Abigail quotes from Blue Bloods

The creed of every significant relationship and organization that informed my life could be boiled down to tow the line, obey the rules.

Abigail

And don't rock the boat. You're the boss. The boss isn't supposed to rock the boat. The boss is supposed to steady the boat.

Are you asking me to boycott the parade?

I wouldn't be so bold, Commissioner.

But you would?

Abigail

All day long, Sir.

Abigail

What I knew is that you're a hard guy but not a mean or petty one, at least I thought I knew.

I hope you know.

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.

If you stop anyone on the street and ask them who the NYPD and FDNY commissioners are, what would they say?

Abigail

Frank Reagan and... I don't know.

Exactly. If I were the Commissioner of I Don't Know, I'd have a chip on my shoulder too.