Tensions between Voight (Jason Beghe) and Deputy Chief Reid (Shawn Hatosy) have been simmering throughout Chicago P.D. Season 12. With every interaction, the men learned just how different they were from each other, despite Reid’s attempt to begin a “friendship” with Voight and his unit. However, Voight has decided that Reid is not someone anyone wants to be friends with because he puts people under his thumb and forces them to do his dirty work. The plan is to remove themselves from under Reid’s control. In Episode 21, “Open Casket,” The showdown with Deputy Chief Reid intensifies when Intelligence narrows in on Ortero. A sneak peek of the episode airing next Wednesday, May 14, teases the team’s plan to obliterate Reid and remove him from the board once and for all.
Voight loves nothing more than a virtuous crusade and will go to any extremes to achieve his goal if he’s convinced he’s doing it for the right reasons. “Reid keeps criminals in power and he murders innocents to do it,” he says in the video below, proving that he’s decided what must happen. However, Reid keeps himself insulated by using go-betweens when doing something dirty. Intelligence decides to get to him through some of his friends, and they zero in on Ortero. They seem to have succeeded when Ortero gives in and asks Voight what he wants. “I want Reid,” he says with a look that says he means business. Taking down Reid won’t be easy. “[He] shows himself to be a formidable opponent,” showrunner Gwen Sigan teased. Reid could strike back or cut and run, but he doesn’t seem like someone to run.
