Episode
Blue Bloods: Heavy Is the Head
Overview
Jamie and Eddie ask Erin to drop old charges against a man who bravely rescued a woman from a local hostage situation. Danny and Baez work a case involving car thieves and discover the leader is a mobster they've dealt with before.
Details
- Series
- Blue Bloods
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2017-12-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Heavy Is the Head is Episode 10 in Season 8 of Blue Bloods. It aired on 2017-12-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 9: Pain Killers
Danny and Baez join a narcotics task force to track a drug supplier. Baez comes into contact with drugs and gets an accidental overdose. Jamie and Eddie work to protect a rehabilitated sex offender. Frank forms an unlikely alliance with Mayor Dutton.
Episode 11: Second Chances
When a journalist disappears while working on an exposé about an innocent man serving time for murder, Danny and Baez hope that reexamining the original case will help find her. Frank reluctantly speaks out against an initiative led by Erin's office to consider drug abuse as a disease first, and a crime second.
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Episode 8: Pick Your Poison
Eddie's judgment is clouded by her past when she arrests a loathed acquaintance from college on questionable charges. Frank is hesitant to mar the spotless record of a member of the force, a decorated veteran, who tested positive for marijuana.
Episode 12: The Brave
After Anthony is shot while interviewing a witness for an upcoming murder trial, Erin enlists Anthony's archenemy, Danny, to find out who was responsible. Jamie and Eddie get in the middle of a standoff between a police lieutenant and a developmentally disabled man posing as an officer. Nicky prepares to take the police exam.
Episode 7: Common Ground
A case turns personal for Danny when he works to protect a nurse from her violent ex-boyfriend. An acquaintance of Frank's comes to him with a theory regarding the death of an inmate. Jamie and Eddie help deliver a baby.
Episode 13: Erasing History
When Henry is the key witness on Danny and Baez's case, his meddling pushes Danny's buttons until it leads them to valuable information. Nicky shocks her family by siding with her activist friend, Chrissie, who defaced the NYPD flag at One Police Plaza. Jamie and Eddie learn a parole officer is taking advantage of his position.
Episode 6: Brushed Off
A famous basketball player is found dead of an apparent drug overdose — Danny investigates and looks into the victim’s possible ties to a local drug gang. Erin revisits the case of a man she may have wrongfully convicted years ago. Frank is approached by Archbishop Kearns regarding an eviction matter that Jamie and Eddie are working on.
Episode 14: School of Hard Knocks
When a student is shot by a rival gang member in his high school courtyard, Danny and Baez try to get a grasp on the situation to prevent a reoccurrence, but the principal recklessly takes matters into his own hands. Erin tries to help a friend who is mixed up in an illegal gambling ring. Governor Mendez tries to frame Frank after one of his top legislative aides is shot by an NYPD officer.
Episode 5: The Forgotten
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a single mother whose ex-husband has a history of violence. Frank deals with the fallout when Mayor Dutton eliminates solitary confinement in prisons. Jamie’s efforts to save a young woman who overdosed on drugs has unexpected consequences.
Episode 15: Legacy
Danny considers taking a new job that would ease his financial struggles after investigating the death of a wealthy man. Nicky tries to avoid involving her family when she is sexually harassed by her boss at her new internship. Garrett advises Frank to regain the public's trust after a rookie cop is caught on video questioning a pedestrian's immigration status.
Episode 4: Out of the Blue
Danny and Baez work the case of a detective who was gunned down prior to testifying against a career criminal. Frank personally investigates when Garrett is attacked by a S.W.A.T. team outside his home. Erin brings in a confidential informant against Anthony’s wishes.
Episode 16: Tale of Two Cities
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a man who was living a double life with two separate families. Anthony tries to resist when Erin asks him to help investigate his old partner, whom she suspects of stealing drug money. Frank deliberates between two candidates for the Chief of Transit position.