The showrunner frames this as a 'bittersweet' triumph — Imani finally has closure after a 22-year search, and there's hope Shari might find rehabilitation in prison. The relationship with Voight emerges stronger than ever.
Sources close to production say the finale was deliberately designed to be as gut-punching as possible, exploring themes of Stockholm syndrome, betrayal, and whether victims can become perpetrators. Sigan admitted both interpretations of Shari's sincerity were 'true.' Ouch.
Shari slit her wrists in the finale — a suicide attempt after Voight killed her captor-husband Kirby. The episode ended with Imani discovering her sister stable but recovering from self-inflicted wounds, and an unresolved question: will Shari face trial for her friend's murder? Sigan confirmed writers' room reconvenes 'in a couple of weeks' to decide.
This was never going to be the reunion Imani dreamed about — it's darker, messier, and infinitely more devastating. And honestly? That's exactly why it worked.
The Season 13 finale of NBC's Chicago P.D. delivered one of the most emotionally gutting conclusions in the show's run, centering on Officer Eva Imani's (Arienne Mandi) long-awaited reunion with her kidnapped sister Shari — and absolutely none of it went the way anyone hoped. For 22 years, Imani has defined herself by the search for her sister, who was snatched when she was just six years old. But what she finally found wasn't closure — it was a nightmare.
Showrunner Gwen Sigan revealed to Deadline that the creative team deliberately chose 'the most heartbreaking thing' from a list of devastating possibilities: Would Shari not remember her? Betray her? Connect more deeply with her captor than her own blood?
They went with all of the above. In a sequence that's already sparking conversation online, Shari (Selin Çuhadaroğlu) appeared to warm to Imani during an emotional scene reviewing old photos and childhood toys. But Sigan refused to confirm whether any of it was genuine — or calculated manipulation.
'Both things were true,' she told Deadline. 'I think that she was at war with herself in that scene.' That's a diplomatic way of saying the audience will be debating Shari's intentions for weeks. The betrayal came swift and brutal.
Shari turned on Imani to return to Kirby, the man who kidnapped her as a child and later became her husband. Together, they attacked Imani — with Kirby goading Shari to 'take out her sister the way she had her friend.' Yes, Shari admitted to murdering that friend, the young woman Imani and Voight discovered dead by the lake earlier in the season. Voight (Jason Beghe) hunted down Kirby in the building's shadows and made sure he'd never harm anyone again.
Meanwhile, the squad arrived just in time to save Imani from her sister's murderous intentions. The episode concluded with Imani finding Shari after a suicide attempt — wrists slit, stable but recovering from self-inflicted wounds — and an agonizing conversation about whether justice will ever be served. Mandi suggested that despite everything, Voight and Imani emerge 'stronger than ever,' bound by shared instincts she described as doing 'whatever needs to be done in certain situations.' But Sigan confirmed the writers' room hasn't decided Shari's fate yet.
'Both options are on the table,' she said of a potential trial or prison storyline. 'We'll get in the room in a couple of weeks, and we'll be solving some of these questions.' Whether that future includes redemption for Shari — or justice for her victim's family — remains disturbingly unresolved.