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Scola, Maggie, and OA put their lives on the line, took fire, entered a bobby trapped building and one of the SWAT team was injured in the explosion, in order to bring a child to safety. Only for the FBI and DEA to give the child to a violent drug lord, to be trained into a cold blooded killer before he reaches adolescence. I can't understand why agents would continue to work for the FBI after that. It has happened on FBI Most Wanted, too -- they put their lives on the line to catch a bad guy, and at the end the CIA shows up to let them go. The DEA and their informants are just one more player in the violent, profitable drug trade. A cartel with slightly different rules, but they all agree on Rule Number One: keep the trade going forever. Never take out so many rivals that the overall trade suffers and customers drift away. No one at Isobel's workplace knows she got married. That's an unhealthy level of isolation from your own co-workers. She's trying to be a robot while at her workplace, which occupies most of her waking hours. Bizarre.

I thought this was a good episode, but.....then I thought about it a bit. Why was Anna pretending to be a kidnap victim when the FBI busted in? Should not the charade have ended when they got the code from her boyfriend? She would have then been reunited with her terrorist friends and husband, and become an armed terrorist again. When the FBI team enters the site where they believe she is being held, they shoot 2 people without waiting for them to shoot first. Then enter a room with Anna in loose restraints. Did she put them on herself when she heard the FBI bust in? Why would she let herself be captured by the FBI? It was an excellent twist when they revealed her real name with the fiance present, it just didn't make a lot of sense upon examination.

The Olympians! I liked both Ilona and Stephen. So nice, so accomplished, such hard workers. I hope they both stick around for a while. The Pommel Horse Guy can do anything, learn anything. His first dance was so high energy and fun and I expect he'll continue to give us great performances. Ilona is not a natural dancer, but I like her spirit and want her to keep dancing for a good few weeks. I hope ankle monitor shyster is gone next week. Awful from every angle.

I'm doing a binge watch of the FBI series and reading the comments here about each episode as I go along. Currently finishing up season 4. My favorite part of the show is the JOC and the tech wizards. Be still my heart for Kelly, the man who can give us Pi to 300 places. Now, my Big Question that I hope someone can help me with: what are the posts sticking out beside the computer monitors in the JOC? They look like they'll put an eye out if you lean down beside someone to look at their screen. What's that rod pointing at Hoop's chin?

Danny and Jackie hug and kiss, say good-bye -- and the serial killer is still on the loose. This is the second time they have featured a serial killer storyline, and failed to catch the killer. Me no likee. Creepy scary dude has multiple personality disorder, but not really dangerous, so release him into the wild. Thanks, doc. The show is crowded with stories, but one used to be a whodunit. Too often though, there is no chasing down of clues to solve the whodunit because there is no time for that. I would happily give up all Frank's disputes with the mayor to have more time for the whodunit. But I know Tom Selleck is the big star, so gotta give him time to sigh. And I do like Garrett, so nice to see him be the hero for once. Very clever. Erin just now noticed what it would be like to work as the DA due to one conversation with Anthony. Sure, that's plausible. Definitely a missed opportunity to include Joe at the Sunday dinner.

This show has gone on so long they are repeating stories, but seemingly with no memory of the story they told earlier. The new stories take place in a different NYPD. In Season 7 Episode 8, Personal Business, an off duty officer is with his daughter in a corner bodega when a robbery goes down. He protects his daughter rather than get involved. It makes the papers, the officer is called a coward, Frank puts him on modified duty. While operating without a gun, the sergeant then plays hero and gets himself shot. Frank feels bad, the cop's daughter gives him a tongue lashing, ep ends with Frank walking the cop's daughter to school. Rather different treatment than the officer in this episode in the diner. If I can remember this happened a few years ago, should not the characters mention it in show, too?

I don't think I like any of these people anymore. Maybe time to break up with this show. Sean, he's a good kid. Got a sense of humor. I like Sean. Frank's plots are so boring and take up so much time. Will he speak at the College of Justice? Why didn't he call Jamie to tell him the mayor will call soon? Why does it take so long for paint to dry???? Danny is a jerk. a bowling ball crashing through people's lives. Erin is so mean, forever and ever. She holds her head in her hands, sorry that she was too tough on the ADA who committed suicide, then gets up and goes and tears Joe a new one. This show has gone on so long they can't even make plausible excuses in-show why Frank is still in the commissioner's office. Is this what they call hate watching?

