Surprise! Gaffney is going to be visited by a familiar face when Chicago Med returns for Season 11, as Nick Gehlfuss reprises his series original role as Dr. Will Hallstead.

Deadline was the first to report the news that the actor would return to his role in the fall season, more than two years after his departure from the series after Season 8. The site did not specify how many episodes he will return for on Med.

The last time fans saw Halstead, he and Dr. Natalie Manning ( Torrey DeVitto ) finally found a lasting love together in Seattle. The character resigned from Gaffey after sabotaging the hospital’s OR 2.0 technology.

After Gehlfuss left the show, he revealed in an interview with Variety, “It was a difficult decision, but ultimately, I felt I’d taken Dr. Halstead as

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