Episode
Blue Bloods: Backstabbers
Overview
Danny joins the hunt for two escaped convicts after hearing one of them is someone he helped to wrongfully imprison. Gormley criticizes a plan from an NYPD sergeant who Gormley thinks is having an affair with his wife.
Details
- Series
- Blue Bloods
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2015-10-23
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Backstabbers is Episode 5 in Season 6 of Blue Bloods. It aired on 2015-10-23. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 4: With Friends Like These
Erin’s attempt to convict a slippery mob boss for an old murder is muddled when a former informant leaves witness protection to provide his old boss with an alibi. Frank finds himself in a departmental war with Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department.
Episode 6: Rush to Judgment
When Jamie is caught on camera committing what could be construed as police brutality at a demonstration, Frank is forced to turn the case over to Internal Affairs. Danny and Baez investigate a rape case involving a civil rights attorney who claims the charges were drummed up in retaliation for the investigation into Jaime.
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