Chin Check | |
Season 1, Episode 3 | |
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Airdate | January 22, 2014 |
Written by | David Hoselton |
Directed by | Sanford Bookstaver |
Episode Guide | |
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Chin Check is the third episode of the first season and the 3rd overall episode of Chicago P.D.
Summary
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Voight and the team check out a house that has been associated with a series of gangs. People from the past cause Halstead's temper to rise.
Cast
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Main Cast
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- Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight
- Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson
- Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
- Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead
- Patrick John Fluger as Officer Adam Ruzek
- Elias Koteas as Detective Alvin Olinsky
- Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess
- LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater
- Archie Kao as Sheldon Jin
Crossover Cast
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Recurring Cast
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Guest Cast
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- America Olivo as Laura Dawson
- David Aron Damane as Maurice Owens
- Emily Peterson as Wendy
- Heidi Johanningmeier as Jasmine
- Isaac White as D'Anthony
- Josh Segarra as Justin Voight
- Robin Weigert as Erica Gradishar (Voight's Handler)
- Rena Sofer as Police Counselor
- Don Forston as Phil Rodiger
- Matthew Sherbach as Lonnie Rodiger
- Billy Aaron Brown as Michael Ganz
- Lesley Bevan as Clare Wilenko
- Richard Gallion as Trayzell
- Phil Ridarelli as Bradley Milner
- TaRon Patton as Aunt Shona
- Heidi Kurzejka as Genevieve
- Paloma Nozicka as Vera
- Emily Wolf as Hailey
- Nicholas Harazin as Patrolman Weiss
- Hanna Dworkin as Gail Corson
- Dev Kennedy as Danny Corson
Plot
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With Diego nearly ready to return to school, Laura requests that Antonio invite his CI, Jasmine, to dinner later in the week. Antonio hesitates, unsure of his wife's intent - is she jealous? - and leaves her name out when he asks Jasmine. This causes friction when Jasmine arrives, but Laura surprises them both by offering Jasmine a necklace as thanks for saving Diego's life.
D'Anthony, the kid Voight saved from Pulpo's men, approaches Voight with a problem - the gang wants him to perform a hit and he doesn't want to do it. Serious about protecting the boy, Voight drops in on D'Anthony's gang leader, Trayzell, and requests he relieve D'Anthony of his duty. Trayzell refuses and instead demands Voight hand over ten grand for rights to walk away with the kid. This rubs Voight the wrong way, but he somehow keeps his cool.
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Out in the field, the routine surveillance of a suspect's apartment leads to a surprise murder at the doorstep - and Ruzek's first on-duty shooting. More pressing is what they find in the apartment - specialized ammunition constructed to kill cops, all hidden in insulin boxes. With a little recon, they discover regular shipments of insulin in and out of Chicago from a Canadian distributor, and with some follow-up, Kim Burgess and Atwater locate the salesman... dead in his car. Halstead and Lindsay question his widow, Clare, who contends her husband never hurt a soul. As usual, Voight plays up his secret contacts and hits up Maurice at his hangout under the elevated tracks. Maurice turns up dry, but asks Voight for a favor: he's taking heat from a city attorney intent on building a case. He hands Voight five grand and promises more for names. Voight takes the money in a silent agreement...
Back at the station, Ruzek struggles to follow post-shooting protocol, grumbling through his session with a counselor who insists he take time off. Later, at his engagement party with his fiancée, Wendy, Ruzek finally tells her the truth about working in Intelligence - and that he received word the man he shot died. His relaxed demeanor reeks of denial, but he contends he's okay. Wendy, however, senses the opposite.
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Earlier in the day, Halstead finds time to visit two families. The first is a mom and dad brokenhearted about their son on the anniversary of his death. Halstead offers them sandwiches and condolences. The second family's not so thankful - Halstead sneers outside their home with birthday cake in hand, causing a scene as the father and his oddball son threaten a restraining order. But Halstead doesn't care - it's the principle at stake. The dead child would have been 15 today.
Olinsky joins Voight in an off-the-books interrogation of a shocked Trayzell. Gagged and bound, Trayzell takes a swift beating from Voight and emerges with a new perspective (and maybe a broken jaw) - he will allow D'Anthony to leave the gang. With Trayzell writhing in a warehouse, Voight passes the five grand from Maurice to D'Anthony and his new caretaker - an aunt from Pittsburgh. It's a kind gesture that will help spark a new life for the youngster.
Later, Voight's IA handler, Gradishar, contacts him and they meet in a public location, same as always. She grills him about Maurice, insisting that Voight take him down. Straight-faced and calm, Voight lies about accepting money from Maurice and gives her a deadline on the criminal's arrest: two weeks. She warns him not to test her.
Unwinding at her apartment, Lindsay gets a knock at her door - it's Lieutenant Severide from Firehouse 51, emotionally distressed from his half-sister's kidnapping. With no one else to turn to, he cries on her shoulder.