Jay’s Disappointing Character Arc Has Chicago PD Fans Almost Wishing He Was Gone For Good – Looper

The twelfth episode of Season 10 of “Chicago P.D.” continued Det. Hailey Halstead’s nerve-wracking back and forth with the psychopath Sean O-Neal (Jefferson White) (per TVLine). This, however, took a backseat to the final moments of the installment when Hailey received a phone call from one of Jay Halstead’s superiors who tells her he will be extending his assignment to Bolivia. On Twitter, fans let their true feelings be known about Jay’s seemingly cruel behavior towards his spouse. @uptonjareau tweeted, “unpopular opinion but, at this point, I would have rather them kill off jay than ruin his character like this #chicagopd #upstead.”

Fan @Rob45691335 added context to the confusion by observing, “I wanted them to kill Jay, been saying that from the beginning when I found out Jesse was leaving.” The viewer then added, “Because unlike so many ppl I knew right away that if they didn’t kill Jay, they’d screw the rest up. I just knew it coz PD lost its way [a] long time ago& disappointments kept coming.” It is not yet known if Jesse Lee Soffer will ever appear on “Chicago P.D.” again, but the way in which writers are prolonging his departure to South America is suggestive that future appearances may be possible.