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From the moment it was first reported that\u00a0Patrick John Flueger would be taking a leave of absence\u00a0from\u00a0Chicago PD,\u00a0<\/em>fans have been left with quite a few questions to ponder.\u00a0<\/p>\n When the news broke in October, details around the leave of absence were scarce, with the only real pieces of information provided being that Flueger was going to miss several episodes of season 13 due to personal reasons and that the exit was unexpected.\u00a0Initial reports\u00a0revealed that the writers were forced to rework scripts in order to write Flueger\u2019s character, Adam Ruzek, out of the show. Aside from those pieces of information, no other information was provided regarding when the leave of absence would begin, how the show would write Ruzek out to accommodate the leave, or how many episodes Flueger will miss.\u00a0<\/p>\n While it remains unclear how many episodes Flueger will miss this season and how the show is going to write Ruzek out, it does appear that Ruzek might have made his final appearance in season 13 already\u2026 at least for now.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans were quick to notice that Ruzek did not appear in the sixth episode of the season when it aired on Wednesday, November 5, and it seems that Ruzek will not appear in the fall finale on November 12 either. Flueger is nowhere to be seen in any of the promotional materials for the fall finale with no sign of Ruzek in the episode\u2019s promo, images, or synopsis. This seems to suggest that Flueger\u2019s leave of absence might have already begun and that episode 5 was his final episode on the show for the time being.\u00a0<\/p>\n Interestingly, episode 6 did not include\u00a0any mention of Ruzek, so the hope is that the\u00a0Chicago PD\u00a0<\/em>season 13 fall finale will provide a more direct answer as to why Ruzek is not working alongside the rest of the Intelligence Unit. However, there\u2019s always a chance that the writers could make us wait until the new year for an official explanation of where Ruzek is.\u00a0<\/p>\n There are definitely a few viable options the writers could explore to explain Ruzek\u2019s sudden departure from the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n One storyline that would be fitting would be to simply explain that Ruzek has taken some time off to be with his father, whose health has been on the decline following his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. This storyline hasn\u2019t been touched on yet in season 13, but would be a perfect way for writing Ruzek out of the show in explaining that his dad\u2019s health has gotten worse and he\u2019s taken some time to be there for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another option would be for the show to have Ruzek go undercover. The show could easily reveal via a conversation with Burgess and Voight that Ruzek was pulled into an undercover operation, and the storyline would allow for Ruzek to miss several episodes, as undercover operations often require an officer to be undercover for weeks, if not months.\u00a0<\/p>\n The good thing with both of these storylines is that the show could then give fans occasional updates on Ruzek organically via conversations in the show, without him needing to be present. This would help keep the character present in the season, while also giving the show the space it needs to keep the character off-screen until Flueger\u2019s leave of absence ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n Whatever storyline the writers come up with, it\u2019s looking likely that we\u2019ve seen the last of Ruzek for the time being in\u00a0Chicago PD<\/em>\u00a0season 13.<\/p>\n Earlier this year,\u00a0Todd Chrisley<\/strong>\u00a0received a pardon from the President. However,\u00a0Patricia Altschul<\/strong>\u00a0is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this\u00a0Southern Charm\u00a0star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a \u201cfelon\u201d like Todd.<\/p>\n Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming.\u00a0Their tiny tit for tat\u00a0started after Todd\u2019s release from prison. \u201cDuring the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it\u2019s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,\u201d Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, \u201cWell, there goes the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.<\/p>\n So, recently clapping back via\u00a0Decider, Pat quipped, \u201cHe\u2019s very irrelevant. I said four words\u2014there goes the neighborhood \u2014 and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.\u201d Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, \u201cWe just don\u2019t need any more\u00a0felons in Charleston.\u201d<\/p>\n Todd and his wife,\u00a0Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all,\u00a0The Chrisleys: Back to Reality\u00a0stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.<\/p>\n And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward\u00a0her in Charleston.<\/p>\n Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET\/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the moment it was first reported that\u00a0Patrick John Flueger would be taking a leave of absence\u00a0from\u00a0Chicago PD,\u00a0fans have been left with quite a few questions to ponder.\u00a0 When the news broke…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t