‘Chicago P.D.’: Tracy Spiridakos On Saying Goodbye In Season 11 Finale; Surprise Elias Koteas Return
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT: The following will reveal major plot points from the Season 11 finale titled “More.” Tracy Spiridakos said goodbye to NBC‘s Chicago P.D.
in the Season 11 finale in the most dramatic way possible. Let’s tip our hats to showrunner Gwen Sigan who knows how to torture us—and also apparently Voight (Jason Beghe)—to protect the bittersweet sendoff Hailey Upton deserves. “I feel really good about it,” Spiridakos tells Deadline about Upton’s conclusion. “Gwen told me her idea to send Haley off and I was excited about it.
I love that it’s just so different from what we’ve seen her go through in the past; it’s this really happy send-off for her and I absolutely love it.” Sigan reveals she never had plans to kill off Upton, even though they went to great lengths to make it appear they were.
She said she and the writers “went through all the options and weighing what would be the best story.” In the end, they all decided to push forward Upton’s “growth and transformation,” “especially because of what we’ve put her through for some years.” Spiridakos joined the series during its fourth season in a recurring role before being bumped up to a series regular from seasons 5-11.
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