CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Previews Upton’s Premiere Struggles

On the Wednesday, January 17 season premiere of CHICAGO P.D., “Unpacking,” the brass has an important assignment for the police department: They have to shadow 13 new pilot programs. For Upton (Tracy Spiridakos), she ends up working with a crisis prevention team on a perilous call.

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CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Previews Burgess Seeing Ruzek in ‘a Different Light’

After years of messy entanglement, CHICAGO P.D.’s Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) are—thankfully—entering 2023 in a relatively good place.

“I mean, of course, they’re still complicated—they’re them…They have this interesting relationship that no one else would probably be able to make work, but they do and it works for them,” CHICAGO P.D. showrunner Gwen Sigan tells Give Me My Remote in the video below. “They’ve been co-parenting very well.”

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CHICAGO P.D. Post-Mortem: Gwen Sigan on the Sean Twist and Upton’s Upcoming Emotional Reckoning

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CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Teases the ‘Pressure Cooker’ Fall Finale, a Burgess-Centric 200th Episode

On the Wednesday, December 7 fall finale of CHICAGO P.D., Intelligence is finally in a good place with their investigation into Sean (Jefferson White)…at least, that’s what they think.

“We finally have some actual physical evidence,” showrunner Gwen Sigan tells Give Me My Remote in the video below. “But, unfortunately, we will see that that’s not enough. And there will be a lot of obstacles. We now know it’s Sean, Sean knows we’re coming after him. The chief knows we’re coming after him. So we are really in a pressure cooker in episode 9, and up against the clock needing to get evidence.” Read more

CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Teases Diving into the Upton and Burgess Dynamics, Plus Atwater as a ‘Leader’

In the aftermath of CHICAGO P.D.’s team shakeup, the way the unit operates will undergo some changes—and throw some unexpected people together.

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CHICAGO P.D. Recap: ‘A Good Man’ Says Goodbye

[Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Wednesday, October 5 episode of CHICAGO P.D.]

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CHICAGO P.D. Gwen Sigan Previews a ‘Fully Grounded and Authentic’ Exit for Halstead

As CHICAGO P.D. prepares to say goodbye to Jesse Lee Soffer‘s Jay Halstead, the writers and actors are “definitely keeping some of the specifics under wraps, so that hopefully the fans can kind of live in it, as it’s happening,” showrunner Gwen Sigan acknowledges to Give Me My Remote. (It was announced in August that Soffer—who was an original cast member on the drama—would exit during season 10.)

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CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Teases Burzek in a ‘New Place,’ Finding Stability in Season 10

Last season on CHICAGO P.D., Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) made a big move to take care of his family: He offered to buy his father’s home for off-on love Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and their daughter, Makayla (Ramona Edith Williams).

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CHICAGO P.D.: ‘A Good Man’ Photos

Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) connects with a victim on the Wednesday, October 5 episode of CHICAGO P.D.

Check out photos from “A Good Man”…

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CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Teases ‘Tension’ for Voight, Halstead, and Upton in Season 10

CHICAGO P.D. season 9 ended with Voight (Jason Beghe) getting shot by his distraught informant, Anna (Carmela Zumbado)—who was then shot by his team, as Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) and Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) tried to protect their boss. And while Voight survived his injuries, Anna didn’t.

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CHICAGO P.D.: Gwen Sigan Teases a Performing ‘Tour de Force’ in ‘Closer’

On the Wednesday, March 16 episode of CHICAGO P.D., Voight (Jason Beghe) tries to help new informant Anna (Carmela Zumbado), as their situation gets increasingly complicated.

“I’m excited for the next batch of episodes coming up; we’ve got some nice character work in the pipeline,” CHICAGO P.D. boss Gwen Sigan teased via email. “Our next episode is really a Voight/Anna/Escano tour de force. The actors turned in excellent performances and it plays as a deep dive into their characters—excited for that one to get us rolling into our final stretch here!”

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CHICAGO P.D. Post-Mortem: Gwen Sigan Previews Burzek’s ‘Fragile’ Next Steps: ‘Things Will Come to a Head’

[Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Wednesday, March 9 episode, “Gone.”]

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