Episode
Blue Bloods: Brushed Off
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Blue Bloods
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2017-11-03
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Brushed Off is Episode 6 in Season 8 of Blue Bloods. It aired on 2017-11-03. The runtime is 45 min.
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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 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.
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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 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 3: The Enemy of My Enemy
Erin’s trial against a notorious human trafficker is jeopardized when the presiding judge is mysteriously found dead — Danny and Baez are put on the case to investigate foul play. Mayor Dutton opposes Frank’s public safety initiative, but City Council Speaker Regina Thomas devises a plan to help Frank bypass the mayor’s veto.
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 2: Ghosts of the Past
Frank receives an order from the mayor to attend a parade honoring a man who served time for conspiring in an attack against the police. Danny investigates the return of a teen who suspiciously disappeared 13 years ago. Jamie and Eddie help a young woman they believe is being exploited by a congressman.
Episode 10: Heavy Is the Head
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.
Episode 1: Cutting Losses
Danny considers retiring until Erin asks for his help with a case involving her ex-husband. Jamie and Eddie pose as a couple. Frank clashes with the new mayor.
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.
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 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.