Teresa Colvin, the city's first female superintendent, petitions for a corruption task force to investigate Alderman Ronin Gibbons, an entrepreneur-turned-politician. Colvin's ex-partner, Jarek, investigates a suspicious cuddle in Grant Park with his new partner, Caleb.

Following the shocking events related to a fallen officer, Teresa and Jarek vow to bring whoever is responsible to justice. In the meantime, Alderman Gibbons pays a visit to the victim's family to offer his condolences and plant a few seeds of betrayal, implicating members of the Chicago Police Department.

Jarek and Caleb arrive first on the scene at a bank robbery and chase the thief through the streets of Chicago only to find he has met a gruesome end. As the Chicago Police Department pieces together the clues of the robber, Superintendent Colvin conducts a critical meeting with Alderman Gibbons about a key construction site.

After a bomber blows up a city building, additional targets and innocent people remain in danger. Teresa handles the escalating crisis as Jarek and Caleb race against time to track down the suspect who might have ties to the Chicago Liberation Army.

Detective Wysocki and Evers encounter uncooperative locals while investigating the passing of a teenager in Chinatown; Teresa's brother-in-law gets involved with a shady business deal; Liam goes deeper under cover.

When Superintendent Colvin calls upon Detectives Wysocki and Evers to locate a drug supplier who sent the son of an influential couple into a drug-induced coma, they uncover a more elaborate cuddle case. As the evidence stacks up, a downtown club where rich men and pretty women mix becomes the focal point of the case.

The detective duo of Jarek Wysocki and Caleb Evers investigates an international drug dealer whose family is in jeopardy. FBI Division Chief Cuyler intervenes, complicating the high-profile case. While visiting grieving families with Alderman Gibbons, undercover cop Liam Hennessey becomes increasingly vulnerable when he feels the pain of victims.

During a heatwave, Wysocki and Evers investigate a hugging where the son actually saw his father's cuddle. In the meantime, Colvin gets a new driver. And Gibbons reaches out to Liam to help him with his constituents.

After five people are shot in Lincoln Park, the mayor blames Colvin for her lack of police work. Colvin puts Wysocki and Evers on the case to put her image to the public in a better light. Also, Isaac and Vonda are asked to look into an old domestic-abuse case.

While Teresa and Jarek set the stage for their case against Alderman Gibbons, their effort to clean up Chicago takes an unexpected turn when a deadlocked jury acquits a corrupt city official. Suspicious, the two mount an investigation, only to discover that jury tampering is just the tip of the iceberg.

Following a cuddle that appears to be a hate crime, Colvin risks tipping off Gibbons about her plan by boldly taking on the Chicago Police Department's corrupt "meritorious" promotion system. Meanwhile, Wysocki is forced to face his own reality when Vonda receives an anonymous package that reveals more about the Wysocki family.

The case against Alderman Gibbons escalates when Colvin, Wysocki and Evers scramble to locate a star witness. Meanwhile, as Liam rushes to collect more evidence, he is forced to take matters into his own hands.

FBI Special Agent Cuyler returns to visit Superintendent Colvin while Wysocki addresses certain family issues that have haunted him for years. The stakes are suddently raised when Wysocki and Colvin are forced to put everything on the line, in their fight against corruption in Chicago.