The latest update on S.W.A.T. season 8 reveals new insight into Deacon’s future. In the role of David Kay, nicknamed Deacon, Jay Harrington has been with the CBS action drama since the beginning. But the season 7 finale, which was originally intended to be the show’s last, kept Deacon’s potential retirement up in the air until the episode’s closing moments confirmed that Harrington’s character would very much remain a part of S.W.A.T. season 8.
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