Blue Bloods, Season 9

Frank:
There is no way, no way, you are saying couples riding together is a good idea.

Abigail:
There’s a lot of valid reasoning in forbidding it.

Frank:
Thank you.

Abigail:
But maybe to Jamie’s side, there’s also no data or evidence, much less an actual rule. It’s just a tradition.

Frank:
Some traditions are born of common sense.

Abigail:
Yes, like Catholic priests being forbidden to marry because common sense tells us you couldn’t possibly tend the flock unless your personal life was utterly devoid of the comfort of human touch and companionship.

Frank:
Not the same thing, Abigail.

Abigail:
No, it’s not the same thing but it’s not that distant a cousin either.

Eddie:
Your Dad clearly has a problem with us riding together.

Jamie:
You can’t just cave every time you don’t agree with somebody in my family.

Eddie:
And you can’t ignore it like this is going to go away. Do you really want to hide the fact that we’re engaged from the department and fight with your Dad just to ride together?

Jamie:
I thought that’s what we both wanted.

Eddie:
I just want you.

Jamie:
I’m Sergeant Reagan. I’m the new boss. If you pay me respect, you’ll get it back with interest. If you give me grief, you won’t know what hit you. Any questions?

Danny:
Knowing my old man, he doesn’t want to waste the additional manpower on his own safety. Right?

Gormley:
Right, so don’t go blabbing about this over Sunday dinner.

Eddie:
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! I’m glad you’re all very excited but this is my wedding, ours, and we’re going to make all the decisions. The flowers, the guest list, dress, band, menu, all of it. Your job, all due respect, is to show up and have a blast. If anybody can’t live with that, I’ll send you pictures. Okay?

Frank:
This place was created in the wake of 9/11.

Garrett:
Why am I here?

Sid:
We’ve been asking ourselves the same thing.

Abigail:
Yeah, boss.

Frank:
I am getting to that. Look, I was assuming that all three of you would be in my office at the same time. You were delayed so you were deleted from the drill.

Garrett:
Yeah, I felt pretty deleted.

Frank:
You made that very clear but there wasn’t an option. No one talks of this place outside of this place. This facility was designed for only the most indispensable men and woman of the NYPD. I have come to realize that title and rank are not the only things that go into indispensable. You are. You are. You are.

Jamie:
Our vows.

Eddie:
Yeah, I don’t want them to just mean something on our wedding day. I want them to mean something today and tomorrow and every day after that.

Jamie:
I will always have your back. If you fall behind I will wait up.

Eddie:
I will 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. You can count on me.

Eddie:
You can count on me.

Frank:
What the hell’s got into you?

Sid:
Same thing that was always there. Same thing you hired me for. I stick up for our cops even when everyone else has fled the scene.

Anthony:
Since when have orders stopped you?

Erin:
Since they’ve been coming straight from the DA complete with sarcasm and not so veiled threats.

Frank:
In a few days you’re going to be gone from this place, starting out in the world on your own. Make the world your own. Take what is useful from your time with us, your years around this table, but don’t think you have to become us.

Henry:
But if you do…

Frank:
You do. If you don’t, you don’t. It’s your life, not ours. And I like to think that your Dad, and your Aunt, and your Uncle, do what they do because they were drawn to it not because they were pushed.

Jamie:
Sean’s trying to be a problem so that Jack will decide to stick around and keep his kid brother in line.

Danny:
And you know this how, Mr. Freud?

Jamie:
Because I did the same thing when you left for the Marines.

Danny:
Well, what happened? You get a B-minus on your test?

Jamie:
A-minus. It was a dark time.

Frank:
If Danny Reagan says you are too tough a cop, it’s like Keith Richards saying you have a substance abuse problem.

Henry:
I was starkly aware of how good I have it. How good we all have it having each other. I’m just feeling especially blessed.

Erin:
Pop told me I took the press conference personally. I was expecting you to act more like a protective father than the P.C.

