Mad Men) and Judd Lormand (American Horror Story).

The show moved from its original channel CBS to the Paramount+ streaming service for season six, which was a 10-episode mini-season.

After a shocking cliffhanger — notably the death of Thieriot’s original character Clay Spencer — the show was not immediately renewed. Following some cancellation rumors, the show’s future was recently confirmed by Deadline — with the Bravo Team preparing to hang up their uniforms after season seven.

Production is reportedly set to begin this month (December 2023), before airing next year, 2024.

“For six seasons, I have been blessed, fortunate and humbled to play a dynamic and complex character like Jason Hayes on SEAL TEAM,” lead actor Boreanaz said in a statement on Instagram, following news of the show’s conclusion.

“We are so excited to be back working on season 7 and look forward to telling more stories. To my beloved SEAL TEAM family, ‘sambuca three beans ‘con la mosca’, for all your incredible efforts, without which this series would not be possible.