Atwater and Val’s Relationship Is at Jeopardy in ‘Chicago P.D.’ Season 12, Episode 17

March 27, 2025

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Chicago P.D. circles again to Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) and his new girlfriend, Val Soto (Natalie Linez), and there are some critical issues. “The seek for the suspect in a taking pictures uncovers a stunning private connection to Atwater and Val, elevating questions on their relationship standing,” reads the official logline for Chicago P.D. Season 12, Episode 17, “Transference.” Val has been a superb addition to Atwater’s life, however she had a life earlier than she met him. In that life, she was additionally an excellent addition to others at a various diploma. One such individual took it too far, and now he is again. NBC launched a sneak peek of the April 2 episode, previewing the difficulty coming for Val and Atwater when a previous consumer surfaces with egocentric intentions.

Kevin is the one to find that his girlfriend has a stalker, as proven within the video beneath. The stalker has been following Val for some time, and he is livid. As with every stalker affected by grand delusions, the doorway of one other romantic companion who will be seen as “competitors” can speed up their timeline of constructing contact, and that may have devastating penalties. Atwater’s life is in danger as a lot as Val’s. She reveals that the stalker was a former affected person of hers who transferred his emotions to his therapist. “It is no unusual in remedy,” Val says. Nonetheless, Atwater would not care how frequent it’s after the stalker decides to pay Val a house go to. It is a race in opposition to time to get to her earlier than the worst occurs.

Kevin and Val’s Relationship Has Some Storms to Endure

A stalker is the tip of the iceberg for the brand new couple. The logline teases much more issues for them as a result of their relationship is questioned. It would not appear moral for a therapist to be therapizing their companion. A relationship between a therapist and their affected person requires honesty that some relationships do not have. The strains between therapist and lover can develop into blurred, a recipe for catastrophe. Additionally, Kevin and Val are coworkers in some sense. Showrunner Gwen Sigan talked to TV Line about how the connection proceeds, saying,

“So we get to see that relationship morph fairly a bit over the subsequent few episodes for Atwater. After which Burgess is, actually, kind of his confidant, his sounding board, for all of that. He’s not being too open with everybody else on the group about what’s happening, however she is urgent him to be, so he finally ends up opening as much as her.”

Will their circumstances show too powerful to endure? Tune in to NBC on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET to look at new episodes and see how this story performs out.