Henry quotes from Blue Bloods

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.

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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.

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!

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Henry

Donna, I don't have to report this.

DDonna

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.

DDonna

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

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AAll

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?

23, 24 years.

Henry

Then he goes civilian and then he comes back?

You know. You miss the rush.

Oh, I so don't get that.

Why?

You're a pro athlete, sure.

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

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

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.

Well, I guess there's that.

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

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

Find something you love to do...

Nicky

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

There you go.

Uh-huh.

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.

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

Henry

So there's hope for you yet.

Ha, ha.

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

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

Or reuniting a scared little kid with his family?

Well yeah.

Well, see? There's the nugget.

Yeah, forget voilà .

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.

Taking a rock out of their backpack.

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

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Henry

This is my greatest fear.

Getting mugged again?

Henry

No. A beating I can take. It's the things I can't fight back against that scare me. Like dementia.

You seem sharp as a tack to me.

Henry

Yeah, you are, 'til one day you aren't.

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Buffett was my first concert.

You're a Parrothead?

Mm-hmm.

What's a Parrothead?

Henry

Yeah, my thought exactly.

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

Oh! Whoa.

My first concert was Kiss at the Garden in 1983.

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

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

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

I was actually ten.

Frank You snuck out.

I did. I'm sorry.

Whoa!

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

No. My first concert was 50 Cent.

Uh... he snuck out.

What? Whoa!

See, you reap what you sow.

Thanks, Dad.

Henry

My first concert was Old Blue Eyes at the Paramount.

There was a band called Old Blue Eyes?

God help him.

Henry

Frank Sinatra. When singers actually could sing.

There you go.

Springsteen was my first.

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

I heard Barry dumped you after that.

No, I broke up with him.

That's not what he told me.

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

Wow.

I was there.

No, you weren't.

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

Henry

So was I.

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.

What?

You've never been to a concert?

That's not possible.

Everybody's been to a concert.

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

Nope.

Not the Stones.

Nope.

or Elton, Zeppelin?

Nope.

Not even after you married Mom?

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

Oh.

Oh! No! No.

That's smooth, Dad.

I don't want to know.

Yeah, I thought so.