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carose59I'm watching Blue Bloods, getting my Saturday fix of annoyance.
There was an episode a couple week ago where Frank says that if he can't convince his own family of something, how can he convince a stranger? And I thought, Are you new around here? You people always start at no with each other and the only way you get to yes is if somebody else says it's a good idea.
They're also throwback to the goldfish days of TV, where nobody ever learned anything from previous episodes. Every other episode, Beaver Cleaver would ask his father for advice in a vague, roundabout way, and every time, Ward would give him terrible advice because he didn't understand what was happening. Neither one of them ever learned. Not once did Ward think, "I have no idea what he's talking about. Maybe I should ask some questions before I give him advice." I know TV fathers were supposed to be distant, but that seems the least he could do.
The Reagans are just as bad. Danny goes to Erin for a favor and Erin acts like he spit in her face. Now, I don't care how she feels about doing him a favor, or doing favors in general. It's how fucking stupid it makes her look, because next week, or the week after, she's going to be going to Danny for a favor, and what does he do? Yeah, he acts like she spit in his face. I don't know who started it, but once they're even on favors, they should both be smart enough to knock it off. And Jamie's no better.
How is it in all the years they've been working cheek to jowl they've never seen this pattern? And in my experience, if you're gracious in giving a favor, you have a much better chance of not having to grovel when you have to ask for one.
This week what's pissing me off is Frank. He's getting ready to honor a philanthropist who's died. Her daughters are airheads over varying degrees and her son is disgruntled. We come to find out that the philanthropist was sued a lot for not paying contractors she employed. Her son is disgruntled because he wasn't in her will, and as he helps special needs children, he could have used some of the money to do more good. Instead it's gone to his airhead sisters to waste.
Frank manages to overlook the innocent people who have had to go to court to get what they were owed; they're nothing, let's not mention them again. And he scolds the son because a) the people being helped by the charity don't care about his falling-out with his mother, and 2) this was his father's will. His mother just didn't change anything after he died.
I'm guessing if this woman had enough agency to set up a charity, she could have made sure her son got some money if she wanted him to have some, so blaming the father is witless. Frank's excuse for her is that the sisters need the money because they're imbeciles who can't look after themselves, but the son is able to look after himself and giving him money would have destroyed his character.
First, if these women are really imbeciles, handing them a fortune is moronic. Somebody should be looking after them.
Second, the son's not a kid. He's an adult, he's proven himself. There's no reason to think if he suddenly had money, he'd become a wastrel. It's pretty clear these parents would rather subsidize bad behavior than reward good, and Frank Reagan approves this message.
There was an episode a couple week ago where Frank says that if he can't convince his own family of something, how can he convince a stranger? And I thought, Are you new around here? You people always start at no with each other and the only way you get to yes is if somebody else says it's a good idea.
They're also throwback to the goldfish days of TV, where nobody ever learned anything from previous episodes. Every other episode, Beaver Cleaver would ask his father for advice in a vague, roundabout way, and every time, Ward would give him terrible advice because he didn't understand what was happening. Neither one of them ever learned. Not once did Ward think, "I have no idea what he's talking about. Maybe I should ask some questions before I give him advice." I know TV fathers were supposed to be distant, but that seems the least he could do.
The Reagans are just as bad. Danny goes to Erin for a favor and Erin acts like he spit in her face. Now, I don't care how she feels about doing him a favor, or doing favors in general. It's how fucking stupid it makes her look, because next week, or the week after, she's going to be going to Danny for a favor, and what does he do? Yeah, he acts like she spit in his face. I don't know who started it, but once they're even on favors, they should both be smart enough to knock it off. And Jamie's no better.
How is it in all the years they've been working cheek to jowl they've never seen this pattern? And in my experience, if you're gracious in giving a favor, you have a much better chance of not having to grovel when you have to ask for one.
This week what's pissing me off is Frank. He's getting ready to honor a philanthropist who's died. Her daughters are airheads over varying degrees and her son is disgruntled. We come to find out that the philanthropist was sued a lot for not paying contractors she employed. Her son is disgruntled because he wasn't in her will, and as he helps special needs children, he could have used some of the money to do more good. Instead it's gone to his airhead sisters to waste.
Frank manages to overlook the innocent people who have had to go to court to get what they were owed; they're nothing, let's not mention them again. And he scolds the son because a) the people being helped by the charity don't care about his falling-out with his mother, and 2) this was his father's will. His mother just didn't change anything after he died.
I'm guessing if this woman had enough agency to set up a charity, she could have made sure her son got some money if she wanted him to have some, so blaming the father is witless. Frank's excuse for her is that the sisters need the money because they're imbeciles who can't look after themselves, but the son is able to look after himself and giving him money would have destroyed his character.
First, if these women are really imbeciles, handing them a fortune is moronic. Somebody should be looking after them.
Second, the son's not a kid. He's an adult, he's proven himself. There's no reason to think if he suddenly had money, he'd become a wastrel. It's pretty clear these parents would rather subsidize bad behavior than reward good, and Frank Reagan approves this message.