The end of Chicago PD Season 12 repeats its most shocking twist after 10 years

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from the Chicago PD season 12 premiere, “Ten Nine and Nine.”

Victoria Cartagena makes you Chicago PD Debuts as Detective Emily Martel during the season 12 premiere, but at the end of the episode, Martel has a surprising fate that directly parallels the pilot. The NBC police procedural television show, created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead, premiered in January 2014, serving as the first Chicago Fire spinoff and thereby officially establish the One Chicago Universe. The Chicago PD The premiere of the series also sets the tone for the rest of the show, especially since it contains one of the most shocking twists of the crime drama.

Flash forward more than a decade later, Chicago PD Still manages to surprise audiences with its premieres. The first episode of season 12 picks up more than a month after Hailey Upton’s exit from Chicago PDAnd the intelligence unit already has its successor – Martel. When the episode opens, Martel has been with Intelligence for a month. She has settled in and is forming strong bonds with her colleagues. However, Martel has a leg up because she knows Adam Ruzek from the police academy. Unfortunately, though, Martel’s time as Upton’s replacement soon comes to an end by the hour’s conclusion.

Martel Dying In Chicago PD season 12’s premiere parallels Jules’ death in the pilot

Dawson’s partner is tragically killed in the Chicago PD pilot

The Chicago PD Season 12 premiere shockingly kills off Martel during the episode’s ending. While she and Ruzek are driving, they hear gunshots. Martel and Ruzek stop the car, get out, draw their guns and try to find the source of the shot. However, moments later, a bullet passes through Martel’s forehead, killing her instantly. Although the final scene is unbelievably tragic, it is also Reminiscent of Detective Julie “Jules” Wilhite’s death during Chicago PDs first episode.

As some may remember, Jules, played by Melissa Sagemiller, was Antonio Dawson’s partner who was first introduced during Chicago Fire Season 1, Episode 23, “Let Her Go” (Chicago PDs backdoor pilot). Sagemiller then reprized her role in the premiere of the police procedural series, Stepping Stone. However, Jules is tragically murdered in episode 1.

When Jules and Dawson track down a suspect during the pilot, She was shot in the neck. Jules later died from her wound, completely stunning the rest of the Intelligence Unit. So, when Martel was introduced and killed in the same Chicago PD Episode 10 years later, it’s easy to see the parallels between her and Jules.

Why Chicago PD Season 12 Quickly Kills Martel

Showrunner Gwen Sigan explains the decision to kill off Martel

The decision to let Martel die at the end of the story Chicago PD Season 12, episode 1 was seemingly a calculated move to set up the rest of the season. Plus, according to showrunner Gwen Sagan, Martel’s death directly coincides with Voight’s storyline. Cigan said TV Insider:

“We knew in the [writers’] room that the story we wanted to tell was really dealing with Voight and how he was affected by the events of last year and especially, I think, two pieces, which is that Upton is gone, and then also that he has this life -death experience and that he remembers a lot of it, and he remembers what it felt like, and he remembers that it was all just going to be gone, right? … So, when we knew that’s what the episode was about, we also wanted to tell the story through another character, which ended up being Martel. And it felt fresh. It was different for us to introduce a member of the unit so that we get to see her just a month in, and she’s already accepted, and she’s already found her footing… and so it, for us, felt like It’s all the perfect pieces and then to end in a way where you emphasize that this is how death happens, that it can happen instantly… and so to us, it felt thematically like the perfect story and that it would also trigger all The topics we want to talk about this year, which are kind of Identity and self and crisis of self and transformation and all those things you think about a lot when you think about your own mortality.

Martel’s death serves as a vehicle for the others Chicago PD characters in season 12. Since Martel dies during her first episode, This tragedy signifies how instant death can happen. It sounds like this is going to be a struggle that Voight will be dealing with Chicago PD Season 12 continues, and the fate of Martells will undoubtedly also greatly affect Ruzak’s story in these episodes.

Source: TV Insider