Chicago P.D. Season 12, Episode 1 “Ten Ninety-9” is a Voight-centric hour and an episode about what’s nonetheless there for a personality who has misplaced a lot. What makes him stand up within the morning and hold attempting? Why is Hank Voight nonetheless doing the work? The reply, as he tells ASA Nina Chapman on this hour, is as a result of he’s nonetheless alive to do it.
It’s additionally an hour about how Intelligence works (or doesn’t work) round him, and what the dynamics are or could be going ahead, notably contemplating this present can apparently introduce a brand new character, make her bond with Adam, and kill her off for his manpain multi function episode!
all I do is figure, work, work
Voight virtually died within the Chicago P.D. Season 11 finale. However he didn’t. And although he’s Voight and which means the near-death expertise didn’t actually trigger all that a lot of a change in him, it does appear to have hit him more durable than regular. Or, at the least, it appears to have spurred one thing in him. As a result of the factor is, he didn’t die. He claims he wouldn’t have minded dying, and part of me believes him. It’s not like he has all that a lot to reside for. However, once more, he didn’t die. And once you don’t, that brings up the query of what now?
Now, we see Voight grasp not solely with that query, however with the truth that as he was dying, he noticed his former associate, Alvin Olinsky, and Al advised him he didn’t get to die but. So which means there’s gotta be a purpose he’s alive. There’s gotta be one thing he’s gotta do. There’s gotta be a objective. However Voight has nothing aside from work. In order that’s what he’s doing. He’s working. As a result of that’s actually all he’s obtained. That’s his total objective. It is perhaps an fascinating storyline if it weren’t the very same one we’ve gotten with Voight for *checks notes* most of his time on the present.
Voight placing the job first isn’t groundbreaking. Voight doing in any other case is. That’s why after we gave the impression to be exploring an emotional aspect of him in Season 11, that felt prefer it might go someplace. This? Meh. Burying himself in work and clashing or not clashing with the brand new Chief? That’s under no circumstances fascinating. It’s simply extra of the identical.
one other lady lifeless to additional a person’s plot
Emily Martel, we hardly knew ye. And but, we obtained a whole episode of you being there, working nicely with the group, joking round with Atwater, having nicknames for Adam, saving his life, after which …you have been simply unceremoniously killed to additional his plot! As a result of, after all, the present had to usher in a lady he already knew and had a reference to to kill off, they couldn’t kill off the lady he was closest to — we completely can’t lose Kim. And hey, the one option to advance storylines for males is to kill off ladies they’re near! It’s recognized.
To say it’s infuriating is an understatement. And I shouldn’t even must say that the present bringing in one other feminine character in Kiana Cook dinner doesn’t make up for them killing off Emily Martel. Feminine characters aren’t interchangeable. You possibly can’t simply exchange one WOC with one other and name it a day. And the truth that that is clearly about Adam is what makes it all of the extra infuriating. This was by no means about Emily Martel’s character in any respect. She doesn’t matter. She by no means did.
However that’s a recurring challenge with Chicago P.D. Nobody actually issues on this present, solely Hank Voight and nothing actually issues to Hank Voight however the job. Doesn’t precisely make for a really fascinating present, what can I say?
Issues I feel I feel:
- This was a very huge episode for Jason Beghe stans, as a result of we noticed shirtless Hank Voight about fifty gazillion occasions.
- Is Voight showering? Consuming?
- Am I the one one involved about the truth that not one of many individuals who have labored with Voight for years appear able to calling him out or doing something remotely resembling pushing again?
- I used to be frightened about Adam for a minute when he had a gun skilled on him, not gonna lie.
- For a minute there, I let myself entertain the potential for a Latina on this group. Joke’s on me.
- ASA Chapman instantly turned fascinating this hour.
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Chicago P.D. airs on Wednesday at 10/9c on NBC.