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Chicago P.D.: Season 6

22 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 2018 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on Chicago P.D.

Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Chicago P.D. Season 5.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

New Normal

Sep 26, 2018 · 42 min

Bad heroin is causing overdoses in Chicago, and Intelligence is a man down with Voight suspended. Antonio takes charge, but Ruzek undermines his authority.

S6·E2 Core

Endings (III)

Oct 3, 2018 · 42 min

After discovering the true cause of the high-rise fire, Intelligence races to find the man responsible. And for Halstead, it’s personal. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S07E0

S6·E3 Core

Bad Boys

Oct 10, 2018 · 42 min

Politics get in the way as the team tries to rescue a teenage girl kidnapped by a robbery crew. Voight and Platt try to exonerate Olinsky.

S6·E4 Core

Ride Along

Oct 17, 2018 · 42 min

A ride along goes sideways, and Burgess is faced with a difficult choice: follow the advice of Voight, or a potential new ally.

S6·E5 Core

Fathers and Sons

Oct 24, 2018 · 42 min

While undercover, Ruzek discovers his father is working for a suspected drug dealer and is forced to ask the question: is his dad involved?

S6·E6 Core

True or False

Oct 31, 2018 · 42 min

The wife of an alderman is beaten to death, and Voight is under pressure from First Deputy Superintendent Brennan to close the case. To elicit a confession, Upton tells a dark stor

S6·E7 Core

Trigger

Nov 7, 2018 · 42 min

Intelligence suspects the leader of a local mosque is behind the bombing of an Army recruitment station. After a second explosion, Voight urges Halstead to follow the facts and not

S6·E8 Core

Black and Blue

Nov 14, 2018 · 42 min

While CPD tries to take down a drug kingpin, Atwater faces a tough choice between doing what’s required to solve the murder of a young dealer and what’s best for the community.

S6·E9 Core

Descent

Dec 5, 2018 · 41 min

In an attempt to dig himself out of a hole and save someone close to him, Antonio crosses a line that puts the entire team at risk.

S6·E10 Core

Brotherhood

Jan 9, 2019 · 43 min

Voight and Ruzek lock horns over how to handle the aftermath of the Antonio situation. Meanwhile, a series of violent carjackings turns deadly, and Ruzek must rely on a C.I. he gre

S6·E11 Core

Trust

Jan 16, 2019 · 42 min

Intelligence crosses with a mayoral candidate while investigating the fatal shooting of a well-known defense attorney. Antonio returns to work but questions his own judgment when a

S6·E12 Core

Outrage

Jan 23, 2019 · 42 min

While chasing a heroin supplier, CPD crosses paths with a convicted criminal recently released on a technicality. Halstead's history with the man threatens the team's ability to pu

S6·E13 Core

Night in Chicago

Feb 6, 2019 · 42 min

Atwater goes undercover to bring down the longtime head of a criminal enterprise and becomes entangled in a situation that tests his allegiances as well as his conscience.

S6·E14 Core

Ties That Bind

Feb 13, 2019 · 42 min

Upton and Burgess find themselves in a difficult situation when Intelligence tracks a cache of cop killer machine guns to a local gun show in Wisconsin.

S6·E15 Mytharc

Good Men (II)

Feb 20, 2019 · 42 min

Using information from Chicago Fire's Cruz, Intelligence chases down the robbery crew that’s been using the lockbox key. Voight is under pressure to bring the crew to justice witho

S6·E16 Core

The Forgotten

Feb 27, 2019 · 42 min

Voight and the Intelligence Unit focus all their effort and resources into investigating the disappearance of an exotic dancer who served as a long-time criminal informant for thei

S6·E17 Core

Pain Killer

Mar 27, 2019 · 42 min

A mayoral candidate is shot by an unidentified sniper, and Intelligence races to catch the shooter before he can take out his next target.

S6·E18 Core

This City

Apr 3, 2019 · 41 min

With the threat of a gang war looming, Voight and Ray Price must organize a peace summit to end the bloodshed before more innocent people get hurt. Burgess evaluates her future wit

S6·E19 Core

What Could Have Been

Apr 24, 2019 · 42 min

Intelligence's investigation into the murder of Burgess' boyfriend threatens to reveal a dark side she was unaware of. The real motivation for his murder uncovers a much more unset

S6·E20 Core

Sacrifice

May 8, 2019 · 42 min

A violent crew is hitting pharmaceutical delivery trucks and stealing drugs, but their motivation is more complicated than just money. The case tests Upton and Ruzek’s relationship

S6·E21 Mytharc

Confession

May 15, 2019 · 42 min

Antonio struggles with his guilty conscience as he tries to take down a major drug dealer. In order to protect his team, Voight takes a big shot at Kelton.

S6·E22 Mytharc

Reckoning

May 22, 2019 · 42 min

With Kelton’s election all but assured, Voight and his team must go off book in a last-ditch effort to save Intelligence from getting axed.

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