The BEST episodes of Chicago P.D. season 8

Every episode of Chicago P.D. season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Chicago P.D. season 8!

Detective Sergeant Hank Voight and his elite Intelligence Unit at the Chicago Police Department combat atrocious offences and bring criminals to justice.

Last Updated: 11/27/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
The Other Side (2)
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8.16
563 votes

#1 - The Other Side (2)

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/26/2021

Voight and the team muster all their expertise to bring down a deadly crime ring. Burgess finds herself in a dangerous situation.

Directors: Chad Saxton
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The Right Thing (1)
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7.96
547 votes

#2 - The Right Thing (1)

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/19/2021

Voight and the team pursue a ruthless crime ring whose business has hit close to home. As they dig deeper, the extent of the danger becomes more apparent. Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller second-guesses her decisions.

Directors: Vincent Misiano
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White Knuckle
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7.89
657 votes

#3 - White Knuckle

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2020

When the son of an influential former officer is implicated in a murder, Moore pressures Voight to charge him quickly. The stakes are raised in Atwater's fight against the blue wall after patrol officers stop responding to his team's calls.

Directors: Nicole Rubio
Writer: Gwen Sigan
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Equal Justice
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7.80
593 votes

#4 - Equal Justice

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2021

After a seemingly innocent young man is gunned down in the street, the team works to bring in the suspected culprit, but the case is more complex than it appears. The grief-stricken father is determined to do his own undercover work.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Daniel Arkin
Tender Age
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7.77
613 votes

#5 - Tender Age

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2021

Ruzek and Burgess discover a child walking alone in the middle of the street, and when they take her home, they discover that her entire family has been murdered. Upton is approached with a job offer from the FBI.

Directors: Eriq La Salle
Writer: Gwen Sigan
Fighting Ghosts
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7.74
697 votes

#6 - Fighting Ghosts

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2020

The team responds to the shooting of a 5-year-old girl and must work the case while facing new obstacles that come from the heightened attention on police reform. Atwater is targeted by a group of officers who want to hurt him for standing against the blue wall. Voight questions whether he's cut out for a new form of policing as he manages oversight from the CPD's deputy superintendent.

Directors: Eriq La Salle
Due Process
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7.73
535 votes

#7 - Due Process

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2021

The team pursues a crafty serial rapist. Voight finds himself resisting some old, familiar tendencies in his quest for justice.

Directors: Guy Ferland
Trouble Dolls
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7.70
532 votes

#8 - Trouble Dolls

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/5/2021

The shocking murder of a young pregnant woman leads the team on a desperate hunt for the killer, revealing something even darker than expected. Burgess has to make a tough decision about Makayla.

Directors: John Polson
Writer: Scott Gold
Instinct
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7.70
592 votes

#9 - Instinct

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2021

After a series of deadly ambushes, the team goes undercover to bring down a dangerous new drug dealer who is determined to push out the competition. Ruzek's informant proves to be a loose cannon that could upset the whole operation.

Directors: Chad Saxton
Writer: Scott Gold
Protect and Serve
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7.69
560 votes

#10 - Protect and Serve

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2021

Ruzek and Atwater are tasked with making an arrest after a high-profile shooting. The situation becomes complicated when it's clear someone doesn't want them to make it back to the station.

Directors: Eriq La Salle
The Radical Truth
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7.67
560 votes

#11 - The Radical Truth

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2021

Ruzek's father goes missing, and the team races to find him before it's too late.

Directors: Lisa Demaine
Writer: Scott Gold
Impossible Dream
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7.66
549 votes

#12 - Impossible Dream

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2021

When a local business owner is gunned down in his shop, it becomes personal for Atwater, who patrolled the neighborhood as a young cop. Dep. Supt. Samantha Miller comes to Voight with a special request about Andre Cooper.

Signs of Violence
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7.66
548 votes

#13 - Signs of Violence

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/7/2021

A wellness check on a family reveals signs of foul play and Upton is determined to find the parents and young daughter. As Hailey delves further into the troubled family dynamics, she finds herself reflecting on her own childhood trauma.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Gwen Sigan
Unforgiven
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7.65
617 votes

#14 - Unforgiven

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2021

A cop is murdered, and suspicion falls on someone who has been holding a grudge against the officer. Intelligence works hard to solve the case, but Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller is hesitant to defend him until she knows the whole story.

Directors: Chad Saxton
In Your Care
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7.64
611 votes

#15 - In Your Care

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2021

The team investigates a rash of car jackings and finds the truth is more complicated than they realize. Burgess makes a discovery about a previous case that will change her life forever.

Writer: Gwen Sigan
Safe
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7.63
543 votes

#16 - Safe

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/12/2021

After a series of brutal home-invasion robberies, Upton immerses herself in the case and finds herself caught between Voight and Halstead.

Directors: SJ Main Muñoz
Writer: Gavin Harris