For Intelligence: Chicago PD "Reckoning" Season Finale

With everything they've done to stop Kelton; does Voight and the team have one more trick up their sleeves to stop Kelton? Here's a recap!

With everything Voight, Antonio and Ruzek have gone through this season; they have one last shot to stop Kelton from becoming Mayor of Chicago. Voight learns of Kelton's connection with a drug boss and that if they catch him on a heavy enough charge that they could use him against Kelton. Well, as the Intelligence's plan goes well; their guy ended up getting killed.

With their connection dead, Voight and the team hunt down the shooter. While they get the name of the shooter; they catch him and take him in to talk with Voight and Ruzek, but nothing.

 Ruzek is being called to talk about his statement that he falsely stated, but continues to go with it. Later on, during a late-night visit, Ruzek is offered 24 hours to confess or he'll be arrested.
Antonio gets dirt on the guy that talked to Ruzek but he couldn't tell Ruzek or Voight as it dealt with the guy's daughter.

With all seems to go down, Voight tells Ruzek that he doesn't need to take the wrap for Antonio's mess. But he does in his case. As Ruzek leaves Voight, Halstead stops Voight to understand what's going on and tells him if there's something wrong that he needs to tell him so he could help. But Voight tells Halstead that he's going to talk with Kelton and that Intelligence will be his and that to make sure to run it the right way.

Ruzek was soon arrested and processed while Kelton was elected to be the new Mayor of Chicago. But later that night Intelligence gets a call to they learn is Kelton's house and when they go in; Kelton dead with gunshots. We see squad cars coming and see Voight driving away.

"Reckoning" was such a strong and emotional season finale; that might not have been on the level of Season Five's finale but it did serve a punch to the gut. Even though the episode had centric around Voight, Antonio, and Ruzek, there were a moment or two between Halstead and Upton with their partnership. Not to mention the cry time moments between Ruzek and Platt and Voight and Halstead, as it was like a full circle of their working relationship.

As for the cliffhanger, does anything think that it was Voight that shot Kelton? Could it have been both Voight and Kate? I'm leaning towards both of them and that Kate wouldn't let Voight do it all on his own.

Well, I can't wait for the new season, where things pick off and where our characters go from here. Also, does anyone think that Voihgt could have his own endgame if something goes wrong?
Overall, I give this episode an 8.9/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago PD when they return in the fall.

Finding a Way: Chicago PD "Confession"

As the intelligence unit tries to take down the top drug lord in Chicago, the Antonio incident case has reopened. Here's a recap!

As Antonio is at a meeting, a call from Voight and Ruzek had them discussing how Kelton has reopened the investigation of the suspect that Antiono pushed off a two-story warehouse building. Voight has a plan and gets them to meet with Atwater for a drug deal.

As Atwater and his CI make a deal with what seems to be a rookie drug seller, just as they make arrangements, the kid gets shot. The team investigates and takes them to the drug lord, Alex Del Toro. Antonio knows Del Toro, who had his partner killed years ago. They tried to arrest him for the murder but couldn't get anything stuck.

It soon becomes a two-case episode as Voight gets the top newspaper reporter, Katherine Bradley, to write a piece about Kelton. But their one source is MIA and Voight, and Ruzek tries to locate him. As Ruzek gets a location on their source, Voight meets with him and gets him to stand up against Kelton.
Soon, Antiono and the team find something that stuck with Del Toro, but just as they got something, he was on the move. They find Del Toro near the shipping yard and chase him through the abandoned warehouse. Antonio gets to him, and just when he is about to shoot, he grabs Del Toro and tries to push him off the edge of the building but doesn't and arrestedarrestsith everything looking good until the news conference that was supposed to be about Kelton dropping out; turns out to be Kathrine Brennen instead. Voight meets with Brennen to discuss this situation, and she tells him that she took the fall because he has dirt on her, and he has dirt on him, too. It seems like a war is coming to the intelligence unit.

"Confession" didn't match the episode a year ago when Al got stabbed. Still, it closely matches it as it was an episode focusing on Antiono from the week's case, facing an old enemy and even confronting his demons of pushing a suspect off the building. Jon Seda gives his best performance since the fall finale. And when things were looking suitable for Antiono, we can see how Seda will be leaving the series. The writing seemed to have been on the wall since the fall finale. Excellent writing, strong character development, and overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago PD on Wednesday, May 22, at 10/9c on NBC.

Finding The Connection: Chicago Fire "The White Whale"

The search for the arsonist is on for Severide; will anyone believe his leads from Benny? Plus, a firefighter steps up for a retired firefighter in need. Plus, are there sparks between Brett and Casey? Here's a recap!

Severide tells Boden and Casey about what Benny had in his case notes about this arson, but Boden can't believe what he thinks or goes with his gut about it because he needs more information. That goes for Lt. Hubble, who needs to take Severide's data seriously. Even though Casey is behind him, Severide goes out there and tries to get information. Severide spots this guy who's not helping clean up the salon confronts him and believes he's the guy. More later...

