Lena’s role reversal with Danny was fun, but I didn’t think it would be permanent.
Until now.
Boston Blue Season 1 Episode 8 spoilers have Lena taking a case personally again… what’s her connection this time?
Lena’s Personality Change Isn’t as Surprising as It Seems
Although Lena was introduced as a by-the-book cop, her first scene on Boston Blue Season 1 Episode 1 suggested that there was more fire to her than she usually displays.
I loved that introduction because she reminded me of Sergeant Bell on Law & Order: Organized Crime: a Black woman who is ten times as competent as the white men who think they know better and has had to be strategic about how she shows it.
That passion was going to come through sooner or later, though I’m not sure it’s being done in the best way.
According to the spoiler video for Boston Blue Season 1 Episode 8, Lena is not only disgusted by a gruesome murder, but takes matters into her own hands.
One clip in the video has Danny trying to talk her down after the fact, only for Lena to say that there are “no lines” for her to cross here.
Once a cop decides that justice is whatever they feel like doing to suspects, innocent people invariably get hurt, so this story will end up putting cops in a bad light — the opposite of what Donnie Wahlberg said he wanted to do for the Boston PD at the CBS Press Day in September.
Only One Result Makes the Storyline OK
This type of story is okay if it ends with Lena finally realizing she did go too far, but I hope it’s not Danny who delivers the lesson.
Danny has been a hothead most of his career, so it makes sense that he sees it in someone else he cares about.
However, on Blue Bloods Season 1 Episode 7, Danny had the self-awareness to realize that it was unusual for him to be the one insisting on following the rules while Lena acted impulsively.
