I have really enjoyed Chicago PD ever since it first started back in 2014. There are so many different police/crime shows to choose from these days that's it's hard to pick which ones to watch...watch this one. It shows how their unit investigates their cases. All the characters are well written with good back stories. That's what separates this from other cop shows, the characters development and the great cast that portrays these characters. I highly recommend this of your a fan of police shows. Every episode is satisfying and you can't say that about other cop shows. After ten seasons it's still one of the most entertaining cop shows on tv.
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Worth Watching!
Supermanfan-134 October 2022
Chicago PD follows the Intelligence Unit as they investigated crimes in the city of Chicago. It's led by Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) who has a history of stepping over the line however he wants to get results. This series has a gritty feel to it that separates it from other police shows. The best thing about it is the cast (Beghe, Patrick John Flueger, Jesse Lee Soffer, LaRoyce Hawkins, Sophia Bush, Tracy Spiridakos, Marina Squerciati, Elias Korea's, etc.). It's one show of a bigger Chicago Universe that they created along with Chicago Fire & Chicago Med. I personally think Chicago PD is far and away the best of the 3 and definitely worth watching.
Love it, but...
unacriaturadedios14 May 2021
Actually I liked it more when Voight was a tough cop, with his own code of justice, breaking the rules, ignoring some laws..that kind of his thing, that makes him Hank Voight! I am from eastern Europe and I don't know very well what happens in US, but I suppose that all these BLM movements, George Floyd's death had some impact to the show. It's really sad, when they change the main character to serve some political/social interest. It's not the same Chicago P. D now.
I miss Al
shereenjac-2781423 July 2021
I love this show Chicago PD but when took out Al that was the worst mistake you can make when Hank and Al got together you never knew what was going to happen this was the best show since the Untouchables but I still watch the show when AL was on there it was intense now it's okay.
PD is the best cop TV
jduyrhfngj14 January 2021
By far the best of the Chicago trilogy, and it's not even close. Voight is the best cop character currently on tv. I've already given up on Med, and am close to the same with Fire. I'm not into soap opera-driven storylines occupying the majority of an episode. I put PD in the same category as Streets of San Francisco, Hill Street Blues, The Shield and The Wire to name a few. That is the best TV available.
One of my favorite cop shows
rkuzie21 May 2022
I love a good cop show and this one is definitely a great one! Great characters and development along with exciting plot lines. Season 8 was pretty terrible because they changed it completely to fit everyone's obsession with "all cops are bad" a few years back and I almost quit it. But season 9 was on par again! I am hoping it never ends and continues going in the right direction after the season 8 flop. I am impressed it hasn't become dull and repetitive for being on for so long!
keeps you on your toes
jeremyhess-3490211 September 2022
I really like how this show is done, i also like chicago med and chicago fire but this one so far is my favorite. I enjoy the action that keeps the show moving along at a really good pace, the mystery of trying to figure out where the show is goin before it gets there, and i've always liked cop shows so there might be a little bias on my part. So far im really liking the characters, the acting is pretty good and the overall story takes no time at all to get going so im invested in whats happening right away and im not having to suffer thro any slow burn type storylines. I think the action here is pretty good, the fights, the chases etc etc and overall its so far just a really good, action packed cop drama and i've always enjoyed those types of shows.
Strongest of "One Chicago"
arod_859 December 2021
This show is gritty, emotional, and clever. The story lines are pretty original and interesting, yet realistic. Sometimes the officers are forced to make some tough decisions that break law and I imagine this "gray area" is something police deal with more than we know. I like all of the characters in their own right. All are believable in their roles. This is by far the strongest of not only the Chicagos but of the Dick Wolf series.
Absolutely addicted....
pimbinha1 March 2015
I think Chicago PD and Chicago Fire are both amazing series. Better still, the story lines are based on factual events. Love it, love it, love it. Please don't let either end anytime soon.
The fact that these are great series, leaves me on edge every time I watch them. There is always suspense in every episode and they way they all work as a team and have each others backs, is amazing. Wish I could be part of the "family".
Please don't let these finish anytime soon...
Love Chiacgo Fire Love Chicago PD
A big thumbs up to producers, directors, story writers and most of all, the actors. Fantastic work all round
The fact that these are great series, leaves me on edge every time I watch them. There is always suspense in every episode and they way they all work as a team and have each others backs, is amazing. Wish I could be part of the "family".
Please don't let these finish anytime soon...
Love Chiacgo Fire Love Chicago PD
A big thumbs up to producers, directors, story writers and most of all, the actors. Fantastic work all round
One man
poseidenx4 June 2021
This is a great drama series, the whole cast work so well together and anyone of them would be missed but as we have seen the show manages to still do well with a spot of new blood. However Voight's character is key, remove Hank
Voight and for me there is no more Chicago PD.
