''Chicago P.D.'' is an American
police procedural
The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies ...
television series broadcast by
NBC and created by
Dick Wolf as the second installment of the
''Chicago'' franchise. It stars
Jason Beghe,
Jon Seda,
Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as List of One Tree Hill characters#Brooke Davis, Brooke Davis in The WB/The CW, CW drama series ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Li ...
,
Jesse Lee Soffer,
Patrick Flueger,
Marina Squerciati,
LaRoyce Hawkins,
Archie Kao,
Elias Koteas,
Amy Morton,
Brian Geraghty,
Tracy Spiridakos,
Lisseth Chavez, Benjamin Levy Aguilar and Toya Turner; it has aired from January 8, 2014 to the present. The show follows the uniformed patrol officers and the Intelligence Unit of the 21st District of the
Chicago Police Department as they pursue the perpetrators of the city's major street offenses.
On April 10, 2023, NBC renewed the series for an
eleventh season, which premiered on January 17, 2024.
On March 21, 2024, NBC renewed the series for a
twelfth season, which premiered on September 25, 2024. On May 5, 2025, the series was renewed for a thirteenth season.
Plot
A
spin-off of ''
Chicago Fire'', ''Chicago P.D.'' focuses on the fictional 21st District, which houses patrol officers and the department's elite Intelligence Unit, led by Sergeant
Hank Voight (
Jason Beghe) through their action-packed daily lives as they strive to keep the city peaceful. Voight must learn to adjust to a changing geopolitical context and adopt new strategies to combat crime in the city he loves.
Cast
Main
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Jason Beghe as
Sergeant Henry "Hank" Voight, the enigmatic and often mercurial chief of the Chicago P.D.'s Intelligence Unit. Despite his brutal, tough exterior, he is loyal to the cops and detectives serving under him and highly "dedicated" to the victims of the crimes his unit investigates to the point of committing human rights violations, mainly torture, and not respecting the law. He is first introduced in ''
Chicago Fire'' as a dirty cop who clashes with
CFD Lieutenant Matthew Casey after Voight's son, Justin, causes an accident in which a teenager is paralyzed, and Casey, who was first on scene, had intended to testify that Justin was
DUI. He is arrested by Det. Antonio Dawson for trying to have Casey silenced by force but is later released from prison and reinstated to the police force by Internal Affairs. As a result, many of Casey's colleagues dislike him, and Casey's superior Chief Boden has a love-hate working relationship with him. It is eventually revealed in the ''Chicago Fire'' episode "
Let Her Go" that his dirty cop alter ego was part of an undercover operation to catch criminals and other dirty cops. Prior to taking command of Intelligence, Voight worked in the Gang Unit. His father Richard was a former CPD officer who was killed in the line of duty. Voight is a widower; his wife, Camille, died of cancer some years prior. His son, Justin, served in the
Army
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and was killed in the last episode of season 3 while trying to help a friend. Voight took an interest in Erin Lindsay at 14 and raised her as his daughter.
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Jon Seda as
Senior Detective Antonio Dawson (seasons 1–6), an Intelligence Unit detective who previously arrested Voight for harassment and has since worked alongside him. Unlike Voight, he has limits on how far he will go to get criminals off the streets, as shown by the fact that he asks Halstead to stop Voight from killing anyone while on the hunt for Pulpo because he does not want it on his conscience. He and his ex-wife Laura have two children: Diego and Eva. He is the older brother of ''
Chicago Fire'' character Gabriela "Gabby" Dawson. In season 4, he is offered a job at the State's Attorney's Office as Lead Investigator, which he accepts. After becoming disillusioned with the job, he returns to the unit in the first episode of season 5. In season 6, Antonio struggles with recovering from a shoulder injury and dependency on the oxycodone he is taking for the pain. After a dealer he owes kidnaps, beats, and rapes his daughter, Antonio, high on oxy, kills him in revenge. Though Voight and Ruzek manage to cover up the incident as self-defense, and Antonio successfully recovers in rehab, mayor-hopeful Superintendent Brian Kelton later gets the case reopened in order to take down the Intelligence Unit, and in the season finale, Antonio relapses after Ruzek is arrested after taking the blame for everything to protect him. In the season 7 premiere, it is revealed that Voight found Antonio and checked him into an off-the-books rehab clinic to get him clean again while also protecting his career. It was revealed several episodes later that Antonio resigned and moved to Puerto Rico to spend more time with his family.
