Chicago PD – Double Bill
Series 1, Episode 6
Title: Conventions – RTÉ2 Wednesday July 13 at 21.00
In the conclusion of a crossover episode with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Detectives Tutuola(Ice-T) and Rollins (Kelli Giddish) come to Chicago to assist Voight and Antonio in the investigation of a serial rapist and murderer that cuts off the ears of their victims, matching the same pattern seen in New York that SVU detectives have investigated in the past.
The Intelligence Unit first arrest a pickpocket who they think is the killer, but the man reveals he only saw a suspicious man an hour before the murder, pointing to sleazy businessman named Jeffrey Baker. They then find a victim that has survived the attack.
Erin and Antonio question the surviving victim, Vanessa, who fought back during the rape and punctured the eye of the killer. Burgess, on her own investigation against orders, reveals that a man went to a drug store and was identified as Neil Vance. Jin finds out the man had hotel charges at the same time as he was in New York.
The Intelligence Unit finds Baker there to meet up with Vance and detains him. Voight uses extreme tactics on Baker, whom reveals he was going to meet Vance at Navy Pier. Ruzek spots Vance, but the killer is holding a woman hostage.
Ruzek silently reveals where they are to his fellow detectives as the situation gets heated, whilst Olinsky shoots down Vance from the distance and in turn saves the woman’s life. Also, Erin asks Halstead to go undercover as her husband at her High School graduation and reveals her past to him going back to when she was a CI for Voight, who took her in when she was living on the streets. Hank’s son Justin comes to Erin’s house with blood on his hands.
Series 1, Episode 7
Title: The Price We Pay – RTÉ2 Wednesday July 13 at 21.55
Justin, with blood on his hands, tells Erin that he was in a bar fight, but Erin naturally knows there’s more to it. It was discovered that Justin was a reluctant accomplice to a murder of a man with major mob connections.
Voight realises it was done by the nephew of one of Voight’s shadier contacts, but is at a crossroads when Justin is discovered to be involved in it. Knowing Justin won’t turn to his father, Erin contacts him and brings him in.
Justin reveals to Antonio what happened. Antonio tells Voight that Voight’s Internal Affairs contact Gradishar came to him, wanting him to make a deal with her for evidence on Voight in return for him being promoted to Head of Intelligence.
Antonio also tells Voight that Justin was duped into being part of the murder and the nephew, Joe Catalano, is the main target. Antonio finally says to Voight that he will ignore Justin’s involvement, having thought about all Voight does for the Intelligence Unit and for him when his son Diego went missing.
Catalano is found dead at Chicago River in the night and it was suspected to be a revenge killing. Voight, not wanting to become a burden to his son, admits that he feels just as lost as the time when his wife died. It is revealed that the main reason behind Antonio sticking by Voight is that Gradishar had burned Antonio’s former partner 15 years ago for double-dipped overtime pay and stepped on him to make a name for herself in Internal Affairs.
Antonio’s former partner then killed himself a year after. Justin is kept out of jail, but is brought into the station. Justin thinks he has been saved by his father after the Unit ignores the evidence that points to him, with their relationship promising to grow, however Hank drops him off outside of an Army Recruitment building, telling him that he will see him in four years.
Meanwhile, Platt is taking photographs for updated ID badges of members of District 21, Platt deliberately takes bad photos of Burgess and Atwater. Ruzek, seemingly developing a bond with Burgess, helps Burgess get her own back on Platt which leads to her and Atwater getting more respectable ID badges