Blue Bloods (TV Series) Pick Your Poison (2017) User Reviews

***1/2

[edwagreen · 9/10 · 18 November 2017]

The last sentence of the last scene knocked by rating from **** to ***1/2.

Mayor Lorraine is very little and she is willing to go to bat for an officer who smoked weed in Colorado, where it's apparently legal, but against NYC regulations which would give Frank no alternative but to dismiss the former hero police officer.

Plenty of prejudice is shown here where skinheads are on the loose in a predominantly African American neighborhood and one of the crew stabbed an elderly black man to death while yelling monkey and that he doesn't need a Jew lawyer defending him. Naturally, Goldman, shows up during the episode as the appointed attorney for the bigot.

Eddie arrests someone who refused to come to her aid and it turns out that he had humiliated her years before in a hazing incident gone viral. Jamie pleads with her that the guy should only get a desk appearance ticket. She complies but later on, when he is viciously attacked in his bar, and Jamie and Eddie enter, he is bleeding profusely on the floor and while he is turned around, she gave him a good solid kick probably further injuring him. Is this New York's finest? Yes, it was disgusting what he did, and even with his so called apology, what she did was totally unprofessional.

Honestly surprisingly good!

[triforcewolf · 9/10 · 30 April 2020]

Was honestly surprised that they actually talk about white supremacy and extremist nationalism and show it in a an accurate light. I also like the problem with the marijuana and dealing with outdated policies since that's a really relatable topic. It's a solid episode.

Bold Engagement With Prejudice

[tombarnhart-30491 · 10/10 · 2 April 2022]

The feelings of prejudice and revenge were dealt with honestly and the results of those feelings being carried out shown clearly. We shouldn't accept the results as just or acceptable. There is no acceptable case made here for systemic racism or street justice.

Substandard writing

[slayermom09 · 4/10 · 23 July 2018]

I enjoy this show but this ep let me down. They introduced 3 interesting and controversial subjects but the arguments were weak, lacked substance, and sounded almost childish (oh ya so's your face). The writer let pass an opportunity for some stimulating, and in my mind, important comments on these pertinent subjects and replaced it with rather dull dialogue.

Awful, predictable, childish

[katemacjoh · 1/10 · 6 April 2023]

Stereotypes galore, disappointing and maddening. This episode shows how much a writer's point of view can make the characters speak and act in a way that makes them mere puppets. Don't RUIN THIS Show!!!

First, marijuana was made light of by all of the Reagan family even granddad tried it. Second , Eddie didn't act with her usual professionalism, but instead behaved uncharacteristically vindictively toward a man who didn't deserve it. Third, Danny and his partner acted with unjustified prejudice and malicious judgments toward a group of men . They used prejudicial language without a pretext justifying it. I'm appalled at the amateurish writing of this episode!