"Blue Bloods" Mistaken Identity (TV Episode 2013) Poster

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8/10
Religion and the law
bkoganbing21 August 2017
Religion and the law seem to be the theme of this Blue Bloods episode.

Tom Selleck has to deal with the problem of one of his officers who whacked some citizen upside the head and issued an anti-Moslem epithet. The man wasn't even a Moslem, he was a Sikh, but with those required turbans they are often mistaken for Moslems. Stereotypes you know, they can get in the way of good judgment.

Donnie Wahlberg and Marissa Ramirez are on a case of a couple of bombings, the latest of which had a fatality with it. The places were mosques and someone has it in for Islam. But this one has a different twist. Another example of what happens when religion gets taken way too seriously.

Finally Will Estes escorts a former law school classmate to a reunion dinner. She's really doing well and they do hook up. That only gets Vanessa Ray annoyed. The attraction has built up ever so slowly with them.

Nicely done, one of the best episodes from the series.
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5/10
Not accurately done, I'm afraid
anjlicummings27 May 2018
I love Blue Bloods, but this episode was trying to point out the difference between Sikh and Muslims which should never be confused. I commend the attempt but having pointed out the religious and physical differences they have the Sikh man a Muslim name! How ignorant is that?! Hameed is a Muslim name!! Being a Sikh myself i find it quite offensive that someone couldn't even be bothered to research properly! Blue bloods is one of my favorite shows so I find this lack of research disappointing.
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5/10
I have a problem with this episode
AthenaAtDelphi19 July 2