Jamie quotes from Blue Bloods

Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Henry

So how long was Detective Gee on the job before he retired?

Danny

23, 24 years.

Henry

Then he goes civilian and then he comes back?

Danny

You know. You miss the rush.

Eddie

Oh, I so don't get that.

Danny

Why?

Eddie

You're a pro athlete, sure.

Jamie

Or you're a geezer rock band going on a farewell tour.

Jamie

Matadors? A lot of them start their so-called final appearances in their 30s, keep going till they're 50.

Eddie

But that's the same thing! The rush of the crowd. Cops, we don't get a rush of the crowd. We get a crowd screaming "Get the hell outta here!"

Maybe it's the satisfaction of service. Some of us find a nugget most days.

Eddie

Well, I guess there's that.

Yeah. You don't think that's possible?

Eddie

No, I'm sure it's possible.

Nicky

What's the thing you say to me all the time? Something, something, a day in your life

Erin

Find something you love to do...

Nicky

And you'll never work a day in your life. -

There you go.

Eddie

Uh-huh.

Sean

I think I'm with Eddie on this one. I mean, there are a lot of things that I really love to do, and they don't really pay.

Danny

Not true. They're paying knuckleheads on ESPN right now for skateboarding and playing video games.

Henry

So there's hope for you yet.

Sean

Ha, ha.

Eddie

I just mean it feels like a very long time since I had an outcome that felt like voilà.

Jamie

What, like, rescuing a cat from a tree type thing?

Or reuniting a scared little kid with his family?

Eddie

Well yeah.

Well, see? There's the nugget.

Jamie

Yeah, forget voilà .

Erin

We're both in a business where no one walks away all, "Yes!"

The only victories are in making it a little less terrible for somebody.

Jamie

Taking a rock out of their backpack.

Danny

And when you can truly say things could've been worse well, sometimes that's the rush.

Guy who wrote 100 Years In Solitude...

Jamie

Gabriel Garica Marquez.

Thank you. Anyway, he said that everyone has three lives: public, private, and secret. I have always thought that should be taught at the Academy. It would help police understand motive.

Jamie

Ninety nine times out of a hundred, I go by the book. I make that call to IAB.

Eddie

I know.

Jamie

The one time I didn't was when it came to you.

Eddie

I thought you were gonna tell me to step back.

Jamie

Yeah, well, I've learned that if you're on the edge of the cliff about to jump off, I can't tell you to take a step back. My best bet is to take your hand and jump with you.

Erin

Buffett was my first concert.

Eddie

You're a Parrothead?

Erin

Mm-hmm.

Sean

What's a Parrothead?

Henry

Yeah, my thought exactly.

Erin

Parrotheads are fans of Jimmy Buffett. We are a very proud breed.

Eddie

Oh! Whoa.

Danny

My first concert was Kiss at the Garden in 1983.

No, it wasn't. It was Michael Jackson. I got you the tickets.

Danny

No, actually, Dad, it was in fact Kiss at the Garden, before Michael Jackson, in 1983.

Erin

No, that's impossible. You were, like, 11.

Danny

I was actually ten.

Danny

I did. I'm sorry.

Eddie

Whoa!

Danny

No, your first concert was the Rolling Stones. Your mom and I took you.

Sean

No. My first concert was 50 Cent.

Erin

Uh... he snuck out.

Eddie

What? Whoa!

See, you reap what you sow.

Danny

Thanks, Dad.

Henry

My first concert was Old Blue Eyes at the Paramount.

Sean

There was a band called Old Blue Eyes?

Danny

God help him.

Henry

Frank Sinatra. When singers actually could sing.

There you go.

Jamie

Springsteen was my first.

Erin

The Tracks Tour. Mom made me bring you instead of Barry Iannico.

Danny

I heard Barry dumped you after that.

Erin

No, I broke up with him.

Danny

That's not what he told me.

Eddie

Black Album. Jay-Z. Madison Square Garden. I will never forget it.

Jamie

Wow.

Danny

I was there.

Eddie

No, you weren't.

Danny

I was there, at the Garden. I was there.

Henry

So was I.

Erin

All right. Dad, you're the only one who hasn't shared. What was your first concert?

Well, you're not gonna believe it. I've never been to a concert.

Danny

What?

Erin

You've never been to a concert?

Eddie

That's not possible.

Danny

Everybody's been to a concert.

Erin

That's not possible. Tell us you've never been to a concert?

Nope.

Erin

Not the Stones.

Nope.

Erin

or Elton, Zeppelin?

Nope.

Erin

Not even after you married Mom?

Well, you're mother and I preferred to make our own music.

Jamie

Oh.

Eddie

Oh! No! No.

Danny

That's smooth, Dad.

Erin

I don't want to know.

Yeah, I thought so.