The cancellation of Blue Bloods is the worst television news in a long time, even though I know I say it all the time.
We are currently over halfway through the last set of episodes.
Everything that made me fall in love with Blue Bloods was present in Episode 15 of Season 14. After December 13, I’m not sure what I’ll do with my Friday nights.
Joe Just Had To Be Joe On Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15
I’m still hoping that Joe Hill will end the series by becoming a fully accepted member of the Reagan family.
To me, closure about his father’s death means the entire family embraces Joe and vice versa.
I’m not sure that will happen now, though.
Danny’s statement that Joe was an excellent investigator was a positive start, but Joe continued to perform the same obnoxious thing that irritates his uncles every time he works with him, which frequently affects their personal relationship.
Compared to Frank or Erin, Joe’s stubbornness irritates me much more. Even if working the case his way will result in someone being killed, he always feels compelled to do it that way.
While Danny was present, he was not following his instructions. Sheesh.
That’s why it’s taken me so long to get to know Joe.
Maybe if he’d been part of Blue Bloods from the beginning, I would shrug it off as Joe being Joe, but as is, he comes across as disrespectful, hotheaded, and annoying.
He was less so than usual this time, though, so maybe there’s hope for him yet, especially since Danny seems to have gained respect for Joe.
Erin: Want to lend a hand?
Danny: I will. Right after a drink.
Henry: You still worked up about working with Joe?
Danny: I’m not worked up. He’s a great detective, smart kid. It’s just he seems more into making the collar and not so much into the people involved.
Additionally, Joe did save Danny’s life during the climactic scene. I will never understand why the ten million police procedurals on TV insist on having cops go into situations without proper backup, but Joe’s shooting the bad guy who was trying to kill Danny has to count for something!
I wonder why Joe wasn’t at the Reagan family dinner, though. He’s appeared at the last few, but his absence this time allowed Danny and Erin to talk about Danny working with him.
I would have loved for Baez to have been a part of this plot in Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15, even if Joe’s collaboration with Danny was crucial.
Generally speaking, I always want more Baez, but in this instance, it might have been reasonable to include her.
It could have been easier to solve this issue if she had been able to assist anyone who spoke only Spanish and perhaps provide some insight into the culture of the compañeros.
Erin’s Case Demonstrated Why She Should Have Run For DA After All
Crawford was beyond annoying.
I understand that she has cases to close and is the boss. I also understand that she resents Erin’s relationship with the Reagans.
Additionally, her snide remarks pointed to one thing: she’s focused only on raw numbers and doesn’t get why anyone would bother to care about the human beings involved in the cases they close.
Erin is an ADA because she wants to get justice for victims, not merely so she can brag about how many cases she’s closed.
I was irritated by Crawford’s belief that Erin shouldn’t give a damn about Del because she isn’t a social worker.
The fact that she went to see him in the hospital after he put his life in danger and pretended to believe he was a hero the entire time only made matters worse. GET OUT.
There should be more Erins and less Crawfords in New York City.
I sincerely hope that this will be her final appearance. I don’t want to waste any more airtime on her when there are just three episodes left.
A New Recruit Was Fired For Saving a Life On Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15
Even Crawford didn’t make me as angry as the way new recruit Jaylen was treated.
He charged at a robber who was holding a woman hostage, saving her life as well as Eddie and Badillo’s lives, only to be kicked out of the academy because non-graduates aren’t supposed to get involved in life-threatening situations.
In what world does that make sense?
I understand that recruits should not enter dangerous situations because they are not yet equipped to handle them.
However, in this case, the guy saved someone’s life and the situation likely would have ended badly if he had not.
Jamie was willing to send Eddie to the hospital so they both could think about how to handle the report (though he ended up submitting it early). Why not say in the report that Jaylen was acting as a bystander, not in any professional capacity?
Problem solved. As Eddie pointed out, if Jaylen were a private citizen, he’d be hailed as a hero.
Jaylen’s termination was probably more because the idiot husband sued than anything else.
Jamie found evidence that the entire lawsuit was bogus and that the woman Jaylen helped had ruptured her ACL months prior, making that doubly unjust.
Although it’s fantastic that he can continue to practice in Nassau—I suppose it doesn’t count as being out of residency—the appreciation he received for saving a life shouldn’t have been accompanied by a pointless lawsuit and the loss of his academy job.
Although I detested the argument between Jamie and Eddie, Eddie was correct. Jamie ought to have spoken with her before filing the report.
Jamie can occasionally be too direct for his own good. That’s how he learns from Frank.
No, Sid Isn’t Leaving, But Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15 Made It Seem Like He Was
Frank struggled with what to do when he learned Sid was living 80 miles away when cops were supposed to live in New York City. When he confronted Sid about it, Sid admitted he was ready to retire.
That seemed like an answer to what will happen to one of the characters when we get to the finale in a few weeks, but then Frank decided to unofficially allow cops to live where they wanted.
While the residency debate was interesting, I was irritated by the Sid situation.
It could have been solved easily if Sid had spoken to Frank about what was going on in the first place.
Frank tries to do what’s right and sometimes can adhere too rigidly to the rules.
However, does ANYONE think that if Sid had come to him and told him that his mother was dying and he needed to be upstate with her, Frank would have responded by firing him for not staying in the city?
Of course not. It would have ended the same way it did, with Frank agreeing to look the other way on this, only without the extra drama that took up a third of Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15.
It’s not surprising that Frank would make an exception without admitting that’s what he was doing.
People often mistake Frank living by his own moral code for being so rigidly rule-bound that empathy and humanity go out the window.
But that’s a misunderstanding.
Frank lives by HIS values, and most of the time, those values include following the rules. Sometimes, though, his value system requires him to put a bigger cause ahead of the letter of the law, and that’s what happened here.
As for the residency requirement itself, I agree with Frank and Jamie that cops ought to live in the neighborhoods they patrol.
I think that at least some of the tension between police and citizens comes from cops who live elsewhere and whose only interactions with citizens are when they are pulling them over or arresting them.
When police officers reside in a town, they become neighbors as well as law enforcement officials, and as they and the locals grow to know one another, both parties recognize the humanity in one another.
Furthermore, neither Garrett’s criticism about the appearance of Frank living in a large home while the rank-and-file struggle to make ends meet nor Eddie’s remarks about living paycheck to paycheck point to an issue with NYPD policy.
There is an issue with the high cost of living in New York City, and rather than waste time on ineffective policies, someone should speak with Mayor Chase about taking action.