LaRoyce Hawkins has finished filming his final episode of Chicago P.D. after 13 seasons, closing the door on Officer Kevin Atwater’s run even as the show prepares for its next chapter. The send-off came with cast celebrations on August 14 and August 15, but his exact last episode has not been revealed.
The timing matters because Chicago P.D. returns for its 14th season on Wednesday, October 7, and Hawkins was already known to be leaving in Season 14. Sheila R. Brown shared videos and photos showing him being celebrated after wrapping, while Marina Squerciati posted photos of the cast sending him off, with Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Miranda Rae Mayo, Arienne Mandi, and Benjamin Levy Aguilar among those there.
Brown said Hawkins filmed his final episode “yesterday” and noted his 13 seasons on the show, a line that lands as a clean marker for one of the drama’s longest-serving figures. She also wrote, “We will miss Kevin Atwater! However, I can't wait to see what unfolds next for you, my friend. Bravo!” Squerciati kept it simple: “sending off one of the best.”
There is still one thing the celebration does not answer. Hawkins was said at the time to be in two or three episodes, and it now seems likely he will appear in two, but the show has not said which one will be his last. That leaves the exit itself slightly out of frame even as the goodbye is already on the record.
That uncertainty makes the next weeks the key stretch for viewers tracking Atwater’s story. The character is about to become a father with fellow officer Tasha Fox, and the show has not yet explained how he will be written out. For readers following the exit from the start, the next confirmed stop is the Season 14 premiere on October 7, but the final episode that seals Hawkins’ run remains unannounced.
