Chicago PD can go dark, but this was definitely a very dark storyline. As usual, it was portrayed with dignity and respect for the reality of the situation. Everything about this episode was cinematic.
However, I did miss seeing Atwater, but I think that the show is always going to be different since this is the first time the show has ever been on without him. Not that it hindered the quality of the episode at all; it was still incredible.
It’s been quite fun to watch Voight interact with Charlie. I both love and hate Charlie as a character because I genuinely cannot tell if he is someone that can be trusted or not. I want to lean towards not, just because I am sceptical of newbies, but then he does so many things that make you like him that you kind of let your guard down, unlike the team who is yet to really do that.
I liked that there was a pretty heavy focus on Voight this episode; he always works hard to make sure the case gets solved, but I enjoy watching him get annoyed with everyone and everything that is working against him. Especially when it comes to Charlie because that’s just funny to watch Voight assert so much dominance and Charlie not crack that much.
Voight and Trudy have such a good relationship, and the first three episodes of this season have shown them communicating quite a lot, which I really like. I think it’s also so interesting to see them interact because they are the only two that we haven’t seen work together since they first met.
We’ve watched the whole team's relationships and personal lives develop, but we never saw the start of Trudy and Voight’s relationship, and it’s so fun to imagine how they were when they first met. You can visibly see the years of friendship and trust between them every time they talk, even if most of the time it is verbally sparring with each other. It’s their love language.
One thing Chicago PD has always done well is setting up an ongoing storyline within the first few episodes of a season to keep you hooked for the rest of it, and this season is no different. I am so intrigued to see where this storyline is headed.
The slow zoom out on Hank at the end of the episode genuinely made me think that he was possibly going to get shot. Although that didn’t happen, I do think that someone was watching him and seeing that he had gone to LaSean. We only met LaSean once, but they did such a good job of making me care about him as a character in such a short period of time that he was bait to get rid of Rob.
I am seriously looking forward to seeing how this storyline plays out through the rest of the season.
