Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods – What You See

     There is a serious terrorist threat to NYC and both Commissioner Frank and Danny are involved in trying to find him.  Even Jamie gets in on it when he stops a dark SUV for trying to run a checkpoint, but he was just stoned.

     Danny had a previous relationship with the main suspect.  He had come in a couple of years early as the victim of a crime.

     They spent the first half of the ep racially profiling suspected drivers of SUVs at checkpoints throughout the city.  Then Danny and his partner discovered that the main suspect’s sister-in-law, a white, American woman who was an extremist, radical Muslim convert, was possibly the driver of the bomb-rigged SUV.  She also had her son in the car with her.

     Danny comes very close to being blown up, as first detective on the scene, but he is able to talk her down enough that she disarms herself just long enough for Danny to subdue her.  He gets in a bit of trouble over it, but really everyone is just proud and relieved. 

     I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to be a police officer in any big city, but especially in NYC, in a post 911 world.  I knew this show would eventually have to tackle a terrorist threat, and I would be surprised if it isn’t revisited again at some point.  I thought it was really well done, personalizing to this one family and how they experience this particular day.