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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Chicago P.D. Season 11 finale “More.”]
Intelligence has misplaced one other member, however the excellent news is that the door has been left for Tracy Spiridakos to return.
The Chicago P.D. finale sees Intelligence racing to seek out Voight (Jason Beghe), who has been kidnapped by the serial killer they’ve been chasing. And through his time in his captivity, whereas he’s bleeding out, Voight begins hallucinating and sees none aside from the useless Olinsky (Elias Koteas). Upton offers herself as much as the serial killer to seek out Voight. Each are injured (he’s stabbed, she’s shot), however neither spends practically as lengthy within the hospital as they need to.
After which to finish the episode, Upon brings up him saying that “no dad would need this” when she confirmed up. Voight claims to not keep in mind that, nut he does surprise if he’s unhealthy for her. Upton assures him he’s not, however she has determined that reasonably than be caught attempting to remake her childhood every single day and be the victor, she needs to begin over, although she doesn’t need to depart Intelligence. She is frightened that she doesn’t deserve extra, however he tells her she does. After which after wanting up a number of locations on-line (FBI, FEMA, DEA), she units out for … someplace.
Beneath, government producer Gwen Sigan talks about bringing again Koteas, writing out Upton, and extra, plus teases what’s to come back in Season 12.
Discuss bringing again Olinsky for that emotional second with Voight. Additionally, I clocked the photograph you present of him earlier and I used to be like, oh, that’s going to be it, isn’t it?
Gwen Sigan: Oh, good. Sure. It’s that tiny little second. Yeah, so thrilling. I imply, what a enjoyable factor to do. That is one thing that’s been a very long time within the making. Jason really had this pitch about in some way bringing Elias again. I believe to Jason, Elias lives in his head, proper? It’s simply part of who Voight is. And so we lastly had a chance the place the tales all converged and made that make sense to deliver him again on this manner. And yeah, I’m simply so grateful it labored out, grateful to Elias for coming again and doing it with us, and I used to be there on set. It was such a particular second to have him again, and he appears to be like precisely the identical and we now have him in his costume once more. All of us had been simply via the roof, crew, forged, all people.
Did you need to do a number of individuals or did you need it to only be that one hallucination to make it extra highly effective?
Yeah, we knew we wished to maintain it easy. It is a little bit of a leap for our present. We don’t do issues like this. We’re actually at all times within the POV of our characters, and we normally are going via time with them. And so we wished to maintain it actually easy. I assumed it’d be extra highly effective that manner. We didn’t have to make it too fancy. And that’s actually who Olinsky is. He was a person of few phrases and if he was coming again to you in a second, that is how, in my thoughts, he was coming again, simply to provide you some information and wake you up, shake you awake.
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It’s been a tough season for Upton and there does appear to be some reality within the suggestion that Voight is unhealthy for her or no less than that this job is. However why did you’ve got her resolve to depart such as you did?
We actually wished to provide her this arc. She was beginning the season off in a reasonably low place after the occasions of final yr, and he or she’s had the breakup with Halstead [Jesse Lee Soffer] and a number of issues actually shake her and I believe greater than something that was a set off level. It triggered all these different issues that had been happening inside her. So we wished to do an arc the place she struggles and realizes why she’s struggling after which takes motion, does one thing for herself, one thing that’s therapeutic and realizes, I do need extra. After which in all probability the deeper a part of that’s, I deserve extra. After which the conclusion to get that you just acquired to do one thing completely different. And so she makes this huge choice to do one thing completely different that I believe was actually hopeful. It’s only a hopeful second for her to have the ability to transfer on, get completely different.
So the place is she transferring on to? As a result of there have been a few prospects on the pc display screen.
Sure, and I believe there’s much more prospects, proper? That’s actually what we wished, was this last second to really feel hopeful. There have been so many alternatives and he or she now has this world of prospects. So I cherished the concept that we stored it open-ended. I believe there are issues you’ll be able to fill in by yourself and your individual variations of the place she is and what she’s doing. I’ve my very own model, and I believe that most individuals will, once they watch it, particularly followers of her, will sort of fill in what they need her to be doing.
Did you contemplate bringing again Jesse and reuniting Upton and Halsted? Or did that come all the way down to the story you wished to inform? Actor availability?
Yeah, it was actually a chance for certain. We talked about it. We wished to do our due diligence and undergo all of the choices and see what was essentially the most fascinating. What we actually got here all the way down to is that we wished this to be about her. I wished this to be a choice that she makes for herself and exhibits progress and one thing completely different for her. And so it felt like this was the suitable approach to do it and make it actually inner and actually private to her of what she was doing.
