While this means that my favorites may only get the spotlight every few episodes, I get to know all the characters and invested in the different ways they relate.
For example, there are Halstead-centric episodes and Upton-centric episodes and Burgess-centric episodes, without the show being about Halstead, Upton, or Burgess week in and week out.
The One Chicago series takes advantage of its ensemble status by switching between the characters to star in their own episodes, or at least their own arcs.
Voight is the anchor, but he doesn’t consume the series.