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The Best Episodes of Blue Bloods

Every episode of Blue Bloods ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Blue Bloods!

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"My Aim is True" is the best rated episode of "Blue Bloods". It scored 9/10 based on 647 votes. Directed by David Barrett and written by Kevin Wade, it aired on 5/11/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Family Secrets".

  • My Aim is True
    9.0/10647 votes
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    #1 - My Aim is True

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2018

    When a series of drive-by murders occur after six wrongly convicted men are released from prison, Danny and Baez wonder if they were orchestrated by the men as an act of revenge. Also, Frank combats the guilt he feels about these innocent men unfairly serving nine years in prison, and Jamie and Eddie find themselves in a life-threatening situation.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Kevin Wade

  • Family Secrets
    9.0/10507 votes
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    #2 - Family Secrets

    Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2020

    After getting a match from an unknown relative from a DNA network, Sean Reagan does some detective work to figure out who this mystery person might be. Frank gets a personal request from a woman to transfer her son to a safer assignment. Also, Danny seeks to uncover the truth behind the murder of a key witness in one of Erin's cases, and Eddie begins to think about having a child after she and Jamie discover a newborn left outside their precinct.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • The Blue Templar
    8.7/10758 votes
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    #3 - The Blue Templar

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2011

    In his attempt to expose the Blue Templar, Frank chooses to bypass Internal Affairs after a drug bust indicates dirty cops are involved.

    Director: Frederick King Keller

    Writer: Kevin Wade

  • The Art of War
    8.7/10628 votes
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    #4 - The Art of War

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2015

    When a member of the Reagan clan is shot, Danny’s tries to track down the gang member responsible, without letting his emotions get the best of him. Also, he must get creative in order to bring in witnesses.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Something Blue
    8.6/10391 votes
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    #5 - Something Blue

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2019

    As Jamie and Eddie's wedding day approaches, Frank worries about the toast he'll deliver at their rehearsal dinner. Also, Erin interviews a witness whose story leads her to doubt Eddie's honesty, since she took his initial statement, and Danny and Baez unravel the complicated love life of a young homicide victim.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Brian Burns

  • Justifies the Means (2)
    8.6/10408 votes
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    #6 - Justifies the Means (2)

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 5/14/2021

    The Reagans band together to prevent Joe Hill from being killed in the line of duty like his father when they fear Joe’s cover has been blown within the gunrunning outfit he’s helping the ATF bring down.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski, David Barrett

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, Kevin Riley

  • This Way Out
    8.5/10497 votes
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    #7 - This Way Out

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2013

    As the Reagans rally together to take down the leader of the gang responsible for the murder of someone close to them, Danny looks to the gang leader’s girlfriend to lead them to him. Meanwhile, Frank is left reeling from a second loss.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Kevin Wade

  • To Protect and Serve
    8.5/10537 votes
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    #8 - To Protect and Serve

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2013

    Danny becomes the lead hostage negotiator when a prime informant in a large drug case holds Erin at gunpoint inside the courtroom.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Partners
    8.5/10505 votes
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    #9 - Partners

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2014

    Danny tries tracking down the drug cartel who's attacked a convoy of drugs been transported to be incinerated. Baez is left injured. Frank treads carefully.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Forgive and Forget
    8.5/10483 votes
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    #10 - Forgive and Forget

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2014

    Jamie stands up for a fellow officer, ostracized for testifying against their partner. Frank is given a difficult request by Boomer.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: Ian Biederman

  • Excessive Force
    8.5/10513 votes
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    #11 - Excessive Force

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2014

    Frank is put in a difficult position when Danny is charged with using excessive force. Jamie brings homeless man to the hospital.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Brian Burns

  • Loose Lips
    8.5/10536 votes
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    #12 - Loose Lips

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2014

    Jamie has become a target after intervening in an abusive relationship. Elsewhere an illegal recording of Henry making insensitive comments is leaked.