Frank:
And what do you think?

Erin:
That my mistake was acting like a respectful daughter, letting you have the last word.

Erin:
You know how many times you and Jamie have come to me for search warrants or subpoena and you haven’t had everything to get it?

Danny:
About as many times as you’ve said no.

Frank:
How many times is that son of a bitch going to send you to take his heat?

Erin:
You mean the District Attorney?

Frank:
Yeah, if he’s going to pursue this ridiculous marijuana policy he ought to have the balls to show up himself.

Erin:
Well, in that case, the right son of a bitch is here. It’s my policy, not his.

Erin:
Every once in a while, as often as we can, there needs to be a green zone.

Nicky:
But how do you just put aside whatever…

Erin:
With a lot of effort because it’s important. Because it may just be the best tradition this family has.

Erin:
He’s thirty, Anthony.

Anthony:
Okay, how old is she?

Erin:
Twenty-two.

Anthony:
Is he a good guy? Is he nice?

Erin:
He’s thirty.

Anthony:
Does it seem like he treats her good?

Erin:
It seems like he’s thirty.

Frank:
A tit for tat response would just be like a slap on the wrist in return for a punch in the face. What are we going to do, call them names?

Jamie:
But this shock and awe, Dad, it seems like one step forward, two steps back in community relations and I’ve got mixed feelings about that.

Frank:
This is an internal affair. We keep our own council. We speak as one and only after we’ve decided where we’ve landed. You got that Lieutenant?

Sid:
Loud and clear. We let Harvey swing in the wind.

Frank:
Watch it, Sid.

Garrett:
Little piece of advice.

Sid:
No thanks.

Garrett:
When you yell, “end of story” to a group of reporters, you’re telling them right then and there that there’s more to the story.

Diner owner:
I found out who tipped them off. It was one of our grill guys. I fired him.

Frank:
How come you just stood by and said nothing?

Diner owner:
It all happened so fast.

Frank:
Saying get out would be faster.

Jamie:
Try not to grip the steering wheel like you're gonna break it in two.

Cop:
Sorry, Sergeant.

Jamie:
Don't worry. Soon this'll be second nature to you and you'll be able to focus on what's important.

Cop:
What's that?

Jamie:
Where to go to lunch.

Frank:
That uniform looks good for you. You wear it well.

Rachel:
Thank you sir. Proud to wear it.

Rachel:
Stop beating yourself up.

Frank:
I will as soon as I leave here because I will know I have done everything I could to make things right. Can you say the same thing?

Maggie:
When I brought up your wife before, I didn't know it would strike such a chord.

Danny:
Not for nothing, but everyone knows how she died. It was all over the news. You could have looked it up.

Maggie:
But I didn't. And she didn't die. She was murdered.

Danny:
I don't need your help, okay? I don't need to communicate with the dead. My wife knows how much I love her.

Maggie:
She says she loves you more.

Maggie:
You know, I find the people who don't believe in my gift are the ones who are most afraid of it.

Danny:
I'm not afraid of your gift. Like I said, I have work to do.

Maggie:
Who's Linda? Is that your wife?

Danny:
You know, you should probably go.

Maria:
Danny -

Danny:
No. You should go.

Danny:
This is just between us.

Henry:
Like hell it is! You two represent our family in public. And until now the two of you have never done anything to disgrace this family.

Jamie:
Nothing's gonna change til someone fixes this.

Henry:
All right. You made the right call, but you crossed the line. And you, you toed the line but writing him up was the wrong call. Now you two are supposed to be brothers. Act like it!

Frank:
My sons are having an argument and they need to settle it like grown-ups.

Danny:
I tried, but this one won't listen to reason.

Jamie:
I'll listen to reason when I start hearing some.

Danny:
Stop hiding behind those stripes.

Jamie:
I'm not wearing them now.

Danny:
All right, let's go outside and settle this like we used to.

