One Chicago Chicago Fire "Going To War"/Chicago Med "When to Let Go "/Chicago PD "Endings "

Did you think that the previous crossover event couldn't be topped? Think again! They sure found a way to make this crossover event their best yet.

Chicago Fire "Going to War" 

The episode started quite at first, with Forster roaming around 51 and getting some stories from Boden. Not to mention also bumping into Brett and Casey and Severide and Kidd. But when the call comes down, everyone is out to that call of an apartment building fire.

With the fire around the 20th floor, the elevators were not in use,  so the team moved up the stairs and tried to guide those coming down, but also to see if anyone was trapped. Otis loses a mother and baby and thinks that they might be on the elevator and tries to fix it. But when the elevator door opens, smoke roams, and he sees the mother and baby burned to death. It upsets him very severely,

Jay Halstead rushes into the building, asking Boden if he saw his father, Pat. But Boden hasn't seen him, but the building employee has and tells them he might be on the 25 floor with another guy in a wheelchair. Casey moves up and finds Pat along with his friend and tries to pull them out until assistance comes.

Cruz finds an unconscious woman in the line of fire and helps her out of the building. Casey gets help from Brett, and the two finally talk about Dawson. She asked him why he let her go. Casey replied that he was pissed, too but couldn't keep her away. Brett tells him how bad she feels; Casey gives her a photo and a note from Dawson on how much she loves her.

But it doesn't stop there; with a kid tapped, Severide rescues him. As the fire keeps growing, he takes the risk of moving down a couple of floors outside. As soon as they're out of danger, Herrmann calls for help as Kidd is down because she was bold and crazy enough not to get a new one. Everyone comes to help, including Severide, and brings it down to Brett and Forster to get her set to transfer. As they got Kidd breathing and ready to go, they all headed off to Med, except for Jerry. HA!

Chicago Med " When to Let Go"

The episode picks up as Brett and Forster bring Kidd to Med.  Ethan and April are trying to stabilize her, but she's experiencing bleeding from her lungs. Conner tries to work her up, and as soon as she's stable, he tells Severide that they will have to take her left lung out.

Of course, Severide was mad about it and asked for another way. But with no family around, it's not his call, as it's the doctors.

Meanwhile, a little girl who burns up to 80 percent of her body has her parents believing she doesn't want to be saved. But after improvements, they decided to the surgery.

After a workup on Pat, Will and Jay are in the room with him. Things looked good until it went south. After five minutes of getting his father's heart back, it results in brain death. Will tries to explain it to Jay, but he can't grasp it.

Gwen confronts them that they have the hospital's full support in keeping their dad on the vent. But when Will discovers why she did that, they know they must take him off the vent as he's close to the 30-day deadline. Jay won't let their dad off the vent, but after hours later, Will sits by him. Jay tells him that he agrees to take Dad off the vent.

Ethan found a fractured arm and saw bruises on her shoulder and thigh on that unconscious girl. But before any more workups, she leaves, and Ethan and Maggie call CPD.

Just as the Intelligence unit arrived, they found a GPS clip on the patient's bed. Meanwhile, as Voight gives commands, he talks to Jay about how sorry he is about his father's death. Voight asked Jay to take a few days off, but he wouldn't and wants to find this guy.

Chicago PD "Endings" 

We pick up as Platt gives the orders to officers of a hunt for a missing woman. Jay and Burgess team up, and after looking around the park, they find her, who tells Jay that she's finally free.

As the team looks into the room owner in that apartment, they come to the name of the biggest drug lord around. But after the FBI asked to step around their case, Voight only agreed to do that if they gave them information on their suspect. When the team got the news, they found a file named Carlos Mendoza, who worked for the drug lord and was under witness protection.

They also learn that Carlos' son, Daniel, is in the game like his father and ask about his whereabouts. With the father not telling where his son is, they go to the next person, Carlos' other son, Juan, who isn't in the game like his dad and brother. 

Jay, who's taking this very personally, gives a plan to take Juan and question him. With no alternative, they take in Juan and get Carlos to give up Daniel finally. They plan for Carlos to call Daniel to track him down. Just before the mission goes, Voight and Hallie take Jay off the case for being too close.
After Voight leaves, Jay calls Severide for help and uses his police scanner to search where they might have roadblocks. When Jay found the location, the Starsky and Hutch were on the way.

Jay finds Daniel, and the chase is on. Jay chases him until Daniel shoots him, and Jay shoots him in the chest. The two are down, and Jay calls for an ambulance. Soon, Ruzek and Hallie get there and call for the same ambulance. Jay is okay with a shot throw on his side. Voight gives him one of the most father-son speeches that would even get me to cry and say, "Yes, Dad." Even Hallie walks off with Ruzek and starts to lose it, thinking that Jay could have died.

Meanwhile, Jay and Will enter their dad's apartment to clean things out. As Will looks in the living room, Jay goes into the bedroom where he sees clippings of his graduating class at the police academy, and it brings Jay to tears, realizing that his father did care for him, too.

Okay, I was one of the few who didn't think the last big crossover event (the one with Justice) would top itself. But it did! It did! I was amazed how these episodes came with such great performances from Jesse Lee Soffer as Jay Halstead in all three shows. This episode was Soffer's best performance since the episode arc last season when he fell in love with episode one while undercover.

It also opens up more storylines for the rest of the season, like Kelly and Stella and how Stella will deal with returning to work after. Will Otis suffer more from PTSD, and will Dr. Charles keep telling him how he's doing? I think down the road, Otis' PTSD will catch up to him. I also believe that Jay got the fatherly moment he wanted from his father when Voight gave it to him after capturing Daniel. But also, Hallie emotional moment has me thinking that she's got feelings for Jay. Anyone?

Overall, I give this crossover event a 9.5/10. It made what One Chicago Wednesday the night we all wanted to see. All I have to say is: "When's the next one?"

You can catch Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD on Wednesdays beginning at 8/7c on NBC.