Blue Bloods

Hey!

Charlotte? Who's Charlotte?

A hot girl.

Who's none of your business.

She's just a friend.

Well... what kind of friend?

She just texted you like 12 times.

All right, we like to talk.

Okay.

So she's that kind of friend.

What's that mean?

You know, a friend who wants to be more than a friend kind of friend.

Well, actually, I'd like to ask her out.

Like a date?

Pretty sure that's what it's called

when you go out with a girl.

I... yeah, I mean, do you want

to ask her out on a date, for real?

I mean, I was thinking about it,

but I just don't know what to do if she says no.

If she says no, you just...

you know, find yourself another Charlotte.

No way. There's no one else like her.

Yeah, I get that.

All right, go ahead and eat.

Great.

- Hey. - Hey.

: Our son likes a girl.

Charlotte Lewis?

You knew already?

Well, he's had the hots for her forever.

Why am I always the last one to know everything around here?

Well...

I got called in early to work.

You mind driving the boys to school?

Of course not, but we were supposed

to look at tiles for the bathroom this morning.

Have fun with that.

- Good morning. - Is it?

Deputy Commissioner Moore and...

- Lieutenant Gormley... - Are already here.

Morning, Frank.

How you doing there, Commissioner?

So far, so good.

Then let's get to it.

I've been fielding calls all morning, Frank.

The Times wants a quote on the mayor's statement

that he's putting a hiring freeze on police officers.

Shortsighted, dangerous and just plain asinine.

So, "No comment at this time."

Exactly.

That's how you guys do that?

Next.

People magazine wants to schedule an interview...

No.

- But they... - No.

This is a list of proposed candidates for Medal Day.

- Also, I... - Why wasn't I given a heads-up

that Detective Reagan is on this list?

Um... I didn't think you needed a heads-up.

Well, I know for a fact Lieutenant Carver

and Detective Reagan got off to a rocky start.

Now she's recommending a Medal for Valor?

What the hell?

Well...

The mayor wants an update on

the heightened security measures for the St. Patrick's Day parade.

Does he, in addition to a hiring freeze?

Well, he doesn't look at them side by side.

Tell him I can spare three meter maids and a bullhorn.

Sir, you have to leave. I get robbed,

and you're telling me I got to leave my own house?

Because your house is now a crime scene, Mr. Bianco.

Detective Reagan and Baez.

In order for us to do our jobs, we need

to be able to get crime scene in the house

to figure out what happened.

I already told you guys what happened.

My wife is so upset.

Nick, let's just go. Come on.

I imagine so, when her husband kills a guy right in her own house.

Guy breaks into my home-- what am I supposed to do?

Do you have a license for the gun?

I got a permit.

I own my own business.

I carry cash sometimes.

You think that's what he was after?

How am I supposed to know?

Do you know the guy that broke into the house?

No.

Why do I feel like I'm the one did something wrong here?

I'm the victim.

You think of anyone who would want to kill you?

Can I think of anyone who might want to kill me?

How much time do you have?

Erin Reagan.

I'm Justin Taylor.

Sorry. Should I know you?

I'm the lawyer who filed for the 440 motion

on behalf of my client-- for a retrial.

Uh, your client?

Uh, Suzanne Taylor.

You put her away 12 years ago-- unjustly.

Well, I'm going to have to look up that case.

Uh, the-the murder of a 24-hour convenience store clerk,...

up in Morningside Heights.

She was sentenced to 15 years...

for a crime that she didn't commit.

I'm petitioning for a retrial because she's innocent.

And how do you know that?

Because she's my mother.

Coffee?

Yeah, black. Thanks.

Let's get back to anyone you might be having problems with.

I own a cement company in College Point.

Uh-huh.

We do a lot of business.

There's always people complaining about one thing or another.

People that owe me money,

- people I owe money to... - Wait, wait, wait.

You're saying somebody tried to off you and your wife

'cause their cement didn't set right? What?

- I deal in commerce. - Okay.

Mostly building materials for high-rises.

Cement, dirt.

We're talking multimillion-dollar jobs.

Six months ago,...

this guy Anton Petrov-- across town--

opens up another cement company,

trying to steal my customers.

And?

I undercut his prices.

Got all my clients back.

But he wasn't happy.

He even threatened me.

He threatened you, huh? With what?

I believe his exact words had something to do with...

me only being able to eat meals through a straw...

when he was done with me.

He's inside.

The inner sanctum.

Come in.

Commissioner.

How'd you know where to find me?

Baker told me you were here.

That's not supposed to happen.

It's not her fault.

Sit down.

I was the one who recommended Danny and Baez for the Medal for Valor.

And you didn't tell me?

I knew how you'd feel about it.

Why didn't you just tell me this morning?

Because I knew how you'd feel about it.

As I recall, you had plenty of problems with Danny when you were his boss.

Yes, I did.

But never about his commitment or his courage.

Yet you never submitted his name for a medal before.

Yes. That was an oversight.

So, when you found out you were moving on,

you decided to do it then?

Actually, I thought I was gonna get canned,

so I thought I'd go out with a bang and right a wrong.

These medals are not to be used as a parting gift.

That's not what this is.

It's what it sounds like.

This is about...

what I think medals in general are partly about.

It's about the officers' families.

It's about them getting to see their spouse...

or mom or dad as a hero.

I'm sorry. I won't approve your recommendation at this time.

Sir,

I get it that you don't want to show favoritism to your kids,...

but they also shouldn't be punished...

because their father happens to be the police commissioner.

Nicholas Bianco is a liar.

- Did you threaten him? - I don't threaten people.

I actually follow through.

What does that mean?

It means if I wanted to hurt him,

he'd be part of a landfill right now.

That kind of sounds a little bit like a threat to me.

I said "if."

Do you know this guy?

No.

He tried to kill Nick Bianco.

Too bad... that he wasn't successful.

And this is my lawyer.

You have any more questions, call him, not me.

Problem we're gonna have on this case, too many suspects.

The M.E. sent her report.

The vic's name was Bruce Epstein.

Lived in Astoria.

He was hit with three precision shots to the chest,

all within one inch of each other.

Bianco must've knew his way around a gun.

Apparently so did Epstein.

His prints came back with a list of charges,

from gun possession to attempted murder.

But his last charges were dropped.