Blue Bloods (season 6)

Blue Bloods (season 6)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) – present

The sixth season of Blue Bloods, a police procedural drama series created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, premiered on CBS on September 25, 2015. Leonard Goldberg serves as executive producer. The season will contain 22 episodes.

On May 11, 2015, CBS renewed Blue Bloods for a sixth season.

As of May 6, 2016, 133 episodes of Blue Bloods have aired, concluding the sixth season.

Cast

Donnie Wahlberg (Danny Reagan), Bridget Moynahan (Erin Reagan), Will Estes (Jamie Reagan) and Len Cariou (Henry Reagan) are first credited. Amy Carlson (Linda Reagan) and Sami Gayle (Nicki Reagan-Boyle) are credited next, marking the second season they have been included in the opening credits. Tom Selleck (Frank Reagan) receives an "and" billing at the close of the main title sequence.

Marisa Ramirez, as Danny's partner Detective Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray, as Jamie’s partner Eddie Janko, continue to receive "also starring" billing for season 6. Appearing regularly and receiving "special guest star" billing are Gregory Jbara as Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Garrett Moore, Robert Clohessy as Lt. Sidney Gormley, and Abigail Hawk as Detective Baker, Frank's primary aide.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
112	1	"Worst Case Scenario"	Alex Chapple	Bryan Goluboff	September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)	601	10.08
After a recent terrorist attack in the Middle East, Frank becomes convinced that New York City is the next target. His claims are confirmed when a waitress at a club tells Jamie and Eddie that she heard a regular speak terrorist-like language. Coincidentally, a foreign-speaking man runs into Danny and frantically informs him that his neighbors possessed bombs. With time running out, the Reagans must try to stop the bombers.
113	2	"Absolute Power"	David Barrett	Siobhan Byrne O'Connor	October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)	602	11.41
Mayoral candidate Katherine Tucker becomes convinced Frank is secretly investigating her husband. He learns Mayor Poole has been illegally using his security aids to do this, and besides uncovering an affair, found no actual criminal activity. He decides to tell her the truth, but Garrett warns that doing this could earn the mayor's wrath, and threaten his job and those of everyone around him. Danny uncovers several dead women in a secluded field, pointing to a serial killer. After calling the killer a coward on TV, he is taunted by him. He finds a common connection between all the victims and races to apprehend the murderer at his house, but sustains injuries that allow him to escape. In the end, the criminal taunts him again and teases going after more women. Meanwhile, Jenko's father is brutally attacked in prison, and she and Jamie try to find out who did it.
114	3	"All the News That's Fit to Click"	Alex Chapple	Brian Burns	October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)	603	10.74
While riding along with Jamie and Eddie, journalist Lorenzo Colt is shot by an unknown assailant. Frank believes that this is evidence of a cop killer, so he has Gormley assign the case to Danny and Baez. But since Colt refuses to shed information (and instead exclusively reveal it on his news website), the two have to work from a different angle. Several pieces of evidence lead Danny to Michael Hicks, a man with a vendetta and history of violence against cops. He lures Hicks in through a fake ticket prize, but when lined up to see if he is recognized as the assailant, Colt doesn't talk, and the perp walks free. Later, the reporter is pushed from a building to his death, but his pair of spyglasses enable the detective to catch Hicks red-handed. Garret is offered a high-paying job by a university head, and nearly considers it do to his guilty in the shooting case. Meanwhile, Linda is bothered about Danny's safety, mainly stemming from being shot (see episode 5x22 "The Art of War").
115	4	"With Friends Like These"	Heather Cappiello	Ian Beiderman	October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)	604	10.61
Erin attempts to convict a mob boss for a decades-old murder, but her former witness Vincent (see episode 5x15 "Powers Players") comes out of witness protection to provide an alibi for his former employer. After expressing her disappointment, she is told that the true killer is a cop, and uses him as bait to catch them. Jamie and Eddie come across a young woman who is schizophrenic, and has been unable to get psychiatric help due to budget cuts. He manages to pull some strings to get her the help she deserves, but later is informed that she committed suicide. This leads to him suggesting the NYPD created a psychiatric advisal group. Frank is in hot water with the fire department after a group of firefighters and group of cops get into a brawl in Linda's emergency room. Frank tries to create a resolution, but the FDNY commissioner's stubbornness and dislike of him prevents this from happening. When firefighter interference gets an officer shot during a narcotics takedown, the P.C. decides to settle the dispute once and for all.
116	5	"Backstabbers"	John Behring	Dan Truly	October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)	605	10.42
