Blue Bloods, Season 8

Mayor Dutton:
She was clearly under the influence.

Frank:
To put it mildly.

Mayor Dutton:
Well, how would you put it?

Frank:
Officer Olivet was trying to reason with someone who had snorted enough jet fuel to win the ninth race at Belmont.

Frank:
Of all my kids, I think he's the most like me.

Henry:
When we lost Mary you checked out completely.

Frank:
I was stuck in quick sand.

Henry:
I remember.

Frank:
You know what got me out?

Henry:
Work? Purpose?

Frank:
My kids became my purpose.

Frank:
Are you asking me to boycott the parade?

Joseph:
I wouldn't be so bold, Commissioner.

Frank:
But you would?

Abigail:
All day long, Sir.

Jamie:
No matter the cause, a politician is a politician.

Eddie:
You can't deny that he's helping people.

Jamie:
I can't deny that's the soap he's selling.

Frank:
You remember civics class back in the day?

Regina:
Yeah.

Frank:
The three branches of government.

Regina:
Yeah.

Frank:
Okay. In this city, I'm judicial, you're legislative, she's executive.

Regina:
Are you actually giving me a civics lesson right now?

Frank:
Regina! We stood witness when she was sworn in! That means you and I agreed to uphold the duties of our offices under her administration. That's what I'm gonna do. I am going back to City Hall to see the Mayor to make one more push. It would be helpful if you came with me.

Regina:
Why would I do that?

Frank:
Because one day you may well be mayor, and you sure as hell gonna want people to respect your office.

Frank:
You're trying to use this to pave your way to Gracie Mansion.

Regina:
I'm backing your plan because it's a good plan. My base doesn't want this. They're probably gonna be outside my office with pitchforks and torches. None of them wants more cops.

Frank:
The smart ones would.

Regina:
The smart ones?

Frank:
You know what I mean.

Regina:
There are no smart ones. The smart ones all left. What's left is the real ones, and none of them thinks cops are heroes.

Frank:
If you think you are owed an apology, I'm sorry.

Garrett:
I never thought, “owed.”

Frank:
Well, whatever, there it is.

Garrett:
Take it or leave it.

Danny:
You ever disrespect my wife again that blade will go through your throat like a stick of butter. You got it?

Danny:
Finding myself making breakfasts and lunches and talking about emotions are things I never really had to do as a father.

David:
I can't picture you in an apron.

Danny:
I can't cook a TV dinner, but in many ways it's been the best opportunity of my life. An opportunity that I might not have taken, probably wouldn't have stepped up for if not…

Mayor Dutton:
Remember when you compared yourself to those old buildings, they're an eyesore until they get torn down and then they're beloved?

Frank:
Well, that was just a metaphor.

Mayor Dutton:
Well you know what really happens? A couple of people bitch for a couple of weeks and then life just goes on. No one is indispensable, certainly not me, but not you either.

Danny:
You were right. I've been all screwed up in the head lately and it's put me on the back foot, and I should have told you but I didn't, so I'm sorry.

Baez:
Do you want to talk about it?

Danny:
I'm pretty sure I just did talk about it.

Baez:
I guess a few drops of blood from a stone is progress.

Danny:
What's happening to us?

Erin:
Turns out we may have flaws.

Danny:
Speak for yourself.

Danny:
It's weird, but I still feel like I'm married, you know?

Faith:
I did too, for a long time.

Danny:
When does it stop, feeling like you're married?

Faith:
When you decide it's okay to start living again.

Eddie:
Did you see the look on her face? She fell in love the second she saw that baby, it was instantaneous. I just thought, some day I want to experience what that feels like.

Jamie:
Me too.

Mayor Dutton:
What's the course of action?

Frank:
A period of suspension.

Mayor Dutton:
Define period.

Frank:
A length or portion of time.

Danny:
Cause when I see a bunch of look-a-like, dress-a-like, dirt bags carrying pipes and bats and sticks and such, I see a gang.

Kyle:
We're a force for good.

