Blue Bloods | |
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Season 2 | |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 23, 2011 – May 11, 2012 |
Season chronology | |
The second season of Blue Bloods , a police procedural drama series created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, premiered on CBS September 23, 2011 and ended May 11, 2012. Ed Zuckerman served as executive producer and showrunner for the season after Green and Burgess departed the show at the end of the first season. [1]
Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou are first credited, with Tom Selleck receiving an "and" billing at the close of the main title sequence. Jennifer Esposito retains her "also starring" credit from the first season, whilst Amy Carlson and Sami Gayle are also credited as "also starring" during the episodes that they appear.
The cast for season 2 includes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | "Mercy" | Michael Pressman | Kevin Wade | September 23, 2011 | 201 | 12.06 [2] |
When a supporter for Mayor-elect Poole is found dead in his car, Frank is ordered to position the killing as a random act of violence. Meanwhile, while on his first undercover assignment Jamie bonds with a suspicious patron who turns out to have a connection with the Cavazerre crime family. Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood perform a duet of "It Had To Be You" at Mayor- elect Poole’s party. | |||||||
24 | 2 | "Friendly Fire" | John Polson | Brian Burns | September 30, 2011 | 203 | 11.30 [3] |
After having a very rough day, with various blow ups, Danny faces an Internal Affairs investigation due to his shooting of an undercover cop who failed to identify himself. | |||||||
25 | 3 | "Critical Condition" | Ralph Hemecker | Thomas Kelly | October 7, 2011 | 202 | 11.29 [4] |
When an attempted bank robbery goes wrong and turns into a wounded hostage situation, Danny discovers one of the armed robbers is Billy Flood, a former cop who was a member of Frank’s secret enforcement unit. Meanwhile Jamie is temporarily assigned a new partner, Luisa Sosa (Monica Raymund), for a plain clothes “Bingo Bag” assignment. | |||||||
26 | 4 | "Innocence" | Alex Zakrzewski | Siobhan Byrne-O'Connor | October 14, 2011 | 204 | 11.19 [5] |
DA Rosselini assigns Erin to reopen an 18-year-old rape case, based on new DNA evidence that exonerates Miles Thomas of the crime. Frank who was the arresting officer in the case, assigns Baker to find the actual rapist. Meanwhile, Danny and Jackie investigate the shooting of three teenagers in a park, who appear to have been shot for no apparent reason. Jaime and Renzulli deal with a laptop theft. Nicky gets permission to go into the city at night unchaperoned. | |||||||
27 | 5 | "A Night on the Town" | Ralph Hemecker | Kevin Wade | October 21, 2011 | 205 | 10.90 [6] |
Danny and Linda embark on a romantic getaway weekend, but he fails in his attempt to juggle it with his investigation of a suspicious fatal car accident and medicaid fraud case. Jamie resumes his undercover assignment as "Jimmy Riordan", renewing his acquaintance with the Noble Sanfino, the mercurial nephew of a high-profile Cavazerre mob boss. Henry looks for misplaced musical tickets. | |||||||
28 | 6 | "Black and Blue" | Alex Chapple | Brian Burns | November 4, 2011 | 206 | 12.73 [7] |
Frank deals with a looming political crisis after Jamie and Renzulli are injured at black religious center responding to a robbery call (male with a gun), by security members who physically prevent them from climbing the stairs. Frank must diffuse a tense situation incited by a rabble rousing community leader, Reverend Darnell Potter (Ato Essandoh). | |||||||
29 | 7 | "Lonely Hearts Club" | Félix Alcalá | Vanessa Rojas | November 11, 2011 | 207 | 11.30 [8] |
Jackie goes undercover as an escort to try and track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes in hotel rooms. Meanwhile, Erin meets Jacob Crystal, a potential suitor, at an art gallery with whom she shares common interests. Henry is wooed by a Ajax, a private security corporation hoping to capitalize on the connections he made during his forty years in law enforcement. Frank deals with the patrolman’s union demands contractual as he deals with budget cuts. | |||||||
30 | 8 | "Thanksgiving" | Steve Gomer | Shaun Cassidy | November 18, 2011 | 209 | 12.41 [9] |
