The number one rule on Chicago P.D. is that you don’t lie to Sergeant Voight. Bend the rules, break them if it means saving a life, but never, ever lie to the man responsible for everyone. Now you could say that it’s about proving your loyalty to Voight. That’s definitely the argument his enemies makes, Denny Woods especially. For Voight, it’s not about loyalty. It’s about trust. You can’t put your life in the hands of someone you don’t trust. The only thing worse than having one person on your team you can’t trust, is having two.
The minute Ruzek got in that car with Olinsky, he was in for it. He should have known who would be on the other side of those headlights. He should have come to Voight when Denny first approached him. The only thing Ruzek did right in all of this was stall. That may have even been smarter than choosing not to turn Voight in. That is the only thing that saves Ruzek, and I use the word ‘save’ loosely. He has lost his boss’s trust, and he has a very, very slim chance of ever earning it back. For now, Voight wants to let the situation play so that Denny thinks he’s got the upper hand.
Halstead’s life choices are not much better. He decided to continue to date Camila, the sister of the kidnapper that was killed under Halstead’s watch. The kicker is that Camila thinks she’s dating a guy named Ryan, not a cop named Jay. Halstead’s work and personal life were bound to intersect when his girlfriend is a drug dealer. He just couldn’t have imagined how spectacularly it all would have collapsed. A dead DEA agent will do that.
Ella Porter, and undercover DEA agent, infiltrated a party Halstead and Camila were at, trying to identify a group of dealers. Unfortunately for Halstead, Camila is one of the dealers. Like Ruzek, Halstead thinks that he can work his way out of this hole he’s dug himself into. For a time, he thinks that if he can set up a buy with the other dealers, he can find the killer and make a deal to save Camila. That plan goes out the window when Voight and the team find out Camila isn’t just a dealer, she’s a recruiter. From that point on, Voight calls the shots. He forces Halstead to set Camila up in order to get to the killer, her boss Wallace. It works, and blows up Halstead and Camila’s relationship in the process. I say the word ‘relationship’ with loose meaning as well, because Camila never really knew the person she was involved with. She only knew the person he has turned into while in the process of running away from himself. There’s no doubt he’s running. The mess in his apartment alone will tell you he is miserable, but that doesn’t give him the right to take others down with him.
Neither Ruzek or Halstead are trustworthy right now, but Upton is. She’s the one who is following protocol and still looking out for the unit, going so far as to keep Camila quiet about Jay’s fireable offenses. Not even Voight could have saved Jay if Camila told Internal Affairs she had a sexual relationship with a detective. Upton is the one sticking her neck out for her people. Everyone else is more concerned with imploding, and it’s all Voight can do to minimize the wreckage.
Will Ruzek or Halstead be able to redeem themselves to Voight and Intelligence?
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