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Chicago PD - US Pace (Spoilers Tagged)
Schmiznurf
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So the first official episode aired last night in the US, months after the backdoor pilot seen in Chicago Fire.
I was expecting it to be good because the cast are great and Voight definitely interested me as a main character, and I was definitely not disappointed. In fact, the first episode exceeded my expectations and I thought it was a brilliant first episode, full of enough intrigue and story to satiate my appetite. I particularly like how the main characters had their fair share of the spotlight, with Voight and Dawson naturally having more focus, particularly in the story area. The ending was quite shocking as well in regards to the blonde cop, whose name I don't recall, and Dawson's son.
I eagerly look forward to the next episode.
So discuss, what are your thoughts on the first episode, and subsequent episodes?
As usual, if you have spoilers, from future episodes or from the next time on, please put them in spoiler tags but feel free to discuss anything that was aired in the episode.
I was expecting it to be good because the cast are great and Voight definitely interested me as a main character, and I was definitely not disappointed. In fact, the first episode exceeded my expectations and I thought it was a brilliant first episode, full of enough intrigue and story to satiate my appetite. I particularly like how the main characters had their fair share of the spotlight, with Voight and Dawson naturally having more focus, particularly in the story area. The ending was quite shocking as well in regards to the blonde cop, whose name I don't recall, and Dawson's son.
I eagerly look forward to the next episode.
So discuss, what are your thoughts on the first episode, and subsequent episodes?
As usual, if you have spoilers, from future episodes or from the next time on, please put them in spoiler tags but feel free to discuss anything that was aired in the episode.
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Also I like Chicago Fire.
Love Chicago Fire so I hope this gets picked up on a UK TV channel.
But yes, Sophia Bush is lovely.
Doesn't look good at the minute so I have resorted to use the NBC app on iPhone and iPad which has the full episode to stream.
Just need something like Unblock US to view.
Its a shame that all the US networks aren't like NBC as I could cut Sky once and for all.
I am trying to like this series but Miss Bush is distracting me. I can not take her serious as a Police Detective. She is too attractive and soft spoken.
Definitely, and Voight is such a badass.
I love how he is bad for a good reason.
Well, that's true of the cast of most American cops shows. Half of them look like they are cosmetic surgery models and have never done any police work in their lives. Just look at the CSI franchises.
Miss Bush can distract me as much as she wants.
Loved the album cover shot
This makes it look good for season 2 as well.
Plus, the season 2 pickup makes me very happy. With any luck they will try do a 22 episode season and air it along with Fire.
Is my mind playing tricks on me but didn't he kill or cause to be kill Chase's wife on Chicago Fire ? I was so sure of this and have stayed away from Chicago PD cos I like rooting for the lead but couldn't cos of what he did. Am I correct or have I got things all screwy ?
Your mind is playing tricks on you i'm afraid. The man who killed Chase's wife was someone who was involved with drugs with the owner/manager of the place she worked at.
Voight and his team investigated and caught the guy who did it, which was also the backdoor pilot for the show.
Voight is neither black or white, but grey. He's one of those cops who will do what it takes to take criminals down, he skirts the law a lot. It shows in Chicago Fire he was released from jail at the behest of Internal Affairs so he could act dirty but take criminals down, big ones.
Voight and his team don't always play by the rules and act questionable at times, but you will always root for them. Their team dynamic is excellent and it seems like the cast has been together for a lot longer. While it does have case of the week, there's always a bigger story at play with the characters or otherwise. When you watch you don't feel like you can just watch an episode here and there and not miss a thing, it's something you need to watch in order and every episode.
The crossovers they do with Fire are brilliant, they handle them perfectly.
If you like cop shows then it's definitely worth watching as it is a cut above the rest, and with it being given a season 2 and currently on a 15 episode season, it may get a full order for next year.
Nah, the thing with Voight is, for me at least, he is someone you can root for all the time. He hasn't done anything bad to anyone you feel won't deserve it, because he is always doing it to keep Chicago safe. The rest of the players are solid enough that if you do go against Voight, you will be with the rest of the cast and Voight doesn't overshadow anyone either so it's not always just him.
Yeah, I was quite gutted when she wasn't in it, but the one who replaced her is cute as hell.
Same here. She is my favourite and reminds me so much of Sue Sylvester. So many great moments despite the short scenes. "She's a tough cookie, my little cookie"-death glare.
Also the dinner invite to Severide.
Regarding Burgess, I just knew this was going to happen after Ruzek's big display of affection considering how badly Voight reacted to Erin and Halstead.
My only complaint...we need to get more Atwater scenes.
Did anyone see the look between her and Mouch on Chicago Fire?
Love at first sight.
That's great, I knew you would like it. Yeah, but I did see Atwater being able to integrate on to the team more than Burgess, he's got a tougher constitution as well so would be more apt at handling the work they do.