A retirement party has been called; it's not for Mouch. (Phew!) It's for another firefighter, Russ LaPointe (played by Abraham Benrubi, "ER"). When Herrmann and the gang visited him at his firehouse, they invited him to have his party at Molly's. Ritter gets to talk with him and, after a couple of minutes, really enjoyed him and his tip. But when the party was going on, LaPointe wasn't himself as he was drinking pretty heavily and talking about moments that had haunted him. After seeing that, Ritter asked Herrmann to make a wellness check and learned that LaPointe and his wife had separated. Ritter tells Herrmann more in-depth about his uncle and that he killed himself, so they got the troops together and talked to LaPointe and got him to join a support group.

Brett confronts Kidd and Foster about what her friend said about her and Casey's date. After having a coughing fit when Casey walked in, Kidd and Foster agreed that she should date Casey. We get just little snippet moments: when Brett aids Casey's wound after a call, gets on Casey for not cleaning and changing the bandage, and Casey asks Brett to change his application so she doesn't yell at him. There's something there, but no one's pulling the trigger, not just yet.

Getting back to Severide, after taking a photo of that guy, he meets with the eyewitness, Carol Spears, who was at the fire the arsonist set. After making a positive ID,  he calls, but Severide notices Carol looking through his notes as he leaves a message and asks her not to look. But as she was getting him some coffee, Severide spotted a piece of wire and even looked in the box for items of the bomb. Severide calls Casey and tells him and Boden that the arsonist is Carol, and her next building is a church.

As Casey and Boden get there, Severide guides Casey in searching for the bomb. As Casey finds it, it goes off. Herrmann rushes in as Casey tries to break the lock just in time for Herrmann to take out the fire before things get worse. Later on, Severide, Casey, and Boden meet with Hubble to talk about what's next for Carol. Something tells me that it's going to get worse.

"The White Whale" was an excellent episode with action and suspense, but it had some of the most potent story moments we could learn right now. The Ritter and LaPointe story was moving and was a PSA about reading the signs that someone needs help, even when they don't ask for it. It got the waterworks for me, even if it was Benrubi, who I grew up watching as Jerry, the desk clerk on ER.

I still feel that this arson case is the one thing that will give him the closure he needs from his father. I wonder how dangerous this person can be compared to the one from Season 3 that killed Shay. Also, I wonder what Kidd would tell Kelly just before Hubble interrupted.

The Casey and Brett thing is still in slow motion, but by the end of the season finale, she'll confront Casey and go out on a date. I want this to work!

This episode had strong writing, character development, and even some good performances from the cast. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago Fire on Wednesday, May 22, at 9/8c on NBC.

Chicago Med "With A Brave Heart" Season Finale Episode Preview

Here's a preview of next Wednesday's season finale of Chicago Med.

"With A Brave Heart"

In the season finale, Dr. Charles and Caroline set some major plans. Ava fights to keep her relationship with Conner. Agent Lee informs Will of news that may put his life in danger.

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A lot of things are on the line in this season finale. The one big question is how will Conner and Ava leave Med: will it be in this episode or will it be addressed in the next season. What could Will be in danger of that has Agent Lee worried.

You can catch the season finale Chicago Med Wednesday, May 22 at 8/7c on NBC.

Realizing: Chicago Med "Forever Hold Your Peace"

Here's a recap of Wednesday's episode of Chicago Med.

Maggie's sister Denise visits with her boyfriend; but things take a real turn when Will sees that the boyfriend slapped her in the face, knocking her down. As Will bring her in the ED, Maggie starts asking questions and even got it by looking at Will. Maggie tries to tell Dennis that she needs to leave him for good, but she's not because she loves him. Well, Maggie and Will took care of things, mostly Maggie, as she went to talk to Denise's boyfriend and warned him to stay away, even slapped some sense into him. But it looks like Denise isn't on speaking terms with Maggie now.

Dr. Charles and Natalie deal with a pregnant patient, who's dying of cancer; whether she should have surgery to remove the tumor in her brain. As much as the husband wants it done, he gets second thoughts about the idea and I'm guessing that she's not gonna have the surgery but keep her on the ventilator to keep the baby alive.

Even Dr. Charles deals with something of his own, letting go of someone. He learns that Cici is moving back to Minneapolis, Minn. to take a job there and continue treatment. Charles tries to find ways to keep her in Chicago, even tries to get her an interview for another job. It was after talking to the husband of the pregnant woman; Charles realizes that he needs to do something and that he did as he gives Cici a letter to resign from Med, but she tells him that the reason why she's moving is that her cancer is back and wants to be along. Charles won't let that happen as he somewhat proposals to her to stay in Chicago and let him help her.

