Blue Bloods

Hey, Sarge, you got a sec?

Officer Badillo, yeah, what can I do for you?

Kind of a touchy subject.

I'm all ears.

- It's about my current partner. - Mm-hmm.

God, you realize how awkward this is?

We can discuss any issues

that you're having with Officer Janko.

If you say so.

Look, Eddie's nice and all. Mm-hmm.

But she's a bit too... bubbly for me.

"Bubbly"?

I'm not the type of cop who needs to walk

every old woman across the street.

Is this you requesting a new partner?

I know she hates riding with me, too.

I'm sure you get an earful of it at home.

You're flirting with the line there, Officer.

See? Touchy subject.

I have you two riding together because of your differences,

not in spite of them.

I think you could learn from each other.

No offense, but the precinct that I came from

taught me all I need to know.

You have your assignment.

- Sarge, please? - That'll be all, Officer.

Well, if it ain't my least favorite cousin Joey.

Living with the rats these days?

Moving in with your own kind?

Hey, keep it down, will you?

I'm trying not to get whacked.

Yeah, well, you should've thought of that before you

started working with the most dangerous gang in New York.

Anthony, please, they're out for my head.

You got to protect me.

Yeah, well, you help us, and then we'll help you.

What do you mean, "we"?

Joey?

This is Detective Danny Reagan.

This the cousinof yours

who works for the Double Treys?

Not for, with. I clean money for them,

that's all. I just may have lost some of it.

What, you invest in Beanie Babies or something?

Crypto. You know how you're supposed to buy low

and sell high? Yeah, I didn't do that.

Well, lucky for you, I hit a wall

on a double homicide, which I think

was carried out by one of the Double Treys.

Your cousin tells me you're gonna help me

- figure out who was responsible. - Me?

Yeah, you, and then we'll protect you.

What, do you want me to, like, wear a wire or something?

- Something like that. - But if I go anywhere near them,

they'll kill me.

You're gonna help us,

or I'm gonna arrest you right now.

It won't be the first time,

you rat bastard.

Ave, o Maria, piena di grazia.

- Shut up. - Hey!

What, are you lying to God now, too?

He's all yours.

This way.

Get him out of here.

Erin. Ah.

Lisa, hi. Erin.

How are you? God, you look great.

Oh, and you're perfect as always.

You look exactly like you did ten years ago.

Stop, it hasn't been that long, has it?

I haven't seen you since shortly after Cole died.

Yes, that's right.

How are things?

Better. I remarried.

Yes, I...

I'm sorry I missed the wedding.

Look, I-I didn't call just to catch up.

Word on the street is,

you're considering a run for D.A.

Considered and dismissed.

How did you find out about that, anyway?

This is my world, Erin.

I just got the last mayor - and A.G. elected. I know,

I know, I've been following your career.

Then why didn't you call me?

I would have told you not to throw in the towel so soon.

Why not?

Because with my help, you can win.

It won't be easy,

but I've done some soft polling on your behalf.

Have you?

Don't pretend to be surprised.

You knew what this lunch was about and you still came anyway.

Call it due diligence.

I have known you since law school, Erin.

This is what you have always wanted.

Whether you'll admit or not.

Well, if, if...

I reconsider...

where would we start?

First we need to run a background check.

Scrutinize every part of your public and personal life.

So we know exactly where your opponents will try to hurt you.

That sounds invasive.

But I can protect you.

Yeah.

Let's do it.

The organization is called POP... that's short

for Patrons of Police.

And they have a strong support and a surging

membership from cops all across the country,

and their founder is

former NYPD Detective Kurt Quinn.

I remember him.

However... their communications

make it look like you founded it and you run it.

They've harvested

footage and audio of you on the record over the past decade

and made supercuts,

putting you front and center of their cause.

I take it we're not talking about a haircut here.

Your face, your voice...

their inflammatory context.

But it's things he's actually said.

Footage of him saying it.

Yes. But you talking

about "broken window" policing

playing over footage of a mob

smashing plate-glass windows

in Portland, Oregon.

This ain't right.

No, but...

- it is their right. - How?

Public statements, on the record,

are in the public domain.

- Sounds like identity theft. - Pretty much.

Minus the legal recourse.

We can't sue for defamation or something?

Everything Frank said is public... we don't own it.

Shut it down.

It's not that simple.

Nobody's putting words in my mouth.

You come out against them, it's gonna piss off

a whole lot of cops across the nation.

So he's supposed to do what exactly?

Nothing. Let it blow over.

If there's nothing we can do, why'd you bring it up

- in the first place? - You'd rather not know?

Make a statement... I got nothing to do with Quinn or his group.

We shouldn't engage... It's a can of worms.

Make the statement.

Officer Janko, everything okay?

No.

No, no one's ever gonna replace Witten.

Jamie, this Badillo guy,

he's awful.

Oh, not you, too.

What does that mean?

Did he say something to you?

Yeah, and I'll

tell you what I told him... Make it work.

"Make it work"? What kind of management style is that?

I put you two together for a reason.

I need you to trust it.

Look, Jamie, what's the point in forcing it

if it's not working for either of us?

He can learn from your people skills and your experience in

this precinct, and you can learn from his time in East New York.

No, Jamie, that man will never learn people skills.

Think of it as yin and yang, that sort of thing.

It's more like beauty and the beast.

Come on, Jamie... it's torture.

Eddie, I need both of you guys to stop coming to me

and do your jobs, end of story.

Whatever, Sarge.

Crimes lead to the breakdown of communities.

Minimum bail for felonies

puts my officers at risk.

We are convicted without a defense.

These complaints are sheer fiction.

When you start selectively enforcing the law,

bad guys start selectively obeying it.

And that will not be tolerated.

Son of a bitch.

The press has tried to mess with my words, but not this.

Never this.

And that's just the latest one.

So my statement...?

Played out exactly as I said it would.

It only brought us more negative attention.

That an "I told you so"?

Just a fact.

Sid, what'd you find on Quinn?

No complaints when he was on the job.

He was a highly decorated detective

whose career ended after he was wounded

in a shootout five years ago.

Yeah, I gave him the medal.

Former members of his squad call him a natural leader.