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The Chicago Code

★ 7.7 9K votes 2011–2011 1 season · 13 episodes Canceled FOX
Big city lifeThe metropolis itself as a character.This show: 7/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 7/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jason ClarkeJennifer BealsMatt LauriaDevin KelleyTodd WilliamsBilly Lush
Written by
Shawn Ryan
Starring
Jason ClarkeJennifer BealsMatt LauriaDevin KelleyTodd WilliamsBilly Lush
Written by
Shawn Ryan
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"A cop-versus-city-hall fight cut short too soon"

A newly appointed Chicago police superintendent teams up with her former partner to take down a powerful, corrupt alderman who has spent decades untouchable. The show mixes case-of-the-week policing with a slow-building corruption conspiracy that threads through the whole season. It moves fast, has a strong sense of place, and leans on sharp lead performances to sell both the procedural beats and the bigger political stakes. It never feels padded, but it also never gets to finish what it starts, which colors the whole watch.

Watch it for

the tense season-long showdown between a reform-minded cop and an entrenched, charismatic corrupt politician.

Maybe skip if

you dislike getting invested in a serialized arc that was cancelled before any real resolution.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12011
7.82K139h 32m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.7
22945 min
▶2Hog Butcher7.6
15644 min
▶3Gillis, Chase & Baby Face7.6
13144 min
▶4Cabrini Green7.5
13143 min
▶5O'Leary's Cow7.8
12144 min
▶6The Gold Coin Kid7.6
12444 min
▶7Black Hand and the Shotgun Man7.5
12944 min
▶8Wild Onions8.1
11244 min
▶9St. Valentine's Day Massacre8.1
10244 min
▶10Bathhouse & Hinky Dink8.1
9944 min
▶11Black Sox7.5
9644 min
▶12Greylord & Gambat8.5
10944 min
▶13Mike Royko's Revenge8.4
12244 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jason Clarke Jarek Wysocki
Jennifer Beals Teresa Colvin
Matt Lauria Caleb Evers
Devin Kelley Vonda Wysocki
Todd Williams Isaac Joiner
Billy Lush Liam Hennessey
Delroy Lindo Alderman Ronin Gibbons
Phillip Edward Van Lear Ellis Hicks
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams Lilly Beauchamp
Warren Kole Ray Bidwell

Crew

Shawn Ryan

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