| Chicago franchise | |
| Italic Title: | force |
| Image Upright: | 1.35 |
| Creator: | Derek Haas Michael Brandt |
| Origin: | Chicago Fire |
| Tv: | Chicago Fire Chicago P.D. Chicago Med Chicago Justice |
| Owner: | Wolf Entertainment NBCUniversal |
| Otherlabel1: | Related TV series |
| Otherdata1: | Law & Order FBI |
The Chicago franchise (also called One Chicago[1]) is a media franchise of American television programs created by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, produced by Wolf Entertainment, and broadcast on NBC, all of which deal with different public services in Chicago, Illinois.[2] The Chicago franchise has maintained strong ratings, leading primetime in total viewers, averaging nearly seven million viewers per show, between Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med.[3]
The Chicago franchise focuses on the professional and private lives of the firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel, and legal professionals who serve the city of Chicago. A recurring and unifying theme of the four shows is Molly's,[4] a small bar owned by three firefighters which has been frequented by characters from all four shows. Dick Wolf has stated that most episodes in the franchise will end with a scene at Molly's, saying that "it's a great note on the end of every show that connects all the shows".[5]
On September 26, 2018, NBC moved all three shows into consecutive time slots on Wednesday.[6] On February 28, 2019, NBC renewed Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med for their eighth, seventh, and fifth seasons, respectively.[7] All three Chicago shows will keep their respective time slots for the 2019–20 television season.[8] On March 13, 2020, the production of season 5 of Med, 8 of Fire, and 7 of P.D. were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See main article: Chicago Fire (TV series).
Chicago Fire follows the firefighters, paramedics, and rescue squad members of Chicago Fire Department Firehouse 51.
See main article: Chicago P.D. (TV series).
Chicago P.D. follows the uniformed patrol officers and detectives of the Chicago Police Department's 21st District, specifically the Intelligence Unit. The Chicago Fire episode "Let Her Go" serves as the backdoor pilot.
See main article: Chicago Med. Chicago Med follows the doctors and nurses of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. The Chicago Fire episode "I Am the Apocalypse" serves as the backdoor pilot.
See main article: Chicago Justice.
Chicago Justice followed the prosecutors and investigators at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. The Chicago P.D. episode "Justice" served as the backdoor pilot. The series was canceled after one season.
See also: List of Chicago Fire characters, List of Chicago P.D. characters and List of Chicago Med characters.
| Series | Character | Appearances | Actor | Duration | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise | Universe | ||||||||
| Fire | P.D. | Med | Justice | SVU | FBI | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 2012–2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||||||
| 2012– | |||||||||
| 2012–2018, 2019 | |||||||||
| 2012–2019 | |||||||||
| 2012– | |||||||||
| Randall "Mouch" McHolland | 2012– | ||||||||
| Joe Cruz | 2012– | ||||||||
| Christopher Herrmann | 2012– | ||||||||
| Peter Mills | 2012–2015 | ||||||||
| Leslie Shay | 2012–2015 | ||||||||
| Hallie Thomas | 2012–2013 | ||||||||
| 2014–2024 | |||||||||
| Jessica "Chili" Chilton | 2015–2016 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Borelli | 2015–2016 | ||||||||
| Stella Kidd | 2016– | ||||||||
| Emily Foster | 2018–2020 | ||||||||
| Darren Ritter | Daniel Kyri | 2018– | |||||||
| Blake Gallo | 2019–2024 | ||||||||
| Violet Mikami | Hanako Greensmith | 2020– | |||||||
