Monday, August 28, 2017

BLUE BLOODS SEASON SEVEN: CONTINUED SUCCESS



I began watching the TV series BLUE BLOODS with the first season. I enjoyed it enough that it became part of my Friday night lineup of shows not to miss each week. It started strong and only got better with each season.

Season Seven remained strong and stuck by the format that has worked all along. The Reagan family, a family of police officers past and present, are on display here as a family in two senses of the word. The first is the real bloodline family, something that seems rare on TV today. The second is a family in blue, dedicated to the job and doing it straight up and with honor. We get glimpses of both each episode, the first always with them sitting down to Sunday dinner each week together.

This provides us with a chance for them to discuss the topic of each week’s episode, to see them represent more than one side of an issue and to find solutions that cause them all to consider the issue at hand. It’s a nice way to show the human side of being a police officer and shows those in this profession as real human beings and not the bad people that police often get called in today’s world.

Topics this year tied into a number of issues taking place in the real world. One involved an activists who has the potential of being deported. Another involved a whistle blower who had evidence of bad police. Two sides of one issue come up with a case involving diplomatic immunity while another involves cooperating with Russian operatives looking for a Russian who snuck into the country using a diplomatic visa.

There are personal issues for the family members as well to deal with. The romance between youngest son Jamie (Will Estes) and his partner Eddie (Vanessa Ra) heats up and down, leaving us still wondering what will happen. Assistant DA Erin (Bridget Moynahan) finds herself facing off against her ex-husband. Danny finds himself the target of the serial killer who escaped him last season. Detective Sid Gormley is attacked and hospitalized. And Frank (Tom Selleck) finds himself once more facing off with the Mayor (David Ramsey).

The combination of newsworthy issues and personal family items works well in this format and never seems to take one side or the other. Instead it allows the viewers to decide for themselves which is the correct path to take. In a world where most series push for one agenda or the other that’s a fresh take on things.

There is no bad acting on hand here. At the same time there is no one single person to focus on when it comes to acting either. They all do a tremendous job. Perhaps of special note should by Donnie Wahlberg as Det. Danny Reagan. In addition to his work here he’s involved with the series WAHLBERGER’S about his family’s fast food franchise as well as touring with the boy band he was with as a teen, New Kids on the Block. Even with all that going on he still brings it to the table with this series.

The only bad thing about the series is that when the season ends it leaves you wanting more. But you have to wait until the fall roll out comes along. In the meantime having each season on hand can alleviate the strain of waiting. It also allows you to pull out that last disc the week before the fall season starts to remember just where you left off. That’s just another of the wonderful things about being able to own a copy of a series, the change to prep and also to enjoy whenever you want.

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