Ethan and April are taking care of Vincent, while Emily is trying to have some time but that leads her disappearing. With all of her clothes gone, Ethan and April get close and take on taking care of the baby. That is until  Emily finally shows up after traveling to St. Louis and back and tries to take Vincent but April and Ethan tell her to stay and think up a plan. My guess is that she's either going to take her baby and run away or leave her baby again and rush off.

The bigger story in this episode happens to be Conner as he deals with fathers. It's Conner's birthday and while he checks on his dad, he wishes him a happy birthday but soon starts the crap about how his mother wasn't at his birthdays because of her illness. That got Conner to leave. He soon deals with a young patient that might have broken his arm from a state board; but after smelling alcohol on the kid's father. It got even more suspicious when the kid was still in pain and wasn't taking the pain pills. After accusing the father; we learn that the kid was trying to help his father's pain problem and soon things got settled. That is when Conner saw the birthday photos from his past and not see his mother; he sees his father to tell him he's right till he sees him die.

"Forever Hold Your Peace" is a fine episode that deals with decision making on trying to say something that you should say before it's too late like for Dr. Charles and his ex-wife. Or being late to say that you're right and I'm wrong as we saw from Conner and his father. I did feel bad for Conner; but when someone like your father calls out your mother, who was ill at the time, that's not right at all. The Maggie/Dennis story was good but the moment between Denise' boyfriend and her was amazing and even Will steps in just in case.

I feel like Emily is heading back to her old ways and maybe leaving her baby with Ethan and April. Even though she's back now, who's knows if she can change or not, I'm sure Ethan feels like he's gone through the washer again with her. The writing was good and the performances were good too. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago Med next Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Break: Chicago PD "Sacrifice"

Sacrifices have to be made at times; this episode had a few. Here's a recap!

When a crew has been hitting pharmaceutical delivery trucks and stealing drugs, the Intelligence Unit goes beyond to take down that even sacrifices must be made. As Voight and the team get close to the crew leader, they pick up Gina Reily, who is picking up drugs that aren't painkillers but drugs to help keep her alive, as she has a deadly disease. After apologizing, the team used her to get her husband and their boss, Shaw, to shut down the operation. As Gina confronts Shaw to get her pills, it soon turns into a hostage situation that Halstead, Upston, and Ruzek take down. 

The episode had our characters make some sacrifices, including Upton and Ruzek, as their relationship takes a dive during this case. As Ruzek tries to make a deal with Shaw, Upton makes the call, thinking that this is going south, while Ruzek tries to protect her during a shootout/hostage situation with Shaw. The two finally discussed it and decided it was time for a break. This comes after Upton talked with Trudy about relationships.

"Sacrifices" was an excellent episode and better than the previous one. It was not only a character-driven episode for Upton and Ruzek but also for Antiono and Brennan. Seeing Antiono stepping back on Voight's request because of his recent drug history this season. Also, at the end of the episode, we learn that Brennan had to make sacrifices in her life with her mother. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD on NBC on NBC on Wednesday at 10/9c.

Guns and Politics: Chicago PD "What Could Have Been"

Guns and politics never go away. Here's a recap!

As Burgess waits for Blair, her boyfriend, for their date night, she waits so long that she has his cell phone pinned on his location, but by the time she gets there, he's dead. As the team investigates, we see Burgess hide her emotions for a guy she's been enjoying for a while but will end their relationship. That is until she learns that he was seriously planning on staying to be with her. Thinking that it's gotta be drugs or money thing that got Blair killed, there was another connection with another victim.

It didn't get good until the investigation started to turn toward Ray Price and his family. As Burgess dug more deeply and the team searched on Ray's daughter's social media, they found what is the evidence that ties this only thing up. Voight talks with Ray about the video of his daughter, but Ray doesn't want to say anything. As soon as he tries to tell Voight, Ray's wife comes in and tells him the entire thing that she had killed Blair and the other guy as they were blackmailing them to resign from the mayor race. 
Voight gets Ray's confession and makes a deal with the AD for a seven-year sentence. In the end, Voight and Ray have one last drink in the holding cell, thinking about what would have happened if this hadn't happened. I know what happened: Chicago would have gotten a great mayor.

"What Could Have Been" might be one of the least enjoyable episodes of the season, and that's only in the first half of the episode, while the second half was very good with such a twist that shocked me. As much as I enjoyed the character of Burgess, this was one of my least favorite episodes of hers. Burgess was so out of character that I didn't believe what she was doing, let alone saying to everyone from the team to even Blair's sister. But the one thing we got out of this episode was Burgess and Ruzek working together.

But Wendell Pierce's performance was very good. It was his character's story that made me watch this until the end, even though it wasn't as great as his other performances in other shows. I still think it was a shocker that Ray's wife did the killing, as I didn't think any of Ray's family would have done it. Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD on Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.