‘Blue Bloods’: A Reagan Is Shot, Plus What’s Going on With Erin & Jack? (RECAP)
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Blue Bloods Season 13 premiere “Keeping the Faith.”]
Blue Bloods kicks off its 13th season by putting a Reagan in the hospital — and two of his relatives are determined to make sure the person responsible is brought to justice.
A domestic violence case that Jamie (Will Estes) is working ends up being connected to the murder of one of Erin’s (Bridget Moynahan) key witnesses; she asks Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) to investigate, then it turns out the witness was Joe’s (Will Hochman) CI. The family team-up, however, takes a horrific turn. Andre (Dario Vasquez), who is the enforcer of the defendant in Erin’s case (Juan Francisco Villa’s Arturo Muñoz) and killed the witness for him, kidnaps and murders his wife.
Jamie, who’s tired of being the quiet one and not speaking his mind about a justice system that lets men like Andre, who have been arrested, out, tracks him down. When Danny and Joe join him on scene, Andre begins shooting — and Jamie steps in the path of a bullet to save them. He takes it under his vest, and Danny drives him to the hospital himself, rather than wait for an ambulance. As expected, the family — except for Frank (Tom Selleck), out with Archbishop Kearns (Stacey Keach) without their phones to get a look at how things are going in precincts and churches because Tom Hanks is ranking higher than he is in a Hudson University poll — and officers gather at the hospital.
With the bullet lodged near his spine, the doctor reveals that even if they do remove it, there is the possibility that Jamie will be paralyzed. Do they want a priest to see him? What they want is for the doc to fix him, Henry (Len Cariou) says. The surgery is a success, though they won’t know if there’s any permanent damage to his spine until he wakes up. So while they wait to be able to see him, Danny and Joe go off to find Andre.
On their way, Joe asks how he learns to let go, continue being a cop and doing his job, while moving on from his dad’s death. He does the job with Joe with him, Danny explains. He’s always in his head and heart. When they do catch up to Andre, it’s Danny who has to pull Joe off the other guy (after he lets him get a few punches in). They’re doing it by the book, Danny explains, because it’s what Jamie and Joe’s dad would do.
Then, as Eddie (Vanessa Ray) sits in the waiting room, Captain McNichols (Stephanie Kurtzuba) joins her. Earlier in the episode, she had told Jamie and Eddie that one of them had to transfer precincts because while it’s not in the rulebook, she doesn’t want a married couple in the same house. Eddie had not reacted well. As she explained to Jamie, she wants to work where he does. So, when McNichols stops by the hospital and says to let her know if she needs anything, Eddie tells here she wants her to keep her and Jamie together. She needs to be in the same house as her husband so she’s the first person to know if something bad happens to him, like it did this week, Eddie explains.
Meanwhile, Erin meets Jack (Peter Hermann) for dinner in an out-of-the-way place, and he realizes she doesn’t want speculation about her date since she’s running for D.A. Speaking of that, he has someone he wants to meet. Warren Bradford admires her and her principles and wants to support her campaign — with a $3 million contribution. That exceeds contribution limits, so he’d create a PAC to help get her elected. In exchange for what, Erin asks. Frank and honest conversation, Jack says. Not everyone has an ulterior motive.
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But what about Erin and Jack’s personal relationship? “You and I are in limbo,” she notes. “We date, we fool around, but we’re not committed to each other.” He reminds her, “I asked you to move in. You said no. I’ve been taking your lead. You made it clear you had reservations about taking the next step. That’s on you, not me.” She admits she’s still trying to figure out what she wants the narrative of her personal life to be, so they agree to continue to have their clandestine meetings that “might be kind of hot.” And they certainly are flirty when they meet at a bar near the end of the episode, once Erin knows Jamie will be OK.
Speaking of Jamie, he might want to slide under the radar and use a back exit of the hospital, but when Erin, Danny, and Eddie take him out that way, Frank’s leading NYPD officers and doctors and nurses in saluting and applauding him.
