Jesse Lee Soffer could also be leaving Chicago P.D. this season as Det. Jay Halstead, however the silver lining is that his impending departure received’t be so abrupt.
Season 10 — which premieres this Wednesday at 10/9c on NBC — will see the Windy Metropolis cop take his depart someday within the fall. Whereas showrunner Gwen Sigan couldn’t get into the specifics of how or when Halstead will say goodbye to his Intelligence cohorts, she did reveal that it’s not going to be a sudden factor.
“Hopefully, all of it is sensible when everybody sees the episode that he’s departing in, and we did construct to it, and we did have an opportunity to do this,” Sigan tells TVLine. “We tried to maintain it as grounded [as possible] and do justice to Jesse and the way nice he’s. He places in an excellent efficiency in all of it. It’s going to be actually impactful.”
Halstead’s exit successfully places an finish to #Upstead, the romantic pairing between him and fellow detective Hayley Upton (Tracy Spiridakos). The pair formally acquired collectively in Season 8 and secretly wed on the courthouse in Season 9. For Upton, Halstead’s absence is “positively going to be a big effect for her character this season when she is with out him.”
“It’s such an fascinating relationship, and it’s been that manner for the reason that starting,” Sigan provides. “They’ve this factor collectively. It’s like they know what one another’s considering. They’ve at all times supported one another. They’ve gotten in so many conditions which were so traumatic, and but they’ve had one another’s backs. Even their marriage is constructed on this must get by means of one thing, to have the ability to be one another’s anchor and to maintain one another regular.”
To see Upton with out that relationship goes to be “actually fascinating and one thing new for her character to need to fight,” she shares. “It’s a problem, and she or he’s going to need to get by means of it. We’ll see her go in some fascinating locations, and the way it manifests itself.”
How are you holding up, #OneChicago fam? Are you ready to say goodbye to Halstead this season?
