Impossible Dream 

When a local business owner is gunned down in his shop, it becomes personal for Atwater, who patrolled the neighborhood as a young cop. Dep. Supt. Samantha Miller comes to Voight with a special request about Andre Cooper.

Director:

Charles S. Carroll

Writers:

Michael Brandt (developed by), Derek Haas (developed by)

Stars:

Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Beghe	...	Hank Voight
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Jay Halstead
Tracy Spiridakos	...	Hailey Upton
Marina Squerciati	...	Kim Burgess
Patrick John Flueger	...	Adam Ruzek
LaRoyce Hawkins	...	Kevin Atwater
Amy Morton	...	Trudy Platt (credit only)
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Samantha Miller
Cleveland Berto	...	Andre Cooper
Keith Machekanyanga	...	Damari Evans
Leopold Manswell	...	Quincy Barrett
Bradford S. Stevens	...	Bob Hayes
Jahkil Naeem Jackson	...	Theo Evans
Cayen Martin	...	Trent Brown
Michelle Renee Thompson	...	Clara Hill

Storyline

When a man Atwater knows is shot in his store. He takes it personally. Miller asks Voight if he would allow Andre Cooper, the partner of the cop who shot a black man into his team cause he is being shunned by the department over what happened with his partner. Voight says he doesn't need him. Investigation into the shooting reveals that a gang might be responsible. They think they need to send someone undercover and since they are all known. Voight asks Cooper to do it, he gets close to a guy who joined the gang out of necessity. While working on the guy he empathizes with him and worries how this will affect him.

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Plot Keywords:

hardware store | gun shot wound | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the opening scene, Atwater and Ruzek are on 43rd Street. When a dispatcher calls in a robbery at the corner of 34th Street, Atwater responds and says "we're 5 blocks away." 43rd Street is 9 blocks from 34th Street. When Intelligence officers do arrive at the crime scene, it's at a corner on 33rd Street, not 34th.

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Quotes

Kevin Atwater: Why you running?
Damari Evans: White cops scare me.
Kevin Atwater: Yeah. What color am I?
Damari Evans: Blue. Just as dangerous.

User Reviews

Desperation for Political Correctness

Behind the scenes over the last several ears, the show-runners of Chicago PD have become desperate for a more "PC", shallow and less compelling narrative and charecter development. They nearly gutted the show by dropping 3 of the series absolute best characters, radically toned down the "back room" interrogations and keep notching the series toward a bland "woke" artificiality that is becoming less and less interesting. In this episode they have suddenly introduced a new cop, of color, and continued to distance the show away from its original gritty qualities into an increasingly bland and meandering show. The cast remains sterling. the writing, not so much.

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 2021 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD