The sixth season of Chicago P.D., an American police drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Rick Eid, was ordered on May 9, 2018.[1] The season premiered on September 26, 2018.[2] The season concluded on May 22, 2019, and contained 22 episodes.[3] This is the last season where Jon Seda plays Antonio Dawson.
The Intelligence unit deals with the aftermath of Olinsky's death. Voight is put on suspension due to shooting the suspect for Olinsky’s murder in cold blood. The Intelligence unit investigates a series of heroin overdoses. Ruzek butts heads with Dawson when the latter is put in charge of the Unit. The Unit attends Olinsky's funeral, with Voight watching at a distance.
One of the patients at Chicago Med goes missing following a 25-story apartment building fire. The Intelligence unit discovers that the patient extracted an RFID chip from her body related to a trafficking ring. Halstead mourns the loss of his father and is told to stay off of the case.
This episode concludes a crossover with Chicago Fire and Chicago Med that begins on "Going to War" and continues on "When to Let Go". It is included on the Chicago Fire Season 7 and Chicago Med Season 4 DVD sets.
The Intelligence unit investigates the kidnapping of a teenage girl from a wealthy family by a professional robbery gang. They discover that the kidnapping was staged and that the girl is in a relationship with one of the robbers. Voight and Platt work to get Olinsky exonerated. Ruzek and Upton hook up.
Burgess is asked to take a civilian girl who wants to become a police officer on a ride-along. The ride-along goes sideways when they get caught in crossfire and the girl disappears. Burgess is forced to omit a crucial fact when it comes time to go to the review board. Antonio gets hooked on oxycodone.
The Intelligence unit investigates a drug-dealing ring after the brutal death of a young drug mule. Ruzek decides to go undercover and is shocked to find his own father involved.
The Intelligence unit investigates the brutal beating and death of an alderman’s wife, leading to Upton opening up about her childhood. Upton and Ruzek continue to try to keep their relationship a secret.
The Intelligence unit investigates a series of bombings that involve a local Islamic mosque. Atwater goes undercover to find evidence. Things become tense for Halstead when the investigation brings back memories of his Afghanistan service. The FBI and Voight make a deal to work the investigation together.
The Intelligence unit looks into taking down a drug kingpin. Things escalate quickly when Atwater discovers that his girlfriend might be involved. Dawson’s addiction continues to get worse.
Dawson’s addiction to pain killers takes a dramatic turn when he gets involved with a drug dealer. Voight gets wind of Dawson’s problem and tries to help him out. Dawson’s daughter is kidnapped and the Intelligence unit does everything in their power to find her. Dawson attacks the kidnapper, leading to his death.
Following Dawson’s actions, Voight plans to cover up his misdeeds and send Dawson to rehab but Ruzek feels a sense of loyalty to Voight and Intelligence and takes the blame. Intelligence is called in when a wave of recent carjackings suddenly turns deadly. Voight, Platt, and Upton try to find a way out for Ruzek.
The Intelligence unit investigates the murder of a well known defense attorney. Voight suspects that the police superintendent, who is running for Mayor of Chicago, might be involved in local gangs. Meanwhile, Dawson returns to work following his rehab stint.
When the intelligence Unit goes undercover to take down a heroin operation, Halstead gets recognized by a criminal he has history with. Halstead believes he may be a person of interest in an unsolved murder case. When Ruzek and Burgess go undercover to take him down, plans go south and the criminal turns up dead and Halstead may be implicated.
When Atwater goes undercover to stop a criminal enterprise, he and his partner are stopped by police and his partner is shot and killed, forcing Atwater to decide where his allegiance lies. The situation escalates to a number of protests about police using excessive force.
While undercover, trying to take down criminals responsible for making and distributing untraceable firearms, Burgess and Upton get kidnapped at gunpoint. Burgess discovers something about Hailey and Adam’s relationship.
Joe Cruz reveals the firefighter behind the missing key from the firehouse lock box. As the Intelligence unit investigates, Voight tries to play the investigation by the book without tarnishing reputations.
This episode concludes a crossover with Chicago Fire that began on "What I Saw." It is included on the Chicago Fire Season 7 DVD set.
After taking down another case for the Intelligence unit, one of Voight’s CIs goes missing. They continue to investigate when they discover that she has been kidnapped by a notorious serial killer. Alderman Price tries to persuade Voight to get into politics.
Chaos engulfs Chicago when a sniper shooter is targeting members of law enforcement and government employees. Voight digs deeper and discovers that the suspect was involved in one of Voight's former cases and a CI.
Voight and Ray Price team up to come up with a peace offering to respond to the rise of gang violence after a mother of two is caught in crossfire. Meanwhile, Burgess grows suspicious about her new boyfriend.
The Intelligence unit investigates the murder of Burgess’s boyfriend Blair. Voight suspects Blair might have been involved in a violent drug crossfire and Burgess tries to prove his theory wrong. Later on, there is new evidence that the homicide might be connected to potential new Chicago Mayor Ray Price.
The Intelligence unit investigates a series of pharmaceutical robberies. One of the criminals involved is stealing because his wife is sick. Meanwhile, Ruzek and Upton’s romantic relationship interferes with the case which leads to Platt giving Upton some advice.
The Intelligence unit tries to take down a drug dealer. While investigating, Dawson shares a connection with the case and begins to have a guilty conscience from a previous case. Voight does everything in his power to get evidence against Kelton.
The Intelligence unit tries to dig up evidence to stop Kelton becoming Mayor of Chicago and disbanding Intelligence. Complications arise when Voight tries to track down one of Kelton’s drug dealing confidants who might be the key to take him down and he turns up murdered. Meanwhile, evidence becomes clear from Internal Affairs that Ruzek has been lying and trying to cover up for Dawson’s actions. Voight confronts Ruzek on this, and tells him he's not like Al and shouldn't try to be, but Ruzek denies this was his intention and storms off. Later on, Ruzek sticks with his word and is arrested for the crime. Finally, Voight tells Halstead that he is going to see Kelton and do what needs to be done. Kelton is found shot dead, and Voight drives away from the scene.
This episode marks the final appearance of Detective Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda).
Production
Cast changes
On April 19, 2019, NBC announced that Jon Seda would again depart the series at the end of the sixth season due to creative reasons.[26]
Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of Chicago P.D. season 6