Frank quotes from Blue Bloods

Erin

Do you believe him?

Yeah, I think I do.

Erin

That “think” kind of waters it down.

Erin's taking a look.

That's good.

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

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.

Meaning?

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

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

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

Perps do. It's free money.

It's nickels on the dollar.

They're still free nickels.

Danny

We having company or something kid?

Jamie

Um...

What's going on?

Erin

Oh.

Eddie

Hey everyone!

Hi

Henry

Hello

Danny

Hello

Nicky

Hi

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.

Danny

About time.

Danny

I didn't know anything

Well I'll be dammed

Henry

Francis

Congratulations

Jamie

Thank you

Erin

Wow

Eddie

Right

Danny

Just this morning

Uh yeah

Danny

Wow

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

Hey. I'm just sayin'.

Jamie

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

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.

But the rule does make enormous sense.

Nicky

Why?

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

Eddie

Yes but

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.

Welcome to our family, Eddie.

Eddie

Thank you. Dad.

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.

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.

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.

Not the same thing, Abigail.

Abigail

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

And what do you think?

Erin

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

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

Erin

You mean the District Attorney?

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.

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.

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.

Watch it, Sid.

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

How come you just stood by and said nothing?

It all happened so fast.

Saying get out would be faster.

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

Thank you sir. Proud to wear it.