Chicago P.D. Review: You and Me (Season 9 Episode 22)
Chicago P.D. Season 9 Episode 22, “You and Me,” brings the season to an end, closing its season-long case against Los Temidos with CI Anna Avalos. Although the case is over, chances are its repercussions will last long into the upcoming season.
Lucky for Halstead and Upton shippers, at the beginning of “You and Me,” fans can rest assured that Hailey is safe and sound after the explosion. She is back on her feet to help the team close the case and make sure Jay and Voight stay in line.
As Avalos is brought into the station, the team is working along with Complex Prosecution to bring Escano in. A particularly remarkable scene is when we see Adam, Kevin, and Kim taking the photos down from their white boards, showing the case is ending.
Complex Prosecution ASA Chapman only agrees to help the Intelligence Unit because Voight threatens to ruin her career. Once more, his reputation follows him. Unlike with his meeting with Escano, this helps him get what he wants.
It is during the scene between Chapman and Voight that viewers can see how deep he is into the case. He feels responsible for Anna’s well-being and the consequences of him putting her undercover. Towards the end of the episode, it is obvious how much this case has affected him.
Although he is doing everything in his power to save Avalos, this becomes harder when he and Halstead find a dying Escano. With his last breath, the man says Anna stabbed him. Of course, Voight’s first thought is to protect her.
Chicago P.D. has always been consistent when it comes to Voight and Halstead’s relationship. The tension between Sergeant and Detective is not only based on their egos. They struggle to find the balance between what is right and wrong.
After Halstead protects Voight from IAB at the beginning of the season, he made his boss promise to be open about his actions. Now, with Escano’s death, he is demanding to know what will happen with Anna.
Of course Voight wants to protect his CI. The entirety of Season 9 Episode 22 is his chase to find Avalos and help her escape the charges of Escanos’ death.
However, Halstead will not let this happen. This brings tension to his relationship with Upton, but together they make the right choice: make sure Voight brings Avalos in.
Choosing to replicate the tension from the beginning of the season was a great decision from the writers. Upton and Halstead’s relationship is based on the trust they put in each other at work. If Halstead crosses this line with Voight, what does it mean for his marriage?
While the three of them go on a wild chase, the rest of the team is still hunting down Los Temidos. Atwater, Burgess, and Ruzek manage to find their stash house and get warrants to search and arrest everyone involved.
One thing Chicago P.D. will do is give viewers beautifully shot scenes — or as beautiful as they can be for a crime show. “You and Me” is not the exception. Their search scenes connect perfectly with one another, connecting the case to its end.
Although Avalos has lost all trust in the team and Voight, her involvement made it possible for them to search these houses. She does not know this and instead decides to take matters into her own hands. How desperate is she?
Her desperation is matched by Voight. Fans of the show know the Sergeant does not go anywhere without his leather jacket. However, as the heat increases, the jacket comes off and Hank is losing control.
Voight’s obsession with Anna is not explained on the show. Is it simply because she is his CI? Does he feel responsible for her?
Or is there more going on? Hank Voight’s feelings remain a mystery, but you can see him lose control when he finally finds Anna in a car accident.
As she pulls a gun on him, Voight tries desperately to regain control of the situation. This proves to be pointless as he gets shot. He is not the only one.
At the hospital, Avalos dies in front of Voight, who refuses to leave her alone. “You and me until the end.” The end came for her and the case, but what does this mean for Voight?
Audiences are left with Voight’s devastated face to end the season. Although the case itself is closed, there are a lot of loose ends Season 10 will have to address. Will they do this?
Viewers can only imagine what losing Avalos will do to Voight. But, what does this mean for the rest of the squad? The majority of them are left in the dark when it comes to Escano’s death.
There is an issue with trust that needs to be resolved within the unit. Halstead cannot be the only one demanding answers from the Sergeant. The Intelligence Unit needs to come together to be able to move forward with other cases.
Chicago P.D. will have to find a way to tie everything together and allow the audience and the team to get closure during Season 10.
What did you think of this episode of Chicago P.D.? What are your expectations for Season 10? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Great review.
To answer your questions about Voight’s obsession with protecting Anna, I think it actually has to do with Erin. While he sees all the members of Intelligence as his children, he really hasn’t had that father-daughter connection with anyone since Erin left. I think Anna reminds him of Erin. He saved Erin when she was 14-15 and took her in off the street, raising her as his own. The fact that Anna has a little boy, was gang raped, her brother was murdered, etc. I think just adds to his deep-seeded need to save her. That’s just my opinion, though.
As for the episode itself, I have so many thoughts about this episode, and they’re probably all unpopular.
