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BLUE BLOODS

Is the police commissioner about to be out of commission?

Say it ain’t so! Seems like New York City police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) is considering retirement—again. According to Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade, Season 12’s opening episodes “frame Frank as a guy who’s seen it all, done it all and [questions] does he really want to anymore.”

In the real world, Wade says, “it was very clear this year that if you were a cop in New York, it must be incredibly frustrating, because there is rampant street crime. For all the Reagans, [what] they signed up for—to protect and serve the public and carry out the law—feels out of reach.” It doesn’t help Frank’s mood that Mayor Peter Chase (Dylan Walsh) needs the,” Wade jokes about the movie character who ignored the great white shark gobbling up beachgoers.