On tonight’s episode of CBS’s Blue Bloods at 10p an officer finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The happily married cop with a 6 year old son finds herself walking down the same street as a bank is being robbed. She pulls out her gun trying to stop them, but there are more of them and they get the fatal shot in but not before she gets a bullet in one of them. After we watch her shooting we see get to see how the police force deals with her death from finding her killer to going to her funeral.
Tom Selleck is so believable and compassionate as the police commissioner who not only deals with his force trying to find her killer, but also as man who talks to her family and offers support to them during their tough time. His father and former-police commissioner Len Cariou is with Selleck when he learns the news and he knows the father of one the bank robbers and confronts him about it. Donnie Wahlberg gives his best performance yet on the show and I can totally see him winning the Emmy as the cop who will do anything to solve crime. On Blue Bloods I almost forget that he is a New Kid on the Block because the Boston native really nails playing a NY police officer. On tonight’s episode we get a lot of insight into his character Danny. Not only do the men give such persuasive performances tonight, but there is a scene where the wives of the Reagan man talk about the fear of their husbands being shot during the line of duty. Besides the Reagan women Jennifer Esposito joins the show as Danny’s partner and she is one of the only people who can keep him check.
Get your tissues ready for an episode of Blue Bloods that shows you all the reactions of how everyone from the top of the police force down the bottom deals with the news that one of their own is lost. And make sure to watch it all the way through because there is something that Danny says that really explains who he is and it is 5 words that will stay with you throughout the series.
