It’s a brand new 12 months, and we’re celebrating it with an all-new installment of Chicago PD, which can heart Intelligence’s latest member.
In the event you’ve been following our protection so far, you already know the way a lot we love Kiana Cook dinner.
She’s breathed new life into the collection as Chicago PD has felt like a welcomed tender 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.
“Buddies and Household” will heart on Cook 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 in consequence, 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 realized that a lot about Cook dinner exterior of the job. We all know that she acquired demoted to patrol after she acquired into it along with her tactical accomplice and basically acquired 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 based mostly on how simply and shortly she jumped into motion throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 2.
She additionally partnered nicely with Torres throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 5. Cook dinner’s undercover work throughout Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 7 was notable.
Cook dinner has confirmed to be a drive, 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!
Cook dinner’s Household is Instrumental in Helping with a Kidnapping Case
With Cook dinner looking for her household’s help, may they be legislation enforcement, too? It’s additionally potential they’re on the opposite facet of the legislation 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 Cook 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.
Entering into Cook 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 Cook dinner and Torres’ Parnership Face Obstacles After Gloria?
After that finale, the Gloria debacle strained Torres and Cook dinner’s relationship. His want to cowl his tracks with Gloria and stop himself and Burgess from entering into bother due to his affair almost price Kiana her life.
They shared mutual understanding and immediate respect, and Torres’ deception might problem that shifting ahead.
A peek into Kiana’s private life might assist the companions rebuild belief.
For each characters, understanding the opposite individual 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 along 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 may imply we’ll get some Kiana and Voight screentime.
Chief Reid Poses a Menace to Intelligence
What’s attention-grabbing is studying that Intelligence will face roadblocks, and that wreaks of Chief Reid inserting himself into the combo.
The most important cliffhanger was that Reid knew what occurred with Torres and that the workforce lined for him, and he’s utilizing that data as leverage to be Voight’s “good friend.”
However we don’t know what that “friendship” will entail.
Reid’s motivations are unclear, however worse but, we nonetheless don’t know the way 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 relating to Burgess and her promotion, and now he’s utilizing Torres’ actions to maintain Voight and the Intelligence unit below his thumb.
Reid’s Motivations and Strategies Stay a Thriller
However we don’t know what he needs 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 will not be behind the roadblocks throughout this investigation, however it’s arduous to shake the speculation, given how a lot of a mysterious wild card he’s.
Reid seems in a few pictures, together with with the complete workforce, so if he isn’t an impediment for them, he’s lively within the case in another means.
Fortuitously, it’s an all-hands-on-deck scenario, as we see the complete workforce 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 turning into her signature colour), and he or she’s undoubtedly giving off the vibes of being Voight’s “second.”
Detective Burgess remains to be thriving within the new place, and that’s thrilling to see all by itself!
With a kidnapping, potential rigidity, a shady Reid, and a deep dive into Kiana, the midseason premiere seems like an action-packed, plot-heavy, and totally 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 evaluate of the episode.
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Chicago PD returns Wednesday, January 8 at 10/9c on NBC.
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