This Week's 'Boston Blue' Uncovers a Decades-Old Family Secret
- A surprising confession is made by Reverend Peters to Lena and Danny, revealing a long-held family secret about Mae's mother's death.
If you're enjoying getting to know Boston Blue 's Silver family as much as I am, know that the Dec. 12 episode may just provide the most insight into them yet. In fact, a surprising confession comes from the most unexpected character towards the very end of the "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son…," and it will leave you speechless.
I'll get to that in a bit, but first let's just say there's some foreshadowing at the start of the episode as Reverend Peters ( Ernie Hudson ) is hosting a Mental Health/Suicide Prevention and Awareness Breakfast at his congregation. We're almost distracted by this at first because Mae ( Gloria Reuben) is pressing Lena ( Sonequa Martin-Green) to bring her boyfriend to more family functions. The mother-daughter conversation is cut short when Lena and Danny ( Donnie Wahlberg ) are called away to a crime scene.
The crime scene involves a homicide and the victim, Matt, was visiting a friend with his wife Evelyn and son Curtis when he was abruptly held at gunpoint and killed.
Before I dive deeper into this case, it's kind of a trip spotting previous Blue Bloods guest stars in different roles on Boston Blue . A few weeks ago we had veteran actor Dakin Matthews, who formerly played a mentor of Erin's on Blue Bloods , as an elderly man with dementia. This week, Evelyn is portrayed by Michelle Veintimilla, who you may remember as Julie Cairo in the "The Bullitt Mustang" episode of Blue Bloods , where she played the wife of Anthony Edwards' character.
But I digress... Lena and Danny set out to find Matt's killer in a case that hits awfully close to home for the Boston transplant after he sees the victim's father in tears over the murder.
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What are Jonah and Sean tackling in this episode?
The rookies are innocently grabbing a bite to eat while on patrol when they witness an erratic driver that results in a crash. It turns out to be an intoxicated man who is a member of the Boston Fire Department. When they try to subdue the guy, he takes a swing at Sean ( Mika Amonsen), so he and Jonah ( Marcus Scribner) arrest him.
Naturally, this doesn't go so well back at the precinct, where they get a stern talking to by a sergeant for arresting a fire chief. But Sarah ( Maggie Lawson) steps in to say they did the right thing.
The police captain suggests Sean and Jonah drop their charges of assault, and if they are willing to do that, they can charge the fire chief with a much lesser charge of reckless driving. Sarah doesn't agree with it, but Sean speaks up for both of them when he says he's willing to drop the charges.
Sarah feels in over her head at home.
Adjusting to life living with her boyfriend Seth ( Mike Vogel) and his teenage daughter Phoebe ( Matia Jackett), Sarah is finding it difficult to know when she should be a rule enforcer and when she's overstepping. On top of that, she doesn't always agree with Seth's parenting—like when underaged Phoebe is caught drinking (on a school night, no less).
Tensions mount over the "rules" and enforcing them, but the couple does come to a mutual understand by the end of the episode—one that should ultimately also benefit Phoebe in the end.
Danny and Lena have a murder suspect.
Lena and Danny find a witness to the murder they're investigating—a car thief who was attempting to steal a car nearby when he heard the shot. Unfortunately, Mae denies their warrant request for Thomas Baldwin because she says they don't have enough evidence. Undeterred (though Lena bothered by her mother's dismissal), they are able to connect not only Thomas to the murder, but also Evelyn, the victim's wife, who dated him before she met her husband.
So, what's this big family secret?
Because Evelyn presents herself as a God-fearing woman, Lena and Danny bring in Reverend Peters to have a chat with her. He insists on having cameras and microphones off because he doesn't want to exploit her as a clergyman. However he ultimately gets her to confess by sharing a secret that he's been keeping from Mae for decades. While he has always told her that her mother was struck by a drunk driver, the reality is she took her own life. The weight of keeping this secret has been heavy, but he isn't sure how he will finally be able to tell Mae the truth after so much time has passed.
Next week is Boston Blue's mid-season finale, which is expected to be explosive. So stay tuned.
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