# Chicago P.D. (2014)

> A long-running Chicago police drama following the officers of District 21 and their Intelligence Unit as they take on the city's street crime, organized crime and high profile murders.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/52638

## Facts

- Seasons: 14
- Episodes: 268
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Jason Beghe, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger, Tracy Spiridakos, LaRoyce Hawkins, Jon Seda, Arienne Mandi, Sophia Bush
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2805096/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: gritty, tense, relentless, urgent, intense

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series positively, praising its steady police procedural action and ensemble performances across many seasons.

## Synopsis

Chicago P.D. (2014-2026) is an American network police drama created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead for NBC, a long-running Chicago spin-off of the Dick Wolf crime franchise. Following the officers of the Chicago Police Department's District 21, the series centers on Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), the blunt, unpredictable head of the Intelligence Unit, whose team includes detectives Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) and Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins). Their engine is the pursuit of organized crime, drug trafficking and high profile murders, while the uniformed cops on the beat deal with the street-level crime that keeps their neighborhoods on edge. Each episode is built around a case that unfolds across interrogations, stakeouts and raids, while the officers' private lives and loyalties pull against their work. Across fourteen seasons and more than two hundred sixty episodes, the show moves at a brisk, relentless pace in a present-day Chicago, with a gritty, urgent tone and a strong sense of community. Fans of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Shield and Hill Street Blues will find resonance in its squad-based procedural energy and its serialized character arcs.

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