That’s it for Jesse Lee Soffer on Chicago P.D.
Wednesday’s episode of the NBC drama marked the actor’s remaining outing as Det. Jay Halstead in an emotionally-charged hour that noticed him depart Intelligence.
In the episode, Halstead obtained right into a scuffle with a suspect and stabbed the person to demise. He refused to go together with Voight and Upton’s cowl story and turned himself in to Chief Patrick O’Neal as an alternative. He then turned in his badge and took one other job within the military main a squad that tracks down the worst drug cartel targets. He was set to take up publish in Bolivia.
The military is “black and white; good and bad. It’s no more of this,” he informed Upton. They had little time to say goodbye as a result of he was imagined to fly out that day. Halstead assured Upton that they’d get via it as a result of it could solely be for eight months, possibly a bit longer.
“You’re the love of my life,” he added, “and if I’m yours, then you’ll know that you have to let me go.”
At the airport, Voight additionally bid his farewell. That’s when Halstead informed the sergeant, “I do want to be you. But it’s like you’ve always told me: I’m not, and I shouldn’t try.” And with that, he obtained on the airplane.
Soffer introduced his departure from the Dick Wolf procedural in August: “I want to thank the incredible fans for their unwavering support during the past 10 years and want to express my deepest gratitude to Dick Wolf and everyone at Wolf Entertainment, Peter Jankowski, Matt Olmstead, Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, Rick Eid, Gwen Sigan, NBC, Universal Television, my fellow castmates and our incredible crew,” he stated in a press release on the time. “To create this hour drama week after week has been a labor of love by everyone who touches the show. I will always be proud of my time as Det. Jay Halstead.”
Halstead’s exit additionally places a damper on #Upstead, the romantic pairing between him and fellow detective Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos). The duo formally obtained collectively in Season 8 and secretly wed on the courthouse in Season 9. For Upton, Halstead’s absence is “definitely going to be a big impact for her character this season when she is without him,” showrunner Gwen Sigan beforehand informed TVLine.
The EP famous that they’d “such an interesting relationship, and it’s been that way since the beginning… They have this thing together. It’s like they know what each other’s thinking. They have always supported each other. They’ve gotten in so many situations that have been so traumatic, and yet they’ve had each other’s backs. Even their marriage is built on this need to get through something, to be able to be each other’s anchor and to keep each other steady.”
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