It was the scene fans were never meant to see — and now that it’s leaked, everything about Intelligence Unit dynamics looks different.
During the production of Season 10 of Chicago P.D., an intense storyline was filmed involving a shocking betrayal from within the team. According to insiders, the scene depicted one of the most trusted officers secretly leaking information to an outside gang — and it almost changed the show’s entire direction.
So why was it cut?
The scene in question involved Officer Kevin Atwater receiving a mysterious phone call late at night. In the dimly lit corner of a parking lot, he hands over a confidential folder — Intelligence Unit case files — to a shadowy figure later revealed to be connected to the Yard Kings, a known Chicago gang.
But here’s the twist: Atwater wasn’t acting alone.
According to the leaked script pages and testimonies from post-production crew, Sergeant Trudy Platt was originally written as a silent accomplice — not directly leaking info, but aware and silently complicit, torn between loyalty and blackmail.
The storyline was filmed, edited, and even previewed in early internal screenings. But just weeks before airing, showrunners pulled the arc, calling it “too disruptive to the show’s balance” and “a creative direction we decided not to pursue.”
Fans might remember an episode that felt strangely rushed, with characters suddenly pivoting emotionally without context. That was the rewritten version, hastily replacing the betrayal arc with a generic gang investigation.
But the original scenes reportedly left viewers shaken. Atwater’s motives were complex — he was being blackmailed with evidence from his past, something that would’ve sent him to jail. As for Platt, her involvement stemmed from a personal vendetta against Voight’s off-the-book methods, which she believed had cost too many good officers their lives.
“It was explosive,” said a former production assistant who worked on Season 10. “The betrayal, the silence between teammates, the moral gray area… it felt too real. Maybe too real for the network.”
Showrunner Gwen Sigan reportedly fought to keep the arc in, arguing it added depth and realism to the characters. But network executives pushed back, fearing backlash from fans who viewed the Intelligence Unit as a tightly bonded family.
In retrospect, some fans believe the scene might have been a turning point for the series — taking it into darker, more morally ambiguous territory, akin to The Shield or Breaking Bad. Instead, what remains is a heavily trimmed-down version with unresolved tension and oddly placed emotional beats.
As for the actors, neither LaRoyce Hawkins (Atwater) nor Amy Morton (Platt) have commented directly. But during a 2023 fan panel, Morton did say: “There was one storyline that would’ve made everyone furious. I’m kind of glad it didn’t air. And kind of not.”
Will the lost scene ever see the light of day? Unlikely — but whispers suggest it’s buried deep in the NBC archives. And if it ever leaks in full, it might just change everything you thought you knew about Chicago P.D.
