In the Season 14 premiere of Chicago P.D., at the very end of the episode, Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) got the call that his girlfriend Tasha Fox (Karen Obilom) was about to give birth and he was rushed to the hospital by Ruzek (Patrick John Stewart) for the birth of his son.
In Episode 2, Hawkins final episode on the series, Atwater is bonding with his baby son Malcolm, saying, “Welcome to the world. I’ve got you always.”
Atwater takes some paternity leave, and he’s finally headed back to work as the story progresses, but he really wants to postpone it and stay home with his son. Tasha convinces him that she and the baby will be fine and she encourages him to talk to Voit (Jason Beghe) about his future.
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One of the first things Atwater does as a result on his return is talk to Voit about helping him get promoted.
“It has been a year since the Blue wall screwed me and I can’t get promoted with this brick on my name,” Atwater said. “If there’s anything you can do, now would be he time.”
Voit said, “Just short of a regime change, I don’t think there’s much I can do, but I will try.”
The incident Atwater’s referring to happened a few seasons back when he called out racist behavior on the part of a fellow officer.
Then the Intelligence Unit catches a case that begins as a burglary call but turns out to be homicide when the manager of one of the stores that was robbed was killed. It was the perfect final case for Atwater because when they finally catch the suspect, it turns out it was a father doing anything he could for his son.
Initially, they arrest the son Brennan, but when Atwater is at the hospital, where Tasha took Malcolm because he had a fever, he realizes that it’s the father not the son when the doctor tells him that his baby looks like him.
As they go to track down the bad guys, Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), who adopted a daughter, tells Atwater, “I know the feeling. You want to be there all the time. You want to be here all the time.”
They finally arrest Brennan’s father Peter, who’s meeting his patner. The partner shoots Atwater as he makes his escape. Luckily, it hits Atwater’s vest and he survives.
Peter finally admits that everything he’s doing is for his son. “They’re going to kill him. He stole from a dealer. Someone in Humbolt Park. He was supposed to earn the money back, but he didn’t. They’re going to make an example of him if he doesn’t.”
And he gives Atwater, his partner’s name in return for Atwater’s promising to send a unit to Peter’s house and bring Brennan to safety. But by the time the unit gets there, Brennan is gone and there’s blood. They eventually find Brennan’s body, and Peter tells Atwater it’s his fault because he wasn’t present enough as a father.
“It didn’t make sense back then,” he says. “They said don’t blink. Kids grow up when you’re not looking. I wasn’t looking. I wasn’t there. Now he’s gone.”
It gives Atwater pause.
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Meanwhile, Atwater gets good news from Voit.
“As soon as Sgt. Nolan retires, you can be promoted,” Voit says. “I have it on very good authority that Nolan will be putting in his papers by the end of this month. Brick’s off your name, Kev.”
Atwater: “Really?”
Voit: “You are not as relieved as I though you would be.”
Atwater: “I am. Maybe a promotion isn’t really what I was after.”
Atwater: “What were you after?”
Atwater: “I don’t know. I wanted to have everything. Be good police, give back. Be home. Play with my son before he goes to sleep. Be home in time for dinner.”
Voit: “I get it. In those early years with my son, those were the best years of my life.”
Atwater: “Yeah. It’s like we had him, but now I want something new. I don’t know. Teach at the Academy?”
Voit: “You would be damn good at that. As a matter of fact, I got a call last week looking for seasoned officers to teach. I almost gave them your number.”
Atwater: “What stopped you?”
Voit: “The call came from Atlanta. Pay’s good. Real good. You can take cases whenever you want. Be home whenever you want. No snow. There are a lot of ways to be good police. I think you could pretty much have any way you want. Kevin, you deserve that. So does your son.”
The advice coming from Voit, a man that Atwater respects, and also a man who lost his own son to violence, makes Atwater reassess his future. And he talks to Tasha about making changes and considering the Atlanta job.
“For the first time I was out there, I wished I was home,” he told her. And when she says, it will get easier, he says he doesn’t want it to get easier over time.
“My dad’s been on the road more and more. Jordan and Vanessa are never home. You got aunties down south, your sister. We got family all over the place and we’ve got opportunities in other places. Atlanta. Remember that time you asked me what I want? I got my answer now. I want us to build something together. I want something new.”
And that’s when Atwater makes the decision to leave the Chicago P.D. and the Intelligence Unit. Of course, there was a going away party.
“I look around this room and the only word that comes to mind is gratitude,” Atwater says to the assemblage. “The Chicago Police Department will always be a piece of my heart. You will always be my family. For the past 14 years, the 21st District has been my home. But raise a drink because I went ahead and made a new family and it’s time we find a new home. From my heart, thank you.”
And that was the end of LaRoyce Hawkins’ time on Chicago P.D. One of the few remaining original cast members.
Chicago P.D. airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Streams next day on Peacock.
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