Chicago PD - Natural Born Storyteller - Review

It’s a normal morning in the Voight house; they bond over a cup of coffee and peeing in a cup. How touching. What’s not touching is Bunny’s incessant calling. I think perhaps it’s time for Erin to make use of the block caller feature. Anyway, Erin is back living with Voight and I have several questions: where is Justin and his baby mama? Olive, right? And where’s the baby? Why have we not seen Grandpa Voight yet? How long does Erin have to live with Voight? Will she be allowed to have sleepovers with Jay? Scrabble sessions? Anything? I’d like answers, thanks. Okay. Moving on.

Burgess and Roman are in pursuit of a spritely man and Roman has a difficult time keeping up. Fun fact: Sophia Bush tweeted earlier this week that Marina Squerciati and Brian Geraghty spent 7 hours filming this scene. 7 hours. Of running. Nope. When they finally tackle they guy, Burgess notices a trail of blood leading to a refrigerator. Inside is a deceased eight-year-old boy. I applaud the show for never shying away from gritty, depressing, heart-wrenching stories, but boy are they tough to watch. The handful of cases we’ve seen involving kids always hit the team hard, but particularly Antonio.

“It’s these cases with kids. They’re always the hardest. You’d think you get used to it, looking down on someone’s son or daughter, seeing your own kid staring back at you.”

The boy is identified as Jeremy Dolan, from a neighborhood 3 miles away from where he’s found. Right away, Mr. Dolan seems like a creep. There’s just something I don’t trust about the guy. No one in the neighborhood seems to have heard anything either, which is strange.

Well hey there, Billy Riggins! Looks like you left Dylan, Texas after all. Any chance your brother is with you? Probably not, I suppose. Tim is hopefully living up his #TexasForever with Lyla (because she should have come back for him, am I right?!). Okay, fine. So the guy says his name is Damien Boyd, but he’s not fooling me. Not Billy Riggins is a friend of the Dolans and is equally as strange as Mr. Dolan.

A known sex offender is the prime suspect, Darren Woodhull. He’s definitely a creep, but probably not the killer. Darren has a nasty gash on his face, but his story behind it doesn’t check out. While searching his house, the team doesn’t find Woodhull, but his “protector” who’s no match for Halstead. Obviously.

Rosie Dolan, brother of Jeremy, turns up at the district to offer her savings as reward for finding the killer. Voight turns it down, of course, and it only fuels his desire to find the killer. Voight is, and has always been, surprisingly amazing with children. So again I ask, why haven’t we seen his grandchild?!

Woodhull’s mechanic thinks the guy is creepy too, and he’s able to give the team another piece in the puzzle: Woodhull’s van with blood in the back. Meanwhile, Mr. Dolan and Not Billy Riggins take Woodhull and beat the snot out of him. Not Billy Riggins is arrested and to make matters worse, his son is taken. Not Billy Riggins beat up the wrong man.

Something isn’t adding up; the blood in Woodhull’s van is two days old, but the van has been in the shop for six. Mr. Mechanic (Kurt Hollister), I believe you’ve been hiding something. But why? Aaaaaaand there it is. Halstead, you really can’t be surprised. The body is ALWAYS in the creepy man’s freezer. Ray Malone (freezer man), was friends with Mr. Dolan and Not Billy Riggins. Oh, and he accidentally shot Kurt Hollister’s son and the other two helped cover it up.

The team tracks down Hollister and a chase ensues. We of course end up with Hollister holding a gun to Not Billy Riggins’ son, and Antonio moves in to talk him down long enough for Halstead to set up the sniper rifle. Antonio is so good in a crisis situation and it was nice to see him in a leading role this week. Hollister lets the kid go, but then has second thoughts and raises his gun to Antonio. Like the good man he is, Antonio completely shields the boy, willing to take the shot himself (yes, he does have a vest on). But Hollister is no match for Halstead, who gets the shot off first.

The episode sweetly ends with Diego (who sounds like he’s going through puberty, already?!) giving Antonio a play-by-play of what I’m assuming is a Bears game (they did beat the Raiders last week in the last few seconds of the game, in case you were wondering).


Elsewhere…

Do my ears deceive me or did Voight give Jay and Erin the greenlight?!?! “Regarding you and Lindsay, I don’t know what your relationship status is and I don’t care. But I need to know someone’s got her back 24 hours a day.” Jay's face is priceless. Greenlight. Given. Go for it, Jay! Of course I’m excited, but I still don’t think Lindsay is ready for a relationship yet. Not a serious one, anyway. I suppose we’ll find out soon, because you know it won’t be long now. The eloquent Jay tells his brother (who I can’t wait to see on Chicago Med), “She’s back. And that’s good. We’ll see what that means for me. And for both of us…”

I stand by what I said last week, something bad is about to happen with Burgess and Ruzek. Maybe that’s the cynic in me waiting for the other shoe to drop, but come on, something is off. Do you know who Burgess has great chemistry with? Roman. I’m not saying romantic chemistry, just chemistry. Something could maybe, possibly, in the distant future come from it, I’m fine either way. I just know their scenes together are always fantastic.

Speaking of Roman, I love him. He was introduced last season as your stereotypical blue-blood cop, a man of the people with a moral compass pointing closer to north than anyone else on the show. Last week, our faith in him was tested when Burgess found a suspicious needle in his bag. Why the needle, you ask. Oh no big deal, Roman is just donating bone marrow (I think) to a child with cancer. Are you kidding me? “Sean Roman, you’re going to make me cry,” says Burgess. I’m way ahead of you, Burgess.

Michelle, Olinsky’s delinquent daughter is back for more cash. Poor girl is angry, and has every right to be. She’s got a mom in prison and a dad she never knew. But come on, you can’t resist the adorable, awkward charm of Olinsky for long.

Erin finally breaks up with her mom, and Bunny sees right through it. “This is not you talking. It’s Hank Voight…he’s going to get you killed like he got Nadia killed.” What. A. ______ (use your imagination, get creative! Any expletive fits Bunny’s description). As if that weren’t bad enough, Bunny shows up to Chicago Police headquarters and reports Voight for false testimony. “I want Sergeant Voight’s badge and I want him put in jail. Where he belongs.” Yeah, this can only end badly.


What did you think of the episode? Will we see a showdown between Voight and Bunny soon? When will we see Justin and Baby Voight? How long with Ruzek and Burgess last? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

About the Author - Meghan Reynolds

A Colorado native, Meghan was born a raised a Denver Broncos fan. Aside from football, she loves storytelling, whether it be movies, television, books, or music. Some of her favorite shows of the past and present include LOST, Friends, The Office, Scandal, Chicago PD, and Chicago Fire. She is excited to be reviewing two of those shows for SpoilerTV, Chicago PD and Chicago Fire.