Chicago P.D. Season 12 Episode 13: Release date and time, what to expect, and more

After the action-packed One Chicago event, Chicago P.D. is back to its traditional episodes. The series, which has been on air since 2014, continues to amaze the audience with the story of the patrolling officers and intelligence unit of the 21st District.

The previous episode featured a gruesome case as Officer Dante Torres dealt with a trafficking ring at a juvenile detention center. The next episode, which is scheduled to premiere on February 19, 2025, will showcase another high-stakes case.

In the upcoming episode, Detective Kevin Atwater seems to be hiding a secret while a street gang war ensues in the city. Here are all the details about the release date, time, and plot of Chicago P.D. season 12 episode 13.

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The release date and time of Chicago P.D. Season 12 Episode 13

Chicago P.D. season 12 episode 13 will be aired on NBC on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 10 PM ET/PT. This means the audience will have to endure a two-week-long break to watch a new episode, as the 12th episode came out on February 5, 2025.

NBC is skipping a fresh broadcast on February 12, 2025, and will air reruns of all One Chicago shows. Episode 13 will also be available to stream on Peacock a day after its television release, i.e. on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

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What to expect from Chicago P.D. Season 12 Episode 13?

Kevin Atwater will be hiding a secret from his team in the upcoming episode, titled Street Jesus. As a gang war happens in the streets of Chicago, the 21st District team is tasked with investigating the case.

However, Atwater has his agenda this time, as he wants a community-center project to continue amid the war. The episode preview shows fellow officer, Adam Ruzek, asking Atwater if he is hiding something.

When the detective refuses to speak and seems relaxed over the death of a gang member, Ruzek warns him that he will have to tell everything to Sergeant Henry Voight. NBC has unveiled an official logline for the upcoming episode, which reads:

“A mounting street war threatens a community-center project that Atwater is trying to get off the ground.”

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What happened in the previous episode of Chicago P.D.?

In Chicago P.D. season 12, episode 12, Torres took the lead on a tough case when he found a dead teenage boy in a barn. The man the team was investigating had nothing to do with the boy, which left them wondering what happened to him.

They soon learned the boy, named Kai, had been in a juvenile detention center, the same one where Torres had spent time as a teen. Torres decided to go undercover at the detention center to find out the truth. He discovered that Kai had been hurt while he was in detention.

The guards claimed Kai just disappeared, but something did not feel right. Torres suspected Kai’s cellmate, Tommy, knew more than he was saying. During a cafeteria fight, the center went into lockdown, and Torres got trapped in a cell with another inmate.

This brought back traumatic memories from his own past, which caused him to panic. Once he calmed down, Torres talked to another inmate named Art, who admitted the guards had forced him to help cover up their crimes.

Art finally told Torres that he was running a trafficking ring inside the facility. A correctional officer named Collins was the one who hurt Kai and was also abusing other boys. Art was helping him out in exchange for his own safety. When Torres confronted Collins, the officer tried to shoot him, but Torres shot back and killed him.

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