It has been a very long time since One Chicago followers have been in a position to look ahead to an epic three-part crossover, however the 2025 TV schedule is on the verge of delivering. The “Within the Trenches” occasion brings the heroes of Chicago P.D., Chicago Fireplace, and Chicago Med collectively to take care of an explosion and a subway collapse, with multiple hero in very actual hazard.
The plot would not sound too just like 2019’s “An infection,” however after I spoke with P.D. boss Gwen Sigan, she in contrast the 2025 occasion to what went down greater than 5 years in the past, and it put me within the temper to rewatch “An infection” after “Within the Trenches.”
How The Crossovers Examine
Gwen Sigan is credited with the teleplay for the Chicago P.D. leg of “An infection,” so after I spoke along with her after her feedback concerning the Burzek relationship, I needed to ask: how does “Within the Trenches” examine to the final time that One Chicago got here collectively again in 2019? The P.D. showrunner shared:
Gosh, that was a giant one too. That positively was. I believe the size might be related, in case you have a look at simply the incident itself. Clearly [for] this stuff, you want an incident that’s going to have the ability to maintain you for 3 hours, and so it is gotta be fairly large, and it is gotta maintain altering and maintain morphing. I believe this one, simply the way in which that the writers labored collectively, they actually broke it virtually all collectively. Due to that, I’ll say this one feels very interwoven.
Whereas I beloved the “An infection” crossover and positively am not mad to be within the temper to rewatch it with my Peacock subscription, I can agree that it did not really feel fully “interwoven,” significantly with the P.D. episode feeling distinctly like P.D. for the reason that Med and Fireplace characters might solely accomplish that a lot to take down the unhealthy guys. Sigan went on:
It feels very very like you are gonna neglect what hour you are in. You are not gonna fairly know, like, ‘Oh, wait, I am in a P.D. hour, however these are all Fireplace characters.’ You are simply alongside for the experience. It appears like a film. It feels just like the story is simply type of transferring it. So I’ll say that I believe feels a bit completely different due to simply how cohesive it’s. It is actually a film.
The promo actually has the characters mingling with one another, to the purpose that Chicago Med showrunner Allen MacDonald was stunned that a lot was revealed. For her half, Chicago Fireplace boss Andrea Newman previewed the size of the inferno for the occasion, saying that flames capturing up “three tales” was “freaking out the neighbors.”
The “An infection” storyline in fact had a grand scale insofar as the primary responders had each purpose to consider {that a} flesh-eating an infection may very well be spreading all through the Windy Metropolis, but it surely wasn’t fairly explosive in the way in which that “Within the Trenches” will probably be. Nonetheless, speaking concerning the new one jogged my memory of what was nice concerning the final one, and I could have one thing to revisit sooner slightly than later.
But when “Within the Trenches” goes to be extra cohesive than “An infection,” how will P.D.‘s Intelligence Unit be included this time round?
How Chicago P.D. Will Be Included Extra
Whereas the promo confirms that Ruzek is likely one of the two One Chicago characters trapped underground (with Fireplace‘s Stella Kidd as the opposite) and that Platt will probably be in a life-or-death state, there was nonetheless the query of how the characters who aren’t often dashing into fires or administering assist will probably be key to the storyline. Gwen Sigan shed some mild, saying:
Proper off the bat, you’ve got bought the primary responder aspect that they are coming there to assist safe the scene and ensure the security of everybody concerned, and ensure every thing is secure for the firefighters to get in there and that kind of factor. After which the story does shortly shift once we notice that this was an intentional occasion and this was against the law, and due to that, we then change into very integral to the plot and to discovering out who’s accountable for this, and likewise monitoring down these offenders in time. There is a ticking clock that presents itself, and we have to observe these folks down with a purpose to principally save fairly a couple of lives. And so it turns into a fantastic engine for us to then maintain the ball going by means of the third hour.
Of the three One Chicago showrunners, Andrea Newman wasn’t in a position to go to the Fireplace set and Allen MacDonald solely made it in time for the final scene of Med‘s episode. So, was Gwen Sigan on set for a lot of the P.D. leg of the three-parter? She shared:
I used to be! Not for the primary incident, however actually for the third hour, in our hour, I used to be on set. It was enjoyable. I imply, this stuff are large. You get to be there and also you get to see what all three exhibits had been in a position to construct and simply accomplish. The feat of that alone with the timeframe. Us being a tv present, we shoot actually quick. We shoot 22 [episodes] a 12 months. So the truth that our crews are ready to do that is fairly unbelievable, and that it seems the way in which that it seems. That alone was actually neat, to only get to see the units that they constructed.
All in all, it seems like the entire One Chicago staff went above and past to make “Within the Trenches” well worth the wait after “An infection” again in 2019. Be sure you tune in to NBC on Wednesday, January 29 to take a look at the motion, beginning with Fireplace at 8 p.m. ET in a time slot swap, adopted by Med at 9 p.m. ET, and ending with Chicago P.D. at 10 p.m. ET. The order was the identical for “An infection,” which you’ll be able to stream with a Peacock subscription now.