Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 2 Review: Dropping Bombs

It’s simple to neglect that Blue Bloods is ending.

Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 2 felt like another episode of the collection. But Jamie and Joe’s battle led to Joe lastly understanding one thing, and Frank’s battle with the mayor was over the way forward for his job.

Were these child steps towards wrapping issues up earlier than the collection finale subsequent fall?

Joe Hill has at all times been an outsider as a result of he did not develop up with the Reagans, did not know his father, and wasn’t certain how he felt about them.

When he first got here onto the scene, he did not need a relationship with Frank Reagan or his uncles. He’s slowly moved towards that, however as a rule, he is a thorn in Jamie or Danny’s facet on the job.

In that sense, Joe and Jamie’s newest battle wasn’t any totally different than another Joe Hill storyline. Joe recklessly infiltrated Jamie’s hideout with out checking whether or not Jamie was there, risking Jamie’s life and the operation.

Sid: Jamie does not need something to do with Joe Hill, and Joe Hill will not again down. I gotta say, thick-headed stuborn genes run in your loved ones. No offense.
Frank: So faux it isn’t my household and repair it.

Afterward, neither of them would again down, identical to at all times. There had been solely two variations between this and another Joe Hill story: Frank stayed out of it, delegating it utterly to Sid, and Joe admitted he was grateful to be a part of the household.

It was an attractive speech, however it additionally put a cap on Joe’s storyline. He lastly has discovered his place within the Reagan household.

I hope this is not his final look! Joe seems sometimes, however it will be bizarre if he disappeared utterly proper after lastly acknowledging how a lot it means to him that the Reagans settle for him into their fold.

His confidential informant, or whoever that girl was, acquired shot whereas he was on the Sunday household dinner, so he could also be again to take care of the fallout.

I’m glad Jamie’s phrases acquired by way of to him. It needed to have been onerous for Joe to listen to that he did not know his father like his uncles. But Jamie was proper; Joe was in no place to guage any of them, together with his father, for the tragedy that befell Joe Sr.

I wasn’t fairly certain how we acquired there. Jamie informed Joe to keep away from his case, and someway, Joe accused him of not defending his father. That was random.

It labored, however it appeared prefer it got here out of nowhere.

Still, it led to an emotional confrontation at Joe’s grave, even when the battle did really feel barely contrived.

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Not wanting the burden of a liked one’s loss of life appeared to be a theme. Walker’s nosy questions throughout interrogation acquired Danny to comprehend he closes himself off from each Baez and Jackie in order that he will not get harm once more like he did when Linda died.

I hope this is not arrange in order that Danny can admit to emotions for Jackie. Their dialog about how she missed him, not this job, felt prefer it was headed in that path.

If Danny has to fall onerous for certainly one of his companions, please let it’s Baez! These two gel so nicely collectively, and he or she was the primary one Walker tauntingly talked about.

If that ever occurred, it will be a bit of bizarre that Danny and Jamie ended up with their work associate. But a weirdly coincidental romance could be higher than the break up for the sake of drama many reveals use week in and week out.

The different massive theme of the evening was speaking to your associate.

Baez was pissed that Danny did not inform her he was occurring a mission, Badillio was upset that Eddie did not hold him within the loop, and even Frank and Mayor Chase’s battle might have been prevented if both of them had talked to the opposite one somewhat than maligning their adversary within the press.

We by no means discovered what was bugging Baez since Walker confirmed up then. But I would not be stunned if it had one thing to do with Danny placing himself in peril as an alternative of letting her know what was taking place.

If Jackie hadn’t been on the station or hadn’t requested to tag alongside, Danny would have gone to satisfy Diaz himself. Her insistence on assembly proper now made me assume this was a trick.

It wasn’t; it was a rescue mission as a result of Diaz acquired kidnapped.

Still, Danny might have simply been ambushed. It did not seem to be a superb thought for him to move over alone.

Danny and Baez are in all probability a ship that may by no means sail. But Baez could also be infatuated with Danny or really feel like Jackie is a risk to greater than their working relationship.

Walker’s insistence that Danny speak about his love life and Danny’s subsequent admission that he does not need to get harm once more (even when it was partially to construct rapport with Walker) recommend that Danny will discover love once more by the tip of the collection — however might he shock us and meet somebody new?

I felt the writers had been making enjoyable of followers warring over whether or not Danny needs to be with Baez or Jackie when Walker started needling Danny about his emotions for them. Maybe they’re going to troll us additional by placing Danny with another person altogether.

Mayor Chase and Frank have formally reached frenemy territory (by the way in which, am I the one one who did not know Mayor Chase’s first title was Pete?) They acted like youngsters, blindsiding one another in interviews after which getting mad about it.

Chase’s thought appeared foolish. Does he know what Frank’s job entails? There’s no approach a committee of individuals might make efficient choices about deal with accusations towards a rogue cop or any of the opposite severe points Frank offers with each day.

The solely committee Frank wants is his Dream Team — and half the time, he does not take heed to them, both. Anything else would make his job tougher.

I did not recognize Chase saying that Frank needs to deflect blame for prime crime charges. That’s the alternative of who Frank is, and Chase ought to know that by now.

He’s at all times seen Frank as this thorn in his facet who makes life tougher. He’s by no means checked his ego sufficient to consider why Frank holds the positions he does.

He’s not fairly as unhealthy because the mayor who compelled Jack McCoy’s hand on Law & Order Season 23 Episode 5, however he is nearly as annoying. He by no means listens to something Frank says and at all times complains that Frank does not respect him sufficient.

Eddie’s case would have slot in on Law & Order: SVU.

She did the best factor. If she wasted time looking for McNichol and Badillo so she might inform them forward of time, the sufferer would have misplaced crucial minutes whereas ready for medical remedy and submitting a report.

McNichols is at all times a nuisance till she decides to secretly assist Eddie, and this episode was no exception. Even within the locker room, her angle aggravated me. Getting the sufferer assist wasn’t about what it made McNichols appear like. The girl wanted assist, and each second that handed made it much less possible she’d get it- and he or she risked dropping proof. That’s it.

Too unhealthy MicNichols by no means acquired that.