Overview

• The Season 11 premiere resolves the paternity question left hanging at the end of last season without detailing the reveal here.
• Showrunner Allen MacDonald says the decision offered the most compelling path for character development and future plots.
• Producers plan to portray Hannah’s pregnancy across the season on screen, with Jessy Schram wearing progressively larger prosthetics.
• The series will not use flashbacks to depict the off-screen encounter, preserving the reveal’s framing as presented in the premiere.
• Nick Gehlfuss returns in episode two as Will Halstead for a brief family update that is unrelated to the pregnancy storyline.