| Gianna Mackey | 2020–2021 | ||||||||
| Sam Carver | Jake Lockett | 2022– | |||||||
| Lizzy Novak | Jocelyn Hudon | 2024– | |||||||
| Dom Pascal | Dermot Mulroney | 2024– | |||||||
| Chicago P.D. | 2012– | ||||||||
| 2012–2019 | |||||||||
| 2013–2017 | |||||||||
| 2013–2022 | |||||||||
| 2014– | |||||||||
| 2014– | |||||||||
| 2014–2018, 2024 | |||||||||
| 2013– | |||||||||
| 2014– | |||||||||
| Hailey Upton | 2017–2024 | ||||||||
| Vanessa Rojas | 2019–2020 | ||||||||
| Dante Torres | Benjamin Levy Aguilar | 2022– | |||||||
| Kiana Cook | Toya Turner | 2024– | |||||||
| 2014–2016, 2020 | |||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||
| Chicago Med | Will Halstead | 2015–2023 | |||||||
| April Sexton | 2015–2021, 2022 | ||||||||
| Natalie Manning | 2015–2021, 2023 | ||||||||
| Sarah Reese | 2015–2018 | ||||||||
| Connor Rhodes | 2015–2019 | ||||||||
| Ethan Choi | 2015–2022 | ||||||||
| Sharon Goodwin | 2015– | ||||||||
| Daniel Charles | 2015– | ||||||||
| Maggie Lockwood | 2015– | ||||||||
| Ava Bekker | Norma Kuhling | 2017–2019 | |||||||
| Crockett Marcel | Dominic Rains | 2019–2024 | |||||||
| Hannah Asher | Jessy Schram | 2020, 2022- | |||||||
| Dean Archer | Steven Weber | 2021– | |||||||
| Stevie Hammer | Kristen Hager | 2021–2022 | |||||||
| Dylan Scott | Guy Lockard | 2021–2022 | |||||||
| Mitch Ripley | Luke Mitchell | 2024- | |||||||
| Caitlin Lenox | Sarah Ramos | 2024- | |||||||
| John Frost | Darren Barnet | 2024- | |||||||
| Chicago Justice | 2016–2019 | ||||||||
| 2012–2019 | |||||||||
| Laura Nagel | 2016–2017 | ||||||||
| Anna Valdez | 2017 | ||||||||
| 2016–2017, 2018 | |||||||||
The following table displays all the crossover storylines involving the Chicago series.
| Crossover Between | Episode Title | Actors Appearing Outside Their Series | Date Broadcast | Description | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Series B | Series C | ||||||
| Chicago Fire | "Let Her Go" (Chicago Fire S01E23) | May 15, 2013 | Events force Lieutenant Casey to team up with the Intelligence Unit, now run by Voight, who doesn't appear to have changed his crooked ways after his stint in prison. | Backdoor Pilot | ||||
| style="background:#FFFF00;" | Law & Order: SVU | Chicago P.D. | "Comic Perversion" (Law & Order: SVU S15E15) "Conventions" (Chicago P.D. S01E06) | February 26, 2014 | Chicago detective Erin Lindsay asks the NYPD for help in solving a series of rapes and murders, so Tutuola and Rollins head to Chicago to help Voight and Antonio catch the culprit. | Two-Part Crossover | ||
| Chicago Fire | "A Dark Day" (Chicago Fire S02E20) "" (Chicago P.D. S01E12) | April 29, 2014 April 30, 2014 | A major explosion takes place at Chicago Med where Casey and Dawson are volunteering at a charity run, so Firehouse 51 and Intelligence work together to track down the culprits. | |||||
| style="background:#FF6464;" | Chicago Fire | "Nobody Touches Anything" (Chicago Fire S03E07) "Chicago Crossover" (Law & Order: SVU S16E07) "They'll Have to Go Through Me" (Chicago P.D. S02E07) | November 11, 2014 November 12, 2014 | When Firehouse 51 rescues the owner of a house on fire, they find him clutching a suspicious box, so the Chicago Intelligence Unit is brought in for further investigation, leading them to work with Special Victims Unit to take down a child pornography ring. | Three-Part Crossover | |||
| Chicago Fire | "Three Bells" (Chicago Fire S03E13) "A Little Devil Complex" (Chicago P.D. S02E13) | February 3, 2015 February 4, 2015 | When more clues about Shay's death are found, Firehouse 51 works with Intelligence to apprehend the arsonist suspected of killing her. | Two-Part Crossover | ||||