Two women escape from prison, one of which being Rose Butler—a mother who accidentally killed her husband in self defense and was sent to jail by Danny. With no information at all, Danny is forced to turn to her contempt son, who may be the key to finding her before she is killed by the police. Gormley does not sign off on a police salesman's pitch, since he believes the guy in question is having an affair with his wife. Given an ultimatum by him, Frank learns that the lover is not the cop suspected, and must tell the truth before Gormley does something rash. Elsewhere, Nicky's college roommate, Christie, becomes the target of online harassment and offensive words. When campus security refuses to intervene, Nick brings in Jamie, Eddie, and Erin, only to uncover that Christie committed the crimes herself to prove a point. Unable to live with herself, she overdoses on drugs, but the two friends later reconcile.
117	6	"Rush to Judgment"	Peter Werner	Peter Blauner	October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)	606	9.70
During an anti-NYPD protest led by Reverend Potter and civil rights attorney Jerry Guerrero, Jamie attempts to protect a mother and child by blocking an incoming biker, leading to the biker sustaining injuries. Conflicting accounts, as well as Potter's smear campaign, forces Frank to hand the case over to Internal affairs. At the same time, a woman and crowd supporter claims that Guerrero raped her; he denies this, and Danny and Baez learn that she faked the claim so as to get revenge for a previous problem the attorney was involved with. To fix things, Frank visits Potter and offers to help save Guerrero's reputation if the police are given access to witnesses. Erin tries to convict a rapper for writing a song too close to a murder, but his parents (who reveal that he is white and passes for black) say he was with them during the time of the homicide. Using this information, she tries to get him to reveal which friend of his committed the crime.
118	7	"The Bullitt Mustang"	David Barrett	Story by: Kevin Wade & Willie Reale Teleplay by: Kevin Wade	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)	607	10.90
The acting District Attorney decides to irrationally book several cops from Jamie's precinct for "forgetting" parking tickets and accepting money, with Edie being among those swept up in the sting. Erin is forced to lead the effort in order to help her career (just as her 40th birthday nears), but this gets her into hot water with Frank's opinions on the matter. Meanwhile, the last and only car from the movie Bullitt is stolen from its owner. As Danny and Baez look for it, they are aided by a car dealer and learn the owner's family has a history of secrets. Eventually, the detectives learn the owner made the car disappear so he could get compensation money, but the car is not the one from Bullitt. Frank, Henry, Jamie, and Danny later visit a remote warehouse and locate the real Bullitt car in all its glory.
119	8	"Unsung Heroes"	Alex Chapple	Siobhan Byrne O'Connor	November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)	608	10.33
The dead body of a woman confirms that Thomas Wilder (Louis Cancelmi) (the serial killer from "Absolute Power") is killing women once again. Danny and Baez go to his mother, who reveals that his twisted psyche stems from an abusive childhood, and gives them a cell address. However, when the two head to a building the signal came from, Wilder has already left so he can watch Danny from a distance, and threatens Danny's family. This in turn leads to Danny and Linda's marriage being further strained, forcing them to see a psychiatrist. TARU traces Wilder's signal to a boat in the harbor, but it blows up, with no evidence if Wilder died inside it or is still alive. Jamie responds to a 911 call where the head officer, Sgt. Mulvey, goes in without backup and takes down the crook while putting the hostage at risk. A scuffle between Jamie and Mulvey breaks out, and while Eddie thinks he overreacting about the sergeant's actions, Gormley does not; he finds out that the sergeant is dying from pancreatic caner and has been going towards situations in a dangerous fashion so as to get himself killed, while putting lives in danger. Elsewhere, Nicky is concerned when protesters at her college plan to insult Frank during a speech because of their stereotypical police views. She desperately tries to get him to change his mind, but he insists on still going. While the protesters' hateful protesting prevents him from giving his speech, Nicky later says, in Roosevelt writing, that he still did good.
120	9	"Hold Outs"	Eric Laneuville	Brian Burns	November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)	609	11.01
A prosecutor hands Erin a case involving a carjacking murder that would have convicted a repeated felon had one juror not refused to say yes, thus resulting in a hung jury. Initially reluctant, she begins to believe the juror's side when the suspect reveals his no-killing rule, and a second witness turns up dead. ADA investigator Anthony Abetemarco (Steve Schirripa) helps her uncover that the wife was seeing a convict, and orchestrated her husband's murder. Elsewhere, Jamie and Eddie are among the cops in a sting operation for a gang repeatedly attacking the same part of a neighborhood. Intimidating the leader, he has him catch the person behind the scare tactics—a building owner using the gang to scare off competition and buy up more buildings. Frank is bugged by both reporters and Garrett about if he will stay on as Commissioner. Initially not wanting to respond because the reply isn't in person, he eventually says he would like to.
121	10	"Flags of Our Fathers"	David Barrett	Ian Biederman	December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)	610	9.95
