The time will soon come for certain members of Chicago P.D. to make a choice. Either they all stay united and pray they weather the storm coming for them, or they divide and sink. Unbeknownst to Voight, Ruzek is being used as a mole inside Intelligence. He will have the toughest decision to make, but it is Burgess who decides her fate before she even knows what her ex has been up to. Burgess’s new beau, Matt Millner, happens to be a federal prosecutor tied to this week’s case. That’s not a bad thing, but in the course of the investigation, Burgess realizes they are not on the same side.
Voight is put on notice when Halstead informs him he is being questioned by Internal Affairs. Now more than ever, Voight needs the support of someone high up. Congressman Scott Graynor fits the bill. He’s not overly popular with the average man, but Voight considers him a decent human being. You don’t have to agree with someone’s politics to consider them decent on a personal level. At the very least, you can say they aren’t capable of murder. Even Alderman Price, who has no love for the congressman, doesn’t think the guy is capable of murder. For once, the story doesn’t end with the scandalous take-down of a politician (at least not at first). The real focus is solving the murder of an Eastern European girl found in the same hotel room as the congressman, as well as finding her kidnapped friend.
When Intelligence figures out that this whole thing has been about members of the Odessa mob stealing the identities of local politicians for their money, they need a new lead. Burgess is pretty naive about Matt and the way things work. He’s a good guy, but he is not apart of her team. The FBI and Intelligence have two different goals. The FBI wants to make their case, and that means they’ll ignore the murder of one girl to do it. Intelligence can’t look the victim’s mother in the eye and tell her they had a chance to save another girl and did nothing. Voight forces Burgess to choose a side. Matt may be her boyfriend, but Intelligence is her family. If she has to play Matt in order to save a few girls’s lives, so be it.
It seems like the day for relationships to die, and that includes friendships. Just because Price knows that Congressman Graynor is innocent, doesn’t mean he can resist taking advantage of the situation. Price looks out for his people, no matter the cost to anyone else. In many ways, Voight respects him for that quality. It’s nothing Voight wouldn’t do for his own team. The problem is, what Price calls a favor, Voight knows is blackmail. Because Price could blow the lives and reputations of many cops, Voight has to go against his conscience and turn in Graynor. Within hours, photos of Graynor in a hotel with a dead hooker will show up in the media and end his career, as well as any resistance Price faces to get a redevelopment project in his neighborhood up and running. Voight made a terrible choice, but it doesn’t mean it was the wrong one.
Did Burgess and Voight make the right calls?
Visitor Rating: 5 Stars