DVD Review Chicago PD Season 3

The third season of Chicago PD picks up a short period of time down the line from the events of the season two finale in which Erin quits PD, and is spiraling out of control because of the death of Nadia. Voight placed her on furlough, and, as Sophia Bush had not left the show at that point, it is obvious that she came back. I will not, however, spoil exactly how they brought the character back into intelligence. Once that is resolved, the show pretty much picks up the weekly procedural format that it is known for, mainly a case-of-the-week format along with callbacks to prior storylines and larger arcs. 

This happened to be the season in which Chicago Med premiered and was brought into the fold, and as you can imagine, along with the three show (Fire, Med, and PD) crossover that occurred about a third of the way into the season, characters from Med and Fire made brief appearances in various episodes. In this first crossover, there was not a continuous storyline that ran through all three shows. The Fire portion of the crossover was set up the episode of Fire leading into the crossover night as a way to get the Fire characters to the hospital, and that arc bled into the Med portion of the crossover, and the Med episode then introduced the arc that was resolved in the PD hour. This season also had another crossover with Law and Order SVU to tie up the Greg Yates storyline from season two. And, the season had a backdoor pilot episode for Chicago Justice, the series that was greenlit to premiere the following season. The season ends on a pretty big cliffhanger that leaves Voight's character in a precarious spot.

For those who get the DVD set, the bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes for some, but not all, of the episodes, as well as the crossover episodes from the other shows (so the Med, Fire, and Law and Order SVU episodes of the respective crossovers). So, a decent amount, but not a ton of extras. 

Overall, the series continues to be well-written and acted. The show does a fairly good job giving all of the main characters good material to work with, and continues to develop the characters. It is definitely hard to juggle a large ensemble cast so not every character gets an in-depth storyline this season, but I did not feel that any character was ignored. So, if you enjoyed the first couple of seasons of the show, this one is definitely worth watching.