A gritty, interesting procedural ... past its best
bosporan12 May 2022
This is the second best Chicago franchise series behind the short lived Chicago Justice. It was fabulous for the first five seasons, until Erin, played by Sophia Bush, left the show. Although Bush is a middling, one-note actress, she fitted perfectly here and was the glue that held things together and provided a contrasting emotional and integrity tone to the grittier, near-to-the edge style of the group.
Watched the beginning of season seven and it has lost its way, time for NBC to find something new for this slot now.
Watched the beginning of season seven and it has lost its way, time for NBC to find something new for this slot now.
AMAZING SHOW! But season 8 isn't going in the right direction
Mahajke231 February 2021
This is my favorite show. I have rewatched all episodes of the whow at least twice. I love Hank Voight. He is amazing character and so badass but in season 8 they are trynig to change him beacuse of police reform and they are trying to change the show too! This season firsf 5 episode are the worst episodes of chicago PD so far.
Conclusiones: Pure Entertainment without substance
utewehrle7 February 2022
You have to look at it this way, the series is made purely for entertainment. Because if you look at the behavior of the policemen, they belong in prison as well as the criminals. But it's just a series made to entertain people. I've been watching the show since season 1 because I'm a big fan of Jon Seda. But what I found totally stupid was that Kim first had a relationship with Ruzek, then suddenly with her partner, then this Hailey also makes out with Ruzek and then suddenly ends up with Halstead, so that's extremely stupid or stupid. I thought that was moronic. But I didn't watch the series because of the stupid women, but because of Jon Seda alias Antonio Dawson.
Since he was in this series, I watched it until the end of season 6. I just loved Jon Seda as Antonio. That's why I was very disappointed or rather appalled by Dick Wolf or whoever it was that they wrote him out of the series. That was the end of the series for me. I then watched a few more episodes of season 7 and also season 8 and they were just horrible or awful. From season 7 on, this series is an absolute disaster. That's why I don't even watch the other seasons of the series, it's just a waste of time. Too bad! Chicago PD without Antonio or Jon Seda has become uninteresting or boring for me. So I just watch the first 6 seasons every now and then and enjoy the cast from season 1 to 6 they were the best. Because I think Sophia Bush, Elias Koteas and Jon Seda were much better than the ones that came after.
The conclusion of the series is that it is a pure entertainment series without depth. And only to continue to earn money, it is extended season after season, whether it is good or not, as long as people watch it, there will continue to be such gruesome stories as before. But as we all know, that's something everyone has to decide for themselves. For me this series has an end, I don't do this to myself any more.
Stay healthy all in this problematic Corona time. 👍
Since he was in this series, I watched it until the end of season 6. I just loved Jon Seda as Antonio. That's why I was very disappointed or rather appalled by Dick Wolf or whoever it was that they wrote him out of the series. That was the end of the series for me. I then watched a few more episodes of season 7 and also season 8 and they were just horrible or awful. From season 7 on, this series is an absolute disaster. That's why I don't even watch the other seasons of the series, it's just a waste of time. Too bad! Chicago PD without Antonio or Jon Seda has become uninteresting or boring for me. So I just watch the first 6 seasons every now and then and enjoy the cast from season 1 to 6 they were the best. Because I think Sophia Bush, Elias Koteas and Jon Seda were much better than the ones that came after.
The conclusion of the series is that it is a pure entertainment series without depth. And only to continue to earn money, it is extended season after season, whether it is good or not, as long as people watch it, there will continue to be such gruesome stories as before. But as we all know, that's something everyone has to decide for themselves. For me this series has an end, I don't do this to myself any more.
Stay healthy all in this problematic Corona time. 👍
Used to be my favourite show
danielwooly25 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Loved this show it used to be so action packed and then it started going down this whole woke path forgetting why people watched it, now its the same old stuff with a bunch of cops with god mode who always survive everything making the show completely predictable.
How many times have they been shot now? Kim survived being shot twice once by a shotgun close range which was a miracle but okay but then again two times in the gut and left for hours only to magically make it....now Adam has been shot and they've done a cliff-hanger like omg will he make it?? Of course he will.
They need more characters but are scared to kill them off which is blatantly obvious...all we have is Torres who everyone finds hard to like as 90% of his show time its him trying to be Voight.
Show has been going on for 9 years now, almost exactly the same cast, Voight is still a SGT who they bring back as this cop who will do whatever it takes then they revert him back to a good cop when nobody watches this show for good policing or realism as 90% of what they do is wrong anyway, current direction of the show is dying and they had a chance to revive it with this "storm" or end of days plot but ruined it all with a single episode making all the episodes of Adam undercover absolutely pointless really.
