This will have been the most effective Chicago PD finales ever.
Feelings had been operating excessive on Chicago PD Season 8 Episode 16 as Intellignece raced in opposition to the clock to seek out Burgess, who was kidnapped by a harmful crime ring.
They usually discovered themselves a unit divided.
Reform has been a significant subject this season as Intelligence navigated a world the place they had been compelled to comply with guidelines and do issues by the e-book, and it was a degree of competition when it got here all the way down to rescuing Burgess.
Ruzek and Voight had been all the way down to do no matter was essential to deliver her house, however that perspective did not sit nicely with Atwater and Halstead.
Ruzek threw warning to the wind as his solely mission was to save lots of his woman and convey her again house to her daughter, Makayla.
He known as out “gun” when there was none, he pointed a gun at an harmless man’s head merely to get him to speak, he and disregarded warrants at each flip.
It was a bit reckless, however comprehensible contemplating the circumstance.
And but, he ought to’ve by no means been allowed on the case within the first place as he was too emotionally invested and had an excessive amount of on the road.
Regardless of their on-again-off-again relationship, Burgess is the love of his life. He would transfer mountains for her. And there is not a doubt in my thoughts that he would kill for her.
Voight: Okay, that is one thing. Let’s hit it.
Halstead: We’re engaged on the warrant.
Voight: No, we’re good. Let’s go.
Halstead: Sarge. We’re gonna want proof.
Voight: We aren’t losing time, not once more.
Atwater tried to stage with him, however Ruzek was full of blind rage and concern.
As a substitute of getting by way of to him, he provoked Ruzek much more, and in flip, he mentioned some fairly hurtful issues to him within the warmth of the second.
It was unfair of Ruzek to name out Atwater for not doing all the pieces in his energy to save lots of Burgess.
Atwater and Burgess are greatest associates, so her kidnapping affected him simply as a lot because it affected Ruzek.
He understood how dire the scenario was, however he additionally knew they weren’t going to get wherever by main with feelings and breaking the foundations.
Ultimately, Hailey stepped in as Switzerland and the voice of cause.
She understood what Ruzek was feeling however appealed to his smart facet by reminding him that he could not cross a line for Makayla’s sake.
If something had been to occur to Burgess, he promised to be her guardian, and he wanted to step up for her now greater than ever.
Atwater: Yo, Ruz.
Ruzek: I do not wish to do that, Kev, not proper now.
Atwater: Neither do I, however any individual’s obtained to say one thing if we’re gonna be kicking in doorways and yelling “gun” if there’s not a gun.
Ruzek: Kevin, please, I do not wish to do that.
Atwater: We did not even know if Roy was really in that home, we had no clue. So that is what we doing, simply making it up as we go?
Ruzek: You bought a greater thought? Or are you simply preaching to evangelise? Come on, let’s go man.
Atwater: I am simply attempting to assist, man.
Ruzek: Hel save Kim or assist save the world?
Atwater: You bought no proper to speak to me like that, not after what simply occurred in that home. You simply put a gun to a person’s head.
Contemplating Ruzek and Upton’s earlier relationship, I really like that she was the one who reminded him to be the higher individual fairly than encouraging him to stoop all the way down to Kent and Roy’s stage.
Reminding him about Makayla and that Burgess would’ve needed him to care for her was the one factor that obtained by way of to him.
I discovered myself straddling the road between Crew Ruzek and Voight and Crew Atwater and Halstead.
Ruzek’s choice to go all in to seek out Burgess made sense for thus many causes however principally as a result of the Superintendent simply misplaced her son as a result of they waited too lengthy and adopted the foundations.
He needed to keep away from the identical destiny for Burgess.
Time was undoubtedly of the essence contemplating how ruthless Kent and Roy had been.
Personally, if it was my beloved one’s life was on the road, I would in all probability take the identical strategy as Ruzek.
In my evaluate of Chicago PD Season 8 Episode 15, I advocated for bending the foundations in conditions when it was crucial like when somebody’s life was on the road, however this episode modified my thoughts a bit.
Atwater: All of us wanna discover her. However you aren’t getting to vary the foundations simply because it is Kim.
Ruzek: I most definitely can. I can exactly as a result of it’s Kim. And if you cannot perceive that since you’re too busy checking bins, kissing ass, then I do not know what to say to you.
Sure, you will get solutions in the event you break the foundations and threaten individuals, however they did not even attempt to exhaust the by-the-book choices first.
Ruzek and Voight had been too fast to gravitate in the direction of doing no matter was crucial when, in the long run, Jay and Atwater’s plan yielded the very best and quickest outcomes.
It took them much less time to find the Buick by way of foot grid than it did for Voight to beat the placement out of Roy.
In truth, Roy by no means gave it up. All it did was work Voight up and drive Upton to cross a line.
On this case, violence was not the reply.
The scene between Voight and Upton was intense. She sometimes fights her tendency to cross over to the darkish facet, however Voight compelled her hand as a substitute of telling her to battle it.
I rewatched the scene the place Roy reaches for Voight’s gun and surely, Voight undid Roy’s restraints in order that he would attain for his gun and Upton would shoot him.
Voight manipulated the entire scenario, however for good cause.
Even when the shot was in self-defense, they’d no proper being there. And Voight already spent a very good period of time breaking each rule and roughing him up.
Voight might have instructed Upton that they may deliver Roy into the station to cope with him correctly, however he by no means meant to maintain that promise.
He knew she’d by no means let up, and he additionally knew that Roy would be capable of argue police brutality and stroll free.
Admittedly, I really like that Voight went rogue. It was nearly like seeing a ghost of Chicago PD Season 1’s previous.
You recognize, the Voight that may “deal with” the issue by digging a grave or dumping a physique within the river.
Upton was wrecked after killing Roy.
She crossed a line she did not wish to, and he or she was going to must reside with what she did without end.
The worst half is that she could not even share it with Halstead.
Halstead and Upton have totally different policing types, so he would not have been supportive.
However it’s clear that she was so scared by her actions that she needed him to steadiness her out.
I do not essentially know if suggesting marriage whereas in that way of thinking is a good suggestion, however she was within the second and ran with it.
Trauma has a means of placing issues in perspective, and on this case, Hailey will need to have realized what she actually needed.
Upton: She wants you, you gotta go.
Ruzek: I can not simply surrender, I imply.
Upton: You are not giving up, man. You are doing what Kim would need you to do. We aren’t gonna cease. We’re gonna hit each home. We’re gonna chase each lead till we discover her. I promise.
Hopefully, Halstead will deliver her again all the way down to actuality and be sure that she means it as soon as the mud and feelings settle.
There have been so many strong moments all through the episode that I have not even addressed Burgess’s expertise.
Holy crap, what a fighter.
It was touch-and-go for a second there when Roy did not even hesitate to shoot her.
I used to be sure that she was lifeless contemplating the quantity of blood she misplaced.
However one way or the other, she managed to get up, are likely to her wound, and drag herself all the way in which to the automobile in order that she might activate the headlights.
Her power to drag by way of and never die stemmed from her have to make it again to Makayla in a single piece.
In the event you watch Chicago PD online, you understand that Burgess would by no means surrender on that little woman.
And even after a lot time handed from when she was taken to when she was discovered within the automobile, she nonetheless had a faint pulse.
Hopefully, when the season resumes, we’ll discover out that she pulled by way of and is on the mend.
She must be for Makayla, for Ruzek, and for her complete crew.
We have misplaced so many members of Intelligence, we can’t afford to lose Burgess simply but!
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