'Chicago P.D.' Season 7: Fans are taking sides with Halstead or Voight and are excited to see where this rivalry is headed
'Chicago P.D.' was the only show from the 'Chicago' franchise that did not lose a member in its premiere episode - Antonio is not technically counted as he did not appear in the episode. The police procedural drama started its seventh season with a strong episode where the stage was set for what could possibly be a season-long rivalry between Halstead and Voight. One viewer called 'Chicago P.D.' the "best of the series" after the latest seasons of the 'Chicago' franchise premiered on September 25, while another said, "man, Chicago PD went so hard."
While Voight did consider Halstead to take on the team after him, the latter's growing mistrust is affecting their professional dynamics and could get a lot worse before it gets better (if it does get better, that is). And viewers feel the same way - fans are debating on Twitter over who was in the right. Many were #TeamVoight - one viewer even tweeted "Hank should throw Halstead off the team" and another agreed, saying "Jay just messed that all the way up." On another debate thread, one fan wrote, "This scene was intense but I'm team Jay! Voight can't expect to have his team's support when he keeps hiding things from them. This team is not blind to how he operates, don't expect Jay to just sit back and trust you when you can't show the same loyalty to them," to which the other responded "You disobey your superior, you're asking for trouble. Jay better hope he and Voight can square this. He can end up, back in uniform." Fans jumped to Halstead's defense, with one saying "Jay was never going to turn on Voight, he just wants Voight to be real with him. The whole let me handle is not going to work anymore, look at this team right now its a mess! The team is still reeling from what happened with Antonio and Adam, Jay is justified". Sure, Voight's methods may have worked for 6 seasons (one could argue how well those methods may have worked), the Intelligence Unit right now is in a poorer place than it was a couple of seasons ago: Lindsay is gone, Olinsky is dead, Antonio's in rehab, and Ruzek is under investigation. It looks like this rivalry between Halstead and Voight could go on and fans couldn't be more thrilled, with one user tweeting "I LOVE the idea of Halstead vs Voight as a theme for this season of #ChicagoPD".
Antonio exited in the Season 6 finale and the viewers were given an explanation in the premiere as to what happened to him - Voight took Antonio to an off-the-books rehab so that Antonio's career is not affected. Through most of the episode, however, we don't know what happened to him and viewers were rightly worried after the deaths on the premiere episodes of 'Chicago Med' and 'Chicago Fire' that aired before 'Chicago P.D.'. One user wrote of Voight and Antonio: "Hank always has Antonio’s back. I’m going to miss their friendship. They really became like brothers in the end."
Elsewhere in the episode, Atwater had a shining moment when he talked down not just a suspect holding a gun (a young black man) but also the white officers from Homicide who looked trigger-ready. Atwater even tells one of the detectives that he saved his career and fans are loving Atwater for his actions. While one user wrote "My man Kev said y’all ain’t about to kill this black man to his white colleagues", another wrote "Atwater is doing his thing tonight! I love seeing his character grow."
'Chicago P.D.' airs on NBC on Wednesday nights.