Danny:
No, you're everything you claim to hate only you're too stupid to see it.

Nicky:
So, given no choice, would you put the welfare of your family above the law?

Frank:
Yes, I would.

Danny:
Thank you.

Frank:
But when the dust settled I would walk down to the local precinct and turn my self in because nobody's above the law, and without the law, nobody is safe.

Frank:
You don't get to be the arsonist and the fire fighter.

Governor:
What's that mean?

Frank:
It means you don't get a big thank you for cleaning up a mess you made.

Abigail:
What I knew is that you're a hard guy but not a mean or petty one, at least I thought I new.

Frank:
I hope you know.

Eddie:
I know you, and I know you can come up with something.

Jamie:
I'm not some kind of criminal justice magical genie.

Frank:
I've heard one side called fascist and cruel, the other called fairy tales for snowflakes. Neither is true. The middle ground has gone missing.

Erin:
How do you get it back?

Frank:
I don't know.

Erin:
How can you say I'm wasting resources?

Anthony:
Because you're looking for a guy who doesn't want to be found for his son who doesn't care about finding him. Pretty much defines wasting resources.

Anthony:
When Sophia grows up I hope she's just like you, and not because you're a hottie.

Erin:
A hottie?

Anthony:
Not because you're good looking, but because you're smart, you know what you want, and you know how to go after it. And you're a good mom because you taught Nicky to be the same way.

Erin:
Okay, so you guys want to stop sugar coating it now?

Frank:
Nobody's sugar coating it.

Erin:
Really?

Frank:
Yeah.

Erin:
Because I don't hear anyone talking about the stinkers and the jumpers, the crack addicts and the child abusers. Not to mention the anti-cop sentiment that is your thank you these days.

Nicky:
I think you're taking this personally.

Frank:
A flag just like that one draped your uncle's coffin. Yeah, it's personal.

Nicky:
I feel like such an idiot.

Frank:
Then remember that feeling and learn from it.

Principal:
This is my fault.

Danny:
It’s not your fault.

Principal:
It is my responsibility to keep my staff safe.

Danny:
There was nothing you could have done!

Principal:
Then why am I here?

Danny:
I don’t envy you, dealing with that crew every day.

Teacher:
They grow on you.

Danny:
Yeah, like a tumor. You think any of them are gonna come forward?

Teacher:
I’d be very surprised. They don’t trust cops.

Danny:
We got that.

Teacher:
To be fair, the only time you guys show up is when someone gets shot or someone gets stabbed.

Danny:
Not for nothing, but that’s kind of the job description.

Teacher:
It’s not an accusation, Detective. It’s reality.

Danny:
Somehow, where the job used to seem noble, as a single parent now, it just kind of seems selfish.

Danny:
The one thing I've learned is that life is beautiful, and it's sad but sometimes it's just practical. Money counts.

Anthony:
I know him.

Erin:
You don't. Nobody knows anybody, Anthony. That's the one thing we all come to learn in this business.

Anthony:
He's a stand up guy, Erin.

Erin:
Well, he wouldn't be the first stand up guy to fall down.

Sean:
Can't we just be like a normal family and you guys just ask us about school or something?

Jack:
Or talk about the good things that happened this week?

Danny:
It's tradition.

Jamie:
Because there's almost nothing to learn from success. Failure, on the other hand, is the best teacher you'll ever have.

Erin:
Do you believe him?

Frank:
Yeah, I think I do.

Erin:
That “think” kind of waters it down.

Frank:
Erin's taking a look.

Lenny:
That's good.

Frank:
I didn't ask her to over look, just look.

Baker:
Something occurred to me today. You are the only member of this department to have presided over a line of duty death both as the commissioner and as a fallen officer's father.

Frank:
Meaning?

Baker:
That maybe you should hold off meeting with the mayor until...

Frank:
Until I'm calm. That'll be never.

Danny:
Amir's friend ID'd the shooter.

Erin:
Yeah, but DeSilva was already in the back seat of the squad car when he was identified as the shooter.

Danny:
So what?