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Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as List of One Tree Hill characters#Brooke Davis, Brooke Davis in The WB/The CW, CW drama series ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Li ...
as
Detective Erin Lindsay (seasons 1–4),
a tough Intelligence Unit detective and former
CI whom Voight took under his wing when she was a juvenile delinquent. Because of this, she is closer to Voight than the other members of the unit. She has a half-brother, Teddy Courtney, who was taken by a
pedophile ring at age thirteen and was found turning tricks in New York City 10 years later. She was in a relationship with her partner Jay Halstead from seasons 2 to 4. Near the end of the fourth season, Lindsay is accused of assault after she sticks her gun down a pedophile's throat in the interrogation room; facing possible dismissal from the police force, she accepts a job offer at the FBI in New York and leaves Chicago.
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Jesse Lee Soffer as
Senior Detective Jay Halstead (seasons 1–10), an Intelligence Unit detective who was Detective Lindsay's partner. A former
Army Ranger, he is confident in his abilities and sometimes comes across as cocky. He also suffers from
post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a Psychological trauma, traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster ...
, shown progressively during Season 5, later seeking therapy for it. He is the younger brother of ''
Chicago Med'' character
Dr. Will Halstead. He was in a relationship with his partner Erin Lindsay from season 2 until she transferred to the FBI in New York at the end of season 4. He later marries fellow detective Hailey Upton in season 9. Following Olinsky's death and Antonio's resignation, Halstead becomes Voight's right-hand. He later resigns from the force early in season 10 after becoming disillusioned with the gray area the Intelligence Unit has to work in, and returns to the Army in a new job hunting drug cartels in Bolivia.
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Patrick John Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek, a younger police officer recruited straight out of the academy by Olinsky to do undercover work. He is often portrayed as an overeager amateur who dives headfirst into a situation without thinking. His parents are separated, and he split time between his father, "Disco Bob" Ruzek (
Jack Coleman), a longtime patrol officer with the 26th District who lives in
Beverly, and his mother in
Canaryville. He was engaged to fellow police officer Kim Burgess before commitment issues end it, but he and Burgess continue to have an on-and-off relationship over the following years, including a pregnancy and its loss (after Burgess is assaulted by a suspect) and adopting a young girl after the girl's immediate family is murdered and other relatives are unable to care for her, before finally getting engaged again in season 11.
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Marina Squerciati as
Detective Kim Burgess, a former flight attendant turned uniformed patrol officer who was Atwater's partner. She was then partnered with Sean Roman before his departure. Burgess is shot in "Called in Dead" and spends the next episode recovering. She was engaged to Adam Ruzek; the relationship is later broken off because of commitment issues. She later develops feelings for Roman before he moves to San Diego. In season 4, she is offered a job in Intelligence, which she accepts. She and Ruzek continue to have an on-and-off relationship over the following years, including a pregnancy and its loss (after Burgess is assaulted by a suspect) and adopting a young girl after the girl's immediate family is murdered and other relatives are unable to care for her, before finally getting engaged again in season 11. In season 12, she is promoted to detective following the departures of Halstead and Upton and the murder of Emily Martel.
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LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater, a uniformed patrol officer who was Burgess' former partner until he was promoted to the Intelligence Unit. He is responsible for caring for his younger siblings, his brother, Jordan, and sister, Vanessa. After his brother testifies to a grand jury about a crime he witnessed, and Vanessa is threatened with rape for her brother being a snitch, he sends them to live with their aunt in Texas.
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Archie Kao as Detective Sheldon Jin (season 1), a tech and surveillance expert. He was discovered to be a reluctant mole working for Internal Affairs sergeant Edwin Stillwell, who had leverage to make him cooperate. He is found murdered in the first-season finale episode, "A Beautiful Friendship".
