The Cases that Need to be Solved is the sixteenth episode of the third season and the 54th overall episode of Chicago P.D.
Summary[]
The city of Chicago is shaken when the Intelligence unit investigates the murder of a six-year old African American boy. After another shooting in gang territory, Mouse, Lindsay and Halstead search for evidence of the two shootings being connected.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- 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 Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek
- Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess
- LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater
- Amy Morton as Desk Sergeant Trudy Platt
- Brian Geraghty as Officer Sean Roman
- Elias Koteas as Detective Alvin Olinsky
Crossover Cast[]
- Eamonn Walker as Wallace Boden
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin
- Desmond Gray as Paramedic Desmond
Recurring Cast[]
- Samuel Hunt as Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz
- Barbara Eve Harris as Emma Crowley
- Chris Agos as ASA Steve Kot
- Zach Garcia as Diego Dawson
Guest Cast[]
- Ser'Darius Blain as Brian Johnson
- Cyrus Farmer as Reverend Pembelton
- Tiffany Renee Johnson as Lauren Brooks
- Javoun Baker as Miles Johnson
- Robert Upton as Jordan Lockett
- Furly Mac as Colin Lowe
- DeAndre Brown as Jesse Kemp
- Karla Beard as Emmie Kemp
- Ireon Roach as Chelsea Kemp
- Melanie Loren as Female Witness
- Celeste M. Cooper as Medical Examiner
- Ray Austin as Officer Hiller
- Run It as 20-Year Old Male Witness
- Jay Thurman as Homeowner
- Louis Robert Thompson as Sam Fowley
- Dre Marquis as Jesse Kemp
- Roger Wiggins as CPD Detective
Plot[]
Alvin and Kevin arrive to the house where they find Miles, Noah Johnson's uncle confronting Jordan armed with a gun. Miles is insistent on getting revenge on the pleading Jordan while Alvin and Kevin do their best to talk Miles down, stating that his nephew would not want this. Soon they are successful and Alvin is given the gun. Kevin arrests and takes Jordan out, as Miles surrenders to the cops. Knowing that he was trying to do right by his family, Alvin tells the surprised young man to leave. When Miles tries to run out the front, Alvin stops him and tells him to go out the back so no one would think he was involved and he does so quickly.
Jordan is taken into interrogation, where asks if it was true that they had the wrong target, but Antonio says it doesn't matter, since Jordan had shot a 6-year-old boy in the face. After Jordan shows no apparent remorse for it, declaring he wanted to defend his sister and asks Antonio what he would if it was his sister, as the latter suffers a breakdown. Antonio says that even though he would go crazy, but he wouldn't shoot a child that young 3 times while condemning him for ending an innocent kid's life. His outburst makes Jay and Hank have to take him out of the room. Jordan informs Hank that Antonio is incorrect and reveals that he was his younger brother who killed Noah. Hank realizes Jordan is telling him this because his brother is a minor, that he cannot be charged.
Afterwards Kevin updates Johnson family of how they got the suspect. Noah's mother shows up and proceeds to mourn with Brian.
Antonio returns home where he bonds with his son apologizing for his earlier behavior and missing his birthday while Diego understands. Antonio asks Diego to come with him to an event for the night.
That night, a vigil is held for Noah Johnson by the Johnson family and most of the Chicago community in attendance.
Quotes[]
Al: Go on. Get out of here.
[Miles becomes surprised.]
Al: Go on. Beat it. No, wait a second. Wait a second. Hang on. Go out the back way.
Antonio: I'm telling you, without any doubt in my mind. I wouldn't kill a six-year-old. People don't do that!
Voight: Its alright.
Antonio: Its not alright! He needs to know!
Voight: I know.
Antonio: I'm telling you, without any doubt in my mind. I wouldn't kill a six-year-old. People don't do that!
Notes and Trivia[]
- Steve Kot references the death of his daughter that took place in The Weigh Station.
- Jordan's rhetorical question to Antonio about what he'd do to if his sister is rape and Antonio stating he'd go crazy, foreshadows the plot of Descent in which his daughter is assaulted.
Videos[]
Chicago PD 3x16 Promo "The Cases That Need To Be Solved"