Show needs new writers and can't be scared to kill them off...i love the current cast but when all of them get kidnapped and shot 24.7 and always make it through you just start asking yourself is this a cop show or a marvel movie as they all can't seem to die or have such good detective skills it makes it feel like Chicago only needs Voights unit and the other police units don't even seem to do anything but be bossed around by a SGT.
They need promotions, new cast, complete revive by switching it up so new locations and new story lines like the old days, corruption theme should come back or Voights old says as sadly this woke policing plot and the same old of turning up, shooting someone, case closed ain't doing it anymore its getting boring! Oh and the constant pointless shootings of characters that all survive is boring now too.
How many times have they been shot now? Kim survived being shot twice once by a shotgun close range which was a miracle but okay but then again two times in the gut and left for hours only to magically make it....now Adam has been shot and they've done a cliff-hanger like omg will he make it?? Of course he will.
They need more characters but are scared to kill them off which is blatantly obvious...all we have is Torres who everyone finds hard to like as 90% of his show time its him trying to be Voight.
Show has been going on for 9 years now, almost exactly the same cast, Voight is still a SGT who they bring back as this cop who will do whatever it takes then they revert him back to a good cop when nobody watches this show for good policing or realism as 90% of what they do is wrong anyway, current direction of the show is dying and they had a chance to revive it with this "storm" or end of days plot but ruined it all with a single episode making all the episodes of Adam undercover absolutely pointless really.
Show needs new writers and can't be scared to kill them off...i love the current cast but when all of them get kidnapped and shot 24.7 and always make it through you just start asking yourself is this a cop show or a marvel movie as they all can't seem to die or have such good detective skills it makes it feel like Chicago only needs Voights unit and the other police units don't even seem to do anything but be bossed around by a SGT.
They need promotions, new cast, complete revive by switching it up so new locations and new story lines like the old days, corruption theme should come back or Voights old says as sadly this woke policing plot and the same old of turning up, shooting someone, case closed ain't doing it anymore its getting boring! Oh and the constant pointless shootings of characters that all survive is boring now too.
Easily the best cop drama I've ever seen
vincewansink7 October 2021
I love this show because it's so smartly written. There are none of those yelling at your TV moments when the cop goes in without backup or lets his guard down at the worst moment or tries to be a hero all by himself. In this show the characters act like a real cop should. When they get shot at, or they find a body, or they see something suspicious, they immediately radio it in and request backup and backup arrives in a realistic amount of time. The investigative tactics they use are realistic and smart. They don't just "figure things out" or solve a crime on a hunch. They follow real leads, and sometimes those leads are dead ends and sometimes they run out of leads and don't get the bad guy. That's why I love this show. It's realistic and smart. Oh, and I give this show bonus points for keeping the woke stuff to a bare minimum. They did a couple of shows with a side story about racism last season, but it's not too bad (unlike SWAT).
Great action drama
fatelovesthefearless9 January 2014
In my opinion this show as well as Chicago Fire (Of which Chicago PD is a spin off of) are the best cop, paramedic and firefighter shows since Third Watch.
Chicago PD is full of action right off the bat and although it may not be the most realistic or factual cop show it is entertaining which is what TV is meant to be. If i wanted to see something realistic id watch a reality highway patrol show... ZzzZz
If you like Chicago Fire Third Watch, SVU or any of those type of shows your bound to love this!
I'm hooked and i've only seen one episode.
Chicago PD is full of action right off the bat and although it may not be the most realistic or factual cop show it is entertaining which is what TV is meant to be. If i wanted to see something realistic id watch a reality highway patrol show... ZzzZz
If you like Chicago Fire Third Watch, SVU or any of those type of shows your bound to love this!
I'm hooked and i've only seen one episode.
Wonderful Show
rashadlholmes6 May 2014
I'm not going to even lie, I was a little skeptical at first about this show. However, after watching it the first couple of weeks, I was really impressed. I started to find myself enjoying the show much more than I expected. I like the fact that all of the characters have a story line. Chicago Fire was already a great show but I like how the producer incorporates both shows together. Detective Voight was not my favorite person in the world when I first encountered him. However, after watching the show this First season, he is my favorite actor on the show now. Chicago PD is starting to become my favorite show on television. The action is great along with the characters!
Great Show
ffsotus8 January 2014
Not sure why people complain about morals. I don't watch these type of shows for morals, I watch them because they are fun. This show has their own justice which most of of understand we can't have, but would like to have. Bottom line well written show, great actors and actresses and down right a fun and entertaining show. I like the fact this this could be a crooked cop show, but does what is right to get the job done. Problem with the show is it's only on once a week. I am not sure if I can wait another week for episode 2.