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Elias Koteas as Senior Detective Alvin Olinsky (seasons 1–5; guest season 11), a veteran undercover officer and a friend of Voight who previously worked with him in the Gang Unit. Before joining the force, Olinsky served in the
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team stationed in Vicenza, Italy. Olinsky mentions in "Called in Dead" that he has eight confirmed kills in the line of duty. At the end of the fifth season, Olinsky is arrested for the murder of Kevin Bingham, the man who murdered Voight's son, Justin, and is later stabbed to death via a hit in prison while awaiting trial.
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Amy Morton as Sergeant Trudy Platt (season 2 – present; recurring season 1), a sarcastic desk sergeant of District 21, and the immediate superior of the district's patrol officers. Before taking a desk job, she was a uniformed patrol officer, and worked with Dawson. She passed the detective's exam twice. Platt is married to ''
Chicago Fire'' character
Randy "Mouch" McHolland.
*
Brian Geraghty as Officer Sean Roman (seasons 2–3; guest season 7
), a brash patrol officer who partners with Burgess after transferring to the 2-1 from District 31. He transferred out because of his relationship with Jenn Cassidy (
Spencer Grammer
Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science-fiction series ''Rick and Morty'' and as Casey Cartwright in the Freeform (TV channel), A ...
), who is now a K-9 officer, to avoid breaking
fraternization rules. He has his own private security company on the side. After being wounded in the line of duty, and with the department feeling he would be unable to return to patrol, he resigns and decides to join the
San Diego Police Department.
*
Tracy Spiridakos as
Detective Hailey Upton Halstead (seasons 5–11; recurring season 4), a tough former robbery-homicide detective and Erin Lindsay's replacement following her departure to New York. Upton gets transferred to the ''
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
'' field office in New York City in season 7 episode 18, "Lines", to temporarily fill in for an agent undercover. She has great relationships with her CIs and goes to many lengths to protect them. Despite a dark turn in Season 7, she is mostly a "by the book" detective. She was married to former Detective Jay Halstead, however, they have gotten divorced in the beginning of season 11. After going through several traumatic events during seasons 10 and 11, including rescuing Voight from a serial killer at the end of the latter season, she leaves Chicago PD to start fresh.
*
Lisseth Chavez as
Officer Vanessa Rojas (season 7), a rookie and Antonio Dawson's replacement following his resignation. She previously worked in an undercover operations unit.
* Benjamin Levy Aguilar as Officer Dante Torres (season 10–present; guest season 9
), a recruit who has a complicated past and was recruited under Detective Halstead's wing.
* Toya Turner as Officer Kiana Cook (season 12), a former tactical officer demoted to patrol by her supervisor after having noted his tendencies to avoid any real work to preserve his pension. She catches the attention of Intelligence after helping catch the killer of their latest addition Detective Emily Martel, and is later recruited by Voight after helping regarding a case of teenage girls killing their abusers.
Recurring
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Samuel Caleb Hunt as Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz (seasons 1–4), the tech and surveillance expert for the Intelligence Unit who replaces Detective Jin. He had served in the same Army unit as Halstead. After he persuades Voight to get a felony expunged, he resigns from Intelligence to reenlist in the Army.
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Stella Maeve as Nadia Decotis (seasons 1–2), an 18-year-old former escort and addict whom Lindsay tries and succeeds in helping. She later becomes the Intelligence Unit's civilian administrative aide and was studying to be a police officer. She was murdered by Dr. Gregory Yates in ''
Law & Order: SVU''s
16th season, episode "Daydream Believer", the conclusion of the season's second ''SVU/Chicago'' crossover event.
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Barbara Eve Harris as Commander Emma Crowley (seasons 3–5), the current commander of the 21st District, who shares a rocky past with Platt. She was replaced by 1st Deputy Katherine Brennan after Voight's involvement in shooting Alvin Olinsky's murderer.
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Kevin J. O'Connor as Commander Fischer (seasons 2–3), the commander of the 21st District who succeed Ron Perry after his retirement. He was replaced by Commander Crowley because of the district's bad public image.
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Robert Wisdom as Commander Ron Perry (seasons 1–2), former commander of the 21st District. He retired at the start of the second season and was later killed in the season finale episode "Born into Bad News".
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Josh Segarra as Justin Voight (seasons 1–3), Voight's son. He was killed in the third-season finale "Start Digging".