It was an excellent season finale, but I knew Anna would end up dead. As someone who loves ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS, the shipper wars in this fandom really frustrate me. There’s no reason for Burzek and Upstead shippers to be at each other’s throats and tear one down to lift up the other, simply because they didn’t get what they wanted. Grow up, please.
I love Jay and Hailey individually, as well as a couple. I thought their minor conflict in this episode was done well. And honestly, I’d been hoping for some conflict between them at some point. They haven’t had an argument, since they got married. After the fall finale, Jesse talked about how we’ll have to see if their marriage affects the job or the job affects their marriage. This was the first sign of that. While they didn’t agree with Voight going off book, they also didn’t see eye-to-eye on how to handle it the right way.
They can both be a little hypocritical and holier-than-thou at times. Jay has toned that down quite a bit, since saving Hailey from jail. He seems to truly understand Voight a lot better, now that they’re equals, Voight isn’t keeping him in the dark and he knows what it’s like to be put in the position of “How far would you go for someone you love?” He was absolutely right to remind her that he did the same thing Voight’s doing to save Anna to save her. Hailey outright asked Jay if she should turn herself in back in 9×08, and he emphatically said no.
Jay had the right idea trying to save Voight from himself. Years ago, I don’t think he’d believe that was possible. Voight would have done whatever he was going to do, and the only person who could have stopped him would have been Al. And if that didn’t work, Al would have just helped. Jay wouldn’t have been able to stop him. Things are different now. Jay knows he has an effect on Voight, and might be able to guide him towards a slightly better path. When Voight begged Jay to turn him in and not use the information against North in 9×09 (because, he was worried about Jay’s conscience), it was Jay who decided otherwise to save Hailey and refused to give Voight up. Jay found a better way to get Paco to talk in episode 12, without crossing lines when Voight warned him he’d do that if Jay couldn’t find a clean way out of it. Jay’s concern here was about Anna’s son. That’s why he brought it up to Hailey in their argument in the garage. If Anna went to jail, her son would be put into the foster system. His uncle and grandfather are both dead.
Hailey was going a little over the top with her holier-than-thou attitude. That was not the time. They were on a clock, so I’m glad everybody just went off to do what needed to be done. When Kim asked Hailey if she was coming, that was the point Hailey had to make a decision – either stay behind, because you don’t agree or let them go by themselves. I knew she’d go with Jay, because she wasn’t going to leave him out there without backup. The “you go where I go” theme has been their thing since season 6.
She’s doing what Jay used to do, overcompensating by going all the way in the other direction, because of what happened with Walton. Jay did this for years, overcompensating for what happened with Knox in Afghanistan by trying to be a black-and-white/by the book cop. Hailey was very by the book when she joined Intelligence, so this is how she started in season 5. However, she needs to find a balance just like Jay finally did. Kim certainly wasn’t acting holier-than-thou in this episode, and neither was Kevin. And, they’re the other two cops who are more like Jay in going by the book.
Some people seem to think this is a setup for splitting Jay and Hailey up as partners. No, I don’t see that happening. The show isn’t stupid enough to do that, knowing the backlash they will get. Also, in reality, the CPD does not have any actual rules against dating or being married to your partner. Neither does the NYPD.
While Voight did go back to his old habits for a while, he told Anna he couldn’t just let her leave town during that standoff in the street. He wouldn’t have told her that, if he was truly intending to help her escape as some fans seem to be insisting. He was trying to talk her down, because she was unraveling even more and panicking. What Voight said was the truth. There were too many witnesses now. She couldn’t just leave town, and he knew that.
Anna’s death was so sad, but I knew that’s how this would end all season. I just knew it, especially after last week. Some people think Voight will hold a grudge against Jay and Hailey for Anna’s death. I don’t think so. If anything, he will blame himself. This whole episode was about him trying to save Anna, because he felt guilty for putting her through this. Voight should have pulled Anna when she asked to be pulled, and she said she wanted out last week. Maybe even before that. He’s going to blame himself for this. Whether it causes him to change for the better or worse remains to be seen. It can go either way. I think this finale served as a good full circle moment to where we were last season finale with Hailey. I’m glad she’s trying to be better, but there’s a balance.
This show is always going to be a show about the morally gray area, and I don’t see that ever changing. Anna’s death will affect the entire unit, but especially Voight. He was crying in that last scene.
I’m excited to see how this all plays out next season, and I loved Jay stepping up as the leader when Voight was going off by himself. I don’t think we’re going to see Sergeant Halstead anytime soon, like Upstead fans seem to think. But, I do think this episode highlighted Jay’s natural leadership ability and how much he’s grown/matured since Voight told him Intelligence would be his one day in 6×22. We saw that Jay can handle the responsibility. I still don’t see it happening anytime soon, but I like seeing him step up as a leader.
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