Chicago P.D. Season 13 Episode 3 Review: Canaryville
One thing Chicago P.D. will always do is connect the case the team is working on to a member’s life. In this case, Chicago P.D. Season 13 Episode 3, “Canaryville,” hits too close to home for Kim Burgess, literally and figuratively.
The beginning of the episode sets Burgess’s mood as we see her observing her daughter seconds before Ruzek brings up the fact that she reached out to a private school without telling him. We can quickly tell she has been thinking closely about Mack’s future, her life in Canaryville, and what it means to be raised by two white parents.
Not long after that, a murder case is discovered a few houses down their door, and the case sends Burgess spiraling, thinking about her own daughter and what this means for her life.
Sasha’s voiceover throughout the entire episode is a reminder for both viewers and Burgess of what is going on inside her own head. It seems the words Sasha spoke into her recorder are an echo of what’s been happening with the detective as a mother.
It is because Kim pays such close attention to those words and how they resonate that she is able to solve the case and bring Sasha’s mom some closure. However, this same attention to detail is what reminds him so much of her own daughter.
From the moment Burgess adopted Mack, she knew their different cultural backgrounds would be something she needed to handle with care and always remember what is best for the child. Seeing so much of Mack reflected in Sasha’s room is just another reminder of the importance of raising a daughter who doesn’t forget who she is and isn’t distanced from her own roots.
In the past, Burgess enlisted Kevin’s help, but now it is time to find other ways to make sure Mack is her own person while being raised by two parents who look nothing like her.
As important as this is, the show seems to beat around the bush. Instead of directly mentioning that Kim and Adam are raising a young woman of color, they just say they don’t look like her. It is important to put the topic in the right words to allow Mack the opportunity to grow, loving everything about who she is and where she comes from.
If we pay close attention to the details the show is giving us, it tells us from the beginning that one of Frank Walsh’s kids is the murderer. When Walsh is first mentioned, Ruzek highlights that he is a good cop and he would never bend the law.
However, an experienced cop and father, Voight reminds Adam that above everything else, Walsh is a father. This means one can’t overlook the fact that he might indeed bend the law if it means protecting his children.
Lo and behold, that is exactly what Walsh does. After his daughter tells him what happened with Sasha, Frank takes matters into his own hands and tries to get rid of the evidence.
Ruzek doesn’t pay attention to Voight’s comment at first, but it would have been important to do so. In the same manner, he doesn’t listen to Kim when she tells him not to come in to save her until they get a confession.
While we understand why Adam proceeds to ignore him, we can’t forget to highlight that Burgess is always good at her job even when in distress.
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Chicago P.D. airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.
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Lara Rosales
By day, Lara Rosales (she/her) is a solo mom by choice and a bilingual writer with a BA in Latin-American Literature known as a Media Relations Expert. By night, she is a TV enjoyer who used to host a podcast (Cats, Milfs & Lesbian Things). You can find her work published on Eulalie Magazine, Geek Girl Authority, W Spotlight, Collider, USA Wire, Mentors Collective, Instelite, Noodle, Dear Movies, Nicki Swift, and Flip Screened.