This post is sponsored by Chicago PD on Universal Channel on Foxtel
So who watched Chicago PD on Universal Channel last week? I freaking loved it and I nailed most of the characters in my post last week 7 Essential Characters in Every Kick-ass Crime Show. Here are my favourite bits.
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Sergeant Hank Voight.
The quintessential good cop/bad cop. The kind of bleeding heart bad-ass that can’t help himself from rescuing the youngest member of the gang who witnessed a brutal murder. He hands the kid his card and offers to ‘get him out’. Oh Hank, you big ol’ softie!
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The Columbian drug ring
I love a Columbian drug ring. Aside from the horrific murders and all that jazz there’s always this lovely sense of family. They’re loyal. And usually very creative with their murders which makes for excellent entertainment.
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The completely unexpected death of what I thought was a main character
I cannot believe how attached I became to Sergeant Julia Willhite in such a short period of time. I was legit devastated when she got shot and died. She had kids! And a husband! I was actually just really sad about it.
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The suggestion of a deeper story with the relationship between Voight and Lindsay
The older gentleman cop (Voight) shares a tender moment with the young female cop (Lindsay) that’s kind of fatherly. I suspect that she too was a kid that was rescued by Voight and I can’t wait to get the details about it. Like in Dexter when you find out that Dexter is adopted and his dad rescued him from a shipping container where his mother was murdered in front of him.
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Detective Jay (from Chicago Fire)
He’s hot and he totally punches up a bunch of kids on the street for disrespecting Sergeant Lindsay. I love that television cops can totally get away with just randomly beating up punks on the street.
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There was one bit in the beginning though that got me thinking about what I’d do if I killed someone. So the drug ring is leaving behind a series of brutal murders and Sergeant Hank Voight is investigating them. In the end they figure out this guy Pulpo is the leader. Now this Pulpo guy kills a ridiculous amount of people and there’s always a witness. This means a whole lot of bodies that require moving/disposing of and lots of these bodies are big burly men. Not exactly easy to move on your own so he’s going to need help. Because I’m really weird I actually thought how nice it is that Pulpo has a whole lot of friends and family that would help him. Then I got thinking about the practicality of who I would call if I had killed someone and had to move the body.
I honestly don’t think there’s anyone I could call. Mr Smaggle is too honest. He’d make me go to the police. So would Mama and Daddy Smaggle. My best mate is tiny so physically speaking she wouldn’t be a very good choice – she’s also very enthusiastic about pretty much everything and I just couldn’t trust her to be cool about it – she’d make us matching t-shirts that said ‘Body Moving Besties’ or write us a theme song or something equally as unsubtle. I was actually kind of disappointed. Not that I’m considering killing someone but it would be nice to know I have options.
This is something I’ve discussed many times with my mates. My bestie and I actually made a video called How to Transport A Dead Body On A Bike because we saw a play where a guy had ridden the body of a girl he killed over to his best mates house on a push bike. We thought it sounded really far-fetched so we went to the park to see if it was do-able. It turns out, it’s very doable… click here for proof.
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What about you? If you killed someone who would you ask to help move the body? Do you have a person you can call? Or are they all useless like my mates?
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P.S Don’t forget to watch Chigaco PD tonight at 8.30pm on the Universal Channel on Foxtel… shit gets INTERESTING!
