The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / See NBC's Bizarre "Chicago Crossover" Bingo Card

**Posted by RadioActive** January 29, 2025 8:42 pm

Well, this is a first for a TV network. The NBC "Chicago" shows all air on Wednesday night, and for the first time in 5 years, they're doing a crossover event between all three of them. So NBC is promoting the special multi-hours long connection by issuing a Bingo card.

Yes, a Bingo card.

It contains both true and false plot points of the show and the idea is to cross off the square when something on it actually takes place in any of the shows, getting five in a row. I've looked, but can't see that there's any prize for "winning" this thing but they put it online anyway. (My favourite square is at the bottom: "Someone says 'pneumothorax." Well, of course they do. Doesn't everyone?)

Here's a look at the promotional "card."

**Posted by mace** January 30, 2025 12:08 am

For the crossover, the shows are airing Fire, Med, PD.

**Posted by Buzzy Krumhunger** January 30, 2025 1:07 am

Needs an entry featuring “rebar empalement”.

**Posted by RadioActive** January 30, 2025 7:26 am

Or how about my favourite cliche? "Cops approach subject from a distance, yell that they're Chicago P.D., at which points the suspect takes off running, leading to a chase scene."

I can never understand why they don't get close to the guy first, depriving him of a chance to flee. Happens on almost every crime show.

**Posted by Tq345** January 30, 2025 10:32 am

RadioActive wrote:
Or how about my favourite cliche? "Cops approach subject from a distance, yell that they're Chicago P.D., at which points the suspect takes off running, leading to a chase scene."

I can never understand why they don't get close to the guy first, depriving him of a chance to flee. Happens on almost every crime show.

This is so accurate. I know it gives an opportunity for lots of action and a big chase, but it makes most TV cops look like they're not too bright.

**Posted by newsguy1** January 30, 2025 2:38 pm

Also I could never understand why the bad guy fires his gun until it runs out of ammo, then in frustration he throws the gun at the good guy and turns and runs.
Does he happen to know there is no place to buy bullets for the gun anymore?
Also in medical shows, you know a character is really in a bad way because he has a plastic tube on his nose. But the tube is never down his nose and fed into his stomach. It's always just clipped to the tip of his nose, but hey, it's a plastic tube!
Then there's the rescue show where an emt or life guard pulls a victim from the water, and starts pumping on their chest, saying, "C'mon, don't you die on me!!"
Within seconds the victim coughs up a moufful of water, splutters a bit and is then perfectly fine.

**Posted by RadioActive** January 30, 2025 2:45 pm

newsguy1 wrote:
Also I could never understand why the bad guy fires his gun until it runs out of ammo, then in frustration he throws the gun at the good guy and turns and runs.

The late comedian David Brenner had one of my favorite bits about Superman on the old 50s TV show.

"He stands there as the bad guy fires at him, letting bullet after bullet bounce off his chest. And then when the guy runs out of ammunition, in desperation he throws the gun at him. And what does Superman do? He ducks!"

Never noticed that during the time I watched the show as a kid, but he was right!

**Posted by Muffaraw Joe** January 30, 2025 8:01 pm

I watched last night and I thought it was very well done, the "Chicago" franchise is brilliant. I love the story lines, the characters and the roles they play. If there is a drawback some of the relationship development can be a bit melodramatic...

I what I enjoyed last night was the effects, the subway scene, the road exploding, the story lines from beginning to end and how all three shows meshed well and they intertwined so nicely...

Call me biased, as far as my appreciation for last night's epic 3 hour show, that went from Fire, to Med, to PD, seamlessly.

If you are wondering Fire and PD are 2 of my favourite shows, and I do like Chicago Med, however it would be a bit down on my go to list and I don't watch a lot of TV.

As far as the discussion about when cops shoot and miss and the bad guys get away, last night's show didn't veer to far from that story line, Trudy was shot twice point blank and managed to survive after bleeding out in an elevator and then undergoing surgery, heart heart stopped, they froze her body and revived her again after surgery. A bit much, but we love a good ending.

Dick Wolf, is a creative genius and the formula works. The set crew and effects team are pretty remarkable too.