When a trusted informant betrays Hank Voight in Season 12, fans will feel the sting—but what’s more shocking is the real-life inspiration behind the plot.
Writers based the arc on an actual case in New York, where a long-time police informant was revealed to be feeding intel to two rival gangs—while also working undercover for the FBI.
The twist? Voight knows he’s being lied to—and lets it happen.
“He wants to watch it burn,” says a source close to the show. “He’s setting a trap so risky it could cost him everything.”
The betrayal rips apart the Intelligence Unit. Atwater questions loyalty. Upton spirals. And Voight? He smiles through the smoke.
It’s the dirtiest chess game the show’s ever played—and no one’s walking away clean.
