Chicago P.D.‘s Intelligence goes through its most emotional cases when the victims are members of the family. Per Voight’s credo, the whole family comes together when one of their own is hurt. This family doesn’t just offer emotional support, they get answers and justice. Burgess goes through her most emotional case yet when her sister is the victim of a brutal assault. It’s Burgess’s greatest test since making it into Intelligence, but circumstances force her to choose what she will or won’t do to protect her family.
Let this be a lesson to get to know your family’s habits. When Burgess’s sister doesn’t come home from a night out with girlfriends, she knows something isn’t right. Nicole is found after being brutally raped in the subway, with no memory of the attack. Given the circumstances, not remembering might be a blessing. As Voight puts it, an attack on Burgess’s family is an attack on the Intelligence family. They won’t rest, and they won’t be nice, about getting justice for Nicole’s attack. At first Intelligence gets on the trail of the man who has been following Nicole, but it turns out to just be a sleazy private investigator hired by Nicole’s soon-to-be ex-husband for her custody battle. You can understand why Nicole wants a divorce given that her ex blames Nicole for leading someone on to do this, then demands his daughter. It would have worked, if he wasn’t in a building filled with cops all on Burgess’s side.
Intelligence finds their biggest lead in Nicole’s case by unfortunately, realizing that her friend Denise was with her at the time and has not come home. Nicole made it out of the car, but Denise didn’t. By the time she fought her way to freedom, she was alone, and died in the snow. Intelligence tracks down the rapists through their mentor Rex Goldman, a creep who teaches seminars in picking up women with a credo of his own. Apparently he should inform Merriam-Webster that he redefined the definition of the word “No”.
Goldman’s apprentices Andrew and Keith were only too happy to prove that Goldman was right about consent. The State’s Attorney’s office steps in to remind Intelligence how difficult it is to prove a rape case where alcohol and no physical evidence is involved. They need a confession, so Lindsay and Burgess go undercover to get one. Because they need that solid confession, they have to go into the lion’s den to the point where the guys cross the line of consent. To get that, Burgess breaks Voight’s one rule for the assignment: nobody drinks anything spiked. Not that it stops her. We’ve seen members of Voight’s team get brutal with suspects before, but Burgess’s rage was nearly uncontrollable. Where Burgess leaves off physically, Lindsay picks up the mantle verbally to get the confession they need. Voight takes it upon himself to get the rapist’s teacher out of Chicago permanently.
Even though Burgess has done her part to make her sister feel a little less scared, she decides there is still more left to do. Her big sister needs help getting back on her feet, so Burgess will take a leave of absence to do that. Not to worry, Voight was very impressed with the way Burgess handled such a personal case, so she will be back.
Check out Marina Squerciati’s temporary goodbye below to Chicago P.D. while she goes on maternity leave.
That's an out on Burgess, got to take care of my sister. And an out on Marina. Got to take maternity leave. Thank you for being amazing fans
— Marina Squerciati (@marinasqu) April 6, 2017
