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As is normal in most (though not all) episodes this one is divided into a couple of different plots, but one of them really, really drags this one down because of one poor actor, the late Treat Willams.

The plot with the Muslim undercover officer being trapped in his assignment because of his qualifications was excellent, if a bit questionable on it's accuracy considering how many Muslim officers are (and were at the time) serving at many levels of different rank in the NYPD. Still it was a good story line.

Also the one with Danny again having to deal with his brother-in-law (nice seeing Kevin Dillion back as his wonderfully sleazy, but welcome and even funny self again!) was also great! The interaction of loathing, but a sort of grudging affection (because of Linda (and it actually comes through on the show as whole LOT more "real" than any chemistry between Linda and Danny ever did). I never bought them as couple on the show? Then again I never thought she was right for the part.

Still whenever Frank's old partner Lenny has shown up on the program we have had to suffer through Treat Williams' terrible, fingernails on a chalk board excuse for acting. I get that he has many fans, but I see him as someone who an influential person or group of people once decided was a good actor and it became sort of a "given" that "everyone knows" and no one ever challenged, even though he just wasn't very good and never had been. But by a certain point it really takes on a life of its own. Like for decades every major critic always putting "Citizen Kane" at the top of their list as the best film ever made, in spite of the truth that it's really not all that good of a movie and many more made at the time and since are far, far better. Still, whenever a critic or movie reviewer was asked to list the top 10 films of all time, there it always was at the top of the list even if they didn't really think so themselves. You would all of your credibility as a film critic if you didn't automatically put it at the top of your top ten list because, well "everyone knows" it's the best one ever made and who are you to question it! It'd become an "given".

Sort of like actors such as Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio and a few others. "Dahling! Simply everyone says they're one of the great actors ever! So they must be! Right?" It's become "given" that they good actors, when they really are just plain not. They're both really terrible actors but it's become a given that they're better than they actually are and it's gained its own momentum. No critics dare say otherwise because they're terrified of having their credibility attacked for stating that actual truth.