In 2021, fans noticed something strange. An episode previewed in Chicago P.D. promo materials never aired. Even more bizarre? NBC and Wolf Entertainment never addressed its disappearance. But insiders now reveal the truth: the episode was pulled due to backlash… before it even aired.
Titled “Line of Fire,” the unaired episode reportedly featured Sergeant Voight going rogue — again. But this time, the consequences were too real, too raw, and too close to real-world headlines. According to a former production assistant, the episode included a scene where Voight plants evidence to protect a fellow officer. “It was meant to show the consequences of his methods,” the assistant said. “But it went too far.”
Test audiences reportedly reacted with discomfort. “Some people walked out,” one post-production staffer shared. “They didn’t want to see Voight go that dark.”
The scene in question? A late-night interrogation where Voight breaks a suspect’s nose with a flashlight, then orders his team to cover it up. “It was brutal,” said a script editor. “It crossed a line — and they knew it.”
After the George Floyd protests, NBC executives were already walking on eggshells with police-centered dramas. Executives panicked. The episode was pulled days before airtime, and a rerun aired in its place.
“It never officially existed,” said a writer. “But we all know it was real.”
The footage has never surfaced — not in deleted scenes, not on DVDs. Cast members have never publicly spoken about it. But whispers of “the banned episode” persist among die-hard fans and crew.
And for many, it confirms what they feared: sometimes even fictional justice… goes too far
