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This one hurts. Hailey Upton put an finish to her marriage with Jay Halstead within the Chicago P.D. season 11 premiere. She signed the divorce papers and despatched them off. Ever since Halstead left Intelligence for a brand new job, his relationship with Upton was by no means the identical. Hollywood Life spoke solely with govt producer Gwen Sigan about whether or not or not Upton will get additional closure about ending her marriage.
“I believe there’ll be extra emotional closure for certain and the hope on the opposite aspect of it,” Sigan stated. “We’ve lived so much within the ache of it and the wrestle of needing to let go of one thing and the way tough that’s been. However we are going to get to the opposite aspect of it and really feel some closure and really feel that love. That relationship was not dangerous. That relationship was simply one thing that couldn’t reside endlessly, however that can see Upton rework and get to a greater place.”
Clearly, Upstead followers wish to know if that is actually it for Hailey and Jay. “We’ve got no plans proper now of him returning to the present, so there’s nothing proper now,” Sigan revealed. “However I’d by no means say by no means to something. I believe 20 years from now what these characters are doing, they may be collectively in my thoughts. They only have a lot love for one another.”
Tracy Spiridakos introduced her exit from the present forward of the season 11 premiere. Nonetheless, Sigan promised that Tracy is “within the full season.” Sigan added, “She’s going to join with characters once more and be introduced again into the household of the unit. We’ve obtained some actually enjoyable characters coming in for her to play up towards and people may also be part of that journey of latest self-discovery and new transformation.”
Whereas Tracy shall be within the full season, Sigan has began to consider what Intelligence will seem like with out Upton. “We’ve been speaking about it, however I believe the unit goes to be fairly lean with out Tracy. So sure, I’d love to have the ability to form of add one thing new and completely different. It all the time provides the present some freshness and in addition provides our characters somebody new to play towards, which is after all enjoyable. So sure, hopefully, we’ll have some new characters coming in.
On the finish of season 10, Ruzek was shot on the job after going undercover. Ruzek was rushed into surgical procedure within the remaining moments of the finale. Getting again on the job shouldn’t be going to be a straightforward journey for Ruzek in season 11.
“We love the concept of taking part in it with him as realistically as we might,” Sigan famous. “More often than not in case you’re shot on the job, it’s a really lengthy course of to get again on the job. The second episode we’re calling ‘Retread,’ which is the actual course of within the CPD. It’s important to retread. It’s important to move all the pieces once more. It’s important to move bodily checks. It’s important to move the entire written checks once more. It’s an extended course of.”
She continued, “For somebody like Ruzek, whose self-worth is so tied to his job. His job is him. His job is his blood. It was his father, his grandpa, this man is third technology police. And so to all of a sudden not have that and never have the bodily means to simply really feel in your physique you’re the identical individual as a result of the bodily rehab that we didn’t get to see that occurred within the 6 months offscreen was not simple. After which simply mentally that data that you just miss the job a lot, and you’ve got this gap. What do you do to fill that gap that was once crammed with that job is such an fascinating place to be. We actually dive into it in episode 2, into his headspace, and into form of that spin out of mentally what do you do, after which seeing Burgess should be that rock for him and him have to search out his means out of it’s a very nice, satisfying story in episode 2.”
Relating to Atwater, Sigan teased that his journey shall be “completely different” than something he’s gone by means of earlier than. “We noticed final season him unite along with his father. We’ll get to see Lou once more this season, which we’re actually enthusiastic about,” she informed Hollywood Life. “We’ll see how that relationship has progressed. He’s obtained this actually impactful storyline of when you will have so many issues happening in your life, you’re accountable to so many individuals, you’re answerable for a lot, and also you wish to be so many issues to so many individuals, are you able to maintain that endlessly? And what would occur if one thing had been to happen that shifts that and you could’t be answerable for? It’s an fascinating place to place his character, and I’m very enthusiastic about it.” Chicago P.D. airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FOX.
