Chicago P.D. featured Detective Alvin “Al” Olinsky as an vital a part of the present for its first 5 seasons.
Played by Canadian actor Elias Koteas, Al was shut pals with Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), the chief of the Intelligence unit.
Together, the duo saved the remainder of the group in line, offering veteran management that has been a bit missing in recent times.
Al additionally spent quite a lot of time mentoring Officer Adam Ruzek (Patrick Flueger), instructing him the ins and outs of police work.
Not solely was {that a} worthwhile method to make Ruzek a greater cop, nevertheless it clued within the viewers to why sure issues are carried out on the job.
There at the moment are quite a lot of similarities from that relationship in the best way that Ruzek helps out new Intelligence member Dante Torres.
Voight’s son Justin is murdered
At the top of Chicago P.D. Season 3, Voight’s son Justin was linked to a criminal offense and later discovered shot. Justin ended up dying within the hospital after Voight determined to take him off life help (he was brain-dead). That despatched Voight right into a rage.
Voight tracked down his son’s killer (Kevin Bingham) and ended up executing him after making the person dig his personal grave. It confirmed simply how far Voight was keen to go for his personal model of justice, nevertheless it additionally ended up having far-reaching penalties.
The dying of Al Olinsky on Chicago P.D.
In Season 5 of Chicago P.D., the DNA of Al Olinsky was discovered on the physique of Kevin Bingham (the assassin of Justin Voight). This led to Al getting arrested, and he refused to show in Voight as the actual perpetrator.
Al wound up in jail for the crime of homicide, the place he acquired stabbed by one other inmate. Al made it to the hospital however died from his wounds, sending Voight on one other rampage.
Voight killed the person that took out Al, however that didn’t alleviate the guilt that he felt about placing his good friend in that place. This has been one thing that continues to hold over Voight.
New reference to Al Olinsky
During a new episode of Chicago P.D., references are going to get made to Al and what occurred to him. What precisely will happen has been saved underneath wraps, however it should contain Voight visiting Al’s grave and having a second of considered all the things that has gone down.
It would make quite a lot of Chicago P.D. followers glad in the event that they introduced again actor Elias Koteas, whether or not it’s a part of a flashback or because of him being in protecting custody all this time. The episode the place the character can be referenced goes to air for the primary time on February 15, 2023.
The first 5 seasons of Chicago P.D. are additionally accessible for streaming on Peacock, the place followers can return and watch Alvin Olinsky at his finest.
Chicago P.D. airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.
