Chicago P.D. Season Finale Recap: Explosive Twists, Heartbreak, and Long-Awaited Vows
- Zakiyyah
- May 24
- 4 min read
The season finale of Chicago P.D. delivers one of the most emotionally charged and chaotic episodes yet, and it doesn’t waste a second getting into the storm. It opens with Voight and the team still reeling from Internal Affairs launching a full-blown investigation into the Intelligence Unit. Reid has stripped everyone of their powers or reassigned them to patrol on probationary status. Voight’s facing the pressure head-on, but his world is closing in fast, and you can feel that this isn’t just a threat to his job — it’s a threat to everything he’s built.
The team scrambles to pull together whatever evidence they can to take Reid down, but they know the clock is ticking. The key to cracking this open lies in the Otero case — the murder that Reid likely ordered and Joseph Caldero carried out. They’ve got some pieces already: two people can confirm Caldero as corrupt, one of them directly linking him to Reid, and ballistics place him at two different murders. But as strong as that looks, Voight knows it’s not enough. They need hard proof that Reid gave the kill order. Without that direct connection, it’s all still circumstantial.
Burgess and Ruzek Get the Breakthrough
Burgess and Ruzek are the ones who get the breakthrough. They go to the safe house to talk to Renny and try to get a description of Caldero. Renny says he isn’t sure. Just then, someone breaks into the safe house trying to take Renny out — with Ruzek and Burgess in the crossfire.
Renny gives them a little that identifies Caldero. Voight tracks down Caldero. He sets up a meeting under the pretense of a CI tip and confronts him with everything they’ve got. Caldero tries to play it cool, but Voight’s direct: two murders, solid ballistics, and his only shot at survival is turning on Reid. Caldero rants about the job being a joke, how law and order are dead, and how none of them have any real power anymore. He’s bitter, angry, and tired.
But in the end, he flips. He agrees to give them everything. But before they can act on it, it all goes sideways. Caldero is cuffed and put in the back of the truck. Voight calls it in and tells them they are coming in; he took the deal. Caldero jumps to the front and steers the car off the side of a bridge. They crash and roll.
Voight and Ruzek make it out of the truck and pull Caldero out. Voight is yelling, trying to stop the bleeding. They’re desperate to get a name — something, anything — but the man they’re trying to save dies before he can speak. It’s brutal. You can feel the helplessness. Voight is trying to hold everything together while the ground keeps crumbling underneath him.
The Final Accusation Against Reid
The team tries to regroup, trying to see if they have any other way to get Reid. Voight is at a loss. Just when it seems like it can’t get worse, he receives a text that a preliminary hearing on his unit is at 8:00 am the next day.
Voight arrives at headquarters and is greeted by fellow police. They tell him this is just preliminary. Reid approaches the group of officers. Just then, shots ring out. Reid is hit. Renny yells that he killed his father. He spills it all — how Reid was in on the drug trade, how Caldero and Silva were part of it, how he saw it firsthand.
It’s loud, raw, and public. And it lands hard. This isn’t just a tip, it’s a full-blown accusation backed by someone who lived it. From that moment, the case against Reid is no longer something whispered behind closed doors. It’s out.
A New Beginning — and a Wedding
Later, Voight tells the others he spent the night trying to protect Renny, but he insisted on leaving. He wanted to be with family, and there was nothing legally holding him. He goes on to say that they took Renny’s statement, and Silva’s statement ends up confirming what Renny said.
Internal Affairs is still on their way to pick up their evidence. Voight says the unit is still under investigation, but now Reid is the one under fire. Torres, one of the detectives, says it out loud: “So… it’s over?” And for the first time, the answer is yes.
Burgess and Ruzek finally take a moment for themselves. Ruzek reflects on how they postponed their wedding, and now realizes they shouldn’t have. Kim agrees. Life is unpredictable, and after everything they’ve been through, they just want to hold onto something good. There’s no firm decision made, but you can feel it — they’re ready to take that step when the time is right. They decide to have their wedding. It’s a happy time, with everyone smiling for the first time in a long time.
I feel that this wedding that we have been waiting for for years should have had more of an impact on this episode, especially with the episode being named “Vows.”
Voight Faces the Fallout
But the final moment hits hard. ADA Chapman confronts Voight about Reid’s death. They’ve figured it out — Silva’s brother got out early, Renny was relocated, and Reid didn’t just fall. He was taken out. And Voight let it happen. Maybe he didn’t say the words, but the message was clear. He allowed it.
They remind him of who he used to be — the man who believed in doing things the right way, even if it wasn’t the easy way. But Voight, looking completely worn down, says quietly, “I don’t get more.”
Final Thoughts
The finale was great, and we got to see a glimpse of the old Hank Voight. But was it worth it at the end? That’s the million-dollar question that we have to wait until next season to answer.
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