‘Chicago P.D.’s Jesse Lee Soffer Exits: Halstead Leaves In Gut-Wrenching Goodbye

The October 5 occurrence of Chicago P.D. begins with Halstead avoiding Upton beauteous overmuch astatine each costs. Halstead responds to a cause store shooting and crosses paths with a chap veteran, Lenny Gibson, trying to help. Lenny is changeable trying to prevention a large woman, portion Halstead continues to prosecute the robbers who negociate to escape.

“I haven’t seen thing similar that since I was overseas,” Halstead says to Upton astir Lenny. They caput to the infirmary to speech with Lenny astir what helium knows. Men who person served alongside Lenny and enactment with him are determination waiting to perceive astir his condition. They enactment successful a narcotics portion that pursues cause cases each implicit the world.

Jesse Lee Soffer and Tracy Spiridakos successful ‘Chicago P.D.’ (NBC)

Later, Upton goes done records and discovers that Lenny got a mysterious outgo conscionable hours earlier the robbery. She tells Halstead that she thinks Lenny had immoderate portion successful the crime. They spell to face Lenny astatine the hospital.

“I’m dying,” Lenny says earlier pleading with Halstead and Upton to not archer his family. He was conscionable the lookout for the robbery. The robbers swore that nary 1 would get hurt. When the robbers changeable the pharmacist, that’s erstwhile Lenny acted. “I did the close happening erstwhile it counted. Didn’t I bash that?” Lenny says. He begins to codification earlier helium tin place the different robbers.

Upton believes it’s clip to archer Voight and get a warrant to hunt Lenny’s house. Halstead is hesitant. He doesn’t privation to instrumentality Lenny’s name. Upton says that’s not Halstead’s call. “One atrocious enactment doesn’t marque you a atrocious person,” helium says.

Upton calls retired Halstead for not acting similar himself. “This isn’t you,” she says. Upton brings up that he’s skirting evidence, lying to her, and pulling distant from her. She wants to assistance him. Halstead past gets a telephone that Lenny has died.

At Lenny’s house, Halstead comes crossed 1 of Lenny’s friends. He pleads with Halstead to not archer the army. If the service says Lenny’s decease is owed to misconduct, his woman and kids volition suffer his pension and beingness insurance. This makes Jay pause. He tells Lenny’s woman that he’s going to support Lenny’s sanction retired of this lawsuit by doing things helium should not beryllium doing.

Upton has a feeling astir Halstead and goes to Voight. They caput retired to find Jay together. Things spell awry astatine the transgression lab. Halstead ends up stabbing 1 of the meth cookers to death. When helium turns around, Upton is determination to spot him covered successful blood. Voight says to telephone successful the decease portion helium and Upton travel up with a screen communicative to prevention Jay. “We’re doing it again,” Halstead says.

Jesse Lee Soffer arsenic Det. Jay Halstead successful his last episode. (NBC)

He yet hands implicit the weapon helium utilized to stab the man. The adjacent day, helium heads to the Bureau of Organized Crime and says he’s coming to archer the truth. After proceeding however Lenny’s household is going to get taken attraction of, Halstead doesn’t accidental anything. He conscionable lays his badge down and resigns.

Upton is wholly stunned that Jay is leaving. Halstead explains that Lenny’s person told him that they request soldiers overseas to tally these narcotics units. “You were close astir me,” helium says. “I’ve changed.” Upton didn’t mean for him to leave.

“I had to. It was the close happening to do,” helium continues. Halstead says that Lenny’s person enactment successful a call, and the service has offered him a spot moving a afloat squad tracking down the worst cartel targets. He’s taking the job, and he’ll beryllium posted successful Bolivia. He’s leaving today.

“But you can’t conscionable leave,” Upton cries. Halstead promises, “It’s not forever. It’s 8 months. Maybe a small longer, but I curse to you that we’re going to get done this due to the fact that you’re the emotion of my life and if I’m yours… past you’ll cognize that you person to fto maine go.” They stock a saccharine goodbye kiss.

At the airport, Voight shows up for 1 past goodbye. Voight doesn’t privation him to go, but helium understands. “You don’t privation to beryllium me…” Voight says. Halstead responds, “No, it’s worse than that. I do. I bash privation to beryllium you. But it’s similar you’ve ever told me. I’m not.. and I shouldn’t try.”

Jesse Lee Soffer’s departure was announced successful August 2022 up of the play 10 premiere. “I privation to convey the unthinkable fans for their unwavering enactment during the past 10 years and privation to explicit my deepest gratitude to Dick Wolf and everyone astatine Wolf Entertainment, Peter Jankowski, Matt Olmstead, Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, Rick Eid, Gwen Sigan, NBC, Universal Television, my chap castmates and our unthinkable crew,” Jesse said successful a connection astir leaving the show. “To make this hr play week aft week has been a labour of emotion by everyone who touches the show. I volition ever beryllium arrogant of my clip arsenic Det. Jay Halstead.”

When HollywoodLife spoke with Jason Beghe astir Jesse leaving the show, the histrion admitted that it felt similar a “death successful the family.” He continued, “Obviously, there’s a achy affectional response.” Jason teased that Jesse’s exit would beryllium a “big change” for the long-running series. Chicago P.D. play 10 airs Wednesdays connected NBC.