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Markie Post as Barbara "Bunny" Fletcher (seasons 2–4), Lindsay's mother. Lindsay took an FBI job in
New York City
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on the condition that her mother serve no jail time for drug trafficking at the end of season 4.
* Chris Agos as ASA (Assistant State's Attorney) Steve Kot (seasons 2–5)
*
Ian Bohen as Sergeant Edwin Stillwell (seasons 1–2), Voight's new Internal Affairs handler. He was arrested after it was found out that he was involved in Jin's murder.
* Alina Taber as Lexi Olinsky (seasons 1–4), Alvin Olinsky's daughter. She died from injuries sustained during a warehouse fire in "Emotional Proximity".
* Madison McLaughlin as Michelle Sovana (season 2), Alvin Olinsky's daughter who shows up at the end of season two. She purports to be the daughter of a woman Olinsky was involved with when he was undercover, but Olinsky discards the results of a
DNA test he ordered to establish his paternity.
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Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Detective Mia Sumner (season 1), a new member on the Intelligence team. She is later forcibly transferred on "The Docks" under suspicion of being an IA mole and replaced by Atwater.
* Melissa Carlson as Meredith Olinsky, Alvin Olinsky's estranged wife.
* Erik Hellman as Dr. Alec Willhite (seasons 1–3), a doctor at Chicago Med and Detective Julia Willhite's widower, after she was killed by Pulpo in the pilot episode
*
America Olivo as Laura Dawson, Antonio's ex-wife (season 1, guest season 6).
*
Carl Weathers as State's Attorney Mark Jefferies (episodes: "Justice"; "Favor, Action, Malice or Ill-Will")
* Zach Garcia as Diego Dawson, Antonio's son (seasons 1–3).
* Maya Moravec (seasons 1–2) and Ariana Chantelle Cordero (seasons 5–6) as Eva Dawson, Antonio's daughter.
* Mark Alex Hanna (seasons 2–6) as Detective Price (Homicide)
*
Nick Wechsler as Detective Kenny Rixton (season 4)
*
Mykelti Williamson as Lieutenant Denny Woods (seasons 4–5), Voight's former partner who goes to great lengths to ruin his career after Voight goes against him on a case. He was arrested for bribing a witness in the fifth-season finale "Homecoming".
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Wendell Pierce as Alderman Ray Price (seasons 5–7), Price almost became Mayor of Chicago (against Brian Kelton) until he went to prison for the murder of two individuals who could have exposed his daughter's connection in the death of another person, thus potentially ruining his chances to win the Mayoral's office.
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John C. McGinley as Brian Kelton (season 6), a corrupt police superintendent who is running for mayor of Chicago with a pro-police platform.
He was murdered in the sixth-season finale "Reckoning", later revealed to be by Deputy Superintendent Katherine Brennan.
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Anne Heche as Deputy Superintendent Katherine Brennan (seasons 6–7), Kelton's initially supportive right-hand whose support for him begins to wane after his extreme pro-police platform and corrupt dealings and campaigning policies and methods start to emerge as he runs for mayor of Chicago. Eventually, she murders him on election night after realizing his inevitable victory would ruin the city, and Voight initially decides to allow her to go out on her own terms by committing suicide in her house. However, Halstead and Upton go behind Voight, stop her from taking her own life, and arrest her.
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Paul Adelstein as Interim Superintendent Jason Crawford (season 7), Kelton's successor as Superintendent.
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Michael Beach as Darius Walker (season 7), a businessman and drug dealer who claims to be doing the local black community a service with his illicit dealings and Hank Voight's CI.
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Nicole Ari Parker as Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller (seasons 8–9), a progressive, ardent proponent of police reform who wants to help Voight and Intelligence adapt to the new reality of minimizing
police brutality. She makes it clear early on that breaches to the new police guidelines and protocols will not be tolerated.
* Cleveland Berto as Officer Andre Cooper (season 8), an officer who turned down a prospective Wall Street job to join the Chicago Police Department and make a difference.