| Chicago Fire | "I Am the Apocalypse " (Chicago Fire S03E19) | April 7, 2015 | The team transports victims of a chemical leak to Chicago Med, where the bad situation turns even worse due to a grenade-carrying madman who claims to have a deadly airborne disease. After the explosion everybody starts to panic and begin to flee with the doctors telling everyone to stay put and puts Chicago Med on lock down | Backdoor Pilot | ||||
| Chicago Fire | "We Called Her Jellybean" (Chicago Fire S03E21) "The Number of Rats" (Chicago P.D. S02E20) "Daydream Believer" (Law & Order: SVU S16E20) | April 28, 2015 April 29, 2015 | An apartment fire connected to a case of attempted rape and murder in Chicago resembles an unsolved case in New York, so Special Victims Unit and Intelligence work together to find the suspect. | Three-Part Crossover | ||||
| Chicago Fire | "The Beating Heart" (Chicago Fire S04E10) "Malignant" (Chicago Med S01E05) "Now I'm God" (Chicago P.D. S03E10) | January 5, 2016 January 6, 2016 | Christopher Herrmann is treated for stab wounds at Chicago Med, while a comatose woman rescued from a fire is discovered to be one of four patients given unnecessary chemotherapy by a doctor who may have killed Voight's wife. | |||||
| Law & Order: SVU | Chicago P.D. | "Nationwide Manhunt" (Law & Order: SVU S17E14) "The Song of Gregory William Yates" (Chicago P.D. S03E14) | February 10, 2016 | Chicago detectives Lindsay and Dawson come to New York to assist in the hunt for two escaped murderers, one of whom is Greg Yates, who returns to Chicago and commits a triple homicide, so SVU detectives Benson and Tutuola come to Chicago to join in the investigation. | Two-Part Crossover | |||
| "Justice" (Chicago P.D. S03E21) | May 11, 2016 | Assistant States Attorney Peter Stone has been assigned to help defend Burgess and conduct his own investigation of her shooting of an unarmed African American teenager who is accused of shooting her partner. | Backdoor Pilot | |||||
| Chicago Fire | "Some Make It, Some Don't" (Chicago Fire S05E09) "Don't Bury This Case" (Chicago P.D. S04E09) | January 3, 2017 | Severide finds himself slipping back into old habits as he continues to help Anna with a bone marrow procedure. He's brought into the District when his car is found to have caused a deadly crash and during the investigation, the Chicago police track down a group of carjackers who may be the key to proving Severide's innocence. | Two-Part Crossover | ||||
| Chicago Fire | "Deathtrap" (Chicago Fire S05E15) "Emotional Proximity" (Chicago P.D. S04E16) "Fake" (Chicago Justice S01E01) | Appearing in Series A: S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, Marlyne Barrett, Yaya DaCosta, Brian Tee, Nick Gehlfuss, Torrey DeVitto, Jason Beghe, Sophia Bush, Marina Squerciati, Elias Koteas, Carl Weathers Appearing in Series B: Philip Winchester, Jon Seda, Taylor Kinney, Eamonn Walker, Nick Gehlfuss, Torrey DeVitto, Kara Killmer, Brian Tee Appearing in Series C: Elias Koteas, Jason Beghe, Taylor Kinney | March 1, 2017 | A warehouse fire leaves Olinsky's daughter and 38 others dead. Chicago P.D.'s Intelligence Unit does all it can to track down the arsonist behind this tragedy. In Justice, the prime suspect's attorney does everything he can to get him acquitted, while ASA Peter Stone works really hard to find the way to get justice for the victims of the attack. | Three-Part Crossover | |||
| Law & Order | "Uncertainty Principle" (Chicago Justice S01E02) | March 5, 2017 | At the request of Sgt. Hank Voight, Defense Attorney Paul Robinette travels to Chicago to defend Officer Kevin Atwater and faces off against ASA Peter Stone, the son of his former colleague Ben Stone. | Guest appearance | ||||
| Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order | "The Undiscovered Country" (Law & Order: SVU S19E13) | February 7, 2018 | After traveling to New York to attend the funeral for his father, Ben Stone, Chicago ASA Peter Stone accepts a job offer from District Attorney Jack McCoy to work for the DA's office. His first case is the prosecution of ADA Rafael Barba, who is accused of murdering a terminally ill infant. | ||||
