Blue Bloods (TV Series) My Brother's Keeper (2019) User Reviews

The Reagan Civil War

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 22 June 2019]

Like the American Civil War is often described as brother against brother the Reagan police officers are at each other's throats in this Blue Blood story.

Donnie Wahlberg hears a call about a hostage situation a block away and as it happens the sergeant in charge is Will Estes. Sergeant Estes follows the protocol to contain the scene and wait for the hostage negotiating team. But as fans of the series know Wahlbeg isn't one for necessarily following the rules. He pulls a Clint Eastwood like move and takes out the hostage taker. But Estes who is all about rules writes him up and that ignites brother against brother. It spills over into the family Sunday dinner.

Bridget Moynahan gets herself snagged doing a favor for her daughter about a male friend of her's in a jackpot. And Tom Selleck deals with a cop who with his partner was in a shootout with two drug dealers when one of his bullets went through an apartment window and killed a little girl.

But the Reagan brother feud was best. One guess as to who settles things.

If their names aren't Reagan, would these conflicts exist?

[tsang6482 · 9 March 2021]

I thought Kelly Petersen made the line of the episode. She believes (to paraphrase) the Reagans believe the conflicts of their work life won't spill over into their family life. The conflict between Jamie and Danny is why work conflict between family is often personal: you expect (or demand) a certain amount of respect from your family or relatives.

I also think Frank's role as a father to be disappointing in this episode. He told his granddaughter that he can't get involved to settle a disagreement between his sons. If all it took was one statement from Henry to settle, then Frank would have been the more ideal person to do it, as the father of the two conflicted parties (as well as their boss).