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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