Chicago Fire/Chicago PD

[hefdaddy42]

Any other fans?

The wife and I are big fans.  Every once in a while I have to roll my eyes, but these shows are fun and intense.

[hefdaddy42]

So, I guess not 

[OpenYourEyes311]

I actually am a big fan of these shows. I've been trying to catch up though (stupid vacation ), I'm a few weeks behind. I love the way they incoporate each other in the storylines, and even with just little cameos from each show. It's annoying that they put SVU in the mix, too, because that show's quality has drastically decreased in the past few years. But I love CF/CPD.

[hefdaddy42]

Sweet!

We'll see how the crossover goes.  I stopped watching SVU several years ago, as Belzer and Meloni left.  I also grew tired of the Olivia Benson character.  She was like a broken record. 

[OpenYourEyes311]

Olivia is the worst part about that show. The new characters Amaro and Rollins are actually really great, but her charater sucks. She should have been the one to leave instead of Stabler. I think it would have made for a more interesting plot, plus Meloni is a better actor. Benson looks like she's going to cry in every scene, and I  hate that.

The only problem I have with Chicago is that they made Voight out to be a bad guy at first, but liked the character so much that they tried to move him more into Sipowicz territory. But, really, it's hard to think of him as "the good guy."

Fire has been great since the beginning. I was a little concerned that they might try to be like a Rescue Me-type show (which IMO couldn't be topped), but it's something completely different.

[hefdaddy42]

I think of Voigt as an antihero. 

[OpenYourEyes311]

Yeah, that's pretty much Sipowicz (from NYPD Blue if you're unfamiliar). I definitely like the character and the actor. It's just a little far-fetched that he would be running a squad, let alone have a job, after what he pulled on Chicago Fire

[hefdaddy42]

I dunno.  This is America.  The land of Marion Barry and G. Gordon Liddy.

Voigt did his time.  It's plausible.  Especially in a town like Chicago lol.

[ReaperKK]

My girlfriend is a big fan of Chicago pd and I've recently gotten hooked. Not a fan of sophia Bush but everyone else is great on the show.

[hefdaddy42]

My girlfriend is a big fan of Chicago pd and I've recently gotten hooked. Not a fan of sophia Bush but everyone else is great on the show.

Oh, I like her quite a bit.

[OpenYourEyes311]

Sophia's voice is pretty annoying, but I like her character. Plus, she's pretty.

[OpenYourEyes311]

I was surprised this week at the outcome of the crossover this week. It's not how things usually go. I enjoyed it a lot.

[hefdaddy42]

I was surprised this week at the outcome of the crossover this week. It's not how things usually go. I enjoyed it a lot.

I agree.  We were a little shocked.  Nice to see actual consequences for the teams from time to time.

[OpenYourEyes311]

Seriously. Me and the wife were trying to figure out the last time an SVU main character died. Couldn't come up with one. ADA Cabot had her death faked, but that was the closest thing we got. It's refreshing to see that they're not afraid to take some risks on the Chicago shows. Not that it was the most important character, but I liked her.

PS. did I mention that the crossover was "this week"?

[ReaperKK]

I just caught up on the crossover and it was pretty good.

I know the actor that played Stabler left but how did they get rid of his character?

[OpenYourEyes311]

A little girl started shooting people in the squadroom and he took her out in one of the season finales. His character couldn't take it and quit (between seasons). The last time we saw him was when he blew her away. He's been mentioned only a couple times since.

[abydos]

I like Chicago PD, haven't watched in a while (after Sophia left that FBI job). The only thing that I don't like is how... well, American it is. It's all about "my town", "my people", macho guys and gals everywhere. A bit like that show "The Last Ship" which was terrible. It just makes it over the top and every time it happens it kicks me out of any immersion I might be in.

And why is it that in every show, the agency that the main characters are in are the best, but every other are lazy and incompetent? Unless they do a cross-over in which there's this bromance awkwardly taking over the episode.

[hefdaddy42]

Welcome to America.