So is that additionally why you left them on the divorce versus even a touch in off display screen reunion?
Yeah, and I believe we wished to be sincere to that storyline and to life typically. And I believe a bit little bit of closure there was what additionally triggered her to go on this journey and to have the ability to take a look at herself in a different way and understand that she does nonetheless have to do work and that she does want a chance that permits her to do this differently than she’s had.
So might we see Tracy once more subsequent season? The door is open for her to come back again.
I don’t know if we’ll see her subsequent season. I believe we’ll at all times preserve that door open. We’ll by no means say by no means. And yeah, if the chance arises to deliver her again in some context over the subsequent years, we’d be blissful to.
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So how is Intelligence going to be doing with out Upton subsequent season? Will there be a brand new collection common to fill that spot?
Yeah, we’re nonetheless figuring that out. I don’t have a transparent reply for you, however positively the unit is working small at this level, so there’s going to be a number of house. As a author, it’s actually thrilling. It’s going to be very enjoyable to give you some concepts and a brand new character and what a brand new character might add and the way it could shift up the dynamics of the unit and new tales to inform. I believe it’ll invigorate the present loads to have any individual new come on.
So Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) acquired engaged earlier this season. What are you able to say about probably seeing a marriage subsequent season?
Yeah, it’s positively within the playing cards. I believe the likelihood’s there. It’s going to be a enjoyable yr for them to see them lastly make that step and get on equal footing. And yeah, I imply we’ve acquired nothing however alternative to undergo all of these enjoyable moments with them.
Is there any chance of anybody getting promoted to detective subsequent season?
I at all times get this query. Sure, in fact. It’s at all times a chance. I believe story-wise, it’s not as thrilling of a narrative as you need it to be. It’s actually a take a look at after which they do the identical job. So sure, it’s positively a chance. I believe they’re all fairly prepared for it as phrases of they’ve earned it.
Will everybody else be again subsequent season?
Sure, I consider so. Yeah, all of our regulars.
Is there anything you’ll be able to tease concerning the subsequent season or something you’re wanting ahead to doing? As a result of this was a shortened season.
I do know, I’m very excited for subsequent season. We get again within the room subsequent week, really, we’re beginning on subsequent Tuesday. So yeah, we’ve acquired loads to determine, a number of enjoyable stuff. I’m actually to see the place Voight goes. He’s sort of grown loads the previous couple seasons and we’ve seen him get a bit extra weak and have extra connections and extra intimacy with individuals. After which now Upton’s leaving, one other particular person leaving him. And so he’s on this fascinating place of, you may actually see it go each methods the place, does he harden up? Does he shut down? Does he say this isn’t price it, this has gotten me nothing? Or does he lean extra into it? So I believe there’s a lot to play with him.
I can’t wait to put in writing some extra for Torres [Benjamin Levy Aguilar]. Two by no means seems like sufficient with the shortened season. It’s like, they every acquired two huge starring roles and that was it. After which, yeah, I’m actually excited for Burgess and Ruzek, too, as a result of they actually had their episodes in the beginning of the season, so I’ve simply sort of missed them. So I can’t wait to begin occupied with the place they may very well be, what that new life goes to seem like for them. And naturally we at all times get enthusiastic about crime tales and what haven’t we finished but? What can we do in a different way? How can we incorporate some nasty new prison worlds? Yeah, all of the enjoyable stuff for us.
Is Petrovich (Bojana Novakovic) going to be again? She was actually tied into Upton’s story.
Yeah, I don’t have a solution on that one. I really like Petrovich. I believe that Bojana got here in and actually made it her personal and gave such an incredible efficiency and it actually was so enmeshed in Upton and was in a position to inform that story for us of the place her headspace was at and transferring on and therapeutic and attempting one thing completely different. So yeah, doorways are open. I don’t know but.
What are you able to say about Platt (Amy Morton)? I actually like seeing her stepping in and taking cost and out of the precinct within the finale.
Sure, I did too, proper? It’s so good to see her out of the precinct. She is simply the best actor. She’s simply such a superb actor and anytime we now have to essentially give her one thing to make use of her and to get to see her expertise… I actually did take pleasure in that aspect. I believe within the finale, she was so nice as a result of all of them had been working at a ten. They had been all very emotional in that first scene. After which to see her are available in and simply regular the entire group, there’s nobody else that might do this. That’s her. And it comes along with her expertise. Yeah, I’m excited to put in writing extra for Amy subsequent yr as nicely.
Chicago P.D., Season 12, Fall 2024, NBC
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