Blue Bloods - Season 1 [DVD]

A rare (unique?) drama series about three generations of a family closely linked with the law. New York's Catholic Reagans comprise a past and present Police Commissioner, a detective, an assistant DA and new recruit Jamie. Dinner sessions are lively as they discuss issues encountered.As with NYPD BLUE, the star here is New York itself - the series out and about in a city crammed to capacity with people of different races and religions reflecting all walks of life. A bustling mix, a volatile one too - each day with crimes to keep law enforcement officers busy.Tom Selleck heads an impressive cast - his Commissioner Frank Reagan arguably an idealized version of how America would like all its high ranking officials to be, the epitome of integrity.Here very much is a drama with heart, a family doing its best in challenging circumstances. Movingly it has yet to come to terms with the death of brother Joe - killed on active duty, the alleged details suspicious. Chillingly there would seem a highly organized rogue element in the force - Joe a victim, Jamie possibly to be targeted....22 episodes. Interesting cases. Much action. Thought provoking issues prompting much animated discussion at family meals. Examples? How far can one go to make a terrorist reveal where a car bomb is about to explode? How to proceed when diplomatic immunity protects a serial rapist? Should certain drugs be legalized?Fine bonus features show how the actors were chosen and how they respond to the characters they play. Long serving police officers advise, ensuring authenticity.Much else besides, this in so many ways a truly impressive box set.

I was knocked out by Jesse Stone on the telly - more of that later. I felt in good company with the mature Tom Selleck. So I bought first of all Magnum - a very young Tom Selleck and then pondered for some time before buying Blue Bloods. I have no experience of families and am not a town lover. This series has a lot of both. Really it is a twist on the normal format of getting a group of people together and creating the stories round them. Yes the format works but not for me. Grisly grisily violence I am trying to avoid and this series has an awful lot of this. Also I find many people sitting around a large table very uncomfortable. You cannot eat and act. The shape of the table makes for the shots to be very awkward. And yes to they do manage to show some lovely citiscapes - but I prefer fresh air the sea and the countryside. Tom Selleck and Len Cariou are excellent and it is good to see older actors given parts that are positive and caring. I suppose you could say Donnie Wahlberg is really the lead actor and he plays his part well too although with far to much violence for my taste.

A very engaging cop drama set in New York City, with fine performances from the whole cast. There are interesting 'special features' for those who'd like to know how the show got made.Each episode has a main and a minor arc to hold viewers' interest. The writing is convincing apart from the additional thread running from the first episode about the Blue Templars, a secret sect within the police department. The latter plot thread, based around the youngest of the police commissioner's sons, would have been fine if resolved in a single episode, but the way it persisted in the background until the last episode didn't mesh (for me) with the family bonds that drive this show.

A well written script, Superb casting - actors who deliver extremely believable performances episode after episode. Congratulations to all involved.

Liked everything about the Series - typical Dick Wolf quality product - made unmissable by the excellent cast and story-lines - law and family. Didn't like it when I got to the end of the road series-wise!

Plenty of police work, with just enough of the family to hang it all together and provide additional interest without distracting from the crime scenes. A very good series. On 2nd watching de-rated from 5 star (excellent) to 4 star (good).

Good start wasn't t sure if I would like it but in season 5 now

I bought this in September 2018 but didn't take it out of the case until yesterday. I didn't need to watch the first disc so started with the second disc. The first episode was ok but halfway through the second episode it just stops working near enough and am unable to watch the other episodes. Not pleased with this at all.