Chicago P.D.'s Kim Burgess Gets Promoted: Marina Squerciati Talks Burgess' Detective Era and Hank Voight Dynamic!
Kim Burgess is officially a detective on Chicago P.D.! Actress Marina Squerciati, who plays Burgess, gave some exclusive insight to Us Weekly on Burgess’s new role and her evolving dynamic with Hank Voight (Jason Beghe). Burgess aced her detective exams—written, oral, and the intense shadowing of a working detective—so she's more than earned her promotion. Her new detective position now even has some interesting crossover aspects since her ongoing engagement plotlines with Patrick Flueger’s Adam Ruzek!
But Squerciati notes Burgess won't just fill a void left by former Intelligence Unit members or become Voight's shadow. Rather she aims to explore the newly forged relationship as equals as much as possible despite their vast differences in seniority, experiences and also related ongoing professional plotlines!
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In a recent episode, Burgess handled an Intelligence case almost independently with some initial missteps—leading to a near-death experience when working separately from her mentor—before finally fully grasping Voight’s protective presence within the team dynamics that really influenced how far Burgess has been able to push her position as a lead on more cases as she took her position as the active main cop working independently within that same environment she is used to but in a newly enhanced way. This also reflects well with those past mentor figures on past chicago pd seasons as many longtime viewers will note.
Squerciati highlights that while this latest challenge highlights Burgess’ newfound insight into that "protective shield", her experience and harsh words of those new mentor characters also rob her some of the happiness in finally gaining her deserved badge. Despite those new worries though Burgess’ interactions with Ruzek, the Intelligence team and other aspects seem slated to continue in the same friendly collaborative ways they were, just with Burgess having more professional decision making autonomy from the promotion.
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Squerciati uses a good analogy –Burgess and Ruzek are a strong couple, and their upcoming wedding likely won't change their day-to-day work. They simply will have a good working professional dynamic where others around may look up to both of them individually, professionally and even interpersonally.
Despite concerns Squerciati firmly states that there’s no plans to turn Burgess into a “power hungry” character! Burgess, though now with “more power,” will remain true to her self as the same character seen all through those past seasons - meaning even colleagues could call out any times when Burgess oversteps her current position even.
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Expect Burgess’ promotion to enhance teamwork too, but with her now commanding more professional responsibilities! Squerciati also points out that the Intelligence Unit colleagues like Ruzek and Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) are solid enough to navigate a "badass boss," suggesting any challenges they experience from a changed work dynamic might indeed still function better in the long run - especially as viewers of the show experience seeing more complex plots alongside professional dynamics that feel relatable even despite the dramatic settings being crime and suspense thriller related. These added levels create a really dynamic narrative across characters rather than individual heroes.
While Squerciati doesn’t offer concrete spoilers she notes how it'll be like “nothing” changing at all between those team relationships among colleagues, just a re-emphasis on who’s leading during the work involved. This kind of collaborative and interlinked leadership emphasis among chicago pd characters also keeps a collaborative approach amongst the characters to generate a great viewership over the long term, since viewers enjoy more complex human interactions overall beyond simplistic character profiles! Viewers also look toward such shows for how such characters’ relationships affect outcomes too, creating more suspense and plotlines that also intersect real social, economic, work dynamics which viewers easily engage with, making it something that many can really connect with from all age brackets or general audiences.
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For more details about the evolving relationships amongst the characters of the Chicago PD team follow any news across NBC's channels as new episodes air to find out where things go!
Tune into NBC Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET for the latest on Kim Burgess’s new chapter as detective Burgess.
