Chicago PD season 5 episode 17 preview: Olinsky feels the pressure

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It feels almost like an understatement to call Chicago PD season 5 episode 17 a big episode — all signs point to this being one of the most important ones to date when it comes to the central story of what’s happening when it comes to Denny Woods and his quest to take Hank Voight down a peg. Get ready for a thought-provoking but also intense episode where, at the center of all the action, are questions aplenty surrounding whether or not the walls are starting to close in on Hank Voight.

Below, the Chicago PD season 5 episode 17 synopsis offers up a little more information, especially when it comes to how Olinsky ends up finding himself in a precarious position:

03/14/2018 (10:00PM – 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : When a prominent Alderman known for his urban revitalization efforts is killed, Intelligence looks into the corruption haunting his neighborhood. Meanwhile Olinsky (Elias Koteas) feels pressure after receiving an ultimatum from Woods (guest star Mykelti Williamson).

The only reason we’re getting a brief break from the Woods story tonight is because it’s the crossover, and also because the character may still be in some sort of mourning after losing his daughter earlier this season. Rest assured, though, that he is going to come roaring back in a big way. It feels like there is a 0% chance that the character has really forgotten anything when it comes to what happened with Voight — he blames him and all of Intelligence on some level for what happened. They made decisions and if things had gone differently, he may think that his daughter would still be alive.

Related – Preview the second part of the One Chicago crossover by reading our full interview with Derek Haas and Rick Eid

Hopefully, this episode will contain a few different surprises and twists to the battle between Woods and Intelligence, but we also don’t think that it’s ending anytime soon. Odds are, this is a story thread that is carrying through until the finale. There’s plenty of reason still to be excited about it.

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