Thursday, March 28, 2024

Must-See ‘One Chicago’ Crossover (Watch)


*It’s Chicago Wednesday!

Tonight “Chicago Fire” kicks off at 8 p.m. ET. Followed by “Chicago Med” (9 p.m.) and concludes with “Chicago P.D.” (10p.m.).

Before the must-see “One Chicago” crossover executive producer Derek Hass and “P.D.” star LaRoyce Hawkins told journalists how it all started.

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‘One Chicago Day’ (l-r) Marlyne Barrett, Nick Gehlfuss, “Chicago Med”; Annie Ilonzeh, “Chicago Fire”; Torrey DeVitto, “Chicago Med”; Dick Wolf, Executive Producer; Kara Killmer, “Chicago Fire”; Jesse Lee Soffer,Tracy Spiridakos, “Chicago P.D.” at “One Chicago Day” at Lagunitas Brewing Company in Chicago, IL (Photo: Elizabeth Morris/NBC)

Q: Who created the crossover?

DH: [The crossover] was Dick Wolf’s idea. He said, ‘we have to do a crossover in the first five episodes’ (which we had done with the second episode the year before). And he said, ‘what if we did a biological flesh eating bacteria and a biological weapon and we do it all at a Chicago Bears game?’ In my head, I’m like, ‘oh my God! How are we going to do this?’…So all three shows start at a tailgate and then everyone realizes something weird is going on in the city.

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NBCs ‘Chicago Med’ – ‘Infection Part II’ Pictured: LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater (Photo: Liz SissonNBC)

Q: As the actors in the beloved “One Chicago” crossover, what’s it like to film the crossovers?

LH: I actually don’t even know [what’s going on] when we shoot the crossovers. It’s so disjointed by the time they put it together. The crossover starts with “Chicago Fire.” The “Fire” schedule is different from “Chicago Meds'” schedule and different from our schedule (“Chicago P.D.”). Then we’ll be shooting an episode and that episode will have nothing to do with the crossover episode, while “Fire” has started filming the crossover episode. Then we have to go over there and get into the crossover. And we won’t even know what our crossover looks like yet because we’re still shooting a “regular” episode that’s not even going to air until after the crossover. So we’re shooting stuff people aren’t going to see until after we get done shooting an episode we haven’t even seen yet! It’s pretty intense! You just come to work every day. You got to be alive! You’ve got to be ready! Head on a swivel! Get it crack!

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