Danny is informed by Erin that the D.A.'s office is looking at his ex-partner—Detective Reed—on a case the latter might have fixed, and if he is revealed to be involved, serious implications will follow. Reed reveals that he did fake evidence, but kept quiet to protect Danny. This turn of events results in the convict, a murderer named Marcus Donovan, being let free, and after a deal trap fails, Danny has 48 hours to find evidence linking Donovan to the murder. He eventually locates a contempt witness who comes around, but, correctly suspecting that Reed scared him into talking, Danny consciously decides to not turn the proof in. While answering questions at a school, Jamie encounters a wayward girl named Lily, who believes that all cops are murders because her father was killed by one. Since Lily did not know her father was a drug dealer that died exchanging fire with cops, he decides to tell her, but this revelations only causes her to run away. After he and Eddie locate her, they have her meet with the officer that killed her father, offering a place that can get her some help. Elsewhere, Frank is concerned with a group of anti-war activists who plan on burning an american flag at a veterans' memorial (yet have the right to do so). Their protest turns violent, and the leader David Gore untruthfully says the NYPD let them be attacked. With another protest looming, Frank organizes an operation to protect them headed by Gormley, but he personally refuses due to his veteran past.
122	11	"Back in the Day"	Robert Harmon	Bryan Goluboff	January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)	612	10.85
Frank's first partner Lenny Ross has decided to publish an expose book about their early days on the job. Garrett warns that the publicity of the book could both give Frank's enemies a weapon to use against him and harm his reputation, so he advises the P.C. to try to forcefully prevent the book from being published. This creates a rift between him and Ross, but after a talk with his family, Frank decides to be proud of the book's contents. Jack is being bullied at school, so Danny has him score revenge by dosing the bully's food with epicic. Elsewhere, Jamie learns that Eddie got the two of them assigned to a stake out for a home invade who might be visiting his mothers. During the second night, a 10-13 comes in, but Eddie refuses to leave and he has to go on his own. Even though the call turns out to be no big deal, and Eddie's stubbornness collars the crook, Jamie makes it clear that if she goes against an emergency call again, he will ask to get a new partner. Meanwhile, one of Erin's investigators is killed in a bar shooting. His best friend David tells them that he had been working a corruption case involving relief funds for Hurricane Sandy reconstruction contracts, but the case never made it to court because two witnesses were killed in mob-suspected hits. Later, surveillance reveals that David's father—an influential senator—orchestrated the hits because he was involved in the relief contracts, and his son ashamedly admits to slipping him the list of witnesses.
123	12	"Cursed"	Peter Leto	Daniel Truly	January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)	611	10.62
Danny and Baez come to the scene of an influential criminal's killing, to which they find an errand person named Ronny in the trunk. Learning that he can report information inside the Vanchetti crime family, they send him back in the hopes of acquiring more information. It's isn't until a bike courier provides video proof of Ronny killing the brother, though, that the detectives set a trap for him. Frank learns that an officer at the 12th Precinct, Jill Carpenter, wants her late father's shield number (a recently killed Boston police captain), but is shocked when he learns the number in 46808—the one Joe used. Making him even more worried is the knowledge that any cop who used the number has been violently killed. A family vote deems Carpenter worthy of the badge number, but a violent encounter nearly claims her life. Jamie and Eddie collar a man who fits the description of a stabber in the neighborhood, but Renzulli uses his influence to spring him free. He questions the sergeant and learns that the man, Derek, was a close fiend he has been watching out for due to a decent into drugs. When the two visit him, Jamie's presence causes Derek to flip and escape with a gun. They are later are too late when Derek dies trying to stop the actual mugger, and Renzulli apologizes to the pair for keeping quiet.
124	13	"Stomping Grounds"	Don Thorin, Jr.	Peter Blauner	January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22)	613	11.56
At the retirement party of NYPD lieutenant Tim Harrison, Frank learns that he plans on leaving New York because he dislikes Frank's openness to changing times. Later that night, an attempted robbery on the subway winds up killing both the perp and a bystander trying to help, and a discarded wallet and several witnesses confirm the shooter to be Harrison. A manhunt is put out, but it's only when Harrison comes to Erin's office is he apprehended. The whole ordeal especially shocks Henry, who is forced to realize that the cop's racial bigotries have clouded his judgement and derailed his career. Baez catches a glimpse of Octavio Nunez, a drug trafficker whom she saw stomp a childhood crush to death at age ten. She is initially reluctant about going after the criminal, but with Danny's support relents. When Nunez's latest tenant in an apartment complex suspiciously burns to death, the detectives try to find witnesses who saw either of the murders, but none (including Baez's own family) are brave enough to do it. On Erin's advice, Danny arrests Nunez because he's been evicting clients without notice, and Baez is able to properly confront him. Jamie is worried about Eddie, since their training sergeant is pressuring her to be in a relationship with her. After the two have some drinks, he expresses his concern, but Jenko dislikes him trying to help her because it might look bad for her reputation. Jamie later confronts the training sergeant at a bar (where it's revealed that he has a history of harassing female cops) and advocates that he transfer to Staten Island.
