Chicago P.D.: Upton’s Final Run Will Be a ‘Big Season of Growth and Change’ — 2024 FIRST LOOK (Exclusive)

Chicago P.D.‘s Upton (played by Tracy Spiridakos) will be going through it in her final days with Intelligence.

The detective looks serious as ever in the above exclusive photo from the Season 11 premiere, airing Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 10/9c on NBC.

Scroll down for additional #2024FirstLook photos of Voight and Atwater, who also give off contemplative vibes.

The season opener, titled “Unpacking,” will see Upton tasked with shadowing a crisis prevention team, where she finds her “approach to policing at odds with the team’s mental health clinician,” per the episode’s synopsis. The case will bring out Upton’s “personal struggles,” with Voight standing by her.

Showrunner Gwen Sigan reveals that Season 11 is “a big season of growth and change for Hailey Upton.”

“We find her at the start of this season in a precarious place; wanting to move her life forward after finally taking off her ring, finding that it’s more difficult than she’d like,” the Chicago P.D. boss explains. “There’s a lot she still has to confront in herself and doesn’t necessarily know how to do so.”

Spiridakos is set to leave the Dick Wolf procedural this upcoming season, although an exact date for her exit has not yet been revealed. The actress first appeared in Season 4 in a recurring capacity before joining the squad full-time in Season 5.

Season 10, which wrapped up in May, saw Upton struggling with her husband Jay Halstead’s (played by Jesse Lee Soffer) abrupt departure in the season’s third episode. After heading to Bolivia to track the worst cartel targets, Halstead had stopped returning her calls and neglected to tell her that he extended his stay.

What do you hope to see in Chicago P.D. Season 11? Share your thoughts and predictions in the comments!