\n\tIn fact, tonight\u2019s episode titled \u201cDon\u2019t Blink\u201d was directed by Jesse Lee Soffer, an original cast member who has returned to direct his former castmates, as well as reprise his role of Jay Halstead in last year\u2019s major crossover event. <\/p>\n
\n\tSo how did Atwater ride off into the sunset? In the final moments of the Season 14 premiere, he gets a call learning that Tasha Fox (Karen Obilom) is in labor. He freaked out a bit, but he was ready and excited to welcome their first child together.<\/p>\n
\n\tViewers meet the adorable Atwater baby boy, Malcolm Atwater, the little guy whose tough-guy dad misses being with his family when he has to return to work. He got some important advice from Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), a more experienced parent, who tells him that being away from his family gets easier with time. In another adorable moment, Burgess and Adam Ruzek\u2019s (Patrick Flueger) daughter Makayla sends baby Malcolm a little stuffed toy.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t(l-r) Shane Richlen as Steve, LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater<\/p>\n
\n\tIn a scary moment, Atwater is shot while on duty, but he was wearing a bulletproof vest that saved his life. The case helps Atwater realize that being a parent is the most important job there is; he speaks with Voight (Jason Beghe) about a possible career change.<\/p>\n
\n\tWithout confirming a solid plan, he says goodbye to his family, the crew that he\u2019s been with through the good, bad, and worse, with a toast. He reveals he and Tasha will be looking for a new home to get a fresh start. Atwater and Voight spoke about the possibility of him becoming a teacher at the Academy. Voight encouraged him to look into it, saying also that they\u2019ve been looking for good officers in the Atlanta office. No matter what choice they make, the Atwaters get their happy ending.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe story is left open for a potential return should that happen one day, giving the fans their own happy ending for a beloved actor and the character he\u2019s played since Season 1.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cKnowing that we were in this position and trying to figure out in the room what\u2019s the best way we can do this\u2026 Like, how can we send him off in a positive way, optimistically?\u201d said showrunner Gwen Sigan about what it was like in the writers\u2019 room planning for Kevin\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe continued, \u201cIs there a way that we can send him off that feels like it\u2019s his choice, and he\u2019s authoring it, and that feels like a pivotal move for the character? We didn\u2019t want it to be something that comes out of left field. So that\u2019s what we focused on. We wanted it to feel really organic to him, and feel like we were giving him the best send-off we could. So I think we\u2019ve done that. I\u2019m very proud of the episode. I\u2019m proud of his performance in it. I think he killed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t(l-r) Patrick John Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek, Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess, LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater, Benjamin Levy Aguilar as Dante Torres, Jason Beghe as Sgt. Hank Voight<\/p>\n
\n\tSigan also opened up about Hawkins and Soffer\u2019s reunion.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt was just really nice that the two of them got to do that together. And I hope you can feel that on screen. I know that they put so much care into it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\n\tChicago P.D. returns with new stories from Season 14 on Wednesdays at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from tonight\u2019s episode of NBC\u2019s Chicago P.D. It\u2019s the end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[25816,88,317933,92],"class_list":["post-882846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-chicago-p-d","tag-entertainment","tag-laroyce-hawkins","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}