Blue Bloods

Chief Kent is here, sir.

Well, let's have him, Baker.

Thank you.

- Hey. - Hey, hey.

Man voted least popular by the gangs of New York.

Thank you very much.

Please.

It's an honor.

On the other hand,

you're sending so much business over to the DA's office that they....

owe you a thank-you

And every one is a good collar.

And by the book.

Then they owe you a case of nice bottles.

I won't hold my breath.

Seriously, Don, great work.

Incredible results.

We're getting there.

Briefing said you're mopping up.

As we speak.

Well, then take a rest on your laurels for a minute,

starting now.

I'm good.

And how's Maggie?

- She's great. -(chuckles)

Taking her out to lunch today for our 30th.

Congratulations on that, too, then.

Department should have a medal for the wives that put up with us.

I'll work on that.

And let's book a date for dinner, just the three of us.

That sounds good.

But you know Maggie will want to bring along

one of her girlfriends for you.

What, she's still on about that?

Same as it ever was.

But you got my back, right?

Until you say otherwise, boss.

Little something to wear at your lunch.

What did you do?

Wow.

You earned it.

Like father, like son.

As of now, you are officially a two-star chief.

Don't know what to say, Frank.

Then I'll say it for both of us.

Thank you, Chief Kent.

That's the car we're looking for.

You guys ever heard of the DMV?

Huh?

Your tag's expired.

Turn off the ignition,...

put your keys and the hands on the dashboard, both of you.

Just write me a ticket, man.

I got a better idea-- how about you get your ass out of the car?

You, too. Let's go. Come on.

Come on, on the sidewalk.

Face the car. Hands on the car.

Anything in the trunk, tough guy?

Nah.

You mind if we take a look?

You got a warrant?

Don't need a warrant.

What, are you a law professor or something?

Since when do you ask all the questions?

There's my warrant.

Get on the ground.

- Get on the ground! - On the ground,

- Turn around, get on the ground now! - on the ground!

- Move! - Hands behind your head!

Hands behind your back. Let's go.

I hope you got a receipt for those.

The judge will toss this out, and we'll walk.

You may walk, but you're gonna have a tough time explaining

how you lost $50,000 worth of stolen hardware to your boss, aren't you?

Now where's your law degree?

Come on, get up.

Hey, what are you guys doing out here?

Do me a favor-- take your hands out of your pockets.

Thanks a lot.

Why you hassling us?

We've had multiple complaints of drug activity on this block.

You guys fit the general description.

Let me see your I.D.

I want to see all your I.D.'s.

You got a weapon here?

Man...

What's this, your cold medicine?

Hey, it's Curtis, Eddie.

He got anything on him?

No, he's clean.

Curtis, come here.

What are you doing out here today, Curtis?

I was just heading to work.

Stopped to talk for a minute, and then y'all show up.

Your friends are wearing colors.

What are you doing talking to gangbangers, Curtis?

They called me over.

They run the neighborhood.

I didn't want to disrespect 'em.

All right, you still working with your mother at St. Victor's Hospital?

Yeah.

She talked to my sister-in-law-- she asked me to check up on you.

Said she's worried about you hanging out with bad guys.

Hey, I didn't do anything wrong, so...

Well, your friends, they certainly did.

Like I said, they run the neighborhood.

What else am I supposed to do?

All right, you got a pass this time, Curtis.

But you got to watch the company you keep, understand?

- Yeah. - All right.

I'm late for work. Can I go?

Yeah, take off.

What do you think?

I think he's a good kid.

Hope it's enough to keep him out of trouble.

You've got the Brooklyn borough president at 4:00,

then cocktails at Gracie Mansion.

Five bucks if you get me out of drinks with the mayor.

Cost you way more than that.

What is it?

Get 'em back to work. And, Sid...

Everything we got.

Caught it on the air. What happened?

They were on the way to his car and got hit.

Chief's driver see the shooter?

Black SUV. Rear license plate removed.

I'll talk to the driver.

Thank you.

I'd like to catch this one.

You got it. All hands on deck.

Done deal.

And everything by the book.

How's that the headline?

Just is.

But one of your chiefs and his wife were just murdered in cold blood.

If you ask me, I say screw the mayor,

the DA, the press and whoever else might be looking over your shoulder.

No one's looking over my shoulder.

Then why?

When I revised the guidelines for detectives...

it was Don Kent who had the most input.

So we do it his way.

That's how we honor him.

Frank.

Thomas.

I'm so sorry.

Thomas.

Your mom and dad were the best of us.

Thank you, sir.

New York City police chief gets gunned down

in broad daylight and nobody sees a damn thing?

I got a few descriptions of two individuals in a black SUV.

- Nothing that we can use. - Right.

You spoke to Thomas Kent.

Is there any way this could be a personal beef against his dad?

Most people don't settle personal beefs by carrying out public executions.

Which makes me think this is exactly what it looks like.

A gang hit.

Retribution for Chief Kent's antigang crackdown.

But they got to know it's gonna bring down the wrath of God.

Ordinarily it would, but now One PP wants our

every move to be right out of the patrol guide.

I heard that.

Chief Kent was by the book,

so we got to do it by the book.

I hear a "but."

Course you hear a "but."

Look how it worked out for Chief Kent.

We got company.

We'll be working out of this office.

I'll be back.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

DA has set up a special task force to assist with the Kent investigation.

I'm heading it up.

Oh. All right, well, we're just getting started,

so if we need a warrant or anything, we'll let you know.

It's not gonna work that way, Danny.

What's that supposed to mean?

I have instructions to ensure this

investigation follows the letter of the law,

so when charges are brought, they stand up in court.

So you're here to babysit.

On whose orders?

The DA, the mayor.

The powers that be want to make sure this entire investigation is done by the book.

So?

So I'm the book.

Chief Kent served this department with honor and distinction for 33 years.

He and his wife Maggie both committed their lives

to making this city a better place.

And they will be sorely missed.

For the record...

Commissioner?

This incident is being referred to as an execution-- is that accurate?

"Execution," assassination, massacre-- you can call it what you want.

It is certainly the most barbaric assault targeting this department...

that I have seen in all my years on the job.

Do you believe this is retribution for the department's recent antigang initiative?

If they were gang members.