Episode
Blue Bloods: Friends in Need
Overview
Jamie and Danny disagree about how to handle a reckless NYPD rookie, who is the son of Danny’s friend. When Erin’s investigator gets roped into a bad investment by his cousin, she offers to look into it.
Details
- Series
- Blue Bloods
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2016-03-11
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Friends in Need is Episode 17 in Season 6 of Blue Bloods. It aired on 2016-03-11. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 16: Help Me Help You
Linda needs Danny and Baez's help after a co-worker has difficulties with an angry ex. Erin's former mentor has been giving out unfair sentences following the death of his wife.
Episode 18: Town Without Pity
Frank and Danny work together to help Nick Constantine, a rehabilitated ex-con who Frank put away years ago, when Constantine becomes involved in the murder of an old enemy. As Erin prepares for a murder trial, she learns the prosecutor who previously handled the case is withholding the location of the alleged killer so she can interview him on her popular podcast.
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Episode 15: Fresh Start
Erin finds it hard to deal with guilt after a man she set free is suspected of killing a policeman. Frank and Mayor Poole clash over Frank's reappointment as commissioner.
Episode 19: Blast from the Past
While hunting for a robbery crew on a wild crime spree, Danny and Baez partner with Detective Jimmy Mosley from another precinct who broke Baez’s heart years ago. When an officer who was acquitted on charges of killing a young boy is up for a promotion, Frank grapples with the decision of moving him up the ladder and risking public outrage.
Episode 14: The Road to Hell
Four women from a brothel admit to murdering their evil boss — Danny and Baez must figure out the real killer. Frank and his priest argue over mercy in the Catholic Church. Nicky gets in drug trouble with her friends but no one takes the blame.
Episode 20: Down the Rabbit Hole
When serial killer Thomas Wilder attaches a message to his latest victim that taunts Danny, their deadly game of cat and mouse becomes personal for Danny.
Episode 13: Stomping Grounds
A respected, recently retired NYPD lieutenant is accused of shooting potential muggers on the subway. Baez and Danny try to arrest a drug dealer responsible for a murder Baez witnessed as a child.
Episode 21: The Extra Mile
When a key eyewitness in a murder trial flees out of fear of retaliation, Erin and Anthony spearhead their own two-person manhunt to find him and convince him to testify. Garrett tries to convince Frank to attend the Police Union party. Danny and Baez take a closer look at a suspicious convenience store robbery.
Episode 12: Cursed
When a local mobster is gunned down in his car, Danny and Baez try to get information from the mob’s low-level errand boy they find tied up in the trunk before the gang retaliates. An NYPD officer asks for a new shield number to honor her late father, but Frank is conflicted because it’s the same number as his deceased son's.
Episode 22: Blowback
Frank, the Mayor, Erin and the DA’s office contend with public outrage after a grand jury doesn’t indict an NYPD officer for the controversial shooting of a teenager that was caught on video. When an officer gets shot in a possible case of retaliation, Danny searches for the shooter.
Episode 11: Back in the Day
When Frank’s first partner announces plans to publish a book filled with stories of their early days on the force, Frank worries about his personal stories being made public. When Jamie and Eddie catch a call about a nearby officer needing assistance, the choices they each make will affect their future in the department and their relationship.
Episode 10: Flags of Our Fathers
Danny is interrogated by the District Attorney’s investigator when his ex-partner is accused of planting evidence in order to wrap up a homicide case. When radical anti-government activists threaten to publicly burn an American flag, Frank grapples with the limits of free speech.