8.5/10681 votes#1 - Life Is Fluid
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015
A bust to bring down a heroin kingpin goes horribly awry. Olinsky reveals a dark secret from his past, and Halstead tries to get through to a spiraling Lindsay.
Director: Arthur W. Forney
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
8.1/10590 votes#2 - Natural Born Storyteller
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2015
A child abduction case hits too close to home for Dawson. Lindsay and Bunny's relationship reaches a critical impasse and Roman reveals his secret to Burgess.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Mike Weiss
8.6/10657 votes#3 - Actual Physical Violence
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2015
The team is terrorized by a gun-wielding father who is desperate to find his missing daughter. Bunny stirs up accusations of misconduct from Voight's past.
Director: Fred Berner
Writer: Eduardo Javier Canto, Ryan Maldonado
8.1/10583 votes#4 - Debts of the Past
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2015
Voight seeks revenge on the man who tried to kill him. A rumor causes a rift in Intelligence.
Director: Rohn Schmidt
Writer: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
8.2/10606 votes#5 - Climbing into Bed (1)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2015
Ruzek's job is on the line after an ill-fated undercover op.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Cole Maliska
8.0/10438 votes#6 - You Never Know Who's Who (2)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2015
The team investigates a band of rogue operatives.
Director: Lin Oeding
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
8.0/10604 votes#7 - A Dead Kid, a Notebook and a Lot of Maybes
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2015
The team investigates a Columbine-like threat at a private school. Atwater seeks out a mentor; Olinsky's marriage faces a crisis.
Director: Charlotte Brändström
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
7.8/10553 votes#8 - Forget My Name
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2015
The team discovers the mutilated body of a government official while responding to an informant's tip about an upcoming drug trade. Meanwhile, Burgess helps plan a surprise for Platt.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Mike Weiss
8.3/10572 votes#9 - Never Forget I Love You
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2015
The discovery of a headless body in Lake Michigan points to Hank's mob connections. Roman risks everything to help a grieving mother.
Director: Terry Miller
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
8.4/10680 votes#10 - Now I'm God (III)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2016
Intelligence investigates a doctor who gave his patients lethal doses of chemotherapy. Roman fights a wrongful shooting investigation. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S04E10 The Beating Heart (I) and Chicago Med S01E05 Malignant (II).
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: Holly Dale
8.4/10584 votes#11 - Knocked the Family Right Out
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2016
Intelligence hunts down a crew responsible for a rape and robbery rampage. Lindsay is abducted on an undercover operation.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Mo Masi
7.9/10557 votes#12 - Looking Out for Stateville
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/2016
Voight arranges for his former cellmate, Eddie Little, to be a CI in an effort to bring down a major cocaine supplier. Burgess makes a major move regarding her relationship with Ruzek. Roman develops a plan to help fund Platt and Mouch's wedding.
Director: Fred Berner
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
8.2/10551 votes#13 - Hit Me
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2016
Lindsay goes undercover to catch a rogue cop who targets women at casinos. Platt risks her life in a negotiation crisis.
Director: Rohn Schmidt
Writer: Cole Maliska, Mike Weiss
8.2/10676 votes#14 - The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (II)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2016
SVU joins Chicago P.D. in a manhunt for two notorious escaped serial killers. The crossover starts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S17E14 Nationwide Manhunt (I).
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Jamie Pachino
7.8/10557 votes#15 - A Night Owl
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2016
While working at a sobriety checkpoint, Burgess finds a duffel bag full of heroin in the truck of a respected college professor who claims to know nothing about how the drugs ended up there. At District, Roman expresses his desires to become a Field Training Office to Platt, and Mouse sets Halstead up with an off-duty security job working for the attractive owner of a medical marijuana clinic.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
8.4/10573 votes#16 - The Cases That Need to Be Solved
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2016
When a young boy is executed, Intelligence turn to the boy's parents for information and upon further investigation, discover the father has a criminal background and was a part of a local gang.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Matt Olmstead
8.3/10565 votes#17 - Forty-Caliber Bread Crumb
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/2016
While out on a bank run for his off-duty security job at the dispensary, Halstead and his co-workers find themselves under attack by a violent robbery crew. Meanwhile Roman, Burgess, Antonio, Halstead, Ruzek and Atwater follow-up on a lead and track down a potential suspect.
Director: Jann Turner
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
7.8/10527 votes#18 - Kasual with a K
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/2016
While responding to a call of shots fired, Voight, Antonio, Halstead and the team come across a secret battered woman's shelter and discover the owner has been wounded and a resident of the shelter has been kidnapped. Burgess and Roman go undercover to track down a man robbing people by catfishing them on a dating app. Lindsay opens up to Halstead about her past.
Director: David Rodriguez
Writer: Eduardo Javier Canto, Ryan Maldonado
8.3/10542 votes#19 - If We Were Normal
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2016
When Burgess and Lindsay respond to a call about a stabbing, the assailant turns out to be a kidnapping victim escaping her captor; Ruzek accuses Roman of having feelings for Burgess.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Mo Masi
8.2/10546 votes#20 - In a Duffel Bag
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2016
Responding to a call about a suspicious duffel bag at the Chicago Lakefront, Voight is horrified to discover that the bag contains the frigid and unmoving body of a newborn baby. Meanwhile, Voight is surprised to hear that his son is in town and Burgess and Roman grow closer.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Jamie Pachino
8.7/10719 votes#21 - Justice
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2016
Burgess gives chase after Roman is wounded by a hooded perp who opened fire on their patrol car and shoots who she thinks is the suspect, but no gun is found at the scene—and the person she shot is a 17-year-old honor student.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Matt Olmstead, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
8.0/10536 votes#22 - She's Got Us
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2016
Lindsay and Halstead respond to a shots fired call and discover one survivor: a young girl. Antonio and Olinsky investigate a "self help" group. Platt makes the case to Crowley for why Burgess and Roman should remain partners.
Director: Lin Oeding
Writer: Mike Weiss
9.1/10790 votes#23 - Start Digging
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/25/2016
In the Season 3 finale, the team investigates the murder of a single mom who was in contact with Voight's now-reformed son, who was himself brutally assaulted. Meanwhile, Roman makes a major decision and Crowley plans to make changes within the unit.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Craig Gore, Tim Walsh
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Network:NBC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Life Is Fluid" is the best rated episode of "Chicago P.D." season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 681 votes. Directed by Arthur W. Forney and written by Craig Gore, Tim Walsh, it aired on 9/30/2015. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Natural Born Storyteller".