No other show does a two-hour event quite like Chicago PD. When they do not like this fall finale, it's like watching a made-for-TV movie event, and this one was remarkable with one story plot that centered it: Antonio's farewell.
Let's jump into the first hour, where a witness in a trial was found dead. ASA Stone (from Chicago Justice) asked the Intelligence Unit to find the person who did this, or Tuxhorn (the man on trial) would walk out.
Everything was pointed out by the victim's friend, who came to the country together to have a better life. When they found the same gun used on the victim, they took him in, but he was soon let go because his fingerprints were on it. But he did leave some clues about a call about his diplomat papers, but it was a fake call that probably was set up by the killer.
In the meantime, Tuxhorn was released on bail, but Erin kept an eye on him occasionally. They get that Tuxhorn's brother is out of rehab and capture him while dealing. He tells Voight that he hasn't killed anyone, but he was going to do something to the victim but stopped.
After looking back, I found that Tuxhorn's sister was the one who shot the witness and hid the gun in the victim's friend's place. Also, she was put back in jail by her brother, Tuxhorn, and boy, did that give Erin a nice smiling sendoff.
Also, Burgess gets a new partner who isn't quite right for her. At one point, they made a stop when a guy drove past a stop light, and it turned out the guy was wearing some pretty uncontrollable stuff. It was so embarrassing for the guy that Burgress' partner took the video that was used from his police camera, took the video from his phone, and posted it on social media. Of course, that upset Platt to the core.
And one more: Stone offered Antonio a job in his investigation team because of the mistakes. At first, Antonio declined, but Stone tells him Voight signed the papers, but that wasn't true. Voight tells Antonio that he recommended him to Stone and said that a sergeant once told him that, at one point, you need to move on to other things. Voight was ready to move on. He tells Stone that he accepts.
Coming into the second episode, it feels like it picks off a few hours later or so. Halstead and Erin are having breakfast with Bunny. She has something to tell Erin about something, but as they are about to talk, their radio that an officer has been shot.
When they got there, almost everyone got there, but by the time they had a search, the suspect was gone. The officer who got shot was dead when he got to Med. The Intelligence Unit looked at everyone who would have a grudge against the CPD and got one suspect, but it turned out it wasn't him at all.
They soon get a lead, leading them to an alley where a cop car is parked, and with everyone from Jay, Erin, Adam Burgess, and other officers, something doesn't feel or sound right with Halstead. Their walkie-talkie was going in and out, and the suspect was carrying and using it, which quickly shot one officer in the head and after turned into hell in high water. And yet again, the officer was dead when she got to Med, and the suspect got away.
There was one suspect they assumed it was because of his hatred towards cops, but people proved where he was at the time. After looking more and more at this, this wasn't just a rookie but someone who knows cops and tactics. They think this was a former cop or a cop that went nuts.
It all leads to one person, a former cop's son, who happens to have joined the CPD but left because his mind wasn't right. His father was killed in the line of duty, and Voight and Al remembered that. They searched for him at his mother's place, and when she gave them his address of an apartment, they found a dead roommate and a room full of papers and plans.
They got an address to where the suspect lived before he moved (his childhood home). Voight called and talked to the suspect. He demanded everyone from SWAT, etc., to be there because he would blow them up if they were to go. Still, Voightt tried talking him down about it, which led to Voight telling him about his father, who died on duty too, but the kid wouldn't listen, and soon after, Voight tells Al to take the shot, which kills him.
After everyone meets the visual site of where the fallen officers are remembered, we see Voight looking at his father's name, the suspect's mother at her husband's, and Antonio looking at Julie (the detective in Season One who was shot and killed in the first episode). But mostly, it was the moment of remembering the two officers who got shot in this episode that felt a lot of emotion just by watching everyone from PD, Fire, Med, and Justice there.
Soon after, Antonio and Halstead had a moment and went to Molly's for Antonio's farewell or more of good luck. Everyone was there, and Burgess, who had a rough day with her partner leaving after the event, talked to Voight about a job opening, and she took it like a bolt of lightning. Burgess has finally made it to the Intelligence Unit.
But it left a big cliffhanger when Erin met with her mother again. She tells her that she has an emergency to say to her that her father is in town and wants to see her. WOW!!
These two episodes were great. It truly felt like watching a TV movie. The writing was excellent, along with some performances from Jason Begne, Sophia Bush, and Jon Seda. Now, after this, I wonder what Erin's dad is like and what kind of stuff he will bring in this second half of the season. And Burgess is finally in Intelligence; I feel she won't have an excellent first day there. Overall, I give it a 9/10.
You can catch Chicago PD when they return for a crossover event with Chicago Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 3, beginning at 9/8c, but bear with new episodes on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 10/9c on NBC.
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