    Director: Alex Chapple

    Writer: Daniel Truly

  • The End (1)
    8.5/10377 votes
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    #13 - The End (1)

    Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 5/14/2021

    Shockwaves ripple through the Reagan family when Danny discovers that their newest family member, Joe Hill (Will Hochman), is working undercover for the ATF to bring down a gunrunning organization.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, Kevin Riley

  • The Bitter End
    8.4/10497 votes
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    #14 - The Bitter End

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/2013

    Danny blames himself when a young woman commits suicide because he had made a promise to her in the wake of her parents' deaths. Meanwhile, violence involving a gang at a housing project erupts and affects the Reagans.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Burns

  • Exiles
    8.4/10456 votes
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    #15 - Exiles

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2014

    Danny uncovers shocking information while investigating a case against orders.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Kevin Wade

  • Unbearable Loss
    8.4/10435 votes
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    #16 - Unbearable Loss

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2016

    When the son of Frank's most outspoken critic in the African-American community, Reverend Darnell Potter (Ato Essandoh), is killed, Potter must put aside his contentious relationship with the Reagan family in order to get justice for his.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, Peter Blauner

  • Common Enemies
    8.4/10386 votes
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    #17 - Common Enemies

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2019

    After someone breaks into Luis Delgado’s home and kills his wife, Luis and Danny team up to take down the vicious murderer who may also be responsible for Linda’s death. Also, Frank finally meets Eddie’s mother, Lena, and Jamie and Erin are at odds after Jamie seeks her help charging a man who confessed to him while under the influence.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Fog of War
    8.4/10375 votes
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    #18 - Fog of War

    Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/2020

    Danny and Baez work with Texas Ranger Waylon Gates when they are put on a case to find the Lone Star Killer. Also, after Eddie's partner, Officer James Addison, mistakenly shoots an undercover cop, internal affairs accuses Jamie of not supervising properly, and Frank speaks with Officer Addison about why he shouldn't turn in his shield.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: Ian Biederman

  • Silver Linings
    8.4/10322 votes
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    #19 - Silver Linings

    Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2022

    Jamie and Joe search for an undocumented teenage girl who has been sex-trafficked; a woman in witness protection is murdered; Frank calls out the district attorney's office for instituting a new rule that classifies armed robbery as a misdemeanor.

    Director: Ralph Hemecker

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Framed
    8.3/10505 votes
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    #20 - Framed

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2013

    Danny’s car matches an NYPD description of a car involved in a drug deal and taken into custody when a bag of cocaine is found in his trunk.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Daniel Truly

  • New Rules
    8.3/10491 votes
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    #21 - New Rules

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2015

    When NYPD Deputy Chief Donald Kent, a commanding officer of the gang division, and his wife are gunned down in an apparent gang hit, Frank orders all hands on deck to catch his friend’s killer. Working the case, Danny and Baez go see Mario Hunt, a well-known member of a deadly gang, in the first of a two-part season finale.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Thin Blue Line
    8.3/10407 votes
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    #22 - The Thin Blue Line

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2017

    In the season finale, when Danny intercepts a shipment of several million dollars that was heading to a drug cartel in Mexico, he becomes a target when they come back for revenge. Also, Jamie works independently to track down a serial killer who preys on the elderly.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Ian Biederman, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess

  • Risk Management
    8.3/10370 votes
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    #23 - Risk Management

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/2018

    Danny and Baez race to find a missing girl who will die within 72 hours without her heart medication. Also, Jamie and Eddie are on the wrong side of an investigation after engaging in a car chase, Frank, Garrett and Gormley investigate the rise in the settlement of lawsuits against cops, and Sean wins an essay contest and receives a medal from former New York City Mayor David Dinkins.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Ian Biederman

  • By Hook or by Crook
    8.3/10392 votes
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    #24 - By Hook or by Crook

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2018

    Things get personal for Danny when the drug cartel hit man responsible for torching his house resurfaces. An attack on an officer in the line of duty directly impacts a member of Frank's team. Eddie reluctantly introduces Jamie to her mother.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Keeping the Faith
    8.3/10408 votes
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    #25 - Keeping the Faith

    Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2022

    Eddie and Jamie deal with a domestic violence case associated with an investigation lead by Danny and Baez; Frank and his friend go on a mission to avail themselves to an unfiltered look at the city; Erin is presented with a surprising offer.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, Kevin Wade