8.5/10501 votes#1 - 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
8.5/10479 votes#2 - 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
7.3/10536 votes#3 - Burning Bridges
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2014
Eddie and James attempt to steal a collar from a pompous detective. An officer is outed and his partner refuses to ride with him. Danny and Baez are asked to work with new partners. Elsewhere Frank speaks out about equality on the force.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Willie Reale
8.5/10510 votes#4 - 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
8.5/10532 votes#5 - 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
8.0/10448 votes#6 - Most Wanted
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2014
Frank and Danny become determined to make sure that an international felon who always manages to walk away from murder charges ends up behind bars. Erin thinks about going into private practice after she looks into college costs for Nicky. Danny clashes with his new boss.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Bryan Goluboff
8.2/10439 votes#7 - Shoot the Messenger
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2014
An interview goes badly for Frank after he ends up being blindsided by the interim district attorney. Danny and his new boss deal with a drive-by shooting.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor
7.8/10447 votes#8 - Power of the Press
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2014
Frank is faced with a public backlash after a police officers body camera malfunctions during an altercation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10440 votes#9 - Under the Gun
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2014
The murder of three prominent community leaders seem to be hate crimes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10459 votes#10 - Sins of the Father
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2015
Frank pushes to find evidence against a suspected cop killer who shot one of Henry’s fellow officers years ago. Meanwhile, Danny and Baez investigate a string of murders involving adult film stars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10501 votes#11 - Baggage
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2015
Danny is conflicted when he learns that a group of highly trained Army veterans are responsible for a robbery. Meanwhile, after a bomb scare in a subway turns out to be the work of a famous street artist, Garrett and Gormley argue about how to deal with the fallout.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10462 votes#12 - Home Sweet Home
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2015
Jamie gets Danny involved when he finds a homeless teen who claims his aunt was killed by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Erin is angered when McCoy replaces her as the prosecutor on a case involving a corrections officer.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Bryan Goluboff
7.8/10440 votes#13 - Love Stories
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2015
Danny and Baez investigate when a homeowner shoots an intruder, only to find out that, the intruder is a hit man. Also, a young attorney attempts to bring justice to his mother who Erin put away on a murder charge 12 years ago
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10463 votes#14 - The Poor Door
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2015
Danny and Baez investigate a murder of a lower income resident in a luxury building where 20 percent of the units are made affordable for lower income housing. Also, Frank takes issue with a detective friend of Gormley’s who takes advantage of his position with legal loopholes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10483 votes#15 - Power Players
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2015
When a star witness in a double murder case drops out, Erin is tasked with bringing a protected mob informant back to New York for a case and keeping him safe, with help from Danny and Baez. Also, Frank enters into tense negotiations with Mayor Poole about police officer benefits.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10465 votes#16 - In the Box
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2015
When an emotionally distraught man holds Baez hostage at gunpoint in an interrogation room after she served him with a restraining order, Danny must try to meet his demands before he harms Frank is faced with a personal and moral dilemma when Garrett asks for help in dropping charges filed against his son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10457 votes#17 - Occupational Hazards
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2015
Erin is rattled when an unknown assailant breaks into her apartment and also attacks her co-worker. Meanwhile, Jamie and Eddie discover a pipe bomb in an elderly woman’s apartment, and Frank looks into a charity that is soliciting money for the NYPD.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.2/10492 votes#18 - Bad Company
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/2015
Eddie goes on her first undercover operation to investigate a kidnapping ring targeting young women via fake youth hostel websites. Meanwhile, Frank helps a woman he knows from early in his career meet the inmate who killed her family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10447 votes#19 - Through the Looking Glass
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2015
Frank goes toe to toe with an investigative journalist who refuses to give up her source, despite the source admitting to committing murder. Also, Danny is paired with a troubled teenager as part of an NYPD program aimed at influencing youth to make better decisions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10437 votes#20 - Payback
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2015
When a suspect voluntarily admits to killing a reality show celebrity chef in his own restaurant, Danny and Baez are convinced the suspect is taking the fall for someone. Also, Frank faces a moral dilemma when a longtime friend, Sen. Ted McCreary, asks for Frank’s help to make a DUI go away, and investigative journalist Anne Farrell returns.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Kevin Wade, Lauren Gautier
8.3/10485 votes#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
8.7/10623 votes#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Blue Bloods Season 5
Every episode of Blue Bloods Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Blue Bloods Season 5!
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...
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Network:CBS
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Partners" is the best rated episode of "Blue Bloods" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 501 votes. Directed by David Barrett and written by Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, it aired on 9/26/2014. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Forgive and Forget".