On tonight’s season 3 episode of Blue Bloods “This Way Out,” as the Reagans rally together to take down the leader of the gang responsible for the murder of someone close to them, Danny looks to the gang leader’s girlfriend to lead them to him. Meanwhile, Frank is left reeling from a second loss.
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 “This Way Out” airs Friday, May 10, at 10:00pm EST on CBS. Spoiler video below: