Episode
Chicago P.D.: White Knuckle
Overview
When the son of an influential former officer is implicated in a murder, Moore pressures Voight to charge him quickly. The stakes are raised in Atwater's fight against the blue wall after patrol officers stop responding to his team's calls.
Details
- Series
- Chicago P.D.
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2020-11-18
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
White Knuckle is Episode 2 in Season 8 of Chicago P.D.. It aired on 2020-11-18. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 1: Fighting Ghosts
The team responds to the shooting of a 5-year-old girl and must work the case while facing new obstacles that come from the heightened attention on police reform. Atwater is targeted by a group of officers who want to hurt him for standing against the blue wall. Voight questions whether he's cut out for a new form of policing as he manages oversight from the CPD's deputy superintendent.
Episode 3: Tender Age
Ruzek and Burgess discover a child walking alone in the middle of the street, and when they take her home, they discover that her entire family has been murdered. Upton is approached with a job offer from the FBI.
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Episode 4: Unforgiven
A cop is murdered, and suspicion falls on someone who has been holding a grudge against the officer. Intelligence works hard to solve the case, but Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller is hesitant to defend him until she knows the whole story.
Episode 5: In Your Care
The team investigates a rash of car jackings and finds the truth is more complicated than they realize. Burgess makes a discovery about a previous case that will change her life forever.
Episode 6: Equal Justice
Halstead and Ruzek try to infiltrate a crime ring and encounter a complicated situation. The team recruits an unlikely ally to help solve a murder.
Episode 7: Instinct
After a series of deadly ambushes, the team goes undercover to bring down a dangerous new drug dealer who is determined to push out the competition. Ruzek's informant proves to be a loose cannon that could upset the whole operation.
Episode 8: Protect and Serve
Ruzek and Atwater are tasked with making an arrest after a high-profile shooting. The situation becomes complicated when it's clear someone doesn't want them to make it back to the station.
Episode 9: Impossible Dream
When a local business owner is gunned down in his shop, it becomes personal for Atwater, who patrolled the neighborhood as a young cop. Dep. Supt. Samantha Miller comes to Voight with a special request about Andre Cooper.
Episode 10: The Radical Truth
Ruzek's father, Bob, goes missing and the team races to find him before it's too late.
Episode 11: Signs of Violence
A wellness check on a family reveals signs of foul play and Upton is determined to find the parents and young daughter. As Hailey delves further into the troubled family dynamics, she finds herself reflecting on her own childhood trauma.
Episode 12: Due Process
The team pursues a crafty serial rapist. Sergeant Voight finds himself resisting some old, familiar tendencies in his quest for justice.
Episode 13: Trouble Dolls
The shocking murder of a young pregnant woman leads the team on a desperate hunt for the killer, revealing something even darker than expected. Burgess has to make a tough decision about Makayla.