The first season of NBC's new TV show "Chicago P.D." premiered on January 8th, 2014 and they already gave the audience shocking surprises to reel them in. Detective Julia Willhite, or Jules, (played by Melissa Sagemiller) was introduced in the "Chicago Fire" crossover episode "Let Her Go" and seemed like she would be a main cast member throughout Chicago P.D. since the character's prominence was not too far behind Sergeant Voight and Antonio Dawson.
Unfortunately, that was not the case as she would eventually get killed at the end of the first episode of Chicago P.D. Even though I have seen news articles beforehand regarding the announcement that Sagemiller would no longer be part of the show, I did not think that her character would die so soon. I hoped that she would move on to work in some other city in another police department. If not that, then maybe she would die in the middle of the season.
I was utterly shocked and irritated at the way Jules was killed. Sure, it was a sad moment, but it could have been handled much better. In the scene where the Intelligence Unit arrives at the apartment complex, Voight tells his team to pull back. Jules stands right in front of the door, looks back at Antonio, and gets shot by the enemy through the door.
It would have been better if the two detectives got into a gunfight with the bad guys and there was no way for the other team members to help them in time. Jules would then take out one of the enemies, but gets shot from behind by the notorious Pulpul. Immediately after, Pulpul and his men leave the apartment and this would lead to the chase scene. I feel that this is much more dramatic and adds more fuel to the Intelligence Unit's drive to avenge Jules' death whereas in the original scene Jules did not get any action at all. She was a significant character despite being in only two episodes and should therefore have an epic send-off...especially when it is used to propel the story forward with the team grieving over her.
Hopefully, other important characters' final scenes in the future are not so simple. As for Melissa Sagemiller, maybe she could return to portray Jules in flashback scenes. That wouldn't be such a bad idea and is great for developing Sophia Bush's character, Erin Lindsay, since they were shown to be good friends. Erin was also the one to break the news of Jules' death to Jules' husband. We will miss you dearly detective.
Posted by: Trent Landers
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