"We're gonna get through this"

Never forget this kiss was unscripted.

I'm going to answer some of the asks I have about Hailey in one swoop by doubling down on what I said yestersay: this is not self love.

This is not a woman having some epiphany about her worth.

Look, maybe I would have bought the self love angle if the show had given her an arc where she understands that she can grow past this and thrive, but that had to be explicit. What we got was Hailey falling apart while taking off her ring once she was essentially told "he isn't fighting for you, move along" (by Voight, which is an entirely different but equally important conversation).

Frankly, I don't want to be told that this is a good thing for Hailey, or that this is her moving on in a healthy way. This was someone who was so used to abandonment being beaten down enough until she just accepted it. It's shameful that this show wrote a character who spent years healing from her past and learning to let people in, only to treat her like this. Just please, don't simplify it to self love.

still the prettiest babe to ever exist 🫶🏼

But you never took that last flight to see me...

Memories, of the way we were 🩵

Jay trying failing to not act like he's hiding something in 10x2

Listen to me. We’re gonna get through this, you and me, together. Okay? We’re gonna be fine. I took the job. I’ll be posted in Bolivia. It’s black and white. It’s good and bad. It’s right and wrong, and it’s no more of this. I need that. I need that back. But you can’t just leave. I fly out today. Today?

CHICAGO P.D. 10.03 — A Good Man

It's okay. I got you 🤍

Jay Halstead & Hailey Upton - Chicago PD

Jay Halstead in Chicago PD's "Let it Bleed."

The best part of that entire mess of an episode. Forever and always, it’s them. #UpsteadForever

JAY HALSTEAD CHICAGO P.D. | “LET IT BLEED” (10x01)

It’s Hailey’s hand around Jay’s arm for me

the way he poured every ounce of his love for her into this kiss. what they built is unbreakable.