Frank:
That's enough! If you two can't follow the rules of this table, both of you can leave.

Danny:
You're not going anywhere, are you?

Erin:
Nope. And when Dad calls, you promise to pick up?

Danny:
He won't call. Bet you 20 bucks.

Erin:
You're on.

Baez:
How are you holding up?

Danny:
It's not my first shoot.

Baez:
The kid was young, that's all.

Danny:
He tried to stab me!

Baez:
No one's saying it's not a clean shoot.

Danny:
Then what are we talking about?

Anthony:
First off, tell me what this crap is about you being my brother.

Leo:
Half-brother, actually.

Anthony:
Then you're only half insane.

Jamie:
What the hell, right?

Eddie:
People have pranked you before, but...

Jamie:
Who hates me this much?

Jamie:
What if it gets back that I'm investigating them? I'll lose trust, trust that i've worked hard to build.

Eddie:
You want them to trust that you'll always look the other way? Is that the message you want to send?

Frank:
You know how I know I'm still an optimist?

Lenny:
No, how?

Frank:
When I hear you're back in town, I don't go 'Oh no. What does he want?' I go 'Oh good. Lenny's back.'

Danny:
What exactly do you do all day?

Sloane:
Exactly what it looks like I do. I sit here and check and recheck forms all day.

Jamie:
You're about to become the daughter-in-law of the PC and the former PC. You're just going to have to accept that some people are going to try to use you.

Eddie:
For what? To win a softball game?

Anthony:
You both need to change the playbook.

Erin:
What does that mean?

Anthony:
You always dig your heels in and won't listen to anyone and think you're always right. And you. I know why this case got under your skin but you can't come in here guns blazing and with no respect for the DA's office or the position Erin's in. Neither of you listens to the others. So what the two of you need to do is talk it out and you'll see that you're both wrong.

Anthony:
You were way out of line with your sister.

Jamie:
You were out of line now.

Anthony:
You think your sister wanted to let a murderer walk any more than you did?

Jamie:
Don't come into my precinct and school me on my sister.

Anthony:
What did you call me?

Danny:
A square badge.

Anthony:
You saying I'm not a real cop?

Danny:
You said it, not me.

Anthony:
I was a cop when you was still in high school. I never once tried to pin my screw-ups on a fellow cop.

Frank:
Since when are you shilling for the governor?

Erin:
I'm not shilling.

Frank:
Well, lobbying for.

Erin:
A couple of months ago I asked him to put through a sex trafficking bill.

Frank:
Asked, or traded for?

Eddie:
It's always a scam with him.

Jamie:
Yeah, but he seemed genuine. And I've already put wheels in motion for him to get it.

Eddie:
Without telling me?

Jamie:
BEFORE telling you.

Eddie:
Is there a difference?

Jamie:
It's up to you, but my whole family's gonna be there and I thought maybe yours could be too.

Henry:
Donna, I don't have to report this.

Donna:
Yes, you do. Or I will. Alexis has been given every opportunity in life and this is what she does.

Henry:
But she's your granddaughter.

Donna:
Who belongs in jail. You take this tape and you press charges.

Maria:
Danny's having doubts.

Erin:
Doubts? Why?

Maria:
Because when we arrested her she swore up and down she's not guilty.

Erin:
Don't they all?

Maria:
That's what I said.

Erin:
What am I missing here? What's different about this one?

Danny:
I believed her, that's what.

Priest:
Are you ready?

Jamie:
Yes.

Priest:
Are you absolutely sure?

Jamie:
Why are you asking?

Priest:
Because I have only lost three marriages to divorce and I don't want any more dents in my record.

Sid:
Chain of command.

Baker:
Excuse me?

Sid:
Chain of command. I'm a lieutenant. Anything that goes to the boss has to go through me first.

Garrett:
Actually, it goes through me.

Sid:
You're a civilian.

Garrett:
Here we go again.