Blue Bloods: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Blue Bloods Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
Cutting Losses
Sep 29, 2017 · 45 min
Danny considers retiring until Erin asks for his help with a case involving her ex-husband. Jamie and Eddie pose as a couple. Frank clashes with the new mayor.
Ghosts of the Past
Oct 6, 2017 · 45 min
Frank receives an order from the mayor to attend a parade honoring a man who served time for conspiring in an attack against the police. Danny investigates the return of a teen who
The Enemy of My Enemy
Oct 13, 2017 · 45 min
Erin’s trial against a notorious human trafficker is jeopardized when the presiding judge is mysteriously found dead — Danny and Baez are put on the case to investigate foul play.
Out of the Blue
Oct 20, 2017 · 45 min
Danny and Baez work the case of a detective who was gunned down prior to testifying against a career criminal. Frank personally investigates when Garrett is attacked by a S.W.A.T.
The Forgotten
Oct 27, 2017 · 45 min
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a single mother whose ex-husband has a history of violence. Frank deals with the fallout when Mayor Dutton eliminates solitary confinement
Brushed Off
Nov 3, 2017 · 45 min
A famous basketball player is found dead of an apparent drug overdose — Danny investigates and looks into the victim’s possible ties to a local drug gang. Erin revisits the case of
Common Ground
Nov 10, 2017 · 45 min
A case turns personal for Danny when he works to protect a nurse from her violent ex-boyfriend. An acquaintance of Frank's comes to him with a theory regarding the death of an inma
Pick Your Poison
Nov 17, 2017 · 45 min
Eddie's judgment is clouded by her past when she arrests a loathed acquaintance from college on questionable charges. Frank is hesitant to mar the spotless record of a member of th
Pain Killers
Dec 1, 2017 · 45 min
Danny and Baez join a narcotics task force to track a drug supplier. Baez comes into contact with drugs and gets an accidental overdose. Jamie and Eddie work to protect a rehabilit
Heavy Is the Head
Dec 8, 2017 · 45 min
Jamie and Eddie ask Erin to drop old charges against a man who bravely rescued a woman from a local hostage situation. Danny and Baez work a case involving car thieves and discover
Second Chances
Jan 5, 2018 · 45 min
When a journalist disappears while working on an exposé about an innocent man serving time for murder, Danny and Baez hope that reexamining the original case will help find her. Fr
The Brave
Jan 12, 2018 · 45 min
After Anthony is shot while interviewing a witness for an upcoming murder trial, Erin enlists Anthony's archenemy, Danny, to find out who was responsible. Jamie and Eddie get in th
Erasing History
Jan 19, 2018 · 45 min
When Henry is the key witness on Danny and Baez's case, his meddling pushes Danny's buttons until it leads them to valuable information. Nicky shocks her family by siding with her
School of Hard Knocks
Feb 2, 2018 · 45 min
When a student is shot by a rival gang member in his high school courtyard, Danny and Baez try to get a grasp on the situation to prevent a reoccurrence, but the principal reckless
Legacy
Mar 2, 2018 · 45 min
Danny considers taking a new job that would ease his financial struggles after investigating the death of a wealthy man. Nicky tries to avoid involving her family when she is sexua
Tale of Two Cities
Mar 9, 2018 · 45 min
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a man who was living a double life with two separate families. Anthony tries to resist when Erin asks him to help investigate his old partn
Close Calls
Mar 30, 2018 · 45 min
After Danny’s brother-in-law gets caught up with the mob and steals Danny’s credit card, he forces him to take down the mobsters with Baez’s help. Frank has Erin and Anthony invest
Friendship, Love, and Loyalty
Apr 6, 2018 · 45 min
After a woman voices her outrage regarding the NYPD’s inability to find her son’s murderer, Danny reexamines the case. Eddie is shot while on duty. Erin and her ex-husband face off
Risk Management
Apr 13, 2018 · 45 min
Danny and Baez race to find a missing girl who will die within 72 hours without her heart medication. Jamie and Eddie are on the wrong side of an investigation after engaging in a
Your Six
Apr 27, 2018 · 45 min
When Danny resorts to asking his incarcerated archenemy Victor Lugo for help locating a dangerous criminal who escaped from prison, Lugo refuses to assist unless he’s allowed to ac
The Devil You Know
May 4, 2018 · 45 min
Frank locks horns with a data-tracking company when they refuse to unlock a terrorist's phone that may hold information regarding upcoming targets. Erin obtains information about a
My Aim is True
May 11, 2018 · 45 min
When a series of drive-by murders occur after six wrongly convicted men are released from prison, Danny and Baez wonder if they were orchestrated by these men as an act of revenge.