Blue Bloods

What do we got, Malone?

DOA under the bushes over there.

No I.D. No personal property.

- Any signs of foul play? - No.

- You found the body? - Jogger over here did.

Name's Elon Lubin.

He was jogging, checked his watch,

- then noticed him -under those bushes. - Thanks.

Mr. Lubin?

Detective Reagan, my partner Detective Baez.

Is this your typical jogging route?

- It is. - Did you know

the deceased, you ever seen him before?

No.

You see anything unusual when you found it?

Somebody near the body, running away?

No, it was early. There was nobody else out here.

Did you touch him at all?

No. I just called 911.

He's probably from the Grand Hotel.

Grand Hotel? Isn't that a high-end hotel?

Used to be. I think the city

turned it into a homeless shelter after COVID.

Homeless hotel.

Yeah. Guess he checked out.

Good morning.

Ooh. Don't you look spiffy.

You have a hot date?

Nope, this is for me.

Table for one, please? I like it.

A little self-love.

We can all use a little more of that these days.

Can I ask you something?

If you didn't know me, would you make me for a cop?

Maybe, but not definitely.

If I was at the bar and you had to guess my occupation,

what would it be?

Baseball umpire.

Baseball umpire?

- Where the hell -did that come from? - I don't know.

I just can picture you behind the plate

kicking dust on people, saying, "You're out of here!"

I'll say this for you, Reagan,

you know how to brighten up a room.

Now, what's bothering you?

This clown at the bar last night

took one look at me and assumed that I was a mobster.

I mean, do you believe that?

After a lifetime of law enforcement?

Were you wearing a Sergio Tacchini sweat suit?

Ha-ha-ha. Very funny.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I mean, there I was, minding my own business,

having a couple of pops, and some guy plops down

next to me and starts talking to me crazy

like I'm some kind of a wiseguy.

Well, maybe you misunderstood him.

I mean, what exactly did he say?

He asked me to kill his wife.

Wow, Anthony, you really buried the lede there, didn't you?

Are you gonna read him the riot act?

The riot act was used to address a mob of 12 or more.

We just have the one.

But it's not like it's a nothing thing.

It's definitely something.

Yeah, he shot himself in the foot,

and the shot's gonna ricochet.

Lot of collateral damage.

Gonna be.

Sorry I'm late.

Your draft

for the First Friday Club.

I'll let you two catch up.

Sid.

What's going on?

That?

Yes. That.

Sid had a good point.

Just that the rank and file ain't too happy

about you throwing the boss under the bus like that.

I didn't throw him under the bus.

I didn't throw you under the boss.

"To be Frank, we can do better."

Come on.

After all this time,

you guys don't know boilerplate when you see it?

I do, but I sure don't see it here.

What am I supposed to say?

"No other police department can hold a candle to us"?

Like the sound of that a little better, to be honest.

It's a good thing you don't have my job,

'cause the second I pat ourselves on the back,

they point out every zit, mole and wart we got.

Okay. You got a point.

Thank you.

But I've got one, too.

It's hard enough on our people out there

without them having to read over their morning coffee

you slapping them around.

I did not slap them around.

I know you didn't. But they don't.

Walk it back.

How'd you afford to stay here on a cop's salary?

It was New Year's. I think it was

- a thousand bucks a night. - Thou...

Thousand bucks? Well, it's not that expensive anymore.

Yeah, you think?

Excuse me, ma'am?

Detective Reagan. My partner Detective Baez.

Do you know this man?

That looks like Billy.

Do you know his last name?

No.

Sandy.

Do you know Billy's last name?

Hey. Anyone know Billy's last name?

I think it's Rucker.

No, no, no. Rutledge.

Billy Rutledge.

Billy stay here often?

It's a first come, first serve situation,

but yeah, he stayed here quite a bit.

- And when he wasn't here? - On the streets

or in the park.

Billy was a bit of a loner.

He liked the open space of the park.

Even more than a nice, warm bed?

Billy would have been better served

by a hospital than a hotel.

Did something happen to him?

I'm afraid he passed away.

He was found in the park this morning.

Did you know him well?

Not really.

Anybody know where he was from?

Next of kin?

I think

I remember him saying something about St. Louis.

St. Louis?

Long way from New York.

I'm very sorry to have to be the one

to share this news with you.

I'm sure he was a wonderful person.

All of his friends say the same thing.

Yes, all very good things.

Of course. If we learn of anything else,

we will definitely give you a call.

Very good, yes.

Again, I am very sorry for your loss. Bye.

I mean, did you think I was ordering takeout?

No, but this is important. You got to see this.

Can it wait two minutes? I mean, that was the grieving mother.

I'm sorry, but this is relevant.

- What am I looking at? - Okay, this name.

Elon Lubin. That's the jogger

who found our deceased homeless person. And?

It's the third deceased homeless person

- he's found in the last year. - What?

Yes. He found one here, here and here.

That's a super weird coincidence.

Or not a coincidence at all.

No, thank you.

Why don't you want to do it? I'm not interested.

- But I am. - I can see that.

So you should do it.

Because you want to? Yes.

- How's that work? - It's called marriage, Jamie.

You do stuff for each other.

Great. The thing that I want to do is not do that.

By your logic, you should not do it with me.

Doesn't work like that.

I didn't think so.

Yours is a not. That's negative.

Mine is a do, and that's positive.

You realize we can still be us

while at the same time remaining both me and you.

Cognitive dissonance.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

- This is why we have to do this. - Why?

Because I don't understand what you're saying half the time.

Trust me, that may just be the key to a happy marriage.

At least, that's what Churchill said.

Winston Churchill didn't say that.

No, but he said that spouses shouldn't

see each other before lunch; It's the same difference.

You're continuing to prove my point.

I'm thoroughly confused.

Okay, let me clear the confusion for you.

I have no idea what a love language is.

Really, no idea what my love language is.

But most importantly, I have zero interest

in figuring out what it is.

But I do.

Then you take the quiz.

Jamie...

Our neighborhood used to be a quiet family community.

It is now overrun with homeless vagrants.

Just the other day, someone overdosed

in the supermarket aisle right next to a mother

and her children.