Blue Bloods ignores BLM Self-Flagellation
(Spoiler warning)
Most of the Cop shows I have seen so far this year have had some dosage of “ZOMG! There are bad White cops trampling on poor Black folks including Black Officers!”
But the one show bucking the trend (so far) has been Blue Bloods. First of all, they have touched on this subject long before BLM became cause celebre and very well done so they had a centipede’s worth of legs up. And in the latest episode “Spilling Secrets” they actually go the other way.
Sean Reagan who is the son of Detective Danny Reagan, finds himself the target of anti-cop sentiment when he finds the acronym ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) painted in his locker at school. Rather than be cowed and beg for mercy and understanding, he finds out who did it and who helped do this hate/bully BS. Most interesting is that he confronts a teacher known to be anti-cop, but she confesses that after the riots in her neighborhood where “peaceful protestors” (my words, not hers) were on a rampage setting cars on fire and looting, it was the cops who came and put their lives on the line to stop it which made her views on police change somewhat. Sean eventually finds out who did what and why and deals with the issues exquisitely and with grace while twisting the dagger.
So, an attaboy/girl goes to Blue Bloods not only for not playing the dumb self-flagellation game but actually turning it around. Maybe the reason they are on their 11th season is they create content people like rather than what politicians and pundits decide is the flavor of the year.