How It Ended After 14 Seasons

Warning: this story incorporates spoilers from the collection finale of Blue Bloods.

New York Metropolis was underneath siege within the collection finale of Blue Bloods.

The New York Police Division got down to discover suspects in three separate shootings — together with the mayor and the demise of certainly one of their very own. After receiving a video manifesto demanding the amnesty for a listing of prisoners, police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) was handed the “keys” to town by the mayor, who remained hospitalized with a gunshot wound. He then got down to discover these behind the assaults and produce them to justice.

As Blue Bloods got here to finish after 14 seasons, the Reagans gathered one final time and a few main household information was revealed.

Learn on to learn the way Blue Bloods got here to finish.

Revisiting the Previous

When Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) and Marisa Baez (Marisa Ramirez) started an investigation into the taking pictures of Supreme Court docket choose Barbara Carson, they rapidly realized the offender could possibly be somebody from their previous. 

After discovering a hostage video that includes Barbara, the detectives noticed a mirrored image of the shooter once they zoomed in on the sun shades. They recognized the shooter as Carlos Ramírez (Manny Perez), who followers might recall was beforehand apprehended after he tried to flee together with his daughter Amelia throughout an intense standoff at a helipad earlier this season.

As soon as they realized Amelia could also be in peril within the fingers of her father, the detectives tried to trace her down and have been practically shot within the course of. After taking pictures their would-be murderer, Danny intercepted a name from Ramírez. When the legal threatened him, Danny reminded him, “You probably did that each one by your self. You place your daughter in peril proper now.”

Nevertheless, Ramírez wasn’t taking place with out one other dig at him. “You place her in peril similar to you probably did along with your spouse,” he stated, referring to his late spouse Linda Rose Reagan who died in a helicopter crash, earlier than including, “You fake to be a household man however you do something for a win. Not this time.”

The alternate made Danny extra decided to carry Ramírez to justice. With the assistance of Detective Anthony Abetemarco (Steve Schirripa), they discovered the place the legal was staying together with his daughter. Going through arrest, Ramírez pointed his gun at himself earlier than Danny talked him out of it for the sake of his daughter.

Following the arrest, Danny’s grandfather Henry Reagan (Len Cariou) reminded him of all of the individuals he saved by going after criminals and the way all the time advised him “to not carry the job residence.” Nevertheless, his grandfather added, “However the issue now could be you don’t have any one to not carry it residence to…Promise me, when this case is over, you will discover that somebody.”

Danny later adopted his grandfather’s recommendation and requested his associate Marisa out for a pizza.

A Dying of One among Their Personal

The second taking pictures within the episode took the lifetime of Officer Luis Badillo (Ian Quinlan), who was gunned down by a motorcyclist whereas responding to a automotive jacking together with his associate Eddie Janko (Vanessa Ray). 

As Eddie recovered on the hospital after being grazed by a bullet, she frightened that certainly one of her bullets unintentionally hit her associate within the standoff. Her husband Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) was visited on the hospital by his nephew Joe Hill (Will Hochman), who had intel on one of many shooters, Amelio Mars.

When Jamie appeared hesitant to affix him to find the offender, his nephew reminded him that it’s “all fingers on deck on the market” and his assist was wanted. With that, they raced to Amelio’s condo, solely to seek out his pregnant girlfriend, who claimed to know nothing about his whereabouts.

After they later adopted up and found his girlfriend had gone into labor, they realized even a legal wouldn’t miss the beginning of their youngster. They discovered Amelio making foolish faces to his new child on the nursery window. Then, Eddie stepped in to arrest him utilizing her late associate’s handcuffs.

At Badillo’s funeral, the commissioner reminded Badillo’s mom, “Please take a very good go searching. Luis’s entire household is right here with you at present” earlier than Eddie handed over his police hat to his son.

Keys to the Metropolis

After the mayor was injured in a drive-by taking pictures by a motorcyclist, Frank Reagan visited him within the working room earlier than his surgical procedure. In a shock transfer, the mayor suggested him to go towards the chain of succession and take management, saying, “I am handing you the keys, you are driving. Get us out of this.”

After pondering the mayor’s which means, Frank realized he wanted to proceed to do his job with a “private contact” and implored his colleagues to have a look at the shooter’s connection — probably a brother or uncle — within the jail system, who they may “lean on to seek out out the place this man would possibly go.”

He added, “I need to be there after we carry this man in.”

After figuring out the mayor’s shooter as Alandro Bautista, DA Bureau Chief Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) requested ex-husband Jack Boyle (Peter Hermann) to stay out his neck to get her data on the suspect’s jail informant father. Regardless of his hesitations, Jack stated he would do it for her.

With Jack’s assist, Frank related with Alandro Bautista’s father Lorenzo Bautista (Edward James Olmos) behind bars and requested the place they may discover his son. Nevertheless, Lorenzo was upset that Frank wished him to “rat” out his son and advised him, “While you look within the mirror, you see your self with a white hat. You assume you are the great man.”

The commissioner then performed hardball and threatened Lorenzo’s position as an informant, which put him again within the basic inhabitants of the jail with out particular privileges, until he gave them his son’s whereabouts earlier than recalling the story of his late son Joe.

“I had a son who was killed by the police, really, and he was about your son Alejandro’s age and if somebody have been to say to me earlier than it occurred, ‘This is your selection. We will kill him now, or he can spend the remainder of his life in jail,’” he stated. “I inform you what, I would not blink.” 

He continued: “I would be up there at that jail each likelihood I received with a bag of hamburgers for us and a deck of playing cards so we may spend time collectively, simply taking pictures gin and taking pictures the bull and I’m be thrilled to be there and eternally grateful for the prospect, as a result of I do know the chilly darkish the opposite selection brings.”

After the dialog, Lorenzo clearly had a change of coronary heart about defending his son’s location because the commissioner later knowledgeable the mayor that Alandro was arrested at a furnishings retailer.

In the meantime, on the private entrance, Jack requested Erin if her father Frank would now overlook “his grudge” towards him after their break up. However, she stated her dad by no means had a grudge — as an alternative “he received chilly to cover his harm.” 

Erin then reminded Jack that they “work nicely collectively” regardless of their failed marriage, including, “Regardless of our greatest efforts, we’re nonetheless proper right here, one foot in, one foot out. Perhaps we strive each ft [in]?” 

“Get married once more?” he responded and he or she added, “Everybody deserves a second likelihood, proper? Perhaps we give one another a break? I imply, every little thing could be totally different this time. Celebration of two, Metropolis Corridor? Inform everyone about it after the very fact.” He then pulled her in for a kiss.

How It Ends

At a household dinner after the funeral, Eddie and Jamie shocked everybody by bringing a excessive chair to the desk and asserting they’re anticipating a child. Nevertheless, they didn’t plan to seek out out the gender forward of time. 

“Whether or not it is a she or he, if I’ll, they are going to be actually fortunate to be part of this household,” Joe stated amid the celebration.

Erin and Jack held again from sharing the information of their reunion on the dinner desk and as an alternative mentioned the indictment for Badillo’s killer.

The episode concluded with Frank saying, “You understand, we’ve received lots to be glad about. And looking out round his desk, I gotta say I couldn’t be extra proud or grateful” earlier than main the household in prayer.

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