During season 11 of the series, fans finally saw Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and Adam Ruzek (Patrick Flueger) get engaged and stay that way.

The pair famously got engaged and broke up twice during their years-long romance, before Burgess said “yes” a third time.
Ahead of the proposal, LaRoyce Hawkins, who plays Burgess and Ruzek’s BFF, Kevin Atwater, exclusively told Us Weekly that he would happily marry them in a TV wedding.

“This is something a lot of people don’t know about me … I’m certified to marry people,” Hawkins revealed in June 2023. “I consider Burgess and Ruzek to be family, and I think Atwater should get first right refusal to actually marry [them]. That’s what we wanna see.”While a wedding could be in the cards for season 12, it is unclear whether Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) would make the ceremony since she exited the show during the season 11 finale. Either way, there is a lot to unpack before the show returns this fall.
During the season 11 finale, which aired in May, Detective Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) was held captive by serial killer Frank Matson (Dennis Flanagan). In keeping with his tradition, the killer tried to convince Voight to call someone he loved to try and save them. Voight didn’t take the bait, because he knew if he called Upton, who is like a daughter to him, Matson would kill her, too. Ultimately, Upton did come to Voight’s rescue and the pair fought together for his freedom and saved his life.
After saving Voight from danger, Upton decided that it was time for a change. In the final moments of the season 11 finale, she got in a taxi and headed for the airport but didn’t reveal her destination or what job she took outside Chicago.

News broke in October 2023 that season 11 would be Spiridakos’ last. After joining the cast in 2017, the actress said goodbye to P.D. this spring — but didn’t rule out a return. She told Variety in May that “it would be a dream” to reprise the role in the future.

Showrunner Gwen Sigan teased in May that she is “very excited to get into it” while talking about Burgess and Ruzek’s next steps. The couple got engaged during season 11 for a third time and it might just be the charm.

“There’s definitely a possibility of, ‘Are we going to do the wedding next year? Are we going to do the planning? What are we going to see?’” Sigan told TVLine, teasing the “when” isn’t set in stone.