Chicago PD - Looking Out For Stateville - Review

The Eddie story continues this episode as Voight gives Eddie the role of CI. The majority of the unit is a bit skeptical, with the exception of Erin and Olinsky (more on that later). Eddie is desperate to make enough money to move his new family to Florida to start fresh. So instead of going after little fish, Eddie pushes Voight to go for the big payout, Rory Jensen.

Jensen has been a priority target for years (he’s a cocaine dealer) and of course, has ties with Eddie. To get Jensen, the team will go after his major connections. The first target goes down mostly without a hitch, but Eddie is disappointed with the recovery, as he only makes forty thousand. Eddie, you just made forty thousand in one night. Forty thousand in one night! If Eddie is so disappointed with it, I’ll gladly take it off his hands.

Desperate and slightly maniacal Eddie is dangerous. You just know he’s going to go off the rails. To make matters worse, it seems someone (probably Jensen) is onto Eddie’s CI status. A fake FBI agent shows up at Eddie’s door, and Eddie kills him. As an ex-con, he can’t be in possession of a firearm, so with Voight’s help, they wipe the prints down and have Eddie’s girlfriend Audrey place her hands in position on the gun. This is the point when I started to worry about Voight.

Eddie sets up a meeting with some people who can get them closer to Jensen, and that conversation further proves my distrust in him. He goes a bit off-the-cuff, and you just know this won’t end well. But, the intel leads to another bust, cutting off another leg of Jensen’s organization.

It’s no secret that Voight dances the line between legal and illegal, good and bad. This, along with Antonio’s by-the-book belief, is what this show was founded on. It’s obvious Antonio doesn’t like Eddie or the situation Voight is putting them in, and it only gets worse after the shooting at Eddie’s; Antonio knows he’s being lied to.

Tracy, Audrey’s daughter, doesn’t seem to care for Eddie and asks Erin and her mom, “Can we trust him?” She later tells Erin that her mom is blind and won’t see Eddie for who he truly is. She also tells Erin that Eddie shot the FBI impersonator, not her mom. “I think we need to keep that between me and you.” Erin! No! Tracy’s conversation with Erin somehow reached Eddie’s ears, as Eddie later gets in Erin’s face about it. But of course, Halstead steps in between them and that’s the most relationship-like thing we’ve seen between these two in FOREVER. (Sorry, I’m not so great with the patience thing.)

Eddie’s impatience and threat to take the case to narcotics prompts Voight to abandon the plan and go straight for Jensen. Voight plans to go in (with no backup) with Eddie and make a deal with Jensen. Antonio is having none of this.

“If you have some secret deal going on with Eddie, I need to know right now.”
“He’s helping us take down a priority target, you got a problem with that?”
“I have a problem with using this unit to pay off an old prison debt.”

YES!!!!!! This is why we watch this show. This is why it started. Antonio vs. Voight. Man I’ve missed this.

Antonio doesn’t like it, but the meet is happening. Eddie and Voight make a deal with Jensen; Eddie gets the cocaine that is currently in evidence and gets it back to Jensen, Voight protects Jensen from narcotics, and everyone gets a cut. Oh, and Jensen insinuated Eddie may be going for the long con with Voight, and now I’m really worried.

The takedown of Jensen will happen at the racetrack, and everyone takes their position. The deal goes off without a hitch, surprisingly. Jensen doesn’t go down easy, But Halstead and Olinsky manage it. But when Eddie gets in the car with Voight to go back to the district, Eddie pulls a gun and forces an alternative plan.

Eddie takes Voight to a remote area, breaks his phone, and shoots out a care tire. So at least he cares enough to not kill Voight, just abandon him. Just when I thought Eddie would get away, he opens his car door and finds Antonio in his back seat, gun raised. Bye, Eddie! Back to prison for you.

Even though we didn’t get a lot of personal story, there were fractures in some relationships, if only slightly.

This episode brought us back to two pillars of this show: Antonio vs. Voight and Erin’s blind trust in Voight. Things have changed, as Halstead is not only featured more but is also depicted as the foil to Voight. I think both Antonio and Halstead’s characters developed differently than originally planned, as Halstead has been more of the moral compass. I love how that has played out, but I’ve also missed Antonio in the spotlight. I hope the writers can find a way to have both there together, perhaps team up Halstead and Antonio more? Antonio did bring him into the unit, so it could work.

And then there’s Erin. While this relationship wasn’t featured much this episode, one of Erin’s remarks made it clear she trusts Voight implicitly, even with the bumpy road they’ve had this season. When Voight’s reasons for helping Eddie are questioned at the start of the hour, Erin jumps in with, “I’m sure Voight has his reasons.”

Belief in someone (Voight) is one thing. But blind trust is another. Her loyalty to Voight runs so deep, and sooner or later, this is going to be tested in a big way. If I had to guess, I’d say it will come at a moment when she needs to choose between Voight and Halstead. Later in the hour, Erin expresses her concern for Tracy going to Florida, and Jay says it’s her mom’s decision. “Her mom’s got blinders on.” I can’t help but think she was also referring to herself a bit. The fracture has begun.

Elsewhere…

Burgess has her mom fly out to meet Ruzek’s dad, but really it’s to push Ruzek to set a wedding date. Girl. If you are having to scheme to get him to set a date, he doesn’t want to set a date. Later, Ruzek gives Burgess a bogus story about how his dad has to work overtime and can’t make the dinner with her mom. Disco Bob is so much better than that, Ruzek! I bet he didn’t even tell him. Burgess seems to get that vibe too, as she reminds Ruzek that not only is her mom only in town for one night, but they’ve been talking about it for a month.

This relationship makes me so sad. And mad. Smad. I used to love Ruzek, but the way he’s acting is making me like him a lot less. These two had such amazing chemistry the first season, and it just isn’t there anymore.

As part of documentation, Roman and Burgess find a bracelet with an engraving. Burgess sets out to find the owner, and drags a reluctant Roman with her. They find the house, and a sweet old man invites Roman and Burgess in to tell them about Gloria, his late wife and owner of the bracelet. It’s clear their conversation leads Burgess to make a tough decision. At the end of the hour, Burgess tells Ruzek she’s letting him off the hook as she hands him the engagement ring. I’m proud of her, she deserves better.

Now that Burgess and Ruzek are done (or are they?), might that open the door for Roman and Burgess? I absolutely love these two as partners, they work so well together. But I don’t know how I’d feel about them being involved romantically. I’m not sold on it…yet.

Roman had my favorite line of the night, “Hey, I’ve been in love plenty of times. They just all turn out to be crazy.” Burgess isn’t crazy…perhaps there is a future there. A successful one.


What did you think of the episode? Should Voight be trusted? Or perhaps is a change at the top needed? Will Erin continue to blindly trust Voight? Are Burgess and Ruzek really done? 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 television and some might say watches too much of it. Some of her favorite shows of the past and present include Galavant, The Blacklist, The Office, Veronica Mars, The 100, and Gilmore Girls. She reviews Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med for SpoilerTV.