[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Chicago P.D. Season 12 Episode 10 “Zoe.”]
The newest Chicago P.D. episode introduced heartbreak for Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger).
Whereas working a troublesome case involving a younger woman whose “father” is decided to be a serial killer — they don’t know who she actually is — Ruzek and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) are shocked when his dad Bob (Jack Coleman) surprises them with a go to. Ruzek then learns that his father has been identified with Alzheimer’s. The episode ends with a touching second of Ruzek shaving his father’s face for him, and, fairly than let him go to a facility, Ruzek insists he transfer in with them. Bob protests, “It’s going to get unhealthy. It’s going to get actual unhealthy. I’m not going to recollect easy methods to be. I’m not going to recollect who you’re. I don’t need you to see me like that.” However Ruzek doesn’t care and refuses to let him say no. Then Bob tells him, “I’ll neglect to say this later, so simply let me say it now. I like you. I’m very pleased with who you’re.”
Under, Flueger discusses Ruzek and his father’s storyline, the open-ended case, and extra.
Ruzek learns his father has been identified with Alzheimer’s. Speak about filming these scenes with Jack of Bob telling him, after which that final scene,
Patrick John Flueger: Jack Coleman really offers with dementia in his personal private life, not for himself, however for a liked one. So he understands precisely easy methods to faucet into that to a level that — we pace issues up as a result of it’s TV, we gotta inform the story the appropriate means, however my God, if he doesn’t simply knock this factor out of the park, it’s heartbreaking. I didn’t must do something. And we’ve been working collectively so lengthy taking part in these characters that there’s form of a simple rapport. We fall proper again into place, and it was fairly heartbreaking. These scenes had been laborious. They had been tough. I really – myself and Vic [Macias], our A digicam operator who can also be certainly one of our administrators, directed Episode 2, we needed to step out. And I don’t imply to bust him, however we each needed to stand subsequent to one another, shed a fast tear, we did a bit of man hug, then we went again in and saved going throughout that final scene simply because it was robust. And Jack simply, he’s so good. It was robust. It was laborious. It was actually heartbreaking, but additionally simple as a result of it was so heartbreaking and that’s the way it needs to be, I suppose.
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Ruzek’s dad is now transferring in with them. Speak about this choice for Ruzek. Does he have any thought what he’s taking up but? Or is he simply considering, I have to deal with my dad…
No, I don’t suppose he has any idea of what he’s taking up. I simply don’t suppose he can conceptualize the thought of letting him go wherever however residence. I don’t suppose it’s about how laborious it’s going to be. It’s not about, have I actually thought this out? It’s about, “I don’t want to consider something in any respect. You’re coming residence to me and I’m going to deal with you. I can’t allow you to go. Definitely not far, distant, not in Florida, go be by your self and disintegrate? No, no, you come residence, I’ll deal with you such as you took care of me.”
However he and Burgess don’t discuss that on this episode. What are you able to say about conversations arising between Ruzek and Burgess about this?
Effectively, it’s alluded to that I did discuss to her, and I imagine that he did discuss to her. I feel that like most efficiently wholesome relationships, the person’s a bit of afraid of his woman. And so I don’t suppose he would cross that line with out chatting together with her about it. I’d collect it’s not probably the most thrilling information she’s ever heard, but when she sees that he believes in one thing, I feel she helps him, and vice versa.
So what does that appear like going ahead? How a lot are we going to be seeing Jack Coleman going ahead and the way a lot are we going to see this on display?
You’ll see him once more. I can’t say how a lot, however you’ll see him once more. We’re not beginning a storyline after which making you watch for it. You’ll be seeing this for the remainder of the season.
What are you able to preview about what we’ll see and what we’ll hear as Ruzek is adjusting to this?
I imply, as you regulate and because the actuality sinks in, issues get more durable and more durable, it turns into much less of a heroic thought and extra of a actuality, an on a regular basis actuality, which you’ll be as large of a hero in your thoughts as you need, however with regards to on daily basis, with regards to instituting what you’ll want to do over and again and again, that’s the place it will get robust.
After which we even have the case which was left open-end, and we see how a lot that’s actually attending to Ruzek. So what are we going to see arising there? Are we going to see Ruzek nonetheless investigating this on the facet whereas the main target turns to different instances?
We’re persistently working. Identical to every other unit within the true Chicago PD, we’ve obtained a number of instances open at any time. … I don’t know that you just’ll essentially see it within the scenes, however in the event you’re studying this text, know that that is very a lot taking part in within the background always, together with different instances that you could be by no means even hear about on digicam.
What else is arising for Ruzek?
The crossover, and past that, we filmed a bit of out of order. So the Zoe storyline, we filmed two episodes again to again that needed to do with this storyline, however they don’t play again to again. That’s how we scheduled it. So I do know what occurs there and going ahead, I don’t know but.
What are you able to preview you about that second episode with this Zoe storyline?
It would simply maintain breaking your coronary heart.
Oh, no.
Yeah, you’re coping with robust themes. I imply, the thought is, properly, you discover a child that doesn’t know their title and the objective is to search out that little one’s title and provides it again to them, present it again to them. And all of the whereas he’s making this effort, he’s watching his dad lose his title, lose his thoughts. And so the juxtaposition of these issues, regardless that there’s optimistic outcomes which may come right here and there, I feel that there’s that hang-out, there’s that weight of attempting to do one thing optimistic whereas on the similar time watching, mockingly, one thing damaging occurred in the very same area.
So Jack Coleman is in that second half?
Sure.
Chicago P.D., Wednesdays, 10/9c, NBC
