[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 tricky case involving a younger woman whose “father” is set to be a serial killer — they don’t know who she actually is — Ruzek and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) are stunned 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, somewhat 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 the right way 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 could overlook to say this later, so simply let me say it now. I really like you. I’m very happy with who you’re.”
Beneath, 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 the right way to faucet into that to a level that — we velocity issues up as a result of it’s TV, we gotta inform the story the correct manner, however my God, if he doesn’t simply knock this factor out of the park, it’s heartbreaking. I didn’t should do something. And we’ve been working collectively so lengthy enjoying these characters that there’s type of a simple rapport. We fall proper again into place, and it was fairly heartbreaking. These scenes have been exhausting. They have been troublesome. I really – myself and Vic [Macias], our A digital camera operator who can be one among 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 little bit man hug, then we went again in and stored going throughout that final scene simply because it was robust. And Jack simply, he’s so good. It was robust. It was exhausting. It was actually heartbreaking, but in addition straightforward 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 shifting in with them. Speak about this determination for Ruzek. Does he have any concept what he’s taking over but? Or is he simply pondering, I must maintain my dad…
No, I don’t suppose he has any idea of what he’s taking over. I simply don’t suppose he can conceptualize the thought of letting him go wherever however house. I don’t suppose it’s about how exhausting 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 house to me and I’m going to maintain you. I can’t allow you to go. Actually not far, distant, not in Florida, go be by your self and collapse? No, no, you come house, I’ll maintain you such as you took care of me.”
However he and Burgess don’t speak about that on this episode. What are you able to say about conversations developing between Ruzek and Burgess about this?
Properly, it’s alluded to that I did speak to her, and I imagine that he did speak to her. I believe that like most efficiently wholesome relationships, the person’s a little bit afraid of his woman. And so I don’t suppose he would cross that line with out chatting together with her about it. I might collect it’s not probably the most thrilling information she’s ever heard, but when she sees that he believes in one thing, I believe she helps him, and vice versa.
So what does that appear to be 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 screen?
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 look ahead to 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 concept and extra of a actuality, an on a regular basis actuality, which you’ll be able to be as huge of a hero in your thoughts as you need, however on the subject of every single day, on the subject of instituting what it’s essential to do over and time 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 developing 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 some other unit within the true Chicago PD, we’ve received a number of instances open at any time. … I don’t know that you just’ll essentially see it within the scenes, however in case you’re studying this text, know that that is very a lot enjoying within the background always, together with different instances that you could be by no means even hear about on digital camera.
What else is developing for Ruzek?
The crossover, and past that, we filmed a little bit 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, effectively, you discover a child that doesn’t know their identify and the aim is to seek out that little one’s identify and provides it again to them, reward it again to them. And all of the whereas he’s making this effort, he’s watching his dad lose his identify, lose his thoughts. And so the juxtaposition of these issues, despite the fact that there’s constructive outcomes that may come right here and there, I believe that there’s that hang-out, there’s that weight of attempting to do one thing constructive whereas on the similar time watching, sarcastically, one thing detrimental occurred in the very same area.
So Jack Coleman is in that second half?
Sure.
Chicago P.D., Wednesdays, 10/9c, NBC