125	14	"The Road to Hell"	Tom Moore	Siobhan Byrne O'Connor	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)	614	10.92
While driving home from a party, Nicky and a group of friends are arrested when drugs are found in her car. Erin decides to let prosecution handle it since Nicky knows who did it but doesn't want to be a snitch, and her college suspends her. The matter is settled when she convinces the guilty party to turn themselves in -- a tactic she learned about through advice from Sid Gormley. Danny investigates the death of deceiving pimp Pablo, which all his prostitutes claim to have killed him. Questioning an angry man named Haviere, they learn that his sister Martinez was one of Pablo's prostitutes and may have done it herself. Danny finds her just as she is about to commit suicide, but manages to talk her down; he also arrests the other whores so Martinez's self-defense statement will be backed by Erin. Frank learns that Mason Reyes, a troubled young man, has been stealing money from the local branch of the Catholic Church and recommends that he be punished. Instead, local pastor Father Quinn believes in forgiveness and lets him off the hook. The P.C. leans Quinn has a history of allowing Mason to slide off crimes, and becomes increasingly worried. The scenario culminates when Reyes arrives at the church with a gun and threatens lives, a forced struggle between the priest and man for the gun getting both shot. Both survive, but the delinquent now will be going to jail for his misguided crimes.
126	15	"Fresh Start"	David Barrett	Brian Burns	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)	615	10.74
Erin is overwhelmed with guilt after a man she set free is accused of killing a cop. Also, Frank and Mayor Poole continue their game of political chicken over Frank's reappointment as commissioner, and Danny and Baez investigate a case of a cop who has gone AWOL.
127	16	"Help Me Help You"	Alex Chapple	Ian Biederman	February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)	616	10.33
Linda asks Danny and Baez to help her co-worker who is having trouble with her angry ex-husband. Also, Erin must figure out how to handle her former mentor, a judge who has been handing down unfair sentences since the recent death of his wife; and Frank goes head-to-head with an outspoken City Council Speaker (Whoopi Goldberg) who publicly voices her disapproval of the NYPD's "broken windows" policy.
128	17	"Friends in Need"	P.J. Pesce	Kevin Riley & Kevin Wade	March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)	617	9.83
Jamie and Danny disagree about how to handle a reckless NYPD rookie, Marcus (Michael Drayer), who is the son of Danny's friend. Also, when Erin's investigator, Anthony, gets roped into a bad investment by his cousin, she offers to look into it.
129	18	"Town Without Pity"	David Barrett	Peter Blauner	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)	618	10.40
Frank and Danny work together to help Nick Constantine (Michael Nouri), a rehabilitated ex-con who Frank put away years ago, when Constantine becomes involved in the murder of an old enemy. Also, as Erin prepares for a murder trial, she learns the prosecutor who previously handled the case is withholding the location of the alleged killer so she can interview him on her popular podcast.
130	19	"Blast from the Past"	Eric Laneuville	Bryan Goluboff	April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)	619	10.35
While hunting for a robbery crew on a wild crime spree, Danny and Baez partner with Detective Jimmy Mosley (Johnathon Schaech), a detective from another precinct who broke Baez's heart years ago. Also, when an officer who was acquitted on charges of killing a young boy is up for a promotion, Frank grapples with the decision of moving him up the ladder and risking public outrage. Jamie and Eddie go out of their way to get a stolen wedding ring/heirloom back before it is needed for a wedding.
131	20	"Down the Rabbit Hole"	David Barrett	Siobhan Byrne O'Connor	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	620	10.41
When serial killer Thomas Wilder (Louis Cancelmi) attaches a message to his latest victim that taunts Danny, their deadly game of cat and mouse becomes personal for Danny and the rest of the Reagan family when Wilder kidnaps Nicki. Meanwhile an Irish delegation is in town for the dedication of a statue for cops and Erin gets a personal request to look into the file of the murder of the father one of the delegates. It turns out he's alive and in Sing Sing.
132	21	"The Extra Mile"	John Behring	Brian Burns	April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)	621	10.13
When a key eyewitness in a murder trial flees out of fear of retaliation, Erin and Anthony spearhead their own two-person manhunt to find him and convince him to testify. Also, Garrett tries to convince Frank to attend the Police Union party, and Danny and Baez take a closer look at a suspicious convenience store robbery.
133	22	"Blowback"	David Barrett	Ian Biederman	May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)	622	10.10
Frank, the Mayor, Erin and the DA's office contend with public outrage after a grand jury does not indict an NYPD officer for the controversial shooting of a teenager that was caught on video. When an officer is shot in what seems like retaliation, Danny and Baez go on a manhunt for the suspect, while Erin works to track down the individual responsible for leaking the officer's bodycam tape to the public.

