Jesse Lee Soffer and Tracy Spiridakos will return to “Chicago P.D.” for the upcoming three-part crossover with “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago Med,” set to air on March 4 on NBC.
Per an official description, Spiridakos’ character Hailey Upton “returns to her former stomping grounds, but this time on the federal level as a Special Agent of the FBI. She joins her former P.D. allies after a drug enforcement task force case out of her Detroit field office leads her back to Chicago.” Jay Halstead (Soffer) has “been deep undercover, leading him on a path to the same case that Upton is investigating.”
Soffer last appeared in an October 2022 episode, exiting three episodes into Season 10 as his character decided to join an Army group to bring down the Cartel in Bolivia. Spiridakos, for her part, last appeared in May 2024, exiting at the end of Season 11. Hailey — who was married to Halstead before he moved away — decided to start over and chose to leave Chicago.
At the time of their respective exits, both expressed that they’d love to pop back in — something pretty common in the One Chicago universe. Soffer has been back to direct, but this will be both of their first times back on screen in the roles.
“I like to think — and I hope the fans think this too — that he’s just in another country right now, doing what he does best and making the world a safer place. In a family, sometimes somebody moves away or goes to college somewhere else,” Soffer previously told Variety about keeping the door open to returning. “I still love it. I still love the fans. And I still love Halstead. Halstead’s always going to be in my blood. That’s never going to change.”
Per the logline for the crossover event, “Firehouse 51 is called to an airfield when a passenger jet suddenly goes silent mid-air, triggering a high-stakes emergency. Their discovery cracks open a bigger and deadlier mystery — one with consequences that could ripple far beyond the runway and put countless lives in jeopardy.”
The night will switch up the usual order of shows, beginning with “Chicago Fire” at 8 p.m. followed by “Chicago Med” at 9 p.m. and “Chicago P.D.” at 10 p.m.
Universal Television produces One Chicago in association with Wolf Entertainment. “Chicago P.D.” is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Gwen Sigan, Chad Saxton, Gavin Harris and Jason Beghe.
Watch the promo below:
