15 Saddest Blue Bloods Episodes That Broke Fans’ Hearts, Ranked’
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Blue Bloods is known for intense storylines that coincide with heartwarming family moments. The formulas Blue Bloods has created have made it one of CBS’s most successful police procedurals. As part of the series intense storylines, Blue Bloods has featured plenty of heartbreaking episodes that left fans in tears while watching their favorite police procedural.
Fans have to watch the Reagan family go through losing friends, loved ones, and colleagues who are killed in the line of duty. They also go through the hardships surrounding everyday people, no matter their careers. Blue Bloods focuses on family, and it’s that familiar connection to the characters that makes many viewers feel as if they are going through the same feelings of loss as those on screen.
Updated on August 28, 2024, by Christopher Raley: SInce 2010, Blue Bloods has captured a solid fan base who look to the show for honest drama and a family that fights together for personal closure. With the show’s final season officially over, fans may want to revisit some of the most profound and sad episodes. More heartbreaking episodes were added to this article, and it was updated to conform to CBR’s current publishing standards.
Early on in the Blue Bloods story, fans understood that the show was not going to soft-pedal the stresses, moral dilemmas, and tragedies that police officers face. This became abundantly clear to fans with the Season 1 Episode “Officer Down,” which portrays the killing of a police officer and what the department goes through in the aftermath. That puts this episode at number 15 on the list.
In “Officer Down,” Officer Michele Martin (played by guest star Maggie Steele) comes across a group of thieves involved in a diamond heist at a jewelry store downtown while she is on her break. In a brief shootout, Officer Martin is gunned down, and the department mobilizes to find the one who did it. This episode shows the department as it reels from the tragedy but also focuses on the Reagan family. For them, the event triggers memories of Joe Reagan’s murder which is an ongoing investigation at this point in the show.
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