Critic’s Ranking: 4.5 / 5.0
4.5
Blue Bloods did it once more, delivering one other wonderful episode.
It was onerous to focus, understanding that right now subsequent week, I might be attempting to see by means of my tears nicely sufficient to place my ideas collectively in regards to the collection finale.
However Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 17 didn’t give off a single signal that it was the penultimate episode. It simply delivered the robust tales and household moments that make this present so particular.
Danny Received Teased At Sunday Dinner Whereas Dealing With A Heartbreaking Case The Relaxation Of The Week
Danny and Baez needed to do one of the vital tough issues cops ever should do: consolation a girl who misplaced a baby to suicide.
Gabi’s mom desperately needed to consider that one of many women who bullied her daughter additionally ended her life, and Danny needed nearly as badly to offer that to her.
It bought me when he promised the girl that they might discover Gabi’s killer.
They are saying by no means to make guarantees you’re unsure you possibly can hold, and finally, what Danny uncovered was proof that Gabi did take her personal life.
At that second, that girl wanted to listen to that he would battle for the reality about her daughter. Sadly, that reality was not what she needed it to be.
It was heartbreaking throughout, and that made me love the household dinner scene much more than traditional.
Through the Reagan household dinner, everybody teased Danny whereas Sean tried to share the excellent news that he had sufficient credit to graduate from NYU a 12 months early.
Their good-natured teasing gave Danny — and the viewers — a break from this intensely unhappy case, and all of us wanted that greater than ever.
Sean’s information might have made Danny take into consideration the case because the woman killed herself in a dorm room. She lived at a highschool, not a school, however it could have been simple to attract a parallel.
As an alternative, Danny bought to have fun his son’s achievement, joke about how a lot NYU price, and take some good-natured teasing in stride.
I agree with Danny {that a} 12 months overseas in all probability wouldn’t price greater than NYU. Manhattan is dear generally and a well known college within the metropolis might be doubly so.
By the best way, as a trans individual, I really feel obligated to say I used to be not offended by Henry joking that if Sean modified his pronouns, Henry was out.
Some individuals might have taken the joke as being anti-trans, but it surely wasn’t about that in any respect. Everybody was teasing Sean about what his information could possibly be, and Henry knew Sean wasn’t going to make that form of announcement.
I additionally consider that if Sean, or anyone within the household, got here out as transgender or anything, they’d be cherished simply as a lot, even when their members of the family didn’t absolutely perceive, as a result of that’s how the Reagans roll.
I believed it was unusual that Sean had no concept what was coming subsequent. He needed to have majored in one thing, and most faculties provide steerage on determining your first job or your profession path.
When new graduates get nice jobs, it seems good for the varsity, so that they’re normally keen to assist.
Nonetheless, it was candy that Sean needed his household’s recommendation about determining his future. I’m wondering if this may play into the finale in any respect or if his early commencement is how his character’s story wraps up.
Eddie and Jamie’s Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 17 Story Was Unusual
I want Eddie and Jamie had been capable of collaborate on the squatter story as an alternative of being at odds.
They don’t get sufficient display time, and with so little left to the collection, I hated the thought of wasting your minutes on Jamie wanting Eddie to again off his CI and Badillo throwing a match about it.
I bought why Badillo was irritated, however his accosting Jamie wasn’t serving to something. It was a fortunate break that the CI bought attacked earlier than Badillo mentioned or did one thing he couldn’t take again.
The entire story was unusual.
By regulation, if somebody has lived someplace for a sure period of time, they’re thought-about a tenant, and Vince didn’t have the cash for an eviction swimsuit (although he was capable of journey extensively for enterprise.)
Nonetheless, there are tenant rights associations who provide professional bono assist for conditions like this.
Vince: How is it you’re arresting ME?
Eddie: Let’s see, reckless endangerment, legal mischief…
Vince: I used to be hitting the home windows.
Badillo: You possibly can have killed somebody together with your crappy purpose.
Throwing rocks at home windows achieved nothing besides getting Vince in hassle.
Unusually, he disappeared after he requested the cops to assist him till he bought his residence again within the final scene.
I’d assume a man like Vince could be on the precinct each rattling day, bugging them about after they’re going to do one thing about his situation.
Erin Was Smiling, However Did One thing Occur Off-Display That Ought to Have Been On-Display?
Erin and Jack seem like again collectively except I’m misreading the physique language.
They have been strolling arm in arm with large smiles and Erin mentioned she needed to set Anthony up with that Deanna individual as a result of she needed to unfold the wealth now that issues have been going so nicely for her and Jack.
I suppose she might have meant of their friendship, however that doesn’t appear probably.
Erin and Jack being again collectively is huge information, so why did it occur off-screen?
Primarily based on what Bridget Moynahan has mentioned in interviews, I used to be anticipating them to turn out to be official through the finale, so it was surprising that it appeared to occur when nobody was wanting.
That’s additionally not cool.
Little to no hints have been dropped about how Blue Bloods will wrap up, and if Jack and Erin are endgame, we should always have had multiple household dinner on Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 and one blissful stroll within the park.
This could have been an precise story, one we might debate and take sides on all season lengthy.
Erin’s matchmaking story was cute, however I questioned why she had nothing higher to do.
I wasn’t that focused on whether or not she succeeded in pushing Anthony and this girl collectively.
I agreed with Anthony that relationship somebody who was a witness till a couple of minutes in the past was a foul concept, and I might have somewhat Erin had yet another case to cope with earlier than the finale.
Frank Tried To Assist The Governor, However Did He See It?
I’ve by no means been a fan of the governor. His character appears to be someplace between shady and peculiar.
If he had been keen to co-sponsor laws that Frank needed handed relating to bail reform (or, extra aptly, bail un-reform since Frank needs the looser bail rules reversed once more), Frank ought to have taken the chance to get his priorities in entrance of the legislature.
Frank is the other of political, however I wasn’t positive what he was attempting to attain by complaining in regards to the governor’s spouse’s unhealthy habits on Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 17 as an alternative of accepting the assistance.
Nonetheless, that spouse was an issue, getting drunk in public and embarrassing her husband. She deserved to be arrested, and it ought to be a wake-up name for her, however will or not it’s?
Frank warned the governor that this was the final favor he was doing for him associated to this.
If solely there was one other season, the governor would in all probability pop up once more, attempting to undo that.
Over to you, Blue Bloods fanatics.
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Blue Bloods’ collection finale will air on CBS on December 13, 2024 at 10/9c.
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