It’s a brand new yr, and we’re celebrating it with an all-new installment of Chicago PD, which can middle Intelligence’s latest member.
If you happen to’ve been following our protection up to now, you already understand how a lot we love Kiana Prepare dinner.
She’s breathed new life into the collection as Chicago PD has felt like a welcomed mushy reboot for the present.
Chicago PD Picks Up with Intelligence in a Precarious Place
And now, the unit has lots to take care of after the wild and, at instances, heartrending occasions of Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 8, which left the unit in fairly a precarious place with the elusive Reid.
Their scenario isn’t bettering with Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 9.
“Pals and Household” will middle on Prepare dinner when the unit will get pulled right into a kidnapping case.
From the synopsis, it seems that the unit will face some “roadblocks” throughout this urgent investigation, and consequently, they’ll must make the most of alternate means to get what they want.
And that’s the place Intelligence’s mysterious beginner comes into play.
Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 9 Locations Kiana within the Highlight
We haven’t discovered that a lot about Prepare dinner exterior of the job. We all know that she bought demoted to patrol after she bought into it together with her tactical associate and basically bought iced out.
Kiana is enthusiastic about her job and needs to genuinely assist individuals and do proper by others.
We’ve seen how nice and devoted she is to the job primarily based on how simply and rapidly she jumped into motion throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 2.
She additionally partnered nicely with Torres throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 5. Prepare dinner’s undercover work throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 7 was notable.
Prepare dinner has confirmed to be a power, however we all know little about her life exterior of the job, and the midseason premiere guarantees to rectify that.
We can’t be extra enthusiastic about this!
Prepare dinner’s Household is Instrumental in Aiding with a Kidnapping Case
With Prepare dinner in search of her household’s help, might they be regulation enforcement, too? It’s additionally doable they’re on the opposite facet of the regulation or in a grey space.
Intelligence understands the neighborhood and fosters ties, leading to success.
Regardless of the case, this episode would put us squarely inside Prepare dinner’s private by introducing us to her household.
It’s a promising growth for her character. Many characters didn’t get this peek into their exterior world till later.
Getting into Prepare dinner’s world exterior past the unit means we get extra layers to this fan-favorite compelling character.
It’ll additionally assist us perceive her and the way she interacts with others.
Will Prepare dinner and Torres’ Parnership Face Obstacles After Gloria?
After that finale, the Gloria debacle strained Torres and Prepare dinner’s relationship. His want to cowl his tracks with Gloria and forestall himself and Burgess from entering into bother due to his affair practically price Kiana her life.
They shared mutual understanding and prompt respect, and Torres’ deception could problem that transferring ahead.
A peek into Kiana’s private life could assist the companions rebuild belief.
For each characters, understanding the opposite particular person solidifies a bond.
However it’ll even be nice if the hour switches issues up with Kiana interacting with different characters.
Voight has been impressed together with her, however we haven’t seen the 2 spend that a lot time one-on-one. Kiana’s household could also be vital in serving to them out, which might imply we’ll get some Kiana and Voight screentime.
Chief Reid Poses a Menace to Intelligence
What’s fascinating is studying that Intelligence will face roadblocks, and that wreaks of Chief Reid inserting himself into the combination.
The most important cliffhanger was that Reid knew what occurred with Torres and that the group lined for him, and he’s utilizing that data as leverage to be Voight’s “pal.”
However we don’t know what that “friendship” will entail.
Reid’s motivations are unclear, however worse but, we nonetheless don’t understand how he got here throughout all of this data, and that’s extra regarding than anything.
Is the workplace bugged? Is there a mole someplace?
Reid already got here throughout as sketchy concerning Burgess and her promotion, and now he’s utilizing Torres’ actions to maintain Voight and the Intelligence unit beneath his thumb.
Reid’s Motivations and Strategies Stay a Thriller
However we don’t know what he desires or plans for them. Voight doesn’t prefer to have anybody controlling him, so is it secure to say that Reid is exercising his energy to make Voight submit?
Reid might not be behind the roadblocks throughout this investigation, however it’s onerous to shake the speculation, given how a lot of a mysterious wild card he’s.
Reid seems in a few pictures, together with with all the group, so if he isn’t an impediment for them, he’s lively within the case in another means.
Happily, it’s an all-hands-on-deck scenario, as we see all the group in spoiler pictures. So we could be thrilled that the midseason premiere doesn’t bench anybody.
Unofficially, It’s Kim Burgess’s Season!
We additionally see loads of Burgess donning crimson once more (it’s changing into her signature coloration), and she or he’s undoubtedly giving off the vibes of being Voight’s “second.”
Detective Burgess continues to be thriving within the new place, and that’s thrilling to see all by itself!
With a kidnapping, doable pressure, a shady Reid, and a deep dive into Kiana, the midseason premiere seems like an action-packed, plot-heavy, and completely entertaining affair!
Over to you, Chicago PD Fanatics! What are your theories and hypothesis in regards to the midseason premiere? What are you wanting ahead to exploring?
We’ll have a full overview of the episode.
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Chicago PD returns Wednesday, January 8 at 10/9c on NBC.
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