User blog comment:BlueBarracudas555/The Return of Dawn/@comment-25297892-20150308162806

Of course she has to return! By the way your doubt is legit: until the Writers won't show to have gained back their talent in writing, it's better leave Dawn "safe" from derailment. Anyway, another reason to like Dawn is because she was one of the few original adds to the cast in Gen II: Brick, Cameron, Scott, Dakota, Anne Maria, Zoey, Jo and Lightning weren't that original judging by the fact they resembled the previous cast characters:

Brick: a new painmagnet like Tyler, just in military clothes.

Jo: a strategical Eva.

Dakota: another daddy-girl like Lindsay.

Cameron: a loser nerd like Cody and Harold.

Scott: literally a delinquent in farm clothes. Scourtney confirmed that he's an expy of Duncan.

Anne Maria: same attitude of Leshawna, but lacking her qualities and interactions.

Zoey: just there to be the main girl protagonist, not similar to previous characters but nothing new added here.

Lightning: jock Justin, especially in TDAS.

TDAS Sam: flat version of Owen.