I instantly thought the same, and it made me a little bit sad. Lovely women go to Hollywood or New York City, are successful in TV because of their incredible good looks, then are convinced they can look 'better' with plastic surgery. They have enough money to get 'the best,' so go to any lengths to look 'the best.' But their original face was already so beautiful, uniquely them, it cannot be made better. So many dead bodies to advance the story. Erin's witness, a confidential informant, was just supposed to get herself to court. If she didn't show up, Anthony made a casual phone call. No sense of urgency that this woman was in danger and needed protection. Eddie and Jamie in the same precinct has never worked for me. Just no.

Frank was an unlikeable hardass in this episode. It's been a hard year for everyone, let the guy go quietly to his new job and make a better life for his family. Frank's not a general in World War II. Danny needs to have a boss around to keep him reined in, and the one they got for him is doing a good job. That's all I got.

After the first episode this season, I looked around to see what the producer was saying about COVID19 and masks etc, and read this interview with Kevin Wade. So I knew Joe was going to be around for a three episode arc to start this season, and now we've seen the last of him for a while. https://deadline.com/2020/12/blue-bloods-spoilers-recap-coronavirus-whoopi-goldberg-season-debut-kevin-wade-interview-police-cbs-1234649887/ I agree with Katy M: So unsatisfactory.

RIP Nick Cordero. Good to see Blue Bloods remembering him at the closing credit.

Poor Joe. Guy did nothing wrong, yet his life has been turned upside down. I was thinking the Joe arc would end with him getting a job as a police officer in Kansas or somewhere, where it would mean nothing that his grandfather was Frank Reagan. This was a much bleaker ending, with Joe left bereft. I do not approve. I'm also enjoying Danny and Jamie working together. Lucky for Erin and Anthony that up and coming gangster with the blue eyes does all his own hit jobs, no contracting out. On the street in broad daylight, no less. Bye Joe. Hope we see you again for a better ending.

Let's hope the fictional interviewers were thorough and made sure the new fictional DA has passed the bar in New York, else she'll be practicing law without a license 😉 Frank said at the dinner table that the reporter had gotten a certain birth certificate, and the press now knows who Joe is. But the earlier episode made it clear Joe did not know who his father was until his Mom told him after talking with Frank. Which implies Joe had never seen his own birth certificate, which apparently lists Joe Reagan as the father. But Joe's Mom said he had asked her a million times who his father is -- surely he checked his own birth certificate at some point. And wouldn't he have had to submit his birth certificate when applying to the academy or applying for a driver's license? So...this doesn't make too much sense. Agree that Joe's Mom is not an appealing character. She did wrong by her son, preventing him from knowing his father. There should be simmering anger at her.

The take down of the current DA came out of the blue for me. Have I missed something? It's completely unrealistic, but I'm fine with Jamie and Eddie serving as backup uniformed officers to Danny and Baez. Makes for good stories and interactions between our characters, and doesn't spread them out into too many storylines. Joe's a keeper. He runs as fast as Danny! I like Anthony. 'You get that I'm a detective, right?' The best part of this episode was Erin hiding out in his office and him finding her there. Agree with others that it is unrealistic to bring in someone from out of state to be the acting DA. Most attorneys have only passed the Bar in one state, for starters. How can she pop in and start enforcing the laws of New York as top dog from day one?

Through the miracle of modern technology, I rewatched the serial killer plotline. Yes, AnnA, you're right, it's the mom of the serial killer who was later killed. I'm still wondering though if she was cooperating, or not, in having 2 police officers locked in the basement. Maybe the timeline is unclear on this plotline, too. This plotline also suffered a bit from the need to have a Reagan or two always be the ones to save the day. Jamie goes back to the precinct and decides to look thru the victim's purse, and finds the card with the address of the serial killer, where Danny's car is parked. If Danny's boss had done the same a few hours ago, that card plus the location of the car of two missing detectives should have been enough to get a search warrant to go in and look thru the whole house, top to bottom. And catch the serial killer before he escaped. Wonder if catching this killer will be an extended arc this season.