Will Upton Be Killed Off in Season 11 as Spiridakos Exits Chicago PD?

Summary

• Tracy Spiridakos announced her departure after season 11, and fans are wondering how Hailey Upton will be written off the show.
• While the writers may send her to live with her husband in Bolivia, they may actually decide to kill her off to boost the show's ratings.

While Dick Wolf's Once Chicago franchise is still on the air after more than a decade, there's no denying that the shows have lost a lot of steam in recent years, as a large portion of the original cast has decided to part ways with the projects that made them famous. However, Fire and Med are still going strong, while Chicago PD is fighting to stay relevant.

Unlike other shows in the franchise, Chicago PD has always struggled to mix the personal lives of the cops and their investigations, as these two important parts of One Chicago's winning formula kept stealing the spotlight from each other. However, the show managed to regain its footing in Season 10, but another thing immediately thwarted its success - Tracy Spiridakos will be leaving the show in the upcoming season.

An important character

Spiridakos first joined PD back in Season 4, and her performance as Hailey Upton instantly cemented her as one of the show's most talented actresses. While Upton was initially quite divisive, in the years since her introduction, she has managed to become the glue that holds the entire show together.

However, the series' overall quality began to decline about three years ago, and Spiridakos was the biggest casualty. When Jesse Lee Soffer, who played Upton's husband Jay Halstead, left last season, Spiridakos was denied a meaningful storyline, which likely contributed to her decision to leave the show for good after seven seasons.

Upton's fate is still uncertain

While Upton's exit has been officially confirmed, we still have to find out how the writers will frame the character's departure from the team. Most of the fans are hoping that Upton will decide to follow her husband to Bolivia and live happily ever after with him there, but some are not sure that the writers will allow the character to leave peacefully.

People think that they might try to capitalize on the actress' departure by killing off her character in a brutal manner to attract more viewers to the struggling show, which sounds like a perfect way to boost the ratings.