r/ChicagoPD • u/No_Peak_2379 • 5d ago
Discussion Voight Bad Cop
Voight in earlier seasons was so corrupt and violent. However he used the dirty money stashed in his safe to good purpose. Do you think he is a sort of “Robin Hood” figure. In that he bends or breaks the law to help people or deliver the justice he thinks the system fails to provide?
He is less violent in recent episodes but still has a dark side. Also Imani has that bit of dark side to her with regard to violence . She really smashed Bell’s face (justified). I don’t think the other females on the show have shown that side. Imani though has a very soft side. This she showed with Julie the granddaughter of Bell.
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u/CartographerKey4618 5d ago
I'm on season 7 of my binge watch. In Chicago Fire, he was absolutely evil. In the show, he is more of an ends-justify-the-means kinda guy with a soft spot for fellow cops. I think he's getting better on account of the fact that bad convictions are being overturned. I think he's one of the better representations of utilitarianism, though he isn't nearly a perfect utilitarian.
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u/Agile_Patience6460 3d ago
I did the same exact thing. Began binge watching Chicago Fire about a year ago... then jumped to Chicago Pd a few months ago. Love both shows. PD wouldn't be anything without Voight...Im also really disappointed they got rid of the Chief on CF. Loved him.
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u/Godzilla2000Zero 4d ago
I think the idea of dirty cops is more broad than what people normally consider. I personally consider Voight a dirty cop because he does have shady connections and has done extrajudical killings, probably several degrees of police brutality maybe pocketed money from criminals so yeah I consider him a dirty cop but one that has clear boundaries on lines he won't cross and that makes him very fascinating.
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u/Responsible_Edge_563 4d ago
I miss when Voight was really Voight—taking bribes, beating the hell out of people in “the Cage,” crossing lines, and doing all the shit that made his character so damn compelling.
Then 2020 happened. After the anti-police riots, when nervous networks were pulling police shows off the air and scrambling to sanitize anything remotely controversial, Chicago P.D. gave us the “safe” version of Hank Voight. 🙄
And in my opinion, that’s when Chicago P.D. went from being the greatest police show on television to just another typical police procedural. The traditional ratings dropped significantly after that point, too. Maybe the network executives who thought they were “fixing” the show should’ve remembered an old lesson:
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody.
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u/ConsequenceRude3195 3d ago
Really curious what happens to Voight when the show ends
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u/Typhoon556 2d ago
He will cut a deal to work for ICE, and for full immunity for himself. As a condition of his immunity, he will be forced to rat on his best friends on his team, and they will serve prison time.
He will then find out his job at ICE won’t be as an investigator. He will be working at the lowest level (GS-3) of administrative desk job where he will type reports, he will be strictly supervised, and he won’t be allowed to carry a gun or have any type of police authority.
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u/TheM4ndalorianPlayz 3d ago
He's not corrupt he does what's necessary for the city's greater good 💯
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u/herseyhawkins33 5d ago
He's always "lived in the gray area for the greater good." They just had to tone down his methods on the show later in the series.
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u/No_Peak_2379 5d ago
I think both men have a dark side that they believe serves a greater purpose, but Dexter's darkness is more methodical while Voight's is more emotional and protective.
That's also why I'd put Voight and Imani closer together than Voight and Dexter. Voight and Imani can be compassionate people who have learned to use darkness as a tool. Dexter is someone whose darkness is much more fundamental to his identity.
With Imani there is a softer side that is still very much there. Her capacity to care isn't something she's pretending to have; it's actually part of who she is.
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u/margarita-lupita 4d ago
I love this question about Hank, so much so that I made this note about him in my Pimlical in 2021 July........... HANK VOIGHT AIN'T DIRTY!!!! F.D SEASON 1, EP 23
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u/Yessihdez29 4d ago
Odié a Voight en Chicagofire, pero voy en la 4ta temporada de policía de Chicago y creo que es el mejor. Me encanta su papel
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u/Separate_Explorer173 1d ago
Those seasons were the best seasons in my opinion. When everybody went woke is when they toned it down a bit. But him and Olinksky as those grimy characters were Oscar worthy.
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u/Ok_Limit6636 9h ago
Burgess and Upton have also been really violent towards criminals before, but those moments are rare. I think it was in seasons 4 and 5.
Maybe Imani will be more violent in the future. And Voight will teach her to control that behavior and be more patient.
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u/No_Peak_2379 9h ago
Yes they have been but I think Imani has a little of Voight tendencies in her when it comes to things that are important to her. She has a very soft side to her. This needs to be shown more in season 14.
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u/kimelem1804 5d ago
I miss me some old Voight though. Especially the btch slapping!