Still, Soffer feels protective about Jay: “He’s deeply flawed, because everybody on ‘Chicago P.D.’ is. So for Hailey to have to go through this, it probably just made sense.” Also, our show’s pretty dark, and they love diving into the ugliest, hardest version of life. The writers have to do what they have to do to service the story and the characters that are still there. “I don’t think I really have the right to feel any way about that. “I know the fans are upset because, like, ‘This isn’t the Jay that we know and love! Why isn’t he calling? Why is he doing this?!’ But, you know, the show must go on,” he explains. In fact, he sees the tweets pop up on his feed every day. “Chicago P.D.” viewers are very vocal on social media. Despite promising her that they would get through it, she’s since been informed - via a phone call from his boss - that he’s extended his trip. In that process, he left his wife, Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos), behind. To exit him from the NBC show, the writers sent Jay to Bolivia on a task with the Army to take down the cartel. He last appeared on the third episode of the season, which aired in October. Soffer agreed, upon his departure, to return for the start of Season 10. I know that they’re still grieving this, and to some degree, I am too.” Let’s be honest: I love the fans of our show so much, and I love my fans. “It was one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever had to make in my life. I thought, ‘You know what? It’s time to take a risk,’” he says. If I signed up again, it would have been for another three years. “I really wanted to grow and expand, and we’ve only got this one trip. 2 role in the unit and getting married - which allowed him to take the character on a new adventure for the first time in years. “Eventually, you know the character so well, there’s not much that can shift or transform,” says Soffer, adding that he was extremely grateful for the Season 9 storyline showrunner Gwen Sigan gave him - Jay stepping into the No. Maybe it had to do with the fact that filming a 22-episode procedural in Chicago made it hard to have time for anything else, including playing a new role.
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“I’ve thought so hard about how to answer this question - and there’s no good answer,” he says. Publicly, he didn’t share the reasons for his exit.
Which is what made his talk with the producers at the end of Season 9 extra difficult: He felt it was time to leave the show. So to Soffer, 38, the cast and crew are as close to him as the nose on his face.
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