#he was so impressed – @karihighman on Tumblr

Onto these small scenes from 7x13 & 7x15:

Jay said 👀 at Hailey this whole entire scene and I just love that ⬆️

Shoutout to the camera crew for this epic foreground and background focusing (so both Jesse and Tracy could each have a shot where they’re featured) ⬆️ nice job 👍👍

I spy a worried Jay 😟 heheheh I love a concerned boyfri— I mean PaRtNeR — he was a little bit surprised prolly that smol Hailey could wrangle this big guy, but also he’s prolly not *all* that surprised because hello she’s a badass ⬆️

I believe someone on tumblr (maybe @halsteadsass ??!) said it best: mark Jay down as scared & horny ⬆️ so yea, let’s go with that 😆

Here we have Jay’s: “I’m gonna kill u for touching my woman” look also known as the: “don’t u dare touch my girlfriend again or I will end u” look ⬆️

Oh would ya look at that: the closest thing we’ve gotten to anything remotely face to face wise with Upstead.... like wow that’s the closest they’ve been 😬 I also enjoyed how we all originally thought “omg it looked like he was gonna kiss her” PLS WE WISH hopefully it’ll happen in s8!!!!!!!! ⬆️

Both scenes posted below

jay & hailey on Twitter

“7x13 - i was here © nbc universal • #upstead #chicagopd https://t.co/oKOu6o6FZt”

Twitter

jay & hailey on Twitter

“7x15 - burden of truth © nbc universal • #upstead #chicagopd https://t.co/RObN6pfbjh”

Twitter

#chicago pd #tracy spiridakos #jesse lee soffer #jay halstead #hailey upton #upstead #cpd season 7 #cpd 7x13 #cpd 7x15 #jay went 👀#and jay halstead went 😏 at hailey #he was so impressed #badass hailey #worried jay #concerned boyfriend award goes to jay #we love a concerned partner #jay’s always looking at hailey #love how he looks at her

karihighman

Jay really went 👀 at Hailey who was like 👱🏼‍♀️ • first meeting in 4x21 “Fagin” •

image credit: @haileyuptonz on IG

#chicago pd #jesse lee soffer #jay halstead #tracy spiridakos #hailey upton #upstead #cpd season 4 #cpd 4x21 #fagin #hailey’s debut #and hailey’s sassy as ever #jay went 👀#she said 🤨#upstead’s first meeting #also im still calling it: a little tiny bit of upstead here #he was so impressed #she was a badass #sassy hailey

karihighman

I feel like it was always supposed to be Jay & Hailey as partners, because even in 4x21 (Upton’s debut), she was first paired with Jay (and Al) to do surveillance. She even commented on Jay’s sense of humor, which was cute.

Don’t get me wrong, I liked having Upton & Lindsay as partners, just for the sake of the switch-up (see below for the funny reactions), but I feel like even poor Hailey got roped into Erin’s antics when she went off on the man that kidnapped that kid. Not that the prick didn’t deserve it, but I mean, if you think about it, it would’ve been Jay’s ass on the line with Erin if Voight hadn’t of switched the partners.

But, since he did switch them up, we got to see different dynamics. What I did like about 4x22 was that even though Erin & Hailey were partnered up technically, that didn’t stop bby Upstead from tackling the case together. It was cool to see them share the spotlight in the one bullpen whiteboard scene.

Then 4x23 of course showed Hailey being invited out with the boys for drinks at Molly’s. Erin didn’t show up, but Hailey made an impact. She even felt kinda bad that Jay left after what she said about Erin possibly “drowning her sorrows.” It just showed how much she already cared about him as a person, even before they were partners.

Their connection and ability to play off each other from the get go is why I think they were meant to be (partners, friends, more than that, etc).

PS: Jay looking at his future partner, friend, confidant, work wifey, should be girlfriend-fiancé-actual wife is GOLD. Miss Hailey Anne Upton does not play, and she definitely made an impact. 👱🏼‍♀️

photos: @haileyscpd on IG