Reviewer Rating: 5/5.0
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With seven episodes left in the series finale, Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 showed us everything that made the show’s cancellation so painful.
Danny, Bates, Eddie, and Erin are all embroiled in a high-stakes case, as Frank deals with the compelling conflict between his friends’ wishes and his personal values, while Jamie… Lesson learned after the theft, learned to let go The car once belonged to his brother.
As the closing credits roll and we share a few more laughs at a family dinner with the Reagans, we’re all acutely aware that there aren’t many of them left.
Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 takes the unusual step of tying multiple cases together
Aside from the final showdown between Frank and Sonny Malewski in Blue Bloods Season 1, I can’t think of a time when most of the family worked together to solve a case.
The Malevsky case also served a purpose, as Frank and Danny knew Sonny had killed Joe and threatened Jamie, so they took matters into their own hands.
This is different. Erin, Danny and Eddie each work on their own cases, only to discover that when they hit a literal dead end, all roads lead to Carlos Ramirez.
Of the three, Eddie’s stands out the most.
The TV trope of cops adopting orphans found at crime scenes has become outdated, but Eddie’s story takes it in a new direction.
Amelia could only be hers temporarily, but caring for her for a few days inspired Addison’s desire to have a child.
I’m excited about this, although it breaks my heart that we won’t get to experience much of Jamie and Eddie’s experience raising their children, unless it’s in an as-yet-undeveloped Blue Bloods spinoff.
I bet these two have been thinking about starting a family for a while, although they never talked about it before Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11.
Jamie is quick to support Addie’s desire to become a mother and suggests they start tonight, but the scene is anything but rushed.
They must have had other conversations about it off-screen.
Eddie and Amelia’s interaction in Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 was great
After Eddie and Badillo discover Amelia hiding at the scene of her mother’s murder, she’s faced with a difficult task.
The child was so traumatized that she did not speak but communicated to Addie through nonverbal cues such as sitting up or nodding.
On top of that, Eddie meets a detective who is eager to question the child and when she won’t let him, he feels the need to call her a bitch.
The way Eddie stood up for Amelia would make Law & Order: SVU’s Olivia Benson proud.
Portraying serious mental health issues is always challenging, especially with children.
The young actress, who played Amelia in Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11, did an excellent job playing a mute child who was too distraught by the violence she witnessed.
I cried when Amelia thanked Eddie. This is the first and only time she speaks in the entire show.
I wonder what she was thinking after her father took her hostage. She knew he killed her mother, so she had to be afraid, but she bravely escaped him and ran to the police.
In a perfect world, that child would get a lot of therapy.
Sadly, in real life, many kids like this are ignored, but Blue Bloods has seven episodes left to give us a happier update than this.
I’m not sure this is the end of Ramirez’s reign of terror. He flew away in a helicopter, which meant he could cause more trouble later.
Danny: Where were you between 6 and 8 this morning?
Ramirez: At home. I’m picking out clothes for the court so I can dress your sister nicely.
With a limited number of episodes left, hopefully there won’t be room for a sequel to his troubles. I’ve had enough of him.
Erin’s plight is the hardest to believe
I loved the high-stakes story about Erin possibly being disbarred for lying, and while it’s hard to believe that the judge and the Queens DA just took this woman at her word, Erin suddenly decided to pressure the jurors into doing What she wants to do.
Not only is Erin’s record impeccable, but she’s helped fight corrupt district attorneys before. The theory that this was a personal vendetta against a drug cartel leader is laughable.
There was no real evidence that Erin did anything wrong other than what the jurors said, but the Queens District Attorney was so determined to take her down that she believed the flimsy accusation was watertight, and Whether the juror was a reliable source was never considered.
Erin: Maybe you’re just biased against me and my family.
Romano: I’m going to be as impartial as possible, but that might be to your detriment because I’m not Regan.
Anthony: Yeah, that does sound fair.
She’s so one-sided that I think the plot twist will be that she’s also on Ramirez’s payroll.
Debbie Mazur plays the stubborn prosecutor perfectly, but I hope she goes back to Queens, there’s no reason to come back.
Erin’s story seems like a tool to bring her and Jack back together and stop the “will they or won’t they” nonsense that’s been going on for the past few seasons.
In the past, I’d prefer her and Anthony to be together, but asking for that to happen and having Danny and Bates get together without Jamie and Addison having a baby would be too much.
From the looks of things going on right now, we’ll be getting one of these before the series ends, so I won’t get greedy.
Plus, Jack is more of a guy than he used to be that I wouldn’t mind hanging out with Erin.
If they can find forgiveness and reconcile before the end of the series, that’ll be a good thing for them.
Jamie’s Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 The Story Is About Letting Go
Jamie’s story had the biggest impact on me.
Joe Regan’s senseless death has been hanging over the entire Regan family since the series began, and it’s been harder for Jamie to deal with it than anyone else, except maybe Frank.
His car was stolen and it felt like all his memories of Joe were taken away from him, so finally giving it to Joe Hill meant a lot.
I don’t know if this story would have hit me the same way if “Blue Bloods” hadn’t ended soon.
Henry’s advice about giving up material things feels like meta-commentary to the audience, asking them to give up material things after the show is over.
The story is also about Jamie and Joe finally coming to terms with each other.
Although Jamie tells Eddie that he hopes he doesn’t regret asking Joe to help him find the car, the two talk like family rather than sworn enemies.
Jamie gives Joe the car, and Joe’s attitude becomes more relaxed, suggesting something has changed between the two of them.
Instead of making excuses to leave, Joe attended the Reagan family dinner. As Blue Bloods ends, it’s heartwarming that he’s found his place within the family.
Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 11 Family Dinner Shows Series Is Coming to an End…But Please Tell Me Henry Will Survive
I’m still worried about Blue Bloods’ plan to kill Henry before the end of the series. God, I hope I’m wrong.
His offhand line about when Jack will be forgiven feels like foreshadowing, even though it’s just a joke.
Jack: I wonder what the statute of limitations is on this family.
Frank: About what?
Jack: How long do I have to take responsibility for mistakes I made in my early 20s? Or am I just going to be hated forever?
Henry: Until you die.
I don’t want to lose Henry any more than I want to lose any blue bloods on the schedule.
His death would make the ending unbearable, so hopefully I’m reading more into it than I actually am.
Frank’s story proves another reason why I love this show
“Blue Bloods” isn’t any more afraid of tackling political issues than other shows, but it does so in a superior way.
Refreshingly, “Blue Bloods” lets the characters express their opinions without encouraging the audience to agree or disagree.
Frank’s feelings about the death penalty are a perfect example.
Still, there’s room in the story for Frank to make it clear that he supports the death penalty, but surprisingly, Erin doesn’t.
This difference of opinion is just two lines of dialogue before turning to a larger question: should Frank listen to Kearns, or should he enforce the law as written, even if it means a man might die.
This story is not really about whether the death penalty is right or wrong.
This is about whether Archbishop Kearns was right to pressure Frank to try to prevent a violent criminal from being executed in another state.
But Frank and Eileen’s dialogue is enough to make the audience think about whether they agree with Frank or Eileen and why.
This fair discussion of issues is another thing I will miss once Blue Bloods ends.
Seven more episodes to go, Blue Bloods Fanatics. That’s all we have left.
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