Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors
Season Thirteen, Episode 17
Airdate	April 7, 2023
Director	Jackeline Tejada
Writer(s)	Kevin Riley Van B. Nguyen
Overall #	271
Chronology
Previous Episode	The Naked Truth
Next Episode	Family Matters

"Smoke & Mirrors" is the seventeenth episode of the thirteen season and the 271st overall episode of Blue Bloods.

Synopsis

Frank clashes with his dream team when one of the members becomes the focus of a departmental investigation; Jamie and Danny team up to investigate a series of carjackings involving one of Danny's criminal informants.

Recap

Detailed recap of the episode which contains MAJOR SPOILERS.

At a retirement party with an open bar for a longtime NYPD member, Gormley and Baker get into an argument with a sergeant who had bumped into Gormley, spilling drinks. When the sergeant attempts to sucker punch Gormley, Baker lays him out, leading to a complaint and a departmental investigation. Though he declares he will stay out of the matter (causing a rift between him and his Dream Team), Frank persuades the sergeant not to press charges due to his drunken behavior at the party, thereby clearing Baker's name. Meanwhile, Jamie and Danny team up to investigate a series of carjackings involving Buggs, one of Danny's confidential informants, but the working relationship between Danny and Buggs is strained when his brother Marcus (who has been perpetrating the carjackings) is murdered by Reggie, his partner in the criminal enterprise. Also, a reporter asks Crawford (Roslyn Ruff) about reports of her husband’s infidelity during a press conference; Erin tries to help by investigating the source, only for Crawford to snap at her, asking her to stay out of her personal life. Eddie and Badillo encounter a woman who says she is being stalked by a man she recently met on a dating app, with little evidence to back her up. Based on Badillo’s intuition about the situation, Eddie discovers evidence that proves her partner was right.

Cast & Characters

Starring

• Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan
• Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan
• Will Estes as Jamie Reagan
• Len Cariou as Henry Reagan
• Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan

Also Starring

• Marisa Ramirez as Maria Baez (credit only)
• Vanessa Ray as Eddie Janko-Reagan

Guest Starring

• Gregory Jbara as Garrett Moore
• Steven R. Schirripa as Anthony Abetemarco
• Robert Clohessy as Sid Gormley
• Abigail Hawk as Abigail Baker
• Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan
• Ian Quinlan as Luis Badillo
• Roslyn Ruff as Kimberly Crawford
• Derek Gaines as Bugs
• Sean Nelson as Marcus
• Greg Keller as Bobby Luco
• Annie Fox as Mary Price
• David T. Patterson as Jon Donnelly
• Nancy Ticotin as Adriana Badillo
• Stephen Cofield Jr. as Reggie

Co-Starring

• Jon Reinhold as Bartender
• Jamie Rezanour as Reporter Angela

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