Chicago P.D. ended the 2024 TV schedule with an episode that uncovered Torres’ secret to the remainder of the Intelligence Unit, resulted in Gloria’s demise, and revealed Deputy Chief Reid’s true colours with a suggestion of friendship to Voight that positively has strings connected. There was additionally a second from Ruzek that was simple to miss within the aftermath of the autumn finale, however now that the wait has begun for the winter premiere within the 2025 TV schedule, I am wanting again at his response and what Patrick John Flueger beforehand advised CinemaBlend about Ruzek and Burgess’ promotion.
So, with weeks forward of the winter premiere (and the autumn finale streaming with a Peacock subscription if you wish to refresh your reminiscence), let us take a look at what occurred and what Flueger advised us.
What Occurred For Ruzek In Chicago P.D.’s Fall Finale
Torres’ affair with Gloria had been a secret to the entire unit apart from Burgess, and Ruzek took offense to the new water that he’d put her in when the reality lastly got here out. And since that is Ruzek and his emotions for Burgess that we’re speaking about, “took offense” meant confronting Torres immediately reasonably than letting it simmer. After Voight left the remainder of the unit alone, Ruzek dismissed Torres’ apology and instantly requested, “Did you ask her to lie for you?”
For her half, Burgess mentioned “No, God” earlier than Ruzek even completed asking the query. She advised him that Torres did not ask her to do something and she or he “made a selection” – the identical selection he would have made for any of them in her identical place. To not let it go instantly, Ruzek responded:
That does not make it proper. Kim, you could possibly go to jail. She may go to jail, Dante!
Fortunately, it did not escalate additional than Ruzek sending some spectacular demise glares Torres’ approach and reminding him that Burgess may have gone to jail simply after getting her promotion to detective. It did, nonetheless, remind me of what Patrick John Flueger previewed about Burgess again once we spoke after the Season 12 premiere.
As followers undoubtedly keep in mind, the Season 12 premiere ended with Detective Martel – Ruzek’s associate for the day and an outdated good friend – being shot and killed proper in entrance of him, setting him as much as go all-out to catch the culprits in actual time within the subsequent episode. After I’d requested how Ruzek would course of Martel’s demise in another way than different losses, Patrick John Flueger shared:
It is the primary time in twelve seasons that I can keep in mind, definitely for him, that he does not get a response. I simply assume that is this wild get up name. Although he is been shot and he is misplaced individuals over time, I believe that this sense of invincibility has all the time caught with him, and I believe that that will get washed away in that second. His invincibility and the individuals round him.
Whereas we noticed that in play all through the “leveled up” second episode of the present twelfth season, Patrick John Flueger additionally dropped a spoiler for later within the season that I have been hanging onto ever since, and it made all of the extra sense after what Marina Squerciati mentioned about Ruzek’s degree of help for Burgess’ chasing a well-deserved promotion. All the way in which again in early October, Flueger mentioned of what is to return:
Burgess is up for Detective, they usually need to push her into a distinct unit. We simply had a beautiful scene the place he freaks out about that, as a result of he desires to have eyes on her. You already know what I imply? He desires to know that he has some management over her security, and I believe simply shedding Martel made him understand that each one of those those who he loves are continuously, continuously, continuously in peril.
The episode that lastly gave Burgess her promotion was after all virtually solely from her viewpoint reasonably than Ruzek’s to present an inside take a look at his emotions, like what Flueger described above. It additionally featured a mini argument between the pair, when Ruzek wished her to take the favor she was provided and keep in Intelligence whereas she was prepared to do issues the appropriate approach even when that meant leaving the unit for some time.
Flueger’s feedback not solely shed a distinct mild on that dialog in Episode 6, but in addition his response to Torres’ lie within the fall finale. He did not say something in his personal protection, however took some pictures at Torres over what his relationship with Gloria may have completed to Burgess and her profession.
All in all, I am glad to lastly share the perception that Patrick John Flueger revealed about how the primary two episodes arrange Ruzek for the primary half of Season 12, since Burgess’ detective arc wasn’t promoted till properly previous the premiere. The wait is now on to see how the great ship Burzek retains on crusing within the new 12 months.
Talking with CinemaBlend throughout NBC’s One Chicago press junket in mid-November, Benjamin Levy Aguilar confirmed how far alongside they have been in filming Chicago P.D. It stays to be seen if that large three-show One Chicago crossover will arrive earlier or later within the 2025 season; for now, try the promo for P.D.‘s winter premiere:
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Chicago P.D. returns to NBC’s Wednesday nights on January 8 at 10 p.m. ET, following Chicago Hearth with the return of Severide at 9 p.m. ET and Chicago Med with an enormous downside for Archer to face at 8 p.m. ET. All three exhibits are additionally out there streaming by way of Peacock now.