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Just when you thought the Bloods was headin' out to six star pasture, they come up with an episode like this. The murders, DA work and Internal Affairs trouble were same as ever, but it was the camaraderie, not only with Frank telling stories better than ever at the dinner table, but the whole family showing up in defense of an old neighborhood friend, at the end of the show. Really sparks of the good, green, Irish friendship and feeling of family. Hearty. Finally an episode which takes advantage of the great cast of characters.

Should have been asked on the front page, but to clarify why the perp gets to visit is stated because it will help prepare his defense. The defense gets the same op to investigate a crime as does the prosecution generally but it's not unfettered. For example, with Epstein's suicide the family hired their own coroner to watch the autopsy. In the case on the show and with some points that are spoilers that I won't state, the DA could make a motion to the court that due to the particulars that the actual defendant not be allowed to do the visit but whether he's representing himself or has an attorney is never mentioned. In the real world, it would be unlikely he'd be allowed to visit, and he'd never be allowed to visit without the police and likely the prosecutor being there as well.

As for the rest of the show, it was nice seeing Mr. Asner or as I remember him Mr. Grant. I've missed a bunch of ep's so I don't know how Jamie become a Sgt but he's pretty young I would think to be a Sgt without influence. It's also unlikely that his father wouldn't be aware of what happened but there's never a cross over between them of the story.

Oh, and the whole thing with Ms. Reagan isn't realistic either. ANY prosecutor put in the position she was would take the info to the FBI immediately. The FBI has a section just for public corruption just for cases like shown.

It's only one of a set of disconnected stories, but what moron teaches journeyman writers to have the good guy accused non obviously planntef evidence? STUPID. Fast- forward through these bits. And fire the writers.

Besides the obvious of 2 over the hill actors ( asner and selleck ) trying to impress us with how good they once were, there was 3 other stories ... one involving jamie being investigaed by iad, erin trying to find corruption in the da's office, and there is danny and maria chasing a murderer in a hotel full of guests that won't divulge pertinent information ...