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Worst Case Scenario"	September 25, 2015	1.3/5	10.08	N/A	4.26	N/A	14.34
2	"Absolute Power"	October 2, 2015	1.3/5	11.41	0.9	3.88	2.2	15.30
3	"All The News That's Fit to Click"	October 9, 2015	1.3/5	10.74	N/A	3.57	N/A	14.31
4	"With Friends Like These"	October 16, 2015	1.1/4	10.61	N/A	3.93	N/A	14.30
5	"Backstabbers"	October 23, 2015	1.2/4	10.42	N/A	3.91	N/A	14.33
6	"Rush to Judgment"	October 30, 2015	1.1/4	9.70	0.7	3.94	1.8	13.63
7	"The Bullitt Mustang"	November 6, 2015	1.3/5	10.90	N/A	4.10	N/A	15.00
8	"Unsung Heroes"	November 13, 2015	1.2/4	10.33	N/A	4.08	N/A	14.41
9	"Hold Outs"	November 20, 2015	1.1/4	11.01	N/A	3.87	N/A	14.88
10	"Flags Of Our Fathers"	December 11, 2015	1.1/4	9.95	0.7	4.21	1.8	14.16
11	"Back in the Day"	January 8, 2016	1.4/5	10.85	0.8	4.24	2.2	15.05
12	"Cursed"	January 15, 2016	1.3/5	10.62	0.8	4.19	2.1	14.81
13	"Stomping Grounds"	January 22, 2016	1.5/5	11.56	0.8	4.14	2.3	15.69
14	"The Road to Hell"	February 12, 2016	1.4/5	10.92	0.8	4.03	2.2	14.96
15	"Fresh Start"	February 19, 2016	1.3/5	10.74	0.7	3.93	2.0	14.67
16	"Help Me Help You"	February 26, 2016	1.2/4	10.33	N/A	4.13	N/A	14.45
17	"Friends In Need"	March 11, 2016	1.2/4	9.83	0.8	3.97	2.0	13.89
18	"Town Without Pity"	April 1, 2016	1.2/5	10.40	0.8	4.21	2.0	14.61
19	"Blast From The Past"	April 8, 2016	1.2/5	10.35	0.8	4.20	2.0	14.55
20	"Down the Rabbit Hole"	April 15, 2016	1.3/5	10.41	0.7	4.03	2.0	14.44
21	"The Extra Mile"	April 29, 2016	1.2/4	10.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	"Blowback"	May 6, 2016	1.1/4	10.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

External links

• Official website
• Blue Bloods at IMDb
• List of Blue Bloods episodes at TV.com