Accommodates spoilers for “Blue Bloods” Season 14 Episode 8 — “Depraved Video games”
Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) is an ethical patriarch, a great man, and fairly the profitable police officer, however even his bearings can generally get crossed up. By no means is that extra of a difficulty when he has to decide on between favoring a pal over doing the fitting factor. So it goes in “Depraved Video games” when he learns the stalwart Abigail Baker (Abigail Hawk) has gone behind his again to realize a promotion for her husband, Brian (Jarid Faubel). As an alternative of asking Frank for assist, she’s united along with her co-workers Sid Gormley (Robert Clohessy) and Garrett Moore (Gregory Jbara) to push the increase by way of and assign him to work safety element for the mayor.
At first, Frank is wounded that Abigail did not consider him first. It takes questioning his closest co-workers and his daughter Erin (Bridget Moynahan) for Frank to study his intimidating toughness makes him really feel sometimes unapproachable to his pals, particularly when one thing main is on the road.
That results in Frank apologizing to Abigail — and the revelation that Abgiail’s pushing so exhausting for her husband to get the promotion as a result of they’ve hit a tough patch of their marriage. Brian’s moved out and resides together with his brother, and his stagnant profession has been a fear for each of them. Paradoxically sufficient, Frank cannot push Brian that far up the ladder — however he can get him a job with the NYPD Chief of Detectives. It will be an administrative place, however that undoubtedly makes Baker completely satisfied. Frank merely tells her Brian’s earned it. Whereas Abigail might need been reluctant to reap the benefits of her friendship with Frank, he is undoubtedly been liberal when distributing favors to household and associates earlier than.
In Blue Bloods, Frank has greased the wheels for a number of pals
Throughout Season 14 alone, Frank Reagan has achieved favors for quite a lot of family and friends members. He is gotten a automotive out of impounding for Garrett’s neighbor — resulting in the “Blue Bloods” character showing at his very first Reagan household dinner — as an illustration. Frank additionally permits the son of the person who murdered his personal son to maintain his job on the drive, admitting he is impressed by the child’s dedication to remain amongst his brothers in blue after he takes the additional step of signing up beneath an assumed identify.
However, Frank’s additionally been pressured to discover ways to say ‘no’ throughout Season 14. On this case to Tess Ross (Simone Policano), the daughter of his late finest pal Lenny Ross (Deal with Williams), whose authorized issues he can’t magic away despite their mutual grief. The tear-jerking tribute episode to the late Deal with Williams is only one instance of how a lot even an outdated salt like Frank can study when the temper strikes. That somebody as extremely competent and compassionate as Frank’s nonetheless studying the right way to be a greater officer — and a greater father — in any case this time means there’s hope for everybody.
As the favored CBS collection nears the end like, longtime followers will probably be considering studying what Tom Selleck has to say about “Blue Bloods” ending with its fourteenth season.