From the creative mind of Shawn Ryan, who brought you the brilliant series The Shield, comes the new series The Chicago Code starring Jennifer Beals, Australian actor Jason Clarke and Matt Lauria of Friday Night Lights.
Airing on Fox, the cop drama follows a homicide team through the streets of Chicago, an area Ryan is familiar with growing up in nearby Rockford.
Enlisting the aid of fellow Illinoisan, the Smashing Pumpkins’ front-man Billy Corgan performs the title theme.
Set and shot on location in Chicago, the series is described as fast-paced centering on Jared Wysocki (Jason Clarke) a veteran of the police force and Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals) his ex-partner and the city’s first female superintendent now in charge of a 10,000-member police force.
Jarek works the streets on a crusade to clean up corruption and crime and avenge his brother's murder. Along the way, they will stop at nothing to bring down their powerful adversaries, including Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Delroy Lindo), a building-magnate-turned-politician who has ruled his ward with a velvet glove for over two decades.
Joining Jarek on the street is Caleb Evers (Matt Lauria), an eager young detective trying desperately to prove himself. Also in Jarek's charge is his niece, Vonda Wysocki (Devin Kelley), a rookie beat cop whose father - Jarek's brother - was killed in the line of duty when she was young. Jarek keeps close tabs on her and is less than thrilled with the risk-taking ways of her cocky hotshot partner, Isaac Joiner (Todd Williams). Also in the mix is low-life Liam Hennessey (Billy Lush), an Irish thug who blends in with the gritty world of local crime.
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