Reviewer Rating: 4/5.0
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Detective Kim Burgess sounds great, doesn’t it?
It’s nice to see a woman with some authority somewhere, and she certainly deserves it.
Of course, nothing comes easy, and Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 6 brought some challenges to Burgess’s rise to the top.
Curious people are eager to know what’s going on with Sean Hatosy’s Reed.
It seems like he’s particularly interested in Burgess, whether it’s because of who she is, how good she is, or because she’s a member of Voight’s unit and he’s interested in him.
Anyway, he had been following her for a long time, and he was interested in Burgess and Suarez working together.
His presence is a bit intimidating, especially for Suarez, who can’t help but find out more about the matter, thinking her job will be in jeopardy if they don’t solve the case properly.
Understandably, this caused Suarez to panic and possibly go too far, and he made some tough decisions to close the case that felt like a precursor to something bigger.
But one has to wonder again why Reid asked Suarez — the woman who also conducted the interview with Burgess — to serve as a sit-in detective on her journey.
There’s definitely more to this set-up, and it’s difficult to say for sure if it involves Suarez as well.
Was he trying to piss her off?
Is she someone he’s focused on since she mentioned he’s been firing people?
Burgess is great. She aced her exams and performed well in her interviews, so there was no doubt she could handle herself on a case scene.
Burgess didn’t need any help; She staggered through it all, even when she wrecked that car or tried to restrain herself from using her kids as leverage. It’s either something relatively minor or just a different approach.
Clearly there has to be room for a different approach, and it’s frustrating that Suarez wants to speak as if she’s already on the right path to becoming a detective, while Burgess has to somehow follow suit.
You can feel that part of it is women working in the field; the job is different for them and Suarez feels they have to be tougher and not make any mistakes and get the job done while enduring a lot of pain.
Predictably, Suarez would walk away and say Burgess was “too good” and needed to toughen up, or that somehow Burgess having a supportive unit was a problem.
There is some truth to what Suarez said, but only to a certain extent.
Of course, it might be good for Burgess to experience the job in another way, away from the comfort of her familiar surroundings, but why is it necessary?
Burgess was a patrol cop who had seen a lot of damning action and been through hell.
She’s a strong woman so her unit feels more like a real family without that “band of brothers” crap that only extends to as long as everyone follows the rules or thinks a certain way at some point.
Suarez may have thought she gave Burgess sound advice, but she also seemed unhappy that Burgess was going through something different.
It reminds you of people who feel almost uneasy because when the question should be “Why would you wish others to suffer the hardships you face, it would be less difficult for those who follow them?”
Don’t you want them to have a better life? Otherwise, what was your purpose in fighting and striving for in the first place?
After a long absence from the season, this is a time to focus solely on Burgess.
The rest was just background noise; interestingly, we had very few team members until almost halfway through.
Voight is calm and happy to help Burgess no matter how necessary, and you can feel the pride in him.
Even towards the end, it’s great because Burgess has to wonder if Voight did her a favor by letting her go back to Intelligence because Suarez sabotaged her exploits and affected her mind.
Burgess earned his place in the detective and intelligence unit, but parts of it still felt tainted. Despite the assurances, it’s clear that the politics of it all may still stand in the way in some respects.
This case was strange because our operation involved car parts and a lot of murder.
It’s a clear organization going on, and with a nice tie-in with Gloria at the end of the hour, it’s going to be quite an experience.
Burgess has had her share of missteps, like that car accident, but she’s a pretty powerful person and for the most part she’s pretty good at giving orders.
In true Kim Burgess fashion, she spent much of the case running like hell and had to take a nasty beating.
The latter is infuriating because she and Suarez should never have been separated. She could be killed.
Still, I’m really happy to see all the support she’s getting from other people.
The Bozek family moment that kicks off this installment is absolutely precious, and it’s so cute to see Mai supporting her mom and encouraging Burgess.
Burgess and Ruzek’s locker room scene is great because he can’t imagine her leaving him anywhere else, even for a short time.
Finally, we get some Brzek content, which is nice because it’s been lacking this season and we got to get a glimpse of it before the wedding.
Other ideas:
- Torres is rolling those “R’s” and his accent is very noticeable in this episode. I loved every second of it.
- He also went back to the white T-shirt.
- Gloria coming back to haunt Torres (and us) after Chicago PD Season 11 Episode 9 isn’t on my bingo card, and I’m wary.
- Atwater’s absence was noticed and felt. Besides Adam, Kevin is the only bigger Kim cheerleader. But at least we got to see him on Chicago Med.
- The flannel Kiana is rocking is like the unofficial uniform of the Intelligence Agency? You love watching it!
- For a second I thought Reed looked like Roman and it blew my mind!
- I really like how this series leans more into Spanish. Burgess now beats the Spaniard in almost all of her episodes.
Over to you, Chicago PD fanatics.
Are you happy that Burgess ended up becoming a detective?
What do you think is going on with Reed and his over-involvement and interest in her promotion?
How do you feel about Gloria’s return? Turn off the sound below!
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