User Reviews

Chicago PD, now in it's eleventh season, has always been the grittiest of the three Chicago shows, and it was certainly true to form with "Unpacking". Not much in the way of sunshine and rainbows here.

To open the episode: a montage of scenes featuring a pensive-looking Voight (who has Platt in his ear saying that he needs to find a replacement for Adam, that it's been six months - a Chicago Fire-style skip forward) and a sad-looking Upton both flashing back to the events of last season's finale are interspersed with someone jogging, seen only from the waist down.

In a similar way to Chicago Fire, PD made us all wonder whether Ruzek succumbed to his gunshot wound. But, Patrick John Flueger isn't going anywhere for the moment, which will be a relief to most long-term fans of the show, I'm sure. I for one like the character. Indeed, he is the man jogging, and trying to get ready for his physical to try and rejoin the intelligence unit.

Life is not rosy for Upton, who has divorce papers to mail back, and who we know will be written out of the show sometime this year. Ironic this storyline airs in the days after it was revealed that Tracy Spiridakos and Jesse Lee Soffer (her now offscreen husband and soon-to-be ex husband) have been dating. Upton is doing it rough, processing the breakdown of her marriage. It's a bleak storyline, but Spiridakos' acting is very good. Really makes you feel her pain. Say what you will about the focus on her (it upset some people last season) but Tracy Spiridakos is a great actress.

We saw no Torres - he is out of town, they said at the start of the episode. Voight appeared only occasionally. Ruzek just in that opening scene. A few Platt scenes - good, she has been underused for many seasons now.

The way things are shaping up, it looks like this might be one of those seasons with one or two of the ensemble cast missing an episode here and there (or appearing only sparingly) to help the show's financial situation. Not ideal, but better than not having the show at all.

As Haley Upton's actress Tracy Spiridakos will depart from the show like Jessie Lee Sofer's Jay Halstead did last season as he re-entered the Army over in after his Chicago PD departure was not one he had hoped and wished for on it.

But now Haley had to shadow a medical health crisis and said to be one of the very few in the country but she saw something that they didn't see even though they told her to stand down.

As the prime suspect over in a murder may not had done it but he was found at the scene in the house. Nothing is as it seems.

But thank goodness Patrick John Fluger's Adam is back. Ruzek is seen jogging after nearly losing his life as being undercover last season. He is trying to get back in shape and take a test to see if he is OK and fit to get back to his job.

Voight stands by Haley as her deciding whether she should divorce Halstead or not. As his tour of duty extended even much more longer in busting drug dealers overseas. He shouldn't had left her like that. Now she can't seem to focus on her job.

Writing has been up and down since season 7....not a good start for 11, very bad writing, never would have assumed Cam was the,suspect without proof at the beginning....but they did. All the patrol officers missed the blood on his shoes, the,door and the wall.....come,on. Then they all admitted they all got it wrong in unison. The mental health crew is all just gas lighting. Then no room in the hospital. All forced and unbelievable, think the actors tried, but you can't be good,without good material. Really do like the series and hope for a turn around but I have my doubts. Like usual Trudy is under used and that a waste.

The show has lost its edge years ago when they toned down voight's agressiveness.. with boring stories, just the "monster" of the week and not the season type.. so full of boring grays anatomy kind of drama instead of interesting stories..

hailey and jay nonsense going back and forth until finally getting married out of the blue..

adam letting himself getting dragged into kims draman and being unappreciated for years..

voight pretty much without any storylines.. now that jay left, hailey has nothing else to do besides crying about jay leaving

torres is the best character because he does not need another co start to have storylines..

the story this time was some random people getting killed off because they bullied the guy's autistic brother.. yeah, that was it..

Appalling storyline, nothing positive to say about it really!

Whoever wrote this episode doesn't know the character's long journey in this series. Sad and extremely disappointing! The constant trauma is exhausting, unnecessary and way too repetitive now. This is not a way of giving closure to a character... this feels more like... punishment!

Also, who is Jason Halstead? One dreadful and avoidable document finally reveals something kept from the public for 10 years - again, who wrote/ approved this?? A very disconnected and clueless writer/s perhaps.

Tracy's performance gets 10 stars. The episode... 1 too many!