If you are looking for a fun and exciting show, this is it. If you want morals and values, go watch Mr. Robinson
If you are looking for a fun and exciting show, this is it. If you want morals and values, go watch Mr. Robinson
Just Started
charlestonberry19 July 2021
Astonishing....
mharirbafan18 January 2014
OK. Somebody please tell me there is a number more than 10 for this pilot. I am surprised to see Chicago P.D., specially from NBC. It's more than anything I've ever saw from Television so far and I'm Speechless. The violence is used for this series is almost enough to not be scared about and is not more than you expect to be a drama series. In years I saw so many police dramas from different networks, Criminal Minds, Justified, The Closer, Copper, Cracked, Crossing Lines and Dexter, but this is different. The idea is fresh, the casts are Good, the plot is not Predictable (I think because I just saw the pilot), directing was good, visual effects are astonishing and the series is so far building to my expectations. I cannot wait to see more. Hope this will be continues in next episodes. 10/10.
The strongest procedural T.V show currently airing. (S8)
hw56914 March 2021
Over the last few years Chicago PD has become a significantly better offering than either of its sister shows (Chicago Fire & Med). The episodes are consistently engaging and tackle important moral issues, often very well.
The balance struck between exploring the personal lives of the characters and the solving of 'Intelligence' cases, is excellent. Both Chicago Fire/Med have long since fallen down the 'soap opera' rabbit hole.
The core cast of the show is also made up of very solid performers. The character of Upton in particular has been a great find for the show. The originals of Voight, Halstead, Ruzek, and Burgess are all well developed and likeable...most of the time.
Overall, this show is definitely worth your time.
The balance struck between exploring the personal lives of the characters and the solving of 'Intelligence' cases, is excellent. Both Chicago Fire/Med have long since fallen down the 'soap opera' rabbit hole.
The core cast of the show is also made up of very solid performers. The character of Upton in particular has been a great find for the show. The originals of Voight, Halstead, Ruzek, and Burgess are all well developed and likeable...most of the time.
Overall, this show is definitely worth your time.
Cheap entertainment
zenmateisshite10 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Like other reviews have mentioned; the show is full of cliches, acting (or over-acting) is an issue, and the biggest problem is that the characters violate every rule on regular basis and act tough and self-righteous about it - it has become tiresome.
The episode last night I thought would see the end on Hank Voight but no, he managed to get away with it. By the way, he is the one and only person responsible for Al's death. No one in the squad challenged him on that. Antonio picked a fight in the previous episode but that's it. Voight is 90% good but 10% a very dangerous man. Even as a character if he resembles the slightest bit of reality he is what is wrong with cops in the US. The writers don't even show a hint of judgment, in fact they have been increasingly justifying and enforcing his obnoxious behavior (covered up to be vigilante justice) - It is ok to a certain degree but they are over doing it, very wrong and dangerous.
The episode last night I thought would see the end on Hank Voight but no, he managed to get away with it. By the way, he is the one and only person responsible for Al's death. No one in the squad challenged him on that. Antonio picked a fight in the previous episode but that's it. Voight is 90% good but 10% a very dangerous man. Even as a character if he resembles the slightest bit of reality he is what is wrong with cops in the US. The writers don't even show a hint of judgment, in fact they have been increasingly justifying and enforcing his obnoxious behavior (covered up to be vigilante justice) - It is ok to a certain degree but they are over doing it, very wrong and dangerous.
Very good
bill-2552514 April 2021
I like PD, and the not-so-politically correct cops (as opposed to Blue Bloods). I am from Chicago, and I like seeing Chicago on TV. I get sooooo tired of New York and LA. I wish the street scenes made more of Chicago's fabulous architecture, historic neighborhoods, small business and gritty urban streets, instead of most of it being filmed in an industrial area. Law and Order uses New York very well in this regard. I wish PD would make better use of Chicago visually.
Used to love it
jeppepalmari9 April 2022
I used to love this show and thought it was the best of all the cop shows out there. Now I feel it's become a bit stale though. The cases are not that interesting and the personal drama between these people are just boring. Specially the last couple of seasons have been pretty meh. Maybe it's time to pack it up and move on to other shows. It's just too bad that most shows have terrible writing nowadays. Soap operas in the 90's had better writing than some of these dramas nowadays. Funny, but true.
Still a 7/10 from me because Jason Beghe is awesome and the show once was pretty good.
Still a 7/10 from me because Jason Beghe is awesome and the show once was pretty good.
Totally messed up
jostein_aasen2 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The cops are like worse criminals than the guys they stop... makes you sick some of the stuf they do, and the director obviously tries to make the viewers to feel like the cops are doing a good job, but it's too much. For a while Hank seems like a nice guy, but after five seasons of this, he just seems to be the worst criminal in Chicago.
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