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S1 E15Unfinished Business
We having company or something kid?
Um...
What's going on?
[Eddie enters the room and holds Jamie's hand]
Oh.
Hey everyone!
JJack
Hi
Hello
Hello
Hi
Officer Janko.
Just "Eddie" today dad.
Actually not "just Eddie" today.
Well since this morning, the future Mrs Jameson Reagan.
What! Get Out!
You're kidding!
Oh my goodness! Congratulations!
Way to go.
[Reagan family cheers]
About time.
[Erin gives Danny a look]
I didn't know anything
Well I'll be dammed
Francis
Congratulations
Thank you
Wow
Right
Just this morning
Uh yeah
Wow
Well at least I know one wedding present you're getting. Your choice of precincts to transfer to.
Well gee Dad every bride's dream
Hey. I'm just sayin'.
Actually, uh, we both really like the house that we're already in.
Oh
But you know that you can't work together anymore.
Well, that's what we thought, too, Pop.
You thought
Well, assumed.
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.
Nowhere
No
Wow
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.
Why?
Well, a couple partnered together on the job can create conflicts.
Yes but
But?
Hear us out. Consider if two people willing to swear the following to each other could still be good partners on the job.
Swear the following what?
Vows that we wrote to each other
You wrote vows already? - Okay.
Turns out she's been working on 'em for a while, so I just
Turns out so has he.
So.
I will always have your back.
If you fall behind, I'll wait up.
I'll earn your respect, and pay you respect every day we have.
I'll be your scout, your night watchman, your cavalry.
Your medic, your chaplain in our army of two.
No retreat, no surrender.
No retreat, no surrender. [chuckles]
You can count on me.
And you can count on me.
Welcome to our family, Eddie.
Thank you. Dad.
There is no way, no way, you are saying couples riding together is a good idea.
There’s a lot of valid reasoning in forbidding it.
Thank you.
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.
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.
No, it’s not the same thing but it’s not that distant a cousin either.
Your Dad clearly has a problem with us riding together.
You can’t just cave every time you don’t agree with somebody in my family.
And you can’t ignore it like this is going to go away. Do you really want to hide the fact that we’re engaged from the department and fight with your Dad just to ride together?
I thought that’s what we both wanted.
I just want you.
I’m Sergeant Reagan. I’m the new boss. If you pay me respect, you’ll get it back with interest. If you give me grief, you won’t know what hit you. Any questions?
Knowing my old man, he doesn’t want to waste the additional manpower on his own safety. Right?
Right, so don’t go blabbing about this over Sunday dinner.
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! I’m glad you’re all very excited but this is my wedding, ours, and we’re going to make all the decisions. The flowers, the guest list, dress, band, menu, all of it. Your job, all due respect, is to show up and have a blast. If anybody can’t live with that, I’ll send you pictures. Okay?
This place was created in the wake of 9/11.
Why am I here?
We’ve been asking ourselves the same thing.
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.
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?
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.
Since when have orders stopped you?
Since they’ve been coming straight from the DA complete with sarcasm and not-so-veiled threats.
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.
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.
Sean’s trying to be a problem so that Jack will decide to stick around and keep his kid brother in line.
And you know this how, Mr. Freud?
Because I did the same thing when you left for the Marines.
Well, what happened? You get a B-minus on your test?
A-minus. It was a dark time.
If Danny Reagan says you are too tough a cop, it’s like Keith Richards saying you have a substance abuse problem.
I was starkly aware of how good I have it. How good we all have it having each other. I’m just feeling especially blessed.
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?
That my mistake was acting like a respectful daughter, letting you have the last word.
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