As for the family dinner to kick off Season 13 — which includes a sweet moment where Henry says “it’s a great joy” to have Jamie there — Kearns joins the Reagans for the occasion. But who’s going to say grace? Danny and Joe encourage Kearns to do it. Joe likens it to going to a Stones tribute concert and in the middle of the show, Keith and Mick walking out on stage, and Frank calls him the black sheep of the family. Danny chimes in that the rest of them are lambs, and we love these fun sides of Joe and Danny. And, unsurprisingly, during grace, Frank’s watching Jamie.
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Jamie Reagan, a NYC Police officer, is shot in the line of duty and Frank Reagan, the NYPD Commissioner, and father to Jamie is off the grid, where he is unable to be reached by anyone from OnePP nor can anyone from his immediate family contact him. Each member of the Reagan clan makes an appearance at the hospital where Jamie is being treated, oddly enough, Jamie’s own father, Frank, doesn’t show up at the hospital and isn't by his son’s side. It isn’t conceivable nor is it believable that Frank wouldn’t make an appearance at the hospital. As Frank Reagan is the head of the Reagan family dynasty, he is also the NYC Police Commissioner and let’s not forget he is Jamie’s father, the writers of the show would have certainly included Frank making an appearance at the hospital as expected for many reasons. One reason includes Frank has previously shown up at the hospital for his “men'' whenever any police officer is injured in the line of duty. Frank often times can be found sitting at the bed side of injured officer, and he always found time to talk with the members of the officer's family. Watching Keeping the Faith season 13 episode 1 feels emptier, with a poorly written story-line, and shameful performances all around. It might be difficult for you to imagine or believe that I am truly someone who has admired the Blue Blood’s director, writers, and each and every actor who has in the past given the most believable and outstanding performance on a TV drama.
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I hope they continue to explore the story of Erin & Jack...great couple!
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For someone shot near the spine, who had to undergo delicate surgery, it seems like Jamie was released from the hospital very quickly.
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Because the show is only an hour long. So with a little hollywood magic he gets out in less than 30 minutes. In reality he would have been there for more than a week.
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Now when I was in the hospital recently with heart problems, I was there for 3 weeks.
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Agreed. And when he stood up from the wheelchair to return his Dad’s salute, Jamie seemed surprisingly pain free and agile
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Ask a new mother, who's had a C-section, what she is capable of doing after surgery. 😊
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Look at it this way. You don’t really know how long Jamie was in the hospital or you can call it TV Magic 😀
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Frank Reagan (the PC) is at a police station and the desk sergeant doesn’t ask about the officer shot?? Even if the desk sergeant didn’t know the officer down was Sergeant Reagan he must have known there had been a officer down, that info would spread faster than light speed. Every other officer shooting portrayed on this show has shown support from the entire force by officers being at the hospital with the family, where was everyone? Their captain shows up hours after Jamie has admitted, where was she? The writers really screwed up on this storyline.
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Bring back Jackie as Danny love interest. The only person that the fans and Danny will be ok with
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I totally agree
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I for one is rooting for Erin and Jack to get back together. Hope Nikki and Jack are able to make a guest appearance as well.
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Not a bad episode, but a little cheesy in the fact that, of a total force of 30,000+ police officers, detectives, etc., three members of the Reagan family happen to end up on the same case.
Also, it was odd to see Danny be the 'reasonable' one on the scene, restraining Joe from roughing up the perp. What a change. 😆
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St. Patrick's
In bay ridge
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Please tell me the name of the church season 13 episode 1
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Blue Bloods is such an anachronism in this time of edgy cop shows. I know it is full of holes in logic but I watch it for its ‘50’s vibe and the comfort of seeing an old-fashioned Irish Catholic family. Scheduling it on Friday night is genius, when people want to decompress from a hectic workweek.
The one thing that intrigues me is how much this series clings to the trappings of Catholic rituals when the head honcho for so many years was Leonard Goldberg. He obviously embraced this element of the family fabric, despite his own faith.
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