On Thanksgiving eve, Henry suffers a heart attack as he and Linda make dinner preparations, which leaves him hospitalized and the family worrying about him. While Jaime and Renzulli are on foot patrol, they witness a woman’s death from a fall from a 17 story high rise residential unit. When Danny and Jackie look into the apparent suicide they discover it may not be what it seem. Frank and Mayor Poole disagree about a terrorist threat to the Lincoln tunnel. When Jacob runs into Erin and Nicky on the streets of the city, Erin notices undercover police surveillance of them. Meanwhile, Renzulli deals with phone calls concerning his $3,000 gambling debt. | |||||||
31 | 9 | "Moonlighting" | Robert Harmon | Kevin Wade | December 2, 2011 | 210 | 11.05 [10] |
Danny and Sam Kraw spend the day locating the bodies of a number of cold case victims through the assistance of Tommy Marone, a dangerous ex-mobster, who is helping the authorities in exchange for leniency for his son’s grand theft auto charges. Meanwhile, Jamie as Jimmy Riordan begins work in a boiler room operation in order to uncover secrets about the Cavazerre crime family, but has a rough go with his new boss, Johnny Tesla, a made man. Jacob returns and makes contact with Erin. | |||||||
32 | 10 | "Whistle Blower" | Robert Harmon | Thomas Kelly | January 6, 2012 | 208 | 11.34 [11] |
When Erin's confidential informant Ray Milo is murdered, while leaving a restaurant with his wife, Erin blames herself and works to help Danny and Jackie discover who killed him. Frank deals with the ramifications of the a potential case of police brutality caught on video. | |||||||
33 | 11 | "The Uniform" | Alex Zakrzewski | John Moskowitz | January 13, 2012 | 211 | 12.08 [12] |
Danny and Jackie investigate a murder scene at a diner, where a witness claims a uniformed officer fled the scene after shots were fired. Jamie takes a second job to help pay off his Harvard law school loans. | |||||||
34 | 12 | "The Job" | Nick Gomez | Brian Burns | February 3, 2012 | 212 | 11.44 [13] |
While driving home from a football viewing party with Linda and his sons, Danny strikes a man who had run into the road ahead of the car. As Danny attends to the wounded person (who turns out to be a convicted child molester), another man who was chasing shoots at Danny, and the bullet just misses the boys in the SUV. As Danny and Jackie try to locate the shooter, a shaken Linda proclaims she is tired of being "second fiddle" to the NYPD. Meanwhile, Frank deals with survivor's guilt when he learns that his old partner and friend John McKenna is dying from a 9/11-related disease. | |||||||
35 | 13 | "Leap of Faith" | David M. Barrett | David Black | February 10, 2012 | 213 | 11.82 [14] |
When a wealthy woman dies of a heart attack, her eccentric daughter claims that she received a message from God, who told her that her stepfather (guest star Timothy Busfield) is the murderer of the woman. Skeptical at first, Danny and Jackie still investigate the daughter’s claims. Also, Frank investigates a rumor about Father William Campion, who is up for canonization, that he went too far when protesting the Vietnam War. | |||||||
36 | 14 | "Parenthood" | John Polson | Siobhan Byrne-O'Connor | February 17, 2012 | 214 | 10.81 [15] |
When a man's family is robbed and beaten in front of him, and the assailant is shot and killed, the Reagans debate about how far they would go to protect their family. Meanwhile, when Mayor Poole's illegitimate daughter is arrested at a college protest, Frank struggles with the charges brought against her. | |||||||
37 | 15 | "The Life We Chose" | Félix Alcalá | Thomas Kelly | February 24, 2012 | 215 | 11.35 [16] |
When a close friend to the Reagan family, an undercover detective, is murdered in the line of duty, Linda and the boys begin to worry about Danny as his relentless search for the suspected killer, nicknamed Phantom, starts to take a toll on his emotional state of mind. Henry and Nicky prepare for a duet performance in the upcoming parish talent show. | |||||||
38 | 16 | "Women with Guns" | Martha Mitchell | Kevin Wade | March 2, 2012 | 216 | 11.47 [17] |
Melanie Maines (Margaret Colin), a high-profile reporter and close friend of Frank is nearly assaulted while she is out with him, when a masked stranger (guest star Tom Wopat) throws acid at her. Danny and Jackie search for the would-be attacker. Meanwhile, Jamie's undercover case investigating the Cavazerre crime family comes to a critical stage, when he learns from Bianca Sanfino (Mara Davi) that Johnny Tesla has been wacked. | |||||||
39 | 17 | "Reagan Vs. Reagan" | Jim McKay | Ed Zuckerman | March 9, 2012 | 217 | 11.27 [18] |
