The Reagans are normally a tight-knit household, however their armor had some cracks.
Everybody was preserving secrets and techniques, and Frank discovered that his excessive requirements intimidated everybody he thought he was shut with.
Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 8 supplied some compelling storylines, however Frank’s damage emotions had been the weakest.
Frank’s conflicts with the Dream Crew normally contain substantial disagreements associated to coverage. Frank normally desires to observe his values, whereas Garrett worries about optics. Sid desires to face up for whichever cop is on the new seat, even when Frank thinks the cop is flawed.
Frank’s drawback was private this time regardless of his disguising it as a coverage situation associated as to if the workplace lets buddies and kinfolk use their connection to their benefit.
Frank’s emotions had been damage that Abigail did not really feel comfy asking him about her husband’s potential new job or her marital issues.
Frank: Why did not Abigail inform me?
Garrett: Come on. That is Abigail’s marriage and also you’re you.
Abigail normally units Frank straight when he crosses the road from a person of precept to a grumpy curmudgeon, so it appears odd that she is so intimidated by him.
Positive, Brian’s job was a extra private situation to her than many of the conflicts in Frank’s workplace, however she appeared extra inclined to face as much as Frank if she thought he was being unfair.
That is exactly what she did when he known as her on her habits, so why not skip the theatrics and have that dialog from the beginning?
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Frank Acquired an Earful From All people
Frank did not debate the coverage situation together with his workforce as a result of there was no coverage situation. That was a entrance for making an attempt to grasp why Abigail would not come to him within the first place.
It needed to be upsetting for Frank, who most likely thinks of himself as an approachable, honest boss, to be taught that everybody noticed him as intimidating and too set in his methods to supply Abigail any compassion about her marital state of affairs.
Erin’s feedback had been probably the most fascinating. Not solely did she supply perception into what it was prefer to develop up with Frank Reagan as a father, however she additionally urged that Frank’s integrity and refusal to compromise his values made him an intimidating determine.
That is unhappy. The world wants extra folks like Frank who’re keen to face up for what they imagine in. If persons are intimidated, it is as a result of they’ve purchased into the concept doing what you suppose is true is just too scary and polarizing and that you should hand over your values to get alongside on the earth.
That is on them, not on Frank. However Abigail appears fairly robust herself.
Generally, she’s solely there to be a receptionist, however as a rule, she confronts Frank when she thinks he is being too inflexible.
She acts in response to her values loads of instances, even risking Frank’s anger, so there isn’t any motive for her to be too intimidated to ask him what he thinks of Brian’s proposed switch.
I wasn’t clear as to what Abigail’s marital difficulties needed to do with something. Did she suppose getting Brian a greater task would assist sort things?
Abigail not telling Frank that she and Brian had been separated appeared like a distinct situation from whether or not she felt comfy asking Frank to assist Brian get a job.
We do not know whether or not this was a cut up for the sake of drama or if there was a critical motive, but when issues had deteriorated to the purpose that Brian had been dwelling elsewhere for a month, Abigail calling in a favor with Frank wasn’t prone to clear up something.
Abigail is one among my favourite minor characters so it is at all times nice to have extra of her, however the dots weren’t connecting for me throughout this story.
I additionally wasn’t a fan of her suggesting that Frank solely grew to become commissioner as a result of Henry had been since there was a corrupt man in between, and Frank fell into the job.
Jamie and Anthony Went Towards the Mob
It is at all times gleefully ironic when Anthony works mob circumstances since Steve Schrripia was on The Sopranos first. This was notably enjoyable as a result of he and Jamie had been going behind Erin’s again to work on this case.
Anthony typically finally ends up working with Danny when he does not wish to, and the 2 revert to center college habits, calling one another names and fascinating in teasing that borders on mutual bullying.
Anthony and Jamie’s partnership was far more fulfilling, even when Jamie blackmailed Anthony into working collectively.
Blue Bloods depends on non-trustworthy informants who get them into bother so typically that it is turn into a drained TV trope, however the seek for Billy was solely the secondary facet of this case.
The actual story was the aspect conversations between Jamie and Anthony.
I beloved Anthony stating that Erin wasn’t simple to speak to and Jamie admitting she was judgmental and bossy even once they had been children.
It was an fascinating parallel to Frank’s story. I at all times thought Jamie was ideally suited to be the following commissioner as a result of he and Frank are related, however Erin appeared to have inherited the intimidating gene.
Danny vs. Sam Evans Supplied Edge-of-Your-Seat Drama
Danny normally has probably the most vital storyline, and this was no exception. He took it upon himself to guard Baez from a creepy unhealthy man who had come after her as soon as earlier than—and this time, he let her kill the man.
Sam Evans was the type of psychopath who spoke softly and acted pleasant, however each phrase was rife with double that means. The man killed his mom and not using a second thought and noticed Danny as a problem — and as another person essential to Baez he might use to get to her.
There was just one drawback with this story (in addition to Danny not telling Baez what was taking place straight away!). In keeping with Erin, Sam Evans was launched two months forward of schedule.
Two months. Not two years or twenty years. Danny and Baez would have needed to cope with this just a few months later, however Danny acted like this shortened sentence was a large miscarriage of justice.
Danny and Baez Acquired Nearer
This story was basically a automobile for Danny and Baez to get nearer. Danny stayed in his automobile all evening to guard Baez, and Baez bought over being mad about it fairly rapidly.
The entire state of affairs was paying homage to Benson/Stabler on Regulation & Order; SVU through the early years, besides Baez was much more receptive to Danny defending her than Benson was when Stabler confirmed up at her home to examine on her when she was being stalked.
Baez’s ultimate feedback had been unmistakably flirty.
Prior to now, the actors concerned have been adamant that they do not need Baez and Danny to get romantic as a result of there’d be no room for them to work collectively anymore.
With Blue Bloods’ cancelation, although, all bets are off. There’s no future for the writers or actors to fret about, to allow them to wrap issues up by placing Baez and Danny collectively, and it appears like that is the place that is heading.
Eddie Tried to Do the Proper Factor, However Can McNichols Be Any Extra Unlikable?
McNichols is at all times a low level on any given episode. She’s annoying, rides Eddie too onerous, and sometimes toes the road between being a tricky boss and abusing her energy.
This new story wasn’t any higher. Whether or not McNichols knew that Stone was manipulating numbers for her profit, the very fact stays that she was courting a subordinate.
That was by no means going to finish properly, and perps had been getting charged with lesser offenses than they deserved as a result of McNichols’ boy toy wished to assist her look good.
Eddie most likely was the flawed individual to maneuver ahead with this. It wasn’t that way back that she had rats planted in her locker as a result of she investigated whether or not a sufferer’s claims {that a} cop assaulted her had been true, and this example was principally none of her enterprise.
Nonetheless, McNichols ought to have confronted penalties for inappropriate habits, and it was annoying that she did not.
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