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‘Chicago P.D.’ Showrunner Weighs in on the Voight-Chapman Relationship

May 16, 2025

Chicago P.D. is constructing in the direction of a momentous Season 12 finale, with Voight (Jason Beghe) staring down the barrel as Reid (Shawn Hatosy) appears to have lastly succeeded in decimating the Intelligence unit, or has he? The promo for the finale “Vows” makes it clear that Voight will not go down and not using a combat, and is able to go the lengths. The unit’s future may at present appear bleak, however with the finale promising to finish on a festive notice with the much-anticipated Burzek wedding ceremony, it raises hopes that Voight and his males can have the final snigger. One character who’s fought on Voight’s facet on this season-long warfare has been ASA Nina Chapman (Sara Bues), and showrunner Gwen Sigan has just lately shared extra insights into the dynamic between their characters.

Season 12 has seen a refined evolution within the Voight-Chapman dynamic, with Chapman confessing her emotions to him sooner or later. Her emotions stay unrequited, with the hardshelled Voight nonetheless emotionally unavailable following the devastating lack of his spouse, Camille. Sigan, in her latest interview with CBR, defined Voight’s frame of mind. In response to her, this wall that Voight has put up comes from a spot of deep concern of getting to endure the ache of shedding one other beloved one. “I feel Voight has all the time represented this particular person whose love is town and his job,” stated Sigan, including:

“However [it’s] baked into his character that he had this love of his life, Camille, that he married and had a toddler with. And I feel that when you take each of these issues to be true, you already know there’s such a discrepancy between who he as soon as was and who he’s now. He is sort of shoved all that apart, as a result of he by no means desires to lose it once more. And in my head, I imagine he does not suppose he is actually worthy of it once more.”

Voight’s Journey To Romance Will Be A Gradual Burn

Although followers are itching to see the hard-edged Intelligence Unit boss soften and discover romance, Sigan properly factors out that dashing this improvement might be out of character. Moderately than a mawkish method to Voight’s private life, Sigan explains that the present intends to deal with romance as a plot system to discover his progress and evolution one chapter at a time.

“The rationale to inform a narrative like that is simply to get into his character and issues we have not explored but. Why does not he permit himself to have romantic relationships? Would he ever need one?” continued Sigan. “We’re taking part in this factor as sluggish as potential, as a result of I feel that is simply our present. And I do not ever actually totally think about him to only be like a standard sort of relationship man, but it surely’s been actually attention-grabbing to write down, and I feel it simply brings up so many various sides. Nevertheless, Sigan concluded by admitting that there is certainly chemistry between Voight and Chapman, including, “Even when it by no means goes totally there, it nonetheless brings up a distinct model of Hank Voight. And Chapman’s type of the proper particular person to do it, as a result of I simply love their chemistry and the best way that Sara [Bues] performs it.”

Tune in for the Season 12 Finale airing on NBC subsequent Wednesday, Could 21, and keep tuned for our recap and critiques.