Warning! Spoilers forward for Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 4, “Root Trigger.”Chicago PD season 13 continues its elevated storytelling this 12 months with an sudden reveal about Hank Voight. The One Chicago franchise has change into probably the most profitable weeknight blocks on TV due to its cohesive however nonetheless totally different storytelling. Whereas crossovers have change into a rarity in the previous few years, the universe has made a extra energetic try and re-establish the connection among the many three exhibits.
Whereas not each week will characteristic these connections, just because Gaffney, Firehouse 51, and Intelligence are busy with their very own storytelling. Nonetheless, a decade in the past, the growth of the universe started with the introduction of Voight in Chicago Fireplace. Again then, he had but to ascertain himself because the indomitable chief of District 21’s specialised workforce. Extra curiously, he was painted as a villain, pitted in opposition to Matt Casey.
Now 13 years later in Chicago PD season 13, the cop present drops an sudden revelation about Voight that totally reframes his villainous debut. It additionally shines a lightweight on a few of his extra nefarious conduct within the final decade.
Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 4 Reveals That Voight Was Abused As A Child
“Root Trigger” begins with Voight getting an sudden picture slotted in his windshield. The picture is of a tender-aged boy all bloodied and bruised sitting in a hospital mattress. The thriller looms giant all through the outing, with Eva Imani asking him about it. Voight has been mum about it, though it is clear that he’s off-balance due to it. He even asks Trudy to trace down who left the picture on his automotive.
As Intelligence Unit solves the case of a person who’s clearly disturbed, which ends with new suspicion on his father’s involvement in his spiral, Imani asks her boss once more concerning the picture. Apparently, it is Voight within the ’70s. Chicago PD season 13, episode 4 ends with that bombshell. There hasn’t been any point out of this previously, even when his childhood was introduced up just a few instances earlier than.
Voight’s Childhood Explains Why He Would Do Something For Justin
There is no affirmation on what occurred to Voight in his childhood. It appears to be like like he was crushed, and contemplating the parallel case in “Root Trigger,” it is doable that it was his personal father who did it. The picture even featured a partial shot of a police officer with him within the hospital. To be clear, nevertheless, whereas Voight’s father was talked about just a few instances, there was no indication that he was abusive.
Regardless of the case could also be, Voight being keen to do something for Justin — even pressuring Casey in Chicago Fireplace season 1 to cowl up his son’s drunk-driving accident that left somebody paralyzed. This was viewers’ first encounter with the Intelligence chief, and he was actually seen as a villain, contemplating how beloved Firehouse 51 was already at the moment.
Even when Chicago PD began, Voight continued to guard his son in any respect value. Justin, sadly, had all the time struggled, so he was normally concerned with one thing shady that put his dad in a tricky spot. Till now, Voight’s worst crime got here after Justin’s horrendous death, which remains to be a comparatively well-kept secret within the collection.
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Chicago P.D.
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January 8, 2014
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Derek Haas
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Nick Gomez, Eriq La Salle, Carl Seaton, Fred Berner, Vincent Misiano, Bethany Rooney, Rohn Schmidt, Sanford Bookstaver, John Hyams, Nicole Rubio, Terry Miller, Takashi Doscher, Brenna Malloy, Lisa Robinson, Marc Roskin, Charles S. Carroll, David Rodriguez, Holly Dale, John Polson, Lin Oeding, Mykelti Williamson, Paul McCrane, Alik Sakharov, Charlotte Brändström
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Marina Squerciati
Kim Burgess
