{"id":2107619,"date":"2025-10-22T06:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2107619"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:10:30","slug":"original-chicago-p-d-star-exits-season-13-of-the-nbc-police-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/original-chicago-p-d-star-exits-season-13-of-the-nbc-police-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Original \u2018Chicago P.D.\u2019 Star Exits Season 13 of the NBC Police Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As if <em>Chicago P.D.\u2019s <\/em>Sgt. Hank Voight(<strong>Jason Beghe<\/strong>) didn\u2019t have enough problems getting his Intelligence Unit back together, he\u2019s now going to be down one man when <strong>Patrick John Flueger<\/strong> takes a leave of absence from the NBC police drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The original cast member, who plays Adam Ruzek, is exiting for \u201cpersonal\u201d reasons, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/chicago-pd-patrick-flueger-leave-of-absence-adam-ruzek-1236593672\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline was first to report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Deadline<\/em> was first to report<\/a>. And like <strong>Taylor Kinney<\/strong> did when he took a 10-month absence from <em>Chicago Fire, <\/em>Flueger reportedly will return to his unit at some point. What is unknown at this time is how many episodes Flueger will miss. There is also no report on when his last episode will air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>\ud83c\udfac<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Chicago Med<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Marlyne Barrett<\/strong> is another member of the Wolfverse to be taking an absence. Her character, Maggie, has been written out of Season 11 on the NBC medical drama, but with the door being left open for her return. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s a rough time for Ruzek to be absent from <em>Chicago P.D.<\/em> He and Detective Kim Burgess (<strong>Marina Squerciati<\/strong>) just married in last season\u2019s finale on the show, and he\u2019s also a family man as the couple adopted daughter Makayla (<strong>Ramona Edith Williams<\/strong>). He also has a father suffering from dementia, who is now in a special care facility, so it will be interesting to see how the character is written out with so much personal drama in his storyline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Marina Squerciati, Patrick John FluegerPhoto by&amp;colon; Lori Allen&amp;sol;NBC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <em>Deadline <\/em>sources, \u201cthe time off comes as Flueger has being going through a difficult period personally, with an instance of alcohol use on set.\u201d With the break catching the writing team by surprise, upcoming scripts will need to be modified to reflect his absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/chicago-p-ds-sgt-hank-150400320.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Will Hank Voight Reunite the Intelligence Unit on Chicago P.D.? (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Will Hank Voight Reunite the Intelligence Unit on<em> Chicago P.D.<\/em>? (Exclusive)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ruzek has always been Voight\u2019s righthand man, ready to stand by his sergeant through some of their borderline policing, so his absence from the team will be felt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ruzek will be seen in Wednesday night\u2019s \u201cThe Root Cause\u201d episode of <em>Chicago P.D.<\/em> in which the Intelligence Unit races against time when a man from Torres&#8217;s (<strong>Benjamin Levy Aguilar<\/strong>) own neighborhood is violently abducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Chicago P.D. <\/em>airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET\/PT on NBC. Streams next day on Peacock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Next,<\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/chicago-pd-2025-season-13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago P.D.\u00a0Adds New Series Regular for Season 13;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Chicago P.D.<\/em>\u00a0Adds New Series Regular for Season 13<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/original-chicago-p-d-star-exits-season-13-of-the-nbc-police-drama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Oct 22, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV<\/a> section. Add Parade as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=parade.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if Chicago P.D.\u2019s Sgt. Hank Voight(Jason Beghe) didn\u2019t have enough problems getting his Intelligence Unit back together, he\u2019s now going to be down one man when Patrick John Flueger takes a leave of absence from the NBC police drama. The original cast member, who plays Adam Ruzek, is exiting for \u201cpersonal\u201d reasons, Deadline was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2107620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[398964,339777,355509,341913,385187,398965,385188,398966,344416,24075,344417,339778],"class_list":["post-2107619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adam-ruzek","tag-chicago-fire","tag-chicago-med","tag-chicago-p-d","tag-hank-voight","tag-intelligence-unit","tag-jason-beghe","tag-leave-of-absence","tag-marina-squerciati","tag-nbc","tag-patrick-john-flueger","tag-taylor-kinney"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Original-\u2018Chicago-PD-Star-Exits-Season-13-of-the-NBC.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2107619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107621,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107619\/revisions\/2107621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2107620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2107619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2107619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2107619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}