Welcome back, everyone! Season seven of Blue Bloods is officially here, and based on the season premiere, it's going to be a great year. This episode was action packed so let's get started.
The main focus of "The Greater Good" was Danny and the Attorney General investigating the death of Thomas Wilder. At the very beginning of the episode, we see Danny having a nightmare about shooting Wilder. He wakes up, but the nightmare isn't over yet. In the next scene, we meet the Attorney General who is giving a courtesy visit to Erin. He informs her that they have new information and aren't sure Danny acted in self-defense. He will have to testify in front of the grand jury.
When the grand jury interviews begin, they are pretty brutal to watch, especially Nicky's testimony. She doesn't want to say anything negative about her uncle, but she has to tell the truth. The Attorney General asks what she heard Danny tell Thomas. "If they meet again only one of the them was going to walk away alive. And that someone wasn't going to be Wilder," she tells the jury.
The time comes for Danny to give his testimony to the grand jury, and Robert is not kind to him, to say the least. But Danny is able to give his side of the story by reinacting the night of Wilder's murder. Wilder wouldn't show his hands and he wouldn't confirm if he had a weapon or not. When Wilder pulled his hands out from behind his back, Danny just reacted. His instinct was to fire his gun.
Reliving Thomas Wilder's murder was intense, and I'm completely on Danny's side on this one. Wilder murdered 22 women, and Danny had no idea Wilder didn't have a weapon. In my opinion he did act in self-defense, and I'm glad the jury saw it that way, too.
Luckily Danny had more to do this week than just be the Attorney General's target. He and Baez investigate a shooting that took place at a restaurant that has ties to the mob. The victim, John Marino, was paying the mob insurance money every month, and he wanted to stop paying. Originally everyone at the restaurant said they were in the bathroom, but Danny and Baez find a recording of the shooting that shows that Charlie was on the floor and saw the whole thing. It turns out that Charlie was the target of the shooter, Sava, because he saw Sava chop off Marino's finger. Sava kidnaps Charlie and traps him in a barrel, but Danny finds him and rescues him just in time.
Elsewhere, Jamie and Eddie are busy dealing with a drunk driving incident. A mother and daughter are hit, and originally Congressman Anderson admits to being the driver, but he refuses to take a breathalyzer and demands medical attention. At the hospital his blood test confirmed he was drinking. But then he said he wasn't drinking- the other man in the car was. Anderson said that there was no way they could prove it, but he was wrong. Eddie and Jamie find his DNA on the driver's side airbag, and interrupt one of his speeches to arrest him. I liked this storyline, and I wish that we had gotten to see more. I would have loved to see how the family was doing after the accident and the arrest. I like Danny, but sometimes I think Blue Bloods doesn't spend enough time on Jamie or Erin.
The final storyline of "The Greater Good" was about Frank and the family of an old friend. Grace (Lori Loughlin) is in town to attend a ceremony to honor her late husband, a police officer. Her son, Louis, is with her, and he's currently in the police academy. Grace wants Frank to find someone way to fail or kick her son out because she doesn't want him to become a cop; she's scared he'll end up like his father. Frank talks to Louis and asks him why he wants to be a cop.
"My father used to tell me stories from the time I could walk about being on patrol. I thought even back then 'that's not a job. That's a mission'."
Louis also said that after his father died, Frank was his biggest role model and had more integrity than anyone he knew. He was going to be a police officer. Frank tells Grace what Louis said, and he cannot fail him at the academy. Grace is not pleased and tells Frank to go to hell. While I understand Grace's concerns, I'm glad Frank listened to what Louis wanted, and stood up for him to his mother.
I noticed in this episode that the Reagans spent quite a bit of time discussing becoming cops. At the weekly family dinner Frank tells his family that being a cop is a choice, not a birthright. Danny brings the topic up again at the end of the episode when the two are visiting Joe's grave. Danny asks his father if he ever regretted becoming a cop.
"I've regretted decisions I've made. Never my decision to become a cop."
I enjoyed this episode overall, but I'm glad the Thomas Wilder case is wrapped up. I'm ready to move on. As mentioned earlier, I hope we get to see more of Erin and Jamie next week. I also get the feeling that there may be more drama than ever this season.
What did you think about "The Greater Good"? Are you glad the Reagans are back for another season? Are you glad the Wilder case is over? Sound off in the comments section!
