Conventions | |
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Season 1, Episode 6 | |
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Airdate | February 26, 2014 |
Written by | Maisha Closson |
Directed by | Alik Sakharov |
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Conventions is the sixth episode of the first season and the 6th overall episode of Chicago P.D.
Summary
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New York's SVU detectives Fin Tutuola and Amanda Rollins help track down a serial killer who rapes his victims; Burgess gets an opportunity to prove herself. Lindsay brings Halstead as her date to her high school reunion.
Cast
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Main Cast
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- Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight
- Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson
- Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
- Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead
- Patrick John Fluger as Officer Adam Ruzek
- Elias Koteas as Detective Alvin Olinsky
- Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess
- LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater
- Archie Kao as Sheldon Jin
Crossover Cast
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- David Eigenberg as Christopher Herrmann
- Ice-T as Fin Tutuola (Law & Order: SVU)
- Kelli Giddish as Amanda Rollins (Law & Order: SVU)
Recurring Cast
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Guest Cast
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- Agneeta Thacker as Vanessa Yeats
- Claudine Tambuatco as Claire Yeats
- Cliff Chamberlain as Neil Vance
- Katie Flahive as Stephanie
Plot
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Voight joins Antonio at a high-profile murder downtown. They stand over the body of a young woman, raped, with her ear cut off, the familiar calling card of another series of rapes in New York City. Under the instruction of Commander Perry, Intelligence contacts the NYPD Special Victims Unit, which sends detectives Fin and Rollins to Chicago to help with the case.
While they're en route, Voight orders the whole team into action, and they scour the Riverwalk undercover, keeping eyes open for a suspect in a hoodie. Halstead nabs a guy who fits the description, but he's just a pickpocket. Rather than release him, Antonio leverages the guy's knowledge of the Riverwalk to ID possible suspects during the time of the murder. It pans out and leads to Jeffrey Baker, a smarmy businessman in town for a conference whose profile matches the serial killer narrative from Fin and Rollins. His cavalier attitude rubs Halstead and Lindsay the wrong way, until Antonio interrupts the interrogation - another rape occurred on the Riverwalk. Good news is, the woman lived.
Vanessa, the victim, fought back during the rape and managed to puncture the man's eye with her fingernail. Between that and a decent description, Intelligence has enough information to make a new ID and, thanks largely to some quick thinking by Burgess, they get it fast: Neil Vance. They narrow his whereabouts to a downtown hotel where Ruzek and Olinsky stake out, only to spot an unexpected visitor - Baker, apparently moments away from meeting up with Vance. Intelligence arrests Baker, and this time he demands a lawyer.
Source: NBC.com
Source: NBC.com
While most of the team celebrates with Rollins and Fin at Molly's, Halstead joins Lindsay as her "fiancé" at a high school reunion she decided to attend in an attempt to impress some old friends. Except when she arrives, it hits her - this is a stupid idea. Instead, they head to a bar for an intimate chat where Lindsay comes clean about her mother's drug addiction and the lies she told to keep friends as a teenager. She and Halstead share another moment together - but they both agree not to act on their desire. Maybe some other time.
Back at her apartment, Lindsay unwinds - only to get a furious knock at her door. Is it Halstead, not able to stay away? Nope - it's Justin. And he's got blood all over his hands.