What Happened to Rojas on 'Chicago P.D.'? Here's Where Vanessa Went

Season 8 of 'Chicago P.D.' is officially over, and many fans are still wondering: What happened to Rojas on 'Chicago P.D.'? After a super weird year for TV and for everything else some things are finally starting to get back to normal. So many people have been really patient waiting for their favorite

Season 8 of 'Chicago P.D.' is formally over, and many enthusiasts are still wondering: What happened to Rojas on 'Chicago P.D.'?

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After a perfect weird yr — for TV and for everything else — some things are after all beginning to get back to normal. So many people had been truly patient looking forward to their favourite TV shows to come again. Many displays had to minimize their seasons brief due to COVID-19, which has left other people yearning their favorites to return. One of the affected presentations affected was once Chicago P.D., which ended Season 7 early. Now that Season Eight is over fans nonetheless have one giant question: What happened to Rojas?

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What happened to Officer Rojas on 'Chicago P.D.'?

Officer Vanessa Rojas joined the solid of Chicago P.D. in 2019 for Season 7. After the character made a couple of visitor appearances, she was an authentic lead persona starring in 19 episodes. Played by way of Lisseth Chavez, her persona was once quite in style on the display. She was presented when she was once working undercover on a case, meeting Officer Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins), who was additionally an undercover cop, which she didn't know at the time. 

The investigation they have been each on was once shared with Intelligence and Rojas was introduced an everlasting place inside the unit. Fans of Chicago P.D. enjoyed the brand new character and there was likely extra deliberate for Season 7 beyond the nineteen episodes that aired, however with the season minimize quick, fans have been hoping to see more of Officer Rojas and Lisseth when it came time to air Season 8.

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But that isn't what happened. Although Lisseth wasn't part of the sequence for lengthy enjoying the position of Office Rojas, she published she would not be returning to the display for Season 8. There are some conflicting details on why Lisseth left, whether it was once her choice or the producers who chose no longer to continue the function. 

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Deadline reported, "[Lisseth[’s option was not picked up after the series’ creative team had decided to wrap her arc. Because the coronavirus pandemic cut last season of Chicago P.D. short, Rojas’ storyline did not get a proper conclusion and the character’s exit will have to be addressed at the start of next season."

With her character being dropped without a fully fleshed out conclusion, other people are not positive what to be expecting with Season 8 underway, and it sounds like the producers aren't too sure both. 

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How will producers explain Officer Rojas' absence in Season Eight of 'Chicago. P.D.'?

Since Season 7 had to be lower quick with very little caution, the finale wasn't essentially the most thought out that it will had been. In the makeshift finale, probably the most remaining scenes Rojas was once fascinated about was once helping out Officer Kevin Atwater and Officer Tom Doyle (Mickey O'Sullivan) while they were making an attempt to arrest the intermediary in a gun-running operation.

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Given that didn't actually have any form of conclusion to it, manufacturers are nervous that trying to give an explanation for her absence would come across pressured. 

"It's always hard to say goodbye to a character," producer Rick Eid advised TV Line ahead of Season 8's premiere. "We tried to address it in the premiere, but it felt forced. In other words, we're still working on it."

And then Season 8 premiered ... and concluded ... and there was once still no answer to the query of what happened to Rojas. Fans of the display are nonetheless super at a loss for words about what happened to the character, and now that a whole season has aired without a answers being provided, it is starting to appear to be the ones solutions may by no means come.

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While it's the end for Rojas on Chicago P.D., Lisseth Chavez is taking on a brand new position within the DC Universe. "HELLOOOOO LEGENDS! Looks like I’ll be joining the DC Universe," she shared on Instagram, at the side of a screenshot of the Dateline article that reported on her Chicago P.D. go out. "So many changes this year, feeling grateful for this opportunity."

She continued, "I can't look forward to you all to meet Esperanza aka SPOONER, I'm looking ahead to calling you my second house. I'm in a position for this new adventure.

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