“Line of Duty: Protecting the Streets, One Investigation at a Time”

Due to the farewell address of U.S. President Joe Biden, Chicago P.D. Season 12, Episode 10, “Zoe,” was delayed by NBC. Now, the next episode of the hugely popular police procedural, titled “Zoe”, airs this Wednesday, January 22, and according to the episode’s promo video, everything goes dark really fast and becomes quite personal to Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger). Meanwhile, Adam gets a visit from his dad, and some issues arise from this visit, according to the logline below. NBC released some images from the Adam-centric episode, which preview his troubling case. The images also feature Amy Morton‘s Trudy Platt, who joins in on the investigation after a startling confession from a child.

The images above show Adam amidst the troubling investigation. In the episode’s promo video, Zoe (Anabelle Toomy) said she had a lot of moms and step-siblings, and it was teased that most, if not all, were dead. Ruzek takes the lead on this case and connects with it on a deeper level because it reminds him of someone close. “She’s eight years old. I think on some level the case reminds him of his daughter, of Makayla’s (Ramona Edith Williams) case to a certain degree, of a child lost and kind of in the world of adults, but not being taken care of in that world in the way that I think he thinks is how it should be done. And so I think he takes a shine to her,” John Flueger told TV Insider. He added:

“The circumstances under which he meets her are so extreme that just immediately, I think he takes it on as a personal vendetta — vendetta might not be the right word, but he takes it personally and I think that they just connect immediately just because of the circumstances, not because of who he is or who she is, but because the circumstances force it.”

Meanwhile, Adam’s father drops by unannounced and brings up some of the foundational problems in their relationship. A conflict develops between Adam, Bob, and Kim (Marina Squerciati) because she is concerned that his dad is abusing Adam’s goodness and exploiting their relationship. “He does just kind of show up unannounced, and I think we’re both a little surprised, certainly Adam — when he does something like this historically, it’s because he needs money or because there’s some sort of problem that needs to be solved,” Flueger told the outlet. This behavior does not fly with Kim, who “has less patience” with Bob than Adam.

“Zoe” promises to be a dark and emotional episode of Chicago P.D. Tune in to NBC on Wednesday, January 22, to watch it live. You can also catch up with past episodes on Peacock.