It's #OneChicago! Do I need to say more? Okay, buckle up for the ride. The crossover event between Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. has always been one of the better parts of great television, or in this case, like a great TV movie.
Part 1: "Some Make It, Some Don't" (Chicago Fire)
Casey and Dawson meet with DCFS about Louie's biological father coming back and wanting to take his son. Of course, this doesn't get any easier for them, as it hits Dawson especially hard. They meet with a lawyer but know that going forward, it’s going to be a gamble. Dawson agrees to meet with the father face-to-face, but he doesn’t show up, leaving them in limbo.
Meanwhile, Severide, who has agreed to be a bone marrow donor, meets the person to whom he has donated it, hinting at a special relationship down the road. After a couple of meetings, Jeff informs him that the chemo isn't helping her and that they have to take her off of it. Severide is crushed and not only takes the next day off but goes drinking.
Let’s hold Severide’s story for a moment and talk about one of the funniest plots in the episode: a ping-pong table. After a call, the guys at 81 acquire a table and become obsessed with it. It becomes a full-blown ping-pong tournament at the station, with Otis and Herrmann playing like kids and busting things. It gets so bad that they come in during their off-shift to play, much to the dismay of Miss Connie. The staff of 81 eventually returns to the table just as they get a call about a car accident.
Truck 81 gets to the scene of a car that hit a van with a mother and daughter. It turns out that the vehicle belongs to Severide. After caring for the mother and daughter, the officers obtain information on who the car belongs to, and Herrmann requests that the Intelligence Unit handle it.
Part 2: "A Great and Terrible Day" (Chicago P.D.)
Severide wakes up in his living room surrounded by bottles and answers the door. It's Erin and Voight. They ask him to come down to the station with them, telling him his car was found at an accident. After talking to Severide, word gets out that the mother is pulling through, but the daughter has died. They charge Severide and put him in a holding cell.
As the team investigates, some of them (Halstead!) think he's guilty, while others (Erin) believe he deserves the benefit of the doubt. After tracing Severide's steps, everything points to him. But after interviewing him again, he remembers a few more things, like getting in his car, stopping, getting out because he was too drunk to drive, and getting home with a spare key. A tracker is also found underneath the vehicle.
That discovery leads the team back to the bar, where Erin and Halstead spot a valet taking the car and placing the tracker on it. They set up a sting, but it backfires. The suspect gets spooked, leading to one of the best car chases on P.D. in a while. They lose the suspect but find the car.
There were some powerful personal moments throughout, including Casey talking to Voight about Severide, and Severide and Erin having a moment that really sets the tone for the rest of the episode: they need to get Kelly out of there fast.
Atwater knows someone who can help. They go to a dealer who, after a tense conversation with Voight, gives them a name. The guy is in hiding but demands money from them. To get him out of hiding, they take a photo of his mother in the trunk of a car as proof. He arrives at the location and is ambushed by Halstead, taken into the station. The suspect's friend discusses what happened and confirms that it wasn't Severide who caused the accident. Severide is released and walks out of the prison gates with Erin, thanking her and hoping things will be okay between them.
Final Thoughts
This was one hell of a two-hour event that still holds up. As always, Fire played with emotions and humor, while P.D. delivered not only emotion and mystery but also edge-of-your-seat action, such as the car chase scene, one of my favorites. I think Severide will probably get a bit too close to the patient he’s helping. I also think Burgess is going to have a tough time at first being with Al on the team, but I think she can make it. That was kind of funny in Al's reaction to Burgess partnering up with him. Excellent writing from both shows, along with great performances from the cast.
Overall, I give this crossover a 9/10.
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