'Blue Bloods' Season 3 Episode 20: “Ends & Means”

On tonight’s season 3 episode of Blue Bloods “Ends & Means,” when two Wall Street brokers are killed in drug deals, Danny looks to question a wounded accomplice at the hospital but he is stopped by Linda, who won’t let Danny see him until after surgery. But when the accomplice dies during the procedure, Danny and Linda battle over the judgment call.

Blue Bloods is based on the Irish-American Reagan family of police officers, who are employed by the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Francis “Frank” Reagan (Tom Selleck), who was a U.S. Marine and a Vietnam veteran before he joined the NYPD, is the Police Commissioner. He is a widower whose son Joe was killed in the line of duty. Now, he has three other adult children remaining, whose names are Danny, Erin, and Jamie.

Danny, played by Donnie Wahlberg, is a lead detective who holds a Detective First Grade ranking with the NYPD, but his hot-head sometimes lead him into doing things his way and not by the book. Danny also went to the military, he too is a Marine veteran having served time in the Iraq War. Erin (Bridget Moynahan) is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan who prosecutes many of the criminals Danny busts. Jamie (Will Estes), Frank’s youngest child, is a recent graduate of Harvard Law School and is a fresh officer on the police force, having recently gone through commencement from the police academy.

Blue Bloods “Ends & Means” airs Friday, April 12, at 10:00pm EST on CBS. Spoiler images below:

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