Chicago PD - Actual Physical Violence - Review

The district is especially busy this episode as Sergeant Platt deals with a few handfuls of upset people. Among the upset people is Jeff Frazier (Dash Mihok, great to see him), a frantic father convinced his daughter Sarah has been kidnapped. When Platt hurriedly tells him he needs to report his missing daughter to a different department, Frazier snaps. He grabs the closest person he can find, who happens to be Mouse, and holds him at gunpoint. Until the police look into his daughter’s disappearance, Mouse will be a hostage. Needless to say, the team has its case for the day.

Through a series of traces that begins with Sarah’s credit card, the team finds several girls who were kidnapped and track down this Trevor guy, a Facebook stalker who kidnaps girls, rapes them, and “gives them a chance to start over”. Disgusting. Not to worry, though. Voight uses Trevor’s own “scare tactics” against him in the cage. Unfortunately, Trevor’s just a middleman. But he is able to lead the team to Stephen Ulrich, a sex traffiker.

When the team shows up at Stephen’s place, they find Stephen dead and a girl crouched in the corner. Sarah escaped, was able to get Stephen’s gun out of his hands, and shot him. Sarah is a fighter, which makes the next scene absolutely heartbreaking. I can’t imagine what Sarah’s thinking or going through in that moment, but it’s enough to have her on the verge of suicide. She’s been strong for so long and is finally at her breaking point. Erin tries to talk her into putting the gun down, but I had a terrible feeling throughout the scene that Sarah wouldn’t make it. With the gun to her chin, Sarah’s only seconds away from ending it all when she sees her dad and drops the gun, and I realized up until that point I was literally holding my breath. When Sarah says to her dad, “You came for me!” I teared up.

Elsewhere…

It’s great to see Mouse again this season. I was really hoping he’d be promoted to a regular, but I’ll take what I can get. Mouse handles the hostage situation swimmingly. Mouse is perceptive and figures out Frazier is military and uses that to bond. But when he has the chance, Mouse uses his “non-tactical” skills to disarm Frazier. I was blown away with his grace in this episode. He doesn’t seem to hold any grudges against Frazier for holding him hostage, and goes so far as to tell Voight that Frazier’s gun wasn’t loaded. Later, Mouse shows Halstead a handful of bullets, clearly from Frazier’s gun.

It was brief, but while talking with Dr. Will Halstead in the hospital, Erin learns there’s something in Jay’s military past she (and we) don’t know about.

“When Jay came back, I wasn’t there for him. The only friend he had was Mouse. Believe it or not, was the one who dragged Jay home when he was going through…”

Through what?! Will! You can’t leave it like that! Mouse and Halstead talk about a moment back during the war, and I wonder if it is at all related to what Will mentioned. While we don’t know what it is, we do know that it’s something. The fact that it was mentioned means we’ll likely learn more of Halstead’s background, which I am obviously all for. And I’d also like to request more scenes between Mouse and Halstead because this one was perfect.

Lindsay meets with Chicago Med’s Dr. Daniel Charles (the incredible Oliver Platt). Of course, she abruptly ends the makeshift therapy session when Dr. Charles starts asking her questions about the real issues. Even though she meets up with him later to apologize, she doesn’t get very deep. I think letting people in and breaking down those walls will be one of Erin Lindsay’s main character growth stories over the course of the series. And from the looks of things, those walls aren’t coming down any time soon.

In a surprising scene, Michelle (aka Olinsky’s new daughter) stops by Antonio’s gym. They have a brief but sweet chat about Olinsky, and she’s actually a good boxer. Good thinking on Olinsky’s part, having Michelle get out some of her anger by boxing with Antonio, a great mentor (for boxing and life in general). Meanwhile, Olinsky finally tells his wife and Lexi about Michelle. I expected the reaction Olinsky’s wife gave. But his Lexi’s reaction was heartbreaking.

Captain Creep is back this season with a creeper mustache to boot! Seriously, this guy looks like someone the team would arrest. I still say he’s up to something and not entirely an honest cop. Anyway, he’s there to tell Voight he’s in real trouble because of the evidence Bunny conveniently handed over to them. James Beckett, a convicted murder (thanks to Voight), faces release after Bunny’s evidence shows Voight wasn’t there to witness the murder.

Justin! What a great surprise. I’ve been complaining that we haven’t seen him or Baby Voight since the whole debacle last season. The scene at the end with Voight and his family was easily my favorite of the night. And that baby? Adorable. But Voight with the baby? Perfection. Heart-melting. Of course, why keep a beautiful moment going when you can blow it up? Literally. The car blew up. Why the writers keep putting that poor baby in danger is beyond me, but I can’t take it! Next week is sure to be good.


While the episode had great character moments, fantastic guest stars, and set up some interesting stories moving forward, I wasn’t blown away with this episode. I can’t quite put my finger on it. What did you think of the episode? Will we see more of Mouse and Halstead’s background soon? Is James Beckett behind the car bomb? Share your thoughts 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.