Chicago PD season 6, episode 2 takeaways: Endings

What should fans take away from the latest Chicago PD? Learn more about this week’s episode with our Chicago PD season 6, episode 2 review.

What did One Chicago fans learn from last night’s Chicago PD? Here’s what we took away from this week’s episode, “Endings.”

“Endings” saw Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) determined to get revenge on the man who set an apartment building fire that killed multiple people, including Halstead’s father. But would his quest for vengeance obscure his judgment? Yes. Yes, it would.

If you missed any of last night’s episode, or just want a refresher on the events that we’re going to discuss, you can catch up with our Chicago PD recap.

Below are our takeaways from this week’s episode:

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1) Halstead is not okay

If you take one thing away from Chicago PD this week, it’s that Jay Halstead still has issues. And they need to be addressed.

Just look at what the show has done to him. Last season, he was in therapy for PTSD stemming from his military service, as he was getting used to his partner/girlfriend having left town. Now, his dad is dead. If Jay’s screws were a little bit loose before, canon just made it worse.

The conclusion of “Endings,” in which he should have gotten killed chasing a suspect, was proof positive he needs to take a step back. A lot of his behavior in this episode was fueled by grief, sure, but that grief was just added on to everything he’s already been through.

If Chicago PD doesn’t have Voight seriously talk to Halstead the way he insisted he would, it’ll be a huge missed opportunity. Jay certainly needs it.

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2) Antonio has special powers

This was an interesting episode for Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda). First, he goes and runs the data from Jane Doe’s GPS chip, and within moments there’s three DEA agents downstairs wanting to talk. How did they find out about that so quickly? It stands to reason Antonio went to Voight with the information as soon as he had it; with time being of the essence and the case as big as it was, he wouldn’t sit on it.

So did the DEA just immediately get pinged by his search and drop everything to run over to the district? They’d still have to get a notification, get in their car and drive over, which would’ve taken longer than we saw on screen. Or maybe Antonio just makes federal agents appear.

Jokes aside, though, he also had a great scene in “Endings” with Carlos Mendoza (guest star David Zayas). As soon as it became clear the father was going to have to turn on the son, it was obvious that Antonio was in a unique position to react, being Chicago PD‘s only character currently doing any parenting. Having that moment where he said something to Mendoza, however small, was a nice touch.

3) What’s up with Upton?

Though this episode was about Halstead, did anyone else feel really bad for Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos)? Upton was last seen being led away from the crime scene openly crying with relief that Halstead was still alive. Remember, this is a woman whose last partner was murdered, and now she thought her current partner had just been killed, too. That’s the worst possible thing for her to deal with.

Plus, Halstead didn’t treat her well for most of this episode, including personally insulting her by saying she had daddy issues when she tried to take his keys. That’s not cool either. Let’s hope he apologized once he came to his senses, because both he and Upton could use some support right now.

What are your thoughts about this week’s episode of Chicago PD? Let us know what you took away from this episode in the comments.

Chicago PD airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.