Overview
- Flueger has portrayed Intelligence Unit officer Adam Ruzek since the drama’s launch.
- The hiatus is described as for a personal matter, with no timeline disclosed and a return expected later this season.
- Producers are revising Season 13 scripts to explain Ruzek’s on-screen absence.
- Trade outlets cite unnamed sources who describe a recent difficult period for the actor, including one instance of alcohol use on set.
- Neither NBC nor Flueger has issued an official statement in the cited reports, and the franchise has previously accommodated similar leaves, including Taylor Kinney’s break from Chicago Fire.