Blue Bloods Review: The Other Family
Christine Orlando
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Families come in all shapes and sizes - and Blue Bloods Season 4 Episode 21 featured the Reagans debating who was covered under the definition.
One of my favorite moments of "Above and Beyond" was when the entire family worried that Danny had been shot. Frank's face was one of quiet terror when he was told the slain officer was from Danny's precinct but they didn't yet have a name.
Thankfully, Linda began the Reagan family hotline as soon as Danny called her and soon after everyone was contacted. It made me wonder how many times the Reagan's have had to play that particular game of telephone under similar circumstances.
When Officer Steve Tomlin was killed in the line of duty and his locker was suspiciously empty, I never had any clue that the reason would be something so personal. However, I did have one question, why did Officer Becker completely clean out Tomlin's locker? I can only assume it was because he only had minutes to do it but it certainly would have been less suspicious to simply remove specific items that led to Tomlin's other family.
I had to agree with Henry in that it's hard to trust a man on the job when he can't be trusted at home with his own family and Steve Tomlin made a mess of things when it came to the people who loved him. He left behind an angry, bitter wife who's actions had gotten him killed, not to mention a naive girlfriend and newborn child.
I didn't know exactly what a "back pocket pension" was but I was happy that Frank pushed for it. Despite Steve's dishonorable behavior, that baby was still the child of an NYPD officer and deserved to be taken care of as such. In other words, despite the lack of a ring or proper paperwork, that child was family.
Elsewhere, Nicky tried to help an old friend and got in hot water with her own family. To be honest I didn't understand why Erin got so angry. Yes, Nicky should have told Jamie that Erin said she'd handle it but was going to her uncle, the cop really such a horrible thing to do? It was far better than running off and trying to find Tyler herself.
And as Jamie's partner Eddie pointed out in this Blue Bloods quote, helping one another out is simply what Reagans do.
Man, you do more for your family by 9am than my family's done for each other our entire lives.
Eddie
To be honest, Tyler's story felt like filler and was wrapped up far too quickly. As much as I enjoy seeing Jamie and Eddie get air time, this story was a bit boring.
So what do you think TV Fanatics, was Frank right to try and help out Steve Tomlin's second family?
C. Orlando was a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow her on Twitter.
