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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.

COVID19 has impacted police forces everywhere, as well as the protests against police brutality. Surprised they just slid on past it, but I guess they just couldn't do a TV show with the actors wearing masks, as NYPD officers are doing today. Serial killer mysteries: He had been using that house as a base for a while. I assumed the body Danny found in the closet was the detective from Nassau. The killer had set up some kind of phone and internet blocking to prevent victims from calling out of the basement. It appeared that the older blond woman, referred to as the homeowner after they found her dead, was cooperating with the killer. She helped lure Danny and Baez into the basement and started up the loud music while the killer was at the door talking with Joe and Jamie. She lived for a while after Danny and Baez were kidnapped in the basement, and had only been killed three hours before Danny and Maria were freed. Once again, the Reagan luck holds up, and the serial killer murders the woman upstairs and takes off, without killing the two victims-in-waiting in the basement. Joe and Jamie came face to face with a serial killer. They should be with a sketch artist developing a picture for wide distribution. I also wondered why Danny didn't use his gun to shoot open the basement door, or shoot at the door when they heard the doorbell. I liked Eddie in this, I'm glad she gave Anita a break. It was a good illustration of the frustration a civilian can feel dealing with the bureaucracy, when they wouldn't do the simple checks of reversing the dad's name, checking all possible spellings, etc, for Anita -- but they would do it for Eddie, a police officer. Enjoying Nicky in San Francisco. I don't know that Danny and Baez will be/should be a couple, but Danny heard her need for a stable family, and invited her to seek some support with his family. I hope she is included in the future. Seemed like Joe was overwhelmed with envy and jealousy and dismay over what he'd missed out on by not knowing his Dad and being part of his Dad's family. At least, I'd think that would be a natural reaction. Maybe he needs time to cool down before he can try to get to know them again.

Thanks! Found it. The Pacific Crest Trail Association even did a special magazine issue for the Wild women. Now I gotta see this movie. https://wild.pcta.org/

Just watched the mini series for the first time. Came here to do some reading as I watched. Turned off the first episode when Paul showed up and no one remembered the guy Rory's been dating for two years. WTF? Almost didn't continue, but did some reading and found out he disappeared, so fast-forwarded thru that section and continued. Stupidest, lamest, meanest excuse for comedy I could imagine tossed into this show. Really did not like the Paul gag. Is the 'Wild' thing real? Some book and movie I've not heard of? Or was it made up for the show? Of course it was totally unbelievable that Lorelai would ever want to go into the woods where there are no coffee shops. She'd find a spa to 'find herself' at while being pampered. Loved Emily's blow-up at the DAR. Go Emily! But the gag about the maid's family that spoke a language they never even heard in the UN was absurd, went on way too long. Lorelai being so mean about the big portrait of Richard was so unnecessary. If Emily wants it in her house, why not? Fast forwarded thru all the surrogacy stuff, I kinda despise that 'industry.' Surely Paris could have found something better to do with her life. And Paris should have been smart enough to install those chairs that lift old people up the stairs if that was needed to keep a nanny happy. The town musical was cringe-worthy more than funny. Missed the mark on the townies, made them look blind and stupid more than funny and absurd. Gilmore Girls has always been full of quirky, kinda stupid humor, sometimes a little bit 'mean girls.' But this was not so much quirky as lame, and way too heavy on the mean for me. Rory is a troubled young woman. Why *would* anyone want to hire her? No ideas of her own, then falls asleep instantly when trying to write a story based on someone else's idea. Why would she cooperate in keeping her relationship with Logan secret? Why would she, not Logan, be upset when they were seen by Logan's dad? Why would anyone put up with being a 'side piece' for an engaged man? Rory should get her Master's, teach at Chilton and edit the Gazette, and live in Stars Hollow while raising her baby. That's the sane path the show put forth for her. Of course, we'll never know. Ending was abrupt and felt off. The four words did not add up to a satisfactory conclusion. I did laugh a few times, so worth watching, but not something I need to see again. Thanks for all the good comments here, definitely enjoying the reading!

I could understand if they replaced Erin with Tyra, but to get rid of Tom? I can't see the show surviving this move. His gentle, light-hearted humor always kept the show from being too mean, even though it's competitive. DWTS with Tom Bergeron was a great show while it lasted.