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Dylan Oates is the main antagonist of the One Chicago crossover event involving arson and mass murder, including episodes "Deathtrap” of Chicago Fire, "Emotional Proximity” of Chicago P.D., and "Fake" of Chicago Justice.
He was a stalker who, after being rejected by a woman he was obsessed with, burnt down a building she was in to kill her, her friends, and anyone else in the building. He is not seen in Chicago Fire, but is seen in Chicago P.D. and then Chicago Justice, where he finally gets his comeuppance.
He was portrayed by Peter Coventry Smith.
Biography[]
Background[]
Dylan was an introvert who was stuck to watching social media. On Facebook, he became obsessed with Tamra Colins despite meeting her for a brief moment. Tamra was repeatably stalked by Oates, and to stop him, she faked a date. Tamra got cold feet and abandoned Dylan, which drove him to burn down the Kimball Factory to kill her and her friends.
Chicago Fire[]
After the Chicago Fire Department answered a call about the Kimball Factory fire, many people were seen running out. People are seen knocking on windows and lying on the floor. Randall Mcholland falls while helping a girl as well. When Alvin Olinsky comes on scene, he tells Chief Wallace Boden that his daughter is in there. Eventually, Lexi is taken to the hospital with severe injuries, yet still alive. The building owner is assaulted, and a riot starts. Kelly Severide then checked to see if the owner was responsible, but he instead found an item indicating it was arson. The owner of the building goes to the bathroom, and out of guilt that it was his fault, he commits suicide. Kelly then reveals to Boden that it wasn't an accident but arson.
Chicago P.D.[]
Following the ending of the Chicago Fire episode, Lexi is saved from death but still in critical condition. An arsonist named Nathan Delano, who tried to burn his family to death, is suspected, as he wasn't there for his parole officer. Lane Cromwell, the cellmate of Delano, shoots at the police with a shotgun, but he is caught and put in “the cage” by Hank Voight. Cromwell tells Voight what Delano is driving, and Delano is later shot after he tries to shoot Halstead. After reviewing the footage, Oates is seen walking away just as the bomb activates. Halstead finally reveals to Olinsky that her organs are too damaged, and moments later, he and his wife watch as she flatlines. A guy who committed several charges of racketeering and had threatened Barry Kimball is suspected of the crime and interrogated. Tamra Collins wakes up from her coma and tells Lindsay and Burgess about the perpetrator's appearance. He goes to a meeting where the dead victims are being commemorated and gets arrested when he walks into an alley. After Voight interrogates him and he doesn't answer, Olinsky tells him that Dylan had already confessed to him.
Chicago Justice[]
Dylan chooses not to get an attorney, and the judge asks him about bail, for which he says that it doesn't matter, sealing the verdict that he won't get bail. Albert Forest decides to represent Dylan and manages to get Dylan’s confession thrown out. Peter Stone is “accidentally” sent an article about the factory being a “kiddie sex den.” Tamra then testified that she saw a guy drop a paper bag on the floor and aggressively step on it. The Kimball Factory headline is brought up again, and Forest asks the courtroom if the headline drove him to burn it down. When the defense doesn't work, Dylan’s mother proclaims that Dylan was molested by her brother, Frank. The prosecutors looked more through her testimony and found out that she never blatantly said he was abused. Dylan is himself brought up to the stand so he can be cross-examined. He reveals to the jury that his mother lied and proclaims that she has no idea about his true life. Tamra is used by the prosecutors to show the jury that Dylan committed the arson out of his obsession, which starts to sway the vote. Stone eventually presses Dylan into attacking him by calling him a lonely loser with no remorse and in the end, he is found guilty of 39 murders.
External Links[]
- Dylan Oates on the Chicago Justice Wiki
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