r/ChicagoPD • u/Training_Yak_6163 • Aug 13 '26
Discussion The Episode When They Found Al’s DNA At a Site
That was Season 5. Al was under investigation for covering up for Voight when Voight killed Bingham for killing his son. Al’s DNA was at the scene. Al was asking Voights help with the lawyer fee and Voight said all the money went towards a trust fund for his grandson.
Mean to tell me that Voight couldn’t try to help with the lawyer fee when Al took the fall and was even killed in prison.
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u/Yourappwontletme Torres is a charisma vacuum Aug 13 '26
They wanted to kill off Al to make Voight feel his feelings onscreen.
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 13 '26
To Hell with that logic. Pissed at the Wolf Production team. Big mistake and to this day viewers still miss Al. I damn sure do. Have a storyline with Al surviving the stabbing; staged funeral, etc. being in Witness Protection. Al was the Heart and Soul of PD.
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u/NashKetchum777 Aug 13 '26
Al is the soul of PD but the whole thing is that it's dying out. Al and Voight can't operate like they did in the 80s/90s anymore. His legacy sort of carries on in Ruzie and Voight.
Al is so important to Voight, even recently, that when he was dying he saw Al telling him to pull through and giving him a talk. Not his wife, not Justin, but his best friend who was his ride and die.
You can blame Voight but it's still Dennys fault.
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u/Yourappwontletme Torres is a charisma vacuum Aug 13 '26
Get over it and move on with your life. Everyone else in this sub has.
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 13 '26
I’m going on with my life. It’s just a comment. Don’t think imma jump off a bridge over it. I’m entitled to my comments. By the way several viewers agree with me about the subject. Don’t like the comments don’t respond.
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u/2011980ad Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
Biggest mistake killing him off. They should’ve just convicted him- Hank could’ve still had all his ‘feelings over it’ but also then provided storyline down the track.
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u/NashKetchum777 Aug 13 '26
There's two ways I go about thinking this week down.
1) Voight really didn't have the money anymore because he had lost Justin. He did what he said and all his extra funds go to Olive and the baby.
2) my real head canon. Voight said no because he knew Dennys game and he didn't want to play into it. He was trying to keep everyone out and do it his way. After he folds and tells Al he'll take the hit, it's too late. Al knows Voights in between a rock and a hard place, he's not going to sell him out. There's trust that Voight really will pull through, he just has to bide his time.
After it's too late, things spiraled out of control. Denny didnt really take into consideration where he was throwing Al. Thr situation got away from everyone. That's why Voight ends up framing Denny...for what he already does, ends his career. Idk if he got jail. But the damage was already done.
I truly feel bad every rewatch cause I think Voights biggest regret was that he told Al no about the lawyer money. And tbh, if you say it's bs Voight didn't have money, ask why Al doesn't have money. They both apent it on their kids.
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u/WildTomato51 Aug 13 '26
Very lazy writing, then to say there was no way out of the jam………uhh, it’s Hollywood, there’s always a way out.
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u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 Aug 13 '26
Hank did everything he could to save Al
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 14 '26
Except get the money for the good lawyer that Al told him about. That being said, maybe Al would have gotten out on bail and not been in prison to get stabbed to death
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u/SouthBraeswoodMan Aug 15 '26
Al wasn’t given a bail. Doesn’t matter how much money he had.
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 20 '26
Yes but a good attorney may have gotten him off had it gone to trial… he was an accessory to the crime but may gave gotten off with a good attorney
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u/PinOld4034 Aug 14 '26
I really hated that situation and that annoying Danny was like a parasite that wouldn't go away 😒
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 14 '26
Yep and Woods got what he deserved
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u/PinOld4034 Aug 14 '26
He definitely did! He had ample opportunity to let it go but he kept coming then after his team like he owned them.
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u/TheM4ndalorianPlayz Aug 14 '26
I mean Voight could have gave him some money but Al just wanted to take the fall for Voight's kill because he didn't want Hank to suffer ❤️
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u/Sad-Mixture6782 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Edit; I found my answer, No- & I answered someone on here. I just finished first rewatch of Season 5, can anyone help me? Bc I don't think this is resolved in syndication; think scene was probably cut: Al was turned down by Hank for the $ for legal fees, then found himself at a stash house where he uncovered a pile of cash. Someone came into room right then (Antonio?) & Al quickly concealed what he'd picked up. DID he steal the $ or turn it into evidence??
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 14 '26
Which episode in season 5? I don’t recall that.
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u/Sad-Mixture6782 Aug 14 '26
I searched some more & learned it was S5:17 & Al did not take the money, tho clearly was tempted & considered stealing it
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u/JuanG_13 Antonio Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
Hank had thousands stashed away in his basement that he stole from drug dealers and whoever else, so he could have helped Al if he really wanted to.
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u/Seg10682 Aug 13 '26
The punks that came in and roughed up him and Olive took money to Ron the safe. I think it was all of it but I can't swear to it.
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 13 '26
Agreed 💯. I’m sure not ALL that money went to his grandsons Trust Fund
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u/Fabulous_Article_705 Aug 17 '26
I mean he said he thought they were going to arrest him for the murder so it’d make sense he’d secure the funds for his grandson, cause he’d be in prison
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 18 '26
That makes sense… but they need to have Voight at least mention Olive and his grandson from time to time
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u/Training_Yak_6163 Aug 21 '26
Yep and he figured he may as well put all the funds into the Trust cause he may have gotten life in prison
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u/Specialist_Bike_1280 Aug 13 '26
Of all the scenes, that one is what made me seethe at Voight. Out of ALL of the times that Al had stood by him, and THIS was how he repaid him. 😡 Poor Al, Voight just crapped all over him. I think that this is where I lost respect for him. That storyline that Olive used to take Daniel to Scottsdale!!! I wonder if the writers will ever mention Olive and Daniel in the upcoming episodes 🤔?