Chicago PD’s latest episode gave Burzek fans a lot to process after bringing viewers the first Burgess and Ruzek episode of the season.
The episode saw Burgess going undercover to bring down a dangerous drug dealer while also struggling to adjust to the new home she, Ruzek, and Mack had moved into since last season. While Burgess might have helped to lead the decision to move to a new neighborhood, we learned that she’s now struggling the most to settle into their new home, with many restless nights since the move.
It’s a storyline that we expect to see revisited in the episodes ahead given the way the episode ended with Burgess back home following her undercover gig and once again struggling to sleep. Clearly, Burgess is struggling, and we imagine those sleepless nights are going to challenge her on the job as well—something we saw in the episode when she left her personal and undercover phones both out in plain view when her mark dropped into her undercover apartment for a surprise visit.
Given how much went down in the episode, it’s of little surprise that some smaller detail might have flown under the radar. This includes a subtle nod to a former character early in the episode that seems to have gone unnoticed by many viewers.
Chicago PD season 14 episode 5 included a nod to Bob Ruzek
As the episode began, fans were taken through Burgess and Ruzek’s new home, which entailed a series of shots of various rooms in the house. In the final moment before we cut to Burgess lying in bed wide awake and haunted by the sound of a leak, we see a family photo of Burgess, Ruzek, Mack, and Bob, Ruzek’s late father.
It was a very subtle moment, but one that was clearly worked into the episode as a tribute to Ruzek’s father, who passed away in the nineteenth episode of season 13.
Fans will recall that in season 13, episode 19, Ruzek began looking into a murder at a hotel after discovering footage of the murder on an old VHS tape in Bob’s belongings while Ruzek and Burgess were beginning the process of packing for their move. The VHS tape sent Ruzek down a path searching for answers, which ultimately led to him being attacked and losing his memories temporarily, a moment that allowed him to truly see what his father had been going through as a result of his Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
That episode ended with Ruzek catching the killer and closing his father’s old cold case before sitting with Bob in his final moments. It was one of Chicago PD’s most emotional episodes ever, which is what made the subtle nod to Bob via the photograph that much more special.
It’s a small detail that might have been easy to miss, but one that longtime viewers will appreciate for the way it keeps Bob’s memory alive in the Ruzek family’s story. Considering how Bob's death factored into the episode in which the family began their move, it was also a full circle moment in having him play a small role in the episode, which finally gave fans an update on their move to the new house.
Chicago PD airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.
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