This week on Chicago P.D., the Intelligence Unit tackled two very different cases—one with a thrilling undercover twist and another with a memorable surprise ending.
"I Remember Her Now"
"I Remember Her Now" is a thrilling undercover mystery. When a 15-year-old girl is found murdered in an abandoned building, the Intelligence Unit sends in one member to go undercover at a female detention center to get answers. If there's one person who can handle that job, it's Jay Halstead.
Halstead goes undercover as a new guard at the center, where he tries to figure out how everything works. When a girl goes crazy and is taken to a safe room, she confronts Halstead, wanting a ticket to California in exchange for information. Halstead holds her off until the next day, then agrees. She tells him who the victim was, and shows him where her body was before it was moved. Following her lead, Voight and the team sweep the place.
Back at the station, Halstead and Voight talk to the witness and then confront the suspect. The suspect denies everything and tells a different story that seems believable at first. Halstead stands his ground, defending the witness, even as the rest of the squad doubts her. He realizes that the suspect came out of the room multiple times when there was nothing going on. He and Erin rush over there and find a stash of cash and phones, which leads to the suspect's arrest. The witness gets to go free.
During this episode, Trudy learns that the dying girl was someone she had worked with years ago and feels terrible about it. With no luck finding the girl's parents, Trudy signs on as her co-parent and fulfills her wish to be placed somewhere nice with no noise.
I loved this episode. It not only kept me guessing but also challenged Halstead, which I appreciated given his actions in the recent crossover episode. Jesse Lee Soffer's performance was memorable—not too big, not too small. The writing was brilliant. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.
"Seven Indictments"
"Seven Indictments" was a solid episode that had a classic twist you'd want from this show. When you think you've figured it out, the story delivers something else.
This week's case begins with a house explosion and no witnesses. After going through suspects, everything hinges on a man and his dog, who happens to come into Trudy's life during the episode, which was a memorable subplot.
In the meantime, word gets around to Erin and Halstead that Rixton's old unit is indicted, but he is not. Everyone talks about the guy, and Jay even asks Voight about it. Voight replies that it's not their business and tells the whole team that if they make one more comment, he'll transfer someone out fast.
After the case is solved, Halstead, being the bigger man, takes the high road and apologizes to Rixton. Rixton tells him what the indictments were for, and Voight reveals the whole story: his old unit was out to take someone down when they were off the clock, and Rixton wasn't even there at the time.
But I think the moment we all loved was that Adam is back! Ruzek walks in and tells Burgess that he was nervous about working with his ex-girlfriend again. After a welcome-back kiss, it seems they're back to being a couple.
I enjoyed a lot of this episode. The twists and turns, Trudy and the officer with the guy and his dog, plus finally learning about Rixton. The writing was good, and the cast was really good. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.
You can catch Chicago P.D. on Wednesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.
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