Overview
- The Season 14 premiere, which aired Wednesday, Oct. 7, sends Atwater to the hospital and sets up his final episode next week.
- NBC confirmed the decision to write out LaRoyce Hawkins’ character was driven by budget cuts, officials told reporters over the summer.
- Showrunner Gwen Sigan said viewers will meet Atwater’s newborn and see home scenes that show the joy and stress of the new family before his brief return to duty.
- Producers staged a deliberate farewell that brought back alum Jesse Lee Soffer to direct the send-off and plans are underway to add new faces to Intelligence.
- The season also introduces an FBI agent named Charlie assigned to Intelligence to review unit resources and create sustained internal tension for Voight and the team.