When Sophia Bush announced that she would not be returning to Chicago P.D., we had to imagine what the department would look like without Erin Lindsay. Now we know, and luckily, the reality of it is not as bad as we pictured. Chicago is a strong city with strong people, and with Voight at the helm of his department, even the toughest times aren’t that dark. It helps that though Intelligence has lost Lindsay, we get to welcome home another familiar face.
There is no worse scenario in a police bust than a little girl being shot and killed in the crossfire, but that’s where the season premiere opens. Worse yet, it starts to look like the bullet that hit the little girl came from Halstead’s gun. If that wasn’t bad enough, this comes when the Chicago Police Department in under review from an independent auditor, who is none other than Denny Woods. Recall that he and Voight were friends before Voight turned on him for a crooked deal. Add in the meddling of narcissistic, somewhat misogynistic Alderman Price, and things become, as Voight says, “a little tricky”.
It then becomes a race to find the suspect who escaped, who can hopefully clear Halstead and the department of wrongdoing. At the very least it would relieve some of the pressure off the department. Alderman Price is all too happy to fan the flames towards Halstead, who he has dubbed the sacrificial lamb. But that isn’t the crux of problem. It could all be solved by finding the real shooter. With the help of James Palp, a suspect on Price’s payroll, as well as some undercover assistance from Antonio Dawson, Intelligence gets their guy.
Things get tricky in a different way after this. Price is crooked, but for a purpose. He works with the gang to keep part of the neighborhood safe, and wants to make sure his moneyman Palp is cleared of wrongdoing. Price keeps Palp, publicly clears Halstead, and throws the guy who killed the little girl under the bus. It’s an arrangement that Voight can live with. What this says about the state of our justice system, I’ll leave up to your own private conversations.
I expected quite a few things from the season premiere, but I was very surprised to find that Hank Voight was in therapy. It’s good to know that after everything he has been through, he is taking care of himself. That’s something Lindsay would be grateful to hear, if she wasn’t on assignment refusing calls. Both Voight and Halstead after to learn to live without their girl cold turkey. It’s a little lonely, but there’s still plenty of company. Hailey Upton is now an official member of Intelligence, and the short scratch of the itch leaves Antonio wanting more. Welcome home Detective Dawson.
Does Intelligence without Lindsay, but with Dawson, still feel like home?
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