Erin:
So identifying him while he's in the backseat of a police car already handcuffed is suggestive. There's no way I can get a conviction.

Kelly:
It gets resolved the way most disputes do. Nobody gets everything they want.

Frank:
Perps do. It's free money.

Kelly:
It's nickels on the dollar.

Frank:
They're still free nickels.

Eddie:
I'm just saying it's kind of boring.

Jamie:
Baseball is boring. Seriously?

Eddie:
Yeah, the games are like nine hours long. Nothing actually happens.

Jamie:
Baseball is a metaphor for life.

Eddie:
Yeah, and I'm not going to spend my lunch watching a bunch of grown men in pajamas…

Erin:
It's okay if you don;t like Jack. A lot of people don't, including my entire family and, for the better part of the last eight years, me. So, if you don't like him, just say you don't like him.

Anthony:
Okay, I don't like him.

Erin:
Why thank you, I left my English to Brooklyn dictionary at home.

Anthony:
Wow, you’re just a boatload of one liners today.

Frank:
I know it was like throwing pebbles but sometimes if pebbles is all you've got that's what you throw.

Sid:
They couldn't put out a joint statement saying the sky is blue.

Danny:
We having company or something kid?

Jamie:
Um...

Frank:
What's going on?

[Eddie enters the room and holds Jaime's hand]

Erin:
Oh.

Eddie:
Hey everyone!

Jack:
Hi

Henry:
Hello

Danny:
Hello

Nicky:
Hi

Frank:
Officer Janko.

Jamie:
Just "Eddie" today dad.

Eddie:
Actually not "just Eddie" today.

Jamie:
Well since this morning, the future Mrs Jameson Reagan.

Erin:
What! Get Out!

Henry:
You're kidding!

Nicky:
Oh my goodness! Congratulations!

Danny:
Way to go.

[Reagan family cheers]

Danny:
About time.

[Erin gives Danny a look]

Danny:
I didn't know anything

Frank:
Well i'll be dammed

Henry:
Francis

Frank:
Congratulations

Jamie:
Thank you

Erin:
Wow

Eddie:
Right

Danny:
Just this morning

Jaime:
Uh yeah

Danny:
Wow

Frank:
Well at least i know one wedding present you're getting. Your choice of precincts to transfer to.

Erin:
Well gee dad every bride's dream

Frank:
Hey. I'm just sayin'.

Jamie:
Actually, uh, we both really like the house that we're already in.

Frank:
Oh

Henry:
But you know that you can't work together anymore.

Jamie:
Well, that's what we thought, too, Pop.

Henry:
You thought

Eddie:
Well, assumed.

Jamie:
But I looked it up. And there's nothing in the Patrol Guide-- or any of the books, for that matter-- says married cops can't be partners on the job.

Henry:
Nowhere

Jamie:
No

Henry:
Wow

Jamie:
But I knew that you and Dad would be for that rule, even if it wasn't actually a rule.

Frank:
But the rule does make enormous sense.

Nicky:
Why?

Frank:
Well, a couple partnered together on the job can create conflicts.

Eddie:
Yes but

Frank:
But

Jamie:
Hear us out? Consider if two people willing to swear the following to each other could still be good partners on the job.

Danny:
Swear the following what?

Eddie:
Vows that we wrote to each other

Danny:
You wrote vows already? - Okay.

Jamie:
Turns out she's been working on 'em for a while, so I just

Eddie:
Turns out so has he.

Jamie:
So.

Eddie:
I will always have your back.

Jamie:
If you fall behind, I'll wait up.

Eddie:
I'll earn your respect, and pay you respect every day we have.

Jamie:
I'll be your scout, your night watchman, your cavalry.

Eddie:
Your medic, your chaplain in our army of two.

Jamie:
No retreat, no surrender.

Eddie:
No retreat, no surrender. [chuckles]

Jamie:
You can count on me.

Eddie:
And you can count on me.

Frank:
Welcome to our family, Eddie.

Eddie:
Thank you. Dad.