*
Carmela Zumbado as Anna Avalos (season 9), a CI and single mother to a young son whom Voight recruits into going undercover with the Los Temidos gang to bring them down. However, the stress of being undercover takes its toll on her, especially after she is gang-raped by the gang members as part of her initiation. She finally unravels in the ninth-season finale just as the Intelligence Unit brings the gang down and is shot and killed by Upton in a standoff with her and Voight.
*
José Zúñiga as Javier Escano (season 9)
* Sara Bues as ASA Nina Chapman (season 9–present), Assistant State's Attorney.
*
Michael Gaston
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as Chief Patrick O'Neal (season 10), a new chief in the department who initially works well alongside the Intelligence Unit, until they start to investigate his son Sean for sexually abusing and trafficking underage girls. He eventually confronts Sean himself, which leads to a violent fight that results in his death.
*
Jefferson White as Sean O'Neal (season 10), a former drug addict-turned-youth counselor and the son of CPD Chief Patrick O'Neal. It is eventually revealed that he has been using his position to prey on and start a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls, putting him under the scope of the Intelligence Unit, especially Upton. He is eventually arrested on multiple charges including the sex-trafficking and the murder of his father, whom he killed in a violent altercation after Patrick confronted him over his crimes.
*
Shawn Hatosy as Deputy Chief Charlie Reid (season 12), a new chief in the department who has a particular interest in Sergeant Voight and identifies himself with Voight and Voight's philosophy as a police officer.
Episodes
Crossovers
* "A Dark Day" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 2, Episode 20) – In the first crossover with ''Fire'', concluding on "8:30 PM", an explosion occurs at Chicago Med, sending the fire and police departments in a race against the clock to find the culprits.
* "Nobody Touches Anything" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 3, Episode 7) / "Chicago Crossover" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' Season 16, Episode 7) – In the first crossover with ''Fire'' and ''SVU'', concluding on "They'll Have to Go Through Me", a routine house fire uncovers evidence of a pedophile ring spanning from Chicago to New York.
* "Three Bells" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 3, Episode 13) – In the second crossover with ''Fire'', concluding on "A Little Devil Complex", Firehouse 51 and Intelligence search for the serial arsonist who killed Leslie Shay.
* "We Called Her Jellybean" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 3, Episode 21) / "Daydream Believer" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' Season 16, Episode 20) – In the second crossover with ''P.D.'' and ''SVU'', continuing on "The Number of Rats", a fire uncovers evidence of a serial arsonist suspected of committing rape and murder in Chicago and New York.
* "The Beating Heart" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 4, Episode 10) / "Malignant" (''Chicago Med'' Season 1, Episode 5) – In the first crossover with ''Fire'' and ''Med'', concluding on "Now I'm God", a member of Firehouse 51 is rushed to Chicago Med for a stabbing while an attempted suicide uncovers four cases of chemo overdose, leading to an investigation that becomes personal for Voight.
* "Nationwide Manhunt" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' Season 17, Episode 14) – In the third crossover with ''SVU'', concluding on "The Song of Gregory William Yates", the New York and Chicago police departments hunt for escaped criminal Greg Yates.
* "Some Make It, Some Don't" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 5, Episode 9) – In the third crossover with ''Fire'', concluding on "Don't Bury This Case", Severide becomes the prime suspect in a case of vehicular manslaughter.
* "Deathtrap" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 5, Episode 15) / "Fake" (''Chicago Justice'' Season 1, Episode 1) – In the only crossover with ''Fire'' and ''Justice'', continuing on "Emotional Proximity", the prime suspect in a warehouse fire is put on trial.
* "Hiding Not Seeking" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 6, Episode 13) – In the fourth crossover with ''Fire'', beginning on "Profiles", Firehouse 51 helps Intelligence investigate a series of bombings targeting members of the media.
* "Going to War" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 7, Episode 2) / "When to Let Go" (''Chicago Med'' Season 4, Episode 2) – In the second crossover with ''Fire'' and ''Med'', concluding on "Endings", the victims of an apartment complex fire are rushed into Chicago Med and Intelligence races to find the culprit.
* "What I Saw" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 7, Episode 15) – In the fifth crossover with ''P.D.'', concluding on "Good Men", Cruz helps Intelligence track down robbers who have been using a firehouse lockbox key.
* "
Infection
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" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 8, Episode 4/''Chicago Med'' Season 5, Episode 4/''Chicago P.D.'' Season 7, Episode 4) – In the third crossover with ''Fire'' and ''Med'', a bioterrorist spreads a deadly virus throughout Chicago.
* "Off the Grid" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 8, Episode 15) – In the sixth crossover with ''Fire'', concluding on "Burden of Truth", Sean Roman gets involved in the investigation of opioid overdoses connected to his sister.
*
"Emotional Rescue" (''
FBI
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'' Season 2, Episode 19) – Chicago PD Detective Hailey Upton (guest star Tracy Spiridakos) temporarily joins the FBI's New York City's Field Office as a part of their interagency training program and finds her methods clash with the Bureau's by-the-book environment.
Spin-off
At the 2016
Television Critics Association winter press tour, NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke revealed that the network had discussions with Dick Wolf about a fourth series in the ''Chicago'' franchise centered on the legal system. The working title was ''Chicago Law''.
Salke has since confirmed that the series was officially in development.
The series was a spin-off of ''Chicago P.D.'' by introducing Assistant State's Attorney (ASA) characters in the 21st episode of ''P.D.''s third season.
Philip Winchester was the first to be cast.
Nazneen Contractor joined the series in March 2016 and the title was changed to ''Chicago Justice''.
''
Rocky'' alum
Carl Weathers played Cook County State's Attorney Mark Jefferies, while
Joelle Carter also starred.
Lorraine Toussaint reprised her role as defense attorney Shambala Green, who appeared in seven episodes of ''
Law & Order''.
On May 12, 2016, NBC gave ''Chicago Justice'' a series order.
On September 28, it was reported that Jon Seda would join the cast and that his character Antonio would become an investigator for the DA's office.
The series ran from March 1, to May 14, 2017.
In July 2017, it was announced that Seda would rejoin ''Chicago P.D.'' full-time.
Production
On March 27, 2013, it was reported that NBC was considering plans for a
spin-off of ''Chicago Fire''.
Deadline Hollywood
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revealed that the proposed spin-off would involve the Chicago Police Department, and would be created and executive produced by
Dick Wolf,
Derek Haas,
Michael Brandt, and
Matt Olmstead.
On May 10, 2013, NBC picked up the show for the
2013–14 United States network television schedule.
On May 12, 2013, the show was announced as an unscheduled midseason replacement.
The show premiered on January 8, 2014.
It came to light in November 2017 that Bush had left the show because of Beghe's behavior behind the scenes.
Bush's claims led NBC to open an investigation into Beghe's behavior.
On November 21, 2017, Deadline reported that Beghe was investigated for behavior that was considered overly aggressive. Beghe released a statement in which he admitted to engaging in aggressive behavior and apologized for it.
The seventh season
premiered on September 25, 2019.
More recently, Gwen Sigan was promoted to showrunner and signed an overall deal with
Universal Television
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.
On February 27, 2020, NBC renewed the series for an eighth, ninth and tenth season.
The
eighth season premiered on November 11, 2020.
The
ninth season premiered on September 22, 2021.
The
tenth season premiered on September 21, 2022.
Filming
The series is filmed entirely in
Chicago
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. The exterior of the station house is the
Old Maxwell Street Police Station (943 West Maxwell Street) and is the same location that was used in the series ''
Hill Street Blues''.
It is located about half a mile from the firehouse location of ''Chicago Fire'' at 1360 S. Blue Island Ave.
On March 13, 2020, Universal Television production of the seventh season was shut down due to
the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
Casting
Cast members include
Jason Beghe as the Intelligence team leader Sergeant Hank Voight and
Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson.
Actors
Tania Raymonde,
Kelly Blatz,
Scott Eastwood,
and
Melissa Sagemiller were initially cast as well.
However, as the show went into pre-production, the cast began to change. On June 13, 2013, it was announced that
Melissa Sagemiller would no longer be a part of the show and
Jesse Lee Soffer officially joined the cast as a series regular.
On August 23, 2013,
Patrick Flueger and ''
One Tree Hill'' star
Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as List of One Tree Hill characters#Brooke Davis, Brooke Davis in The WB/The CW, CW drama series ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Li ...
joined the cast as Officer Adam Ruzek and Detective Erin Lindsay, respectively.
Marina Squerciati joined the cast on August 28, 2013.
On August 30,
Elias Koteas became a regular.
Archie Kao was announced as a regular on September 27, 2013.
On October 21, 2013,
Stella Maeve was cast in a recurring role as Nadia, a pretty 18-year-old escort who is addicted to heroin and goes through a very difficult withdrawal.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier was announced as a guest star in December 2013.
On December 20, 2013, it was announced that both Eastwood and Raymonde had departed the series over creative differences.
In September 2016, it was reported that Seda would move to the legal drama spin-off ''
Chicago Justice'' as a regular.
In May 2017, it was announced that Bush would depart the series after four seasons.
After ''Chicago Justice''s cancellation, in July 2017, it was announced that Seda would move back to ''Chicago P.D.'' as a series regular for season five.
In July 2017,
Tracy Spiridakos was promoted to series regular as Det. Hailey Upton after a three-episode guest stint in season four.
On April 19, 2019, NBC announced that Seda would leave the series again at the end of the sixth season.
In July 2022, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, who portrayed Officer Dante Torres in one episode in season 9, is upgraded to series regular.
On August 29, 2022, it was announced that Jesse Lee Soffer would be leaving the drama during season ten. On October 24, 2023, it was reported that Spiridakos would be leaving the drama during season eleven.
Reception
Ratings
Reviews
''Chicago P.D.'' has received mixed reviews from critics.
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the drama a rating of 50 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Rotten Tomatoes gives season 1 a rating of 61% based on reviews from 31 critics, with an average rating of 5.29/10 and a consensus which states "Though it suggests potential for greater success, Chicago P.D. is ultimately an old school cop show, content to mimic Hill Street Blues and other classic procedurals".
Ray Rahman of ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' gave the drama a favorable review: "It's hard to imagine the series capturing the compelling, can't-watch-just-one magic that makes the ''Law & Order'' franchise so marathonable, but it moves just fast enough to keep you from changing the channel in search of an SVU re-run."
Alessandra Stanley of ''
The New York Times
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'' also gave the series a positive review when it premiered on January 8: "''Chicago P.D.'' is, in many ways, a throwback to an earlier, male-dominated era of crime shows, yet it carves out room for strong female characters who are good at their jobs and taken seriously by their colleagues."
Robert Bianco of ''
USA Today
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'' expressed disappointment: "When did Wolf's work, which used to show some grace and wit, become this ugly, plodding and crass?"
Broadcast and streaming
* US: ''Chicago P.D.'' airs new episodes on
NBC. Reruns of the show air on NBC's sister networks
USA and
Oxygen
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.
On
USA, it airs Mondays from 9 am to 8 pm ET before ''
Monday Night Raw'', and on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 am to 11 pm ET. On
Oxygen
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, it airs Thursdays from 10 am to 2 am ET. Reruns are aired Tuesday evenings from 8 pm to 9 pm ET on
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and all day Thursday from 11 am to 3 am ET on
Ion. ''Chicago P.D.'' is also available through
electronic sell-through platforms including
iTunes
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,
Amazon Prime Video
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, and
Vudu.
The series is also available for streaming on
Peacock along with ''
Chicago Fire'', ''
Chicago Med'', ''
Law & Order'', ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent''.
* Canada: ''Chicago P.D.'' was broadcast on
Global
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for six seasons, then moved to
Citytv.
Episodes for the sixth season in the Atlantic time zone air three hours ahead of the U.S. eastern/central broadcast due to the time difference.
* UK: ''Chicago P.D.'' is broadcast on
5USA in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The first season aired Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. between July 16 and October 22, 2014. Repeats were later broadcast on parent channel,
Channel 5, prior to the broadcast of the second season beginning April 8, 2015, From late 2019, the show now airs on Sky Witness.
* Australia: ''Chicago P.D.'' premiered on the
Universal Channel
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on November 20, 2014.
* Southeast Asia: ''Chicago P.D.'' premiered on the HITS Now on February 6, 2023.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
* on
Wolf Entertainment
* on
NBC
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