| Chicago Fire | "Profiles" (Chicago P.D. S05E16) "Hiding Not Seeking" (Chicago Fire S06E13) | March 7, 2018 March 8, 2018 | Intelligence and Firehouse 51 pursue a serial bomber targeting the media. | Two-Part Crossover | ||||
| style="background:#FF6464;" | Chicago Fire | "Going to War" (Chicago Fire S07E02) "When to Let Go" (Chicago Med S04E02) "Endings" (Chicago P.D. S06E02) | Appearing in Series A: Nick Gehlfuss, Torrey DeVitto, Brian Tee, Jesse Lee Soffer, S. Epatha Merkerson Appearing in Series B: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Yuri Sardarov, Joe Minoso, Christian Stolte, Miranda Rae Mayo, Jesse Lee Soffer Appearing in Series C: Taylor Kinney, Nick Gehlfuss, Brian Tee, Eamonn Walker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Annie Ilonzeh | October 3, 2018 | A fire consumes a 25-story apartment complex, sending the residents to Chicago Med for treatment. When Intelligence discovers the cause of the fire, the case gets personal for Jay Halstead. | Three-Part Crossover | ||
| Law & Order: SVU | "Zero Tolerance" (Law & Order: SVU S20E03) | October 4, 2018 | After an illegal immigrant child is separated from her mother, ADA Stone seeks out the help from his former boss, Chicago State's Attorney Mark Jefferies, to reunite them. | Guest appearance | ||||
| style="background:#FF6464;" | Chicago Fire | "What I Saw" (Chicago Fire S07E15) "Good Men" (Chicago P.D. S06E15) | Appearing in Series A: Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Jason Beghe Appearing in Series B: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Joe Minoso, Annie Ilonzeh, Eamonn Walker | February 20, 2019 | A spate of robberies comes to light after a firehouse lockbox key goes missing. | Two-Part Crossover | ||
| Chicago Fire | "Infection: Part I" (Chicago Fire S08E04) "Infection: Part II" (Chicago Med S05E04) "Infection: Part III" (Chicago P.D. S07E04) | Appearing in Series A: Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, LaRoyce Hawkins, Lisseth Chavez, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Dominic Rains, Marlyne Barrett, S. Epatha Merkerson Appearing in Series B: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Annie Ilonzeh, Eamonn Walker, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, LaRoyce Hawkins, Lisseth Chavez, Amy Morton, Jason Beghe Appearing in Series C: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Joe Minoso, Christian Stolte, Miranda Rae Mayo, Annie Ilonzeh, Eamonn Walker, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Dominic Rains, S. Epatha Merkerson | October 16, 2019 | A rare but deadly bacteria takes its toll on numerous victims around the city, leaving Chicago's finest first responders to work together alongside the CDC to resolve the dangerous situation. | Three-Part Crossover | |||
| Chicago Fire | "Off the Grid" (Chicago Fire S08E15) "Burden of Truth" (Chicago P.D. S07E15) | Appearing in Series A: Jason Beghe, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger, LaRoyce Hawkins, Brian Geraghty Appearing in Series B: Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, Christian Stolte, Annie Ilonzeh, Eamonn Walker | February 26, 2020 | When Fire and P.D. team up to solve the case of a bad overdose, former Chicago Police Officer Sean Roman returns to Chicago to assist.[9] [10] | Two-Part Crossover | |||
| FBI | "Emotional Rescue" (FBI S02E19) | Appearing in Series A: Tracy Spiridakos | March 31, 2020 | After the body of a college student is found in a drug deal gone bad, Chicago P.D. Detective Hailey Upton assists the FBI team in their investigation.[11] | Guest Appearance | |||