The One Chicago franchise will have its first three-way crossover in years. The last time One Chicago had a three-series crossover event for Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med was more than five years ago, in October 2019, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 restrictions and shortened seasons have made it more difficult to bring a crossover to fruition in recent years. The previous One Chicago crossover event, "Infection," featured a story that revolved around a bacteria outbreak.
As per TVLine, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med will have a crossover event later this season. The plot will reportedly be focused on a large explosion in an office building that creates chaos above and below ground for the entire city of Chicago. There is no air date yet for the crossover featuring the city-wide catastrophe that will challenge Chicago's best firefighters, police officers, doctors, and nurses as they fight to save as many lives as possible.
What This Means For One Chicago
The TV Universe Is Returning To One Of Its Greatest Strengths
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, crossover episodes in the One Chicago universe were more common and were always a rewarding culmination of the various Dick Wolf-produced procedural series. The network television universe will once again be living up to the potential of its shared universe as Chicago Fire's characters interact with Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med's characters. This is especially exciting for the new people who have been added to each respective series since 2019 and who have not yet had a chance to cross paths.
The upcoming crossover also provides more of a reason to tune into all three series in the coming months. While the crossover will undoubtedly be accessible to all viewers, having familiarity with the current storylines and characters from Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med will make it particularly satisfying. This was a benefit of when the shows crossed over in the past and is a strength that will now be rekindled in the upcoming explosive story.
Our Take On The One Chicago Crossover
It Will Hopefully Be Less Prescient Than Its Predecessor
One Chicago's upcoming crossover is one of the franchise's most exciting developments in a while that will be enormously beneficial for all three shows. The previous crossover's focus on a deadly bacterium outbreak in the city proved to be eerily prescient with the Covid-19 pandemic beginning only months later. The newest One Chicago crossover will hopefully be less prescient and just as thrilling and high-stakes as those in the past have proved to be.
Source: TVLine