As Erin begins a trial prosecuting a young woman accused of killing her rich and older husband, one of the defendant's attorneys is mysteriously murdered and Danny is assigned to that investigation. Later, when Danny is put on the stand by the defense, matters get heated between the siblings as they face off in court (which later spills over into the family dinner). Meanwhile, Frank deals with large fraudulent charges made on an institutional credit card, that may point back to Jimmy’s, a restaurant that he often frequents. | |||||||
40 | 18 | "No Questions Asked" | Christine Moore | Vanessa Rojas & Brian Burns | March 30, 2012 | 218 | 10.72 [19] |
Danny is put in a difficult position when he receives information about a robbery shooting through the NYPD's “no questions asked” gun buyback program arranged by Reverend Potter. He must choose to either arrest the suspect or follow the "no questions asked" rule. Jaime helps Nicky deal with her friend Diane’s social media problem caused by a risqué photo. | |||||||
41 | 19 | "Some Kind of Hero" | Alex Zakrzewski | Siobhan Byrne-O'Connor | April 6, 2012 | 219 | 10.92 [20] |
Danny causes waves in the department when he investigates a closed case, the suicide of a firefighter, at the insistence of the man's 11-year-old son. Meanwhile, Jamie saves a baby from a burning building, which will jeopardize his undercover work if he is identified as a hero in the press. | |||||||
42 | 20 | "Working Girls" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Ian Biederman | April 27, 2012 | 220 | 10.47 [21] |
Danny and Jackie are assigned to protect a key witness in a Russian mob trial, but when an attempt is made on her life, they realize there is a leak on the task force. Meanwhile, Erin is offered a job as deputy mayor, which would have her working directly with her father. | |||||||
43 | 21 | "Collateral Damage" | Ralph Hemecker | Kevin Wade & Thomas Kelly | May 4, 2012 | 221 | 10.36 [22] |
Danny and Jackie investigate the suspicious death of a high rolling investor, who had injuries from a fight, but no marks on his hands. Meanwhile, Frank puts Jamie under house arrest, after hearing the Sanfino family has put out a hit on "Jimmy Riordan". | |||||||
44 | 22 | "Mother's Day" | Michael Pressman | Brian Burns | May 11, 2012 | 222 | 10.73 [23] |
Frank must race to prevent a biological weapon attack on New York City, while keeping it a secret from his family during their most sentimental holiday, Mother's Day. Meanwhile, a long-standing conflict between Danny and Jamie comes to a head. |
№ | Episode | Air date | 18-49 rating | Viewers (million) | Weekly rank | Live+7 18-49 | Live+7 viewers (million) |
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1 | "Mercy" | September 23, 2011 | 2.0 [2] | 12.06 [2] | #25 [24] | 2.7 [25] | 14.91 [25] |
2 | "Friendly Fire" | September 30, 2011 | 1.8 [3] | 11.30 [3] | #21 [26] | 2.6 [27] | 14.21 [27] |
3 | "Critical Condition" | October 7, 2011 | 1.9 [4] | 11.29 [4] | #21 [28] | N/A | 14.19 [29] |
4 | "Innocence" | October 14, 2011 | 1.8 [5] | 11.19 [5] | #19 [30] | N/A | 13.92 [31] |
5 | "A Night on the Town" | October 21, 2011 | 1.7 [6] | 10.90 [6] | N/A | 2.4 [32] | 13.59 [32] |
6 | "Black and Blue" | November 4, 2011 | 2.1 [7] | 12.73 [7] | #16 [33] | N/A | N/A |
7 | "Lonely Hearts Club" | November 11, 2011 | 1.7 [8] | 11.30 [8] | #19 [34] | 2.5 [35] | 14.17 [35] |
8 | "Thanksgiving" | November 18, 2011 | 2.0 [9] | 12.41 [9] | #12 [36] | 2.8 [37] | 15.33 [37] |
9 | "Moonlighting" | December 2, 2011 | 1.6 [10] | 11.05 [10] | #8 [38] | 2.2 [39] | 13.57 [39] |
10 | "Whistle Blower" | January 6, 2012 | 1.8 [11] | 11.34 [11] | #15 [40] | 2.6 [41] | 14.17 [41] |
11 | "The Uniform" | January 13, 2012 | 1.8 [12] | 12.08 [12] | #11 [42] | 2.5 [43] | 14.70 [43] |
12 | "The Job" | February 3, 2012 | 1.7 [13] | 11.44 [13] | #10 [44] | 2.4 [45] | 14.13 [45] |
13 | "Leap of Faith" | February 10, 2012 | 1.8 [14] | 11.82 [14] | #15 [46] | N/A | 14.34 [47] |
14 | "Parenthood" | February 17, 2012 | 1.6 [15] | 10.81 [15] | #16 [48] | N/A | 13.45 [49] |
15 | "The Life We Chose" | February 24, 2012 | 1.7 [16] | 11.35 [16] | #18 [50] | N/A | 13.90 [51] |
16 | "Women with Guns" | March 2, 2012 | 1.7 [17] | 11.47 [17] | #13 [52] | N/A | 13.81 [53] |
17 | "Reagan V. Reagan" | March 9, 2012 | 1.6 [18] | 11.27 [18] | #11 [54] | 2.3 [55] | 13.93 [55] |
18 | "No Questions Asked" | March 30, 2012 | 1.6 [19] | 10.72 [19] | #15 [56] | 2.2 [57] | 13.30 [57] |
19 | "Some Kind of Hero" | April 6, 2012 | 1.7 [20] | 10.92 [20] | #15 [58] | 2.3 [59] | 13.53 [59] |
20 | "Working Girls" | April 27, 2012 | 1.5 [21] | 10.47 [21] | #10 [60] | 2.2 [61] | 13.19 [61] |
21 | "Collateral Damage" | May 4, 2012 | 1.4 [22] | 10.36 [22] | #16 [62] | 2.1 [63] | 13.39 [63] |
22 | "Mother's Day" | May 11, 2012 | 1.3 [23] | 10.73 [23] | #17 [64] | 2.0 [65] | 13.77 [65] |
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