Chicago PD season 8, episode 2 recap: White Knuckle

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CHICAGO P.D. — “White Knuckle” Episode 802 — Pictured: (l-r) Patrick John Flueger as Adam Ruzek, LaRoyce Hawkins as Kevin Atwater — (Photo by: Matt Dinerstein/NBC) /

Chicago PD season 8, episode 2 recap.

This week’s Chicago PD continued the new storyline of Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller (Nicole Ari Parker) butting heads with Hank Voight (Jason Beghe).

Wednesday’s episode “White Knuckle” saw Miller push Voight and Intelligence to close the case quickly when suspicion fell on an ex-cop’s son. Meanwhile, Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) had a decision to make after being assaulted by a group of fellow officers in the previous installment.

Here’s what happened in the latest Chicago PD episode for each of your favorite characters, starting with:

Atwater’s aftermath

Chicago PD opens with Atwater installing a security system at his house, much to the chagrin of his brother Jordan. He then goes to work where he’s getting faulty equipment and a lot of dirty looks from random background cops. He’s also been locked out of the department computer system.

Luckily a wild Voight appears. Atwater tells him about being beaten up but still doesn’t want any of Voight’s help. He rides with his boss to a new scene where the son of an ex-cop turned alderman is cradling his dead friend…and a knife. Did he stab her? Atwater is able to convince Billy Braddem to drop the knife and Voight arrests him for murder.

Back at the district, Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) tells Voight that the victim is Billy’s 18-year-old friend Isla, while Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) adds that Billy has been in “half a dozen” drug rehab facilities. And Deputy Superintendent Miller is already hovering. She wants Billy charged right away and reminds Voight that he can’t get any special treatment. Voight is confused since he’s never even met Billy’s dad, and Billy’s not even coherent yet.

Regardless, he and Atwater try to interview Billy. He says that “the man in the apartment” killed Isla and gives a description of a white man in a suit. Voight tells his team to run it out; he’s not going to charge Billy until he’s sure there wasn’t someone else. A woman outside the building tells Ruzek and Atwater about seeing a blue car at 2 AM.

The alderman comes to the district to rant and rave. He tells Voight “I know who you are” before Miller intervenes. While she calms him down, Burgess confirms that the blue car does exist. But Upton has a counterpoint: Billy’s description also sounds a lot like the TV news anchorman. But hold up, because Miller is chewing out Voight for not charging Billy. He says if their suspect were African-American and not the son of an ex-cop, she’d be singing a different tune.

“I don’t care who his father is,” he says. “You do.” Miller relents and agrees to let Voight finish his investigation.

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