They went through many mayors on the show (as well as DA's). I liked the first mayor although he didn't stick around long.

Mayor Poole eventually grew on me and was actually sad to see him leave.
Lorraine Bracco also was good, and as Poole. I eventually grew to like her and she upped and left.

The last mayor on the show, got on my nerves.

Mayor Chase (played by Dylan Walsh), i don't know what got into him. or why they wrote him like he was. But he just got on my nerves and never grew fond of him. His storylines were corny and the actor (no offense to him) over played the character in my opinion.

Whose your favorite mayor out of the 4?
Who did you dislike the most?

And you can't change my mind. He's funny and I love his relationship with Erin. I love it when he butts heads with Danny. Hands down, best character on the show

I mean why even stop the regular show to do this? It's the same show with more boring characters.

Family involved in law/legal, has Sunday dinner every week, all related, but super boring and non-believable characters reciting awful dialog. Worst is the super hot 35 year old superintendent. Um, sure. This is like Chicago PD where every character is hot. It's stupid.

And Danny has to leave his whole life in NY to watch over his adult son who is a cop? I made it episode 11 but I think I'm done.

It turns out mark snow composed the music for blue bloods and Tom sellecks cop series Jesse Stone.

I learned this when I researched the music heard in the episode called Protective Instincts, where Sean Reagan is following a guy in a white hat.

I swear it's the same music from Jesse Stone where Jesse is following or being followed by someone.

Uptight prick Jamie is such a jerk. Bringing back the salute at the desk. Ridiculous. His annoying Boy Scout actions are the worst. And a one hit wonder actor

Okay so this is going to be a hard one. Early seasons, Frank quotes an author about being a hero. I can’t remeber the quote or the episode so I’m hoping someone can help me! I tried to google but it’s just his quotes. Not the people he is quoting. Please help!

Okay, so thanks to Paramount + and my subscription, I can finally watch Season 12-14.

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

And I just finished S13:E13. I loved that the showrunners cast random kids to play the cast. Seeing a teenage Joe standing in front of the '71 Chevelle SS that would later become Jamie's was definitely an "AWW!" moment. Then to see his sons' Joe's face...nice. Little Jamie was so cute! Danny, Erin, & Jamie posing with young Joe, priceless.

So cbs is filming a new NCIS NY coming out soon but canceled Blue Bloods

The new DA Kimberly Crawford was from Atlanta. Then when they were investigating a murder she witnessed when she was 13, it was in a New York neighborhood? Plot hole!

In the first couple of seasons when Gormley was working at the precinct level as a sergeant and Danny’s boss, I liked him.

Once he became a lieutenant and started working at 1PP after a while his character began to sour on me. It’s his job to be Frank’s eyes and ears on the ground. It’s his job to advocate for and defend the rank and file. but there are times that defense comes with blinders. 9 1/2 times out of 10 he thinks cops are infallible. Even if Frank, Garrett and Abigail see the situation for what it is; Sid still has to try justify a police officer’s questionable actions that were just caught on camera.

I mean, you could just imagine a situation happening like this… a cop commits an offense that’s caught on camera in broad daylight in front of a news crew and 100 witnesses. Sid’s response is “Boss you can’t throw one of our guys to the wolves. I rode with this cop for two weeks 15 years ago, he’s a stand-up guy. Those vultures in the media are looking for any excuse they can to crucify cops.”

Admit it you read that in Sid‘s voice didn’t you?** **😂

I understand that his job, but there are times that he’ll go to bat for officers he barely knows. Admirable? Sure. Misguided? A little. You don’t know these people. They are coworkers, after hour drinking buddies but you don’t know all them as well as you probably think you do. Especially if you had only had a short period of time with them years ago.

Now I know writers just wrote the Sid Gormley character for that purpose to be the voice of the street cop. But the way they go about presenting it became a bit repetitive and predictable to me after awhile.

What are your opinions on him?

The friendship between Anthony and Erin is one of my favorite parts of the show. I would have loved an episode with him joining the family for Sunday dinner especially since he and Danny were always sparring. It would have made for great TV.

Is it me or do Erin and Danny have the same exact conversation in every other episode?

Danny: “I need a warrant for this case”
Erin: “You don’t have enough evidence”
Danny: “What do you mean? This guy is a notorious murderer and his finger prints are at the scene!!!”
Erin: “Yea but you need more evidence”
Danny: “Thanks for nothing” *storms out*

I like this recurring theme in the show, I just think it’s interesting how often they have this exact exchange. Almost like the writers copy and paste the script and substitute the details depending on the case.

Did the show ever address how Danny has a son named, Jack, and Erin’s ex-husband’s name is also Jack?
I can only imagine she was married to him by the time baby Jack was born.
Odd to name a son the name of your bother in law, in a world full of names.

I don’t know why but the Brawny Man was the first thing I thought of when I saw this ad for “Goldco”… 😂

One of my favorite TV series of all time is the Battlestar Galactica reboot on Sci-Fi channel, and one of the great episodes centered on the crew of the ship setting up a boxing ring, calling out a crew member, and you step in the ring and battle it out. The purpose being carrying on beefs between people fosters disharmony, so one way to bring back harmony within the crew is to get in the ring, duke it out, then bury the beef and exit the ring as friends again.

S6 Ep 15 was a good one overall for BlueBloods, but it started off with Garrett and Frank screaming at each other full throat. This wasn't the usual arguing and snark that they exhibit pretty much every episode -- this was something worse. Garrett was basically telling Frank to grow up and that the Mayor shouldn't have to come over and ask Frank to stay on, and Frank was acting a little pompous windbaggey by wanting the Mayor basically to come by and stroke his ego.

I've wondered why Garrett sticks around when he could probably call up an Ad Agency and make 5x what he's making, and the show had that exact issue in S5 when a buddy of Frank's came by to offer Garrett a job, and Garrett did not accept the job basically out of loyalty to Frank, but at some point, do you really want to have a screaming, unhealthy relationship with your boss?

I'd put my money on Garrett taking Frank in 3 rounds -- Garrett could be surprisingly nimble on his feet -- duck and weave, duck and weave-- and Frank might have a lot of power in his punches, but if Garrett has speedy feet, he might be hitting a lot of air.

Eddie went from being a sympathetic character when she first became Jamie's partner, but now in Season 6 she is basically throwing him under the bus whenever she can, and she is a whiny brat basically.

Jamie is the most interesting character on the show (in my view), he is always put in a tough spot either at Family Dinner time, or out on the streets, and it's too bad he's saddled with a bum for a partner in Eddie. :(

I believe in S4, Jamie through out that he wondered why he wasn't a Detective by now when Danny and Frank all made Detective at that time. Frank basically frowned/grumbled and changed the subject (hahaha).

I am hoping that Jamie will be promoted to Detective, and that can be a way for him to leave Eddie behind?

(I have not researched into any spoilers. These are my gut reactions as a newb viewer).

I’m not a fan of Baez. Her voice bothers me and I just don’t like her character very much. I loved Jackie and I’ve tried to give Baez a chance but she still hasn’t grown on me.

I hated how she was so mean to her brother in seasons 4 and 5 and then wept over him when he was killed. Like where was all of this when he was still living? Earlier in the episode, he told her he’s gotten his life together and he even agreed to help her and Danny in their investigation. Despite all that, she still had an attitude with him, calling him a junkie and treating him like garbage.
That was the nail in the coffin that made me stop even trying to like her.