‘Chicago P.D’ Boss Previews Voight’s “Admission,” Lindsay’s “Journey” and Burgess’ New Partner

“She’s really put through the wringer in the first episode,” showrunner Matt Olmstead tells THR of what’s to come for Lindsa

The season three finale of Chicago P.D. left viewers torn on multiple levels. First, there was the question of whether Voight (Jason Beghe) really killed the man who murdered his son. Second, there was the deeper question of whether Voight was right to do so. However, the head of Intelligence himself is not quite so beaten up about it when the NBC drama returns Wednesday for season four.

“He’s completely un-conflicted about what happened at the end of the previous season,” showrunner Matt Olmstead tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We pick up like a week, week and a half afterwards. Voight’s basically already back at work to the surprise of a few people encouraging him to take more time to go through the proper mourning process of losing his son

The same cannot be said, however, for Lindsay (Sophia Bush). Olmstead spoke with THR about Lindsay’s “journey” in the first episodes of the season, how it will change her relationships with Voight as well as Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer), Burgess’ new partner and more.

You’re coming out of a huge finale. How does the premiere deal with the aftermath of those events?

Where this all starts to land conflict-wise is on Lindsay because she’s the one who went there at the end of last season to the Silos to try and dissuade him from doing it. … She doesn’t want Voight to go down the tubes because of this. Commander Crowley starts to set her sights on Lindsay. Voight’s never going to talk but maybe Lindsay will, and so she really goes after Lindsay: ‘You agree with what happened? Are you basically Voight, Jr.? Are you not your own person? Not your own cop? What about doing the right thing in terms of your department and your career, and it starts to resonate with Lindsay.

Through the first episode, we really show this journey that she goes through in terms of, what’s the right thing? Now’s the time to chart my own course and if I do that, it might be a betrayal to Voight. She’s really put through the wringer in the first episode, and compared to that, Voight is having to stand back a little bit and watch her go through it. He doesn’t want to pressure her either way or beg her to keep her mouth shut or support his story or lie. But also to do all that, would be to kind of sully the memory of not only Justin but what he did to avenge Justin’s death. He realizes it all goes through Lindsay and either she’s going to bury him or not, career-wise, and so she’s kind of between a rock and a hard place in the first episode.