NBC has delivered another #OneChicago crossover, but has the network also played matchmaker for a beloved — but kind of doomed! — “P.D.” couple? (Yes, I’m talking about #Upstead!)
Wednesday’s three-hour event sees Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) teaming up with Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) as they both end up working the same case an FBI agent and undercover operative, respectively. Mind you, this is the first time the former married couple has seen each other since Halstead ghosted Upton mid-marriage and fled to Bolivia. (Pretty bold of the guy to wander back into Upton’s life after such an egregious exit — but here he is!)
Upton would have had every reason to give Halstead the cold shoulder, but because she’s a consummate professional, she effectively collaborates with her ex-husband on this week’s big case — which centers around a mysterious chemical attack that wipes out an entire airplane full of passengers and later threatens to destroy the Chicago first responders themselves.
Of course, as “P.D.” showrunner Gwen Sigan teased in our preview, Halstead didn’t receive the warmest of welcomes, but he did get quite a bit of face time with his ex-wife during the investigation. Though they spend much of the crossover beating around the Bolivia bush, they finally confront each other just before the episode’s end.
Chicago P.D. boss unpacks Halstead and Upton’s reunion
“Hailey, I stayed to work this case because you were here,” Halstead says.
“I came here because you were here,” Upton replies. “Good luck, Jay. I wish you the best. I always do.”
Halstead then apologizes for “all of it,” and, in a stunning act of forgiveness, Upton asks the guy to grab a drink. But should she have even entertained post-work drinks with her ex-husband, considering all that he’s put her through?
“Chicago P.D.” showrunner Gwen Sigan tells TVLine she thinks so.
“They have a lot of conversations to be had still, but we liked the idea of a hopeful sort of opening for the two of them,” she shares. “There’s a lot of possibility in that.”
Though we don’t get to see what happens next, the short conversation reveals that both Upton and Halstead are ready to move on from the past — and that there’s still love between them.
“In my mind, they do go off and get a drink together and continue the talking, continue mending a lot of what happened between them,” Sigan says. “Hopefully that just continues and continues, and maybe they come back again. That would be wonderful.”
What did you think of the big Upton/Halstead reunion in the #OneChicago crossover? Are you hoping that happy hour went well? Sound off in the comments!