Blue Bloods

Eddie.

Keeping it in the family today, huh?

Ha, ha.What you got?

Vic is Katherine Webster, 41 years of age, D.O.A.

Looks like she was assaulted, blunt force trauma.

Her husband and her daughter were at home at the time.

They see anything?

They heard a noise at 4:00 a.m., they got up

and allegedly saw the perp jump out the window.

"Allegedly"?

They give a description?

Male, 30s, wearing jeans and a hoodie.

No further details.

You the homicide A.D.A.?

A.D.A. Reagan.

Detective Reggie Hotchkiss.

Murder weapon recovered?

No murder weapon found, no signs

of forced entry.

And I was talking to the neighbors...HOTCHKISS:I'll take it

from here, Officer.

Why don't you go outside, sit on the family.

No forced entry, but we got an open window.

Anybody see or hear anything?

No, but we're canvassing the neighborhood.

M.E. is on the way.

Make sure to get statements

from the other neighbors on the floor.

And the doorman.

Already on it.And the family?

Are across the hall.

Mr. Webster, Amanda,

this is Assistant District Attorney Erin Reagan

and Investigator Anthony Abetemarco

from the D.A.'s office.

We're very sorry for your loss.

You see the guy?Just his back.

If you're up for it, we'll have someone bring you

to the precinct so you can give a statement.

Thank you.

Can you handle that?

Yeah, I can handle that.

Hey, hold on.

Uh, could you take them?

You can come with me.

You okay?

Oh, I'm used to detectives being territorial.

No offense.

No, I mean...

I don't know, you seem like you doubt... Webster's story.

Oh.

Something you want to share with us?

Yeah.

Those two are lying through their teeth.

So what does he want to talk to me for?

As it is, this is highly unusual--

a suspect in DEA custody

refusing to talk to anyone but you?

Well, why are you entertaining him?

Because he said if he didn't talk to you,

and only you, alone, he's not gonna testify

against the Sangriento cartel.

And we need him to make our case.

When's he scheduled to testify?

Day after tomorrow, so do what you need to do

to make sure he sings like a bird on the stand.

Nobody's gonna make that guy do anything.

Locked up and still causing problems, huh?

It's the only thing I'm good at.

How you doing?Never thought I'd consider

ramen noodles to be a delicacy.

But I brought this on myself.

My kids didn't.

I've been checking in on them.

I know.

I got a message.

From who?Doesn't matter.

The cartel's threatening to kill them.

Did you tell the DEA about it?

No.

I need you to make sure my boys are safe.

What makes you think I'm the guy to help?

Family's like your kryptonite.

And these boys are the only family I have left.

Hey. What'd he say?

I'll tell you later.

Good morning.Good morning.

How are you, Sarge?Martin. Roll call's about to start.

I'll be there.

Gunfire!

:Gunfire!

Gunfire!

:Officer down!

I don't know how you do it.

The consoling. I-I wouldn't know what to say.

You say as little as possible.

You're there to represent...

...all of us.

Rosemary, this is Commissioner...

I know who he is.

Mrs. Martin, I'm so sorry. I...

Don't. Don't you dare tell me how sorry you are.

Rosemary.

It's okay.

How many officers have to die

before someone tells the truth,

that no one has their backs anymore?Rosemary, please.

My husband is dead because of you.

So save your damn condolences.

Mateo.

Where's your brother?The principal's getting him.

Carlos brought you to school today?

He dropped me off and then he walked

around the corner to his entrance.

Carlos Delgado, is he here?

I'm afraid he didn't make it to school.

Hey.

Hey.

How'd that interview go?

They didn't see much, nothing we could use,

but two apartments were burglarized

in that building last night.

And you think they're related?

Perp has a history of assault.

What makes you think they're hiding something?

The way they avoided eye contact,

the way Amanda pulled away from her dad.

The demeanor, the physicality.

It could all be explained by the trauma

of seeing her mother murdered.

Or because they are hiding something.

Okay. I'm gonna need something more concrete

than just a gut instinct.

Sure. Right. 'Cause I'm not a detective.

So I should just walk away.

I didn't say that.You didn't have to.

Thank you, Baker.

Well, it's not often I get to have

my entire God squad in the same room.

So...

Officer Martin is number 11,

which means our ranks have had more suicides in the last year

than line-of-duty fatalities.

Help me.

Look,

I think we should classify suicides

as line-of-duty fatalities.

No.

No, Frank, they're not.

Then, what?

Not even collateral damages, no.

Well, then help me understand.

And don't hold back.

You weren't asked up here to spare my feelings or blow smoke.

Well, the job can weigh on a man, that's natural,

but to cause that man to take his own life,

he's not in his right mind.

That's not the job's fault.

But the perquisites that used to alleviate the pressures

of the job have largely disappeared.

The respect for the police was one of the perks.

Was. But an anti-cop culture has taken hold,

and not just in our city.

There's a lot of hate directed at our cops.

Hate is something I can't control, Imam.

But it's harder to hate up close.

We need to keep working on schooling the public

about what our officers deal with on a daily basis.

And getting rid of the stigma for when they ask for help.

Yeah, but you're asking guys to ask for help who see themselves

as the guys who are doing the saving.

Then we reeducate them. This is all about outreach.

On a retail level.

Well, that's hard to do with 35,000 cops.

But with God's help, not impossible.

Thank you, gentlemen.

I look forward to your recommendations.

And if you need more resources, my door is open.

You think you've got some kind of special privilege

'cause I'm a Catholic?

You know what I think?

Rosemary Martin got to you.

Every time I lose an officer, it gets to me, Father.

People in pain say a lot of things they don't mean.

Can't you do better than that, Walter?

Frank, there were other complications in his life.

Like what?

I'm not at liberty to say.

Oh, so you want me to blame myself.

You're gonna blame yourself,

and you're gonna carry it around with you.

Don't get all holy on me, Walter.

There's nothing anyone could have done.

And that's it?

You know the stress of this job better than anyone.

The terrible stuff we see on a daily basis.

You add into that the anti-cop sentiment

and daily access to guns.

I refuse to believe it's impossible

to prevent another suicide.