Sometimes, it’s nice when Chicago PD dedicates everything to the case-of-the-week.
I guess you could technically say it was a Voight-centric episode, but I saw it more as a by-the-book procedural that took an opportunity to bring in a new CI, Anna Avalos (Carmela Zumbado to reoccur).
Voight and Anna bonded immediately despite the fact that she wasn’t being upfront and honest with him.
It didn’t help that Voight was in a vulnerable spot as he was celebrating his son’s birthday and still grieving the loss, so he had a lot of attention to dole out.
If anyone understands the desire to get revenge for family, it’s Voight.
And he saw the passion in Anna. He also saw how dangerous it was if it wasn’t reigned in. He knew that he could help her and that it would be beneficial to him as well, so he took her under his wing in the same way he did with Lindsay.
Voight has always been a mentor to people from all walks of life.
And he’s ride or die — when he decides that you’re worth his time, he really treats your right.
I don’t anticipate that Anna will turn her life around and become part of Intelligence, but there was something about her that was very likable.
She was broken and made some wrong choices, but you couldn’t help but root for her.
After losing her family to the Los Temidos gang, she vowed to make them pay.
In addition to the firepower, she’s ballsy and a brilliant CI — her street smarts made her a valuable player in trying to pin down Luis, a member responsible for ripping off his own gang.
When Voight asked her how she knew everything, she point-blank admitted that it was because she was sleeping with Luis. That right there proved that she wasn’t messing around.
We may not have known Anna for too long, but she’s already a well-rounded character.
Despite her lies, Anna also had mad respect for Voight because she did her homework and knew he was the best.
It was an organic partnership that formed, even if it required them to bend a few rules to nab him.
By the end of the hour, there was mutual respect and trust.
The same can’t be said for Voight and Halstead. The writers are really determined to split the fanbase into #TeamVoight or #TeamHalstead.
Though I consider myself to be an ethical person, when it comes to nabbing criminals who have a high body count — did you see how he mauled his own friend Pablo? – a little planting of evidence isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the world.
Anna sped up the inevitable, which allowed Intelligence to get a really bad guy off the streets.
Where’s the harm in that?
I wouldn’t say this is the kind of behavior that should be condoned all the time, but it helped them stop Luis before he did any more harm.
Anna handed them everything on a platter. In fact, Intelligence wouldn’t have had anything without her.
So, why was Halstead so riled up?
His beef with Voight had absolutely nothing to do with the case. He’s upset by what went down with Voight, Upton, and Roy, but if it’s affecting his ability to do his job, then he needs to sort that out on his own.
As they say, leave your emotions and personal matters at the door. Don’t bring that into the workplace.
Halstead’s actions were all over the place. He didn’t want Anna to get killed, but he had no problem burning her, which would have made her as good as dead.
He didn’t think Anna was a reliable CI, but he had no other ideas on how to bring down Luis.
And then his whole chest-puffing with Voight. Listen, if you don’t trust someone, you don’t gear up and head out onto the frontline with them.
CHICAGO P.D. — “Trust Me” Episode 907 — Pictured: Tracy Spiridakos as Hailey — (Photo by: Lori Allen/NBC)
That’s putting everyone at risk, including your team.
I’ll be honest, I’m really not vibing with Halstead this season.
While I’ve always admired him for sticking up for what he believes in, being a good guy, and doing the right thing, his behavior currently is naive and hypocritical.
Most importantly, why are Voight’s actions so shocking to him now? He hasn’t changed one bit. He’s always been imperfectly imperfect, straddling the line between law-abiding and lawless and bending the rules in ways that benefit him and help the good guys get the W.
It’s what we love about Voight.
Why is Halstead acting like he hasn’t known this since the beginning?
The trust system is a two-way street when it comes to Intelligence. Voight also needs to trust the people he’s working with and he needs to be able to rely on them.
Who does Halstead think he is to disobey an order from Voight? He should be lucky that he wasn’t shown the door. Voight is being very patient and understanding with him. If he doesn’t like it, he could just quit or go find another unit. With his experience, anyone would be happy to have him.
There’s a lot of personalities in Intelligence, and it’s definitely fine to question some of Voight’s choices and even voice those concerns, but Halstead also needs to realize that Voight always has everyone’s back.
Some of his anger should also be directed at Upton. I’m glad she made the decision to assist Voight with what happened with Roy.
I’m at the point that if Halstead chose to take a sabbatical, I’d be like “yeah, maybe you should take a walk and clear your head.”
It’ll be interesting to see this pan out considering Roy’s death is about to come back into the spotlight. The higher-ups have a ton of questions about what happened to him… how will Voight and Upton find their way out of this one?
Will Halstead confess and tell them everything he knows?
What did you think of tonight’s episode of Chicago PD?