Blue Bloods (TV Series)

Past is Present (2024)

Will Estes: Jamie Reagan

Quotes 

• Jamie Reagan : So, how long does it take to put an episode together?

  Alison Gable : Week of research, a day of prep, and then, uh, two or three days to shoot.

  Jamie Reagan : And you work off, like, a list of topics, or do you interview people just off the top of your head?

  Alison Gable : You mean, can you vet my questions?

  Jamie Reagan : I didn't say that.

  Alison Gable : Jamie, your grandfather agreed to no parameters.

  Jamie Reagan : Well, did you tell him that the name of the episode isn't "NYPD: Past, Present and Future" but "NYPD: Past, Present and Problems"? I saw your promo online.

  Alison Gable : That-That's just a working title.

  Jamie Reagan : As long as it's not "Henry Reagan: Punching Bag."

  Alison Gable : Okay. Yes, this new gig has a harder edge because I'm expected to actually investigate issues.

  Jamie Reagan : Fairly?

  Alison Gable : Define that word.

  Jamie Reagan : Do you know how slippery that sounds, Alison?

  Alison Gable : Do you know how hard it is to keep an audience these days? How I have to generate content 24-7, and every decision is, how's this gonna get me more clicks, how's this gonna generate more likes?

  Jamie Reagan : And if the truth ends up on the cutting room floor?

  Alison Gable : Jamie, it's gonna be fine. Come on. You know me.

  Henry Reagan : Is he telling you to go easy on this old dinosaur?

  Jamie Reagan : No, that-that's not what I'm saying, Pop.

  Henry Reagan : Well, then scram. 'Cause someone is ready for his close-up.

• Henry Reagan : Francis has plenty of leeway on any side of any infraction.

  Jamie Reagan : You're defending this guy, Pop?

  Henry Reagan : I'm defending my son's right to do as he sees fit.

• Jamie Reagan : Pop, am I allowed to care about you?

  Henry Reagan : Of course you are.

  Jamie Reagan : Is it okay if I speak up if I see something I'm worried about?

  Henry Reagan : [CHUCKLES]  She said you had been meddling.

  Jamie Reagan : Yeah, so that you don't get run over by the way the world is these days.

  Henry Reagan : Like I don't understand it?

  Jamie Reagan : Then enlighten me because every time that I turn around, something I thought was solid turns to dust. Or someone I like turns out to be in it just for themselves.

  Henry Reagan : I've been interviewed before.

  Jamie Reagan : Not for a while. And not by someone who's, who's under pressure to drum up hit pieces just to keep her job.

  Henry Reagan : I think Alison is fine.

  Jamie Reagan : Yeah, until she edits it and makes you look like the bad guy. More than that, why risk an unforced error?

  Henry Reagan : I have accomplished a thing or two in my time.

  Jamie Reagan : And that legacy lives, Pop. In every person that sits around that dinner table and anyone who knows the history of the NYPD. But why risk that for one extra minute in the spotlight with someone who might just be out to tarnish it?

  Henry Reagan : So keep my big mouth shut?

  Jamie Reagan : All I'm saying is, take a look at some of her videos. Get a sense what you're in for.

  Henry Reagan : Who says I haven't?

  Jamie Reagan : Well, have you?

  Henry Reagan : It's on my to-do list.

  Jamie Reagan : [CHUCKLES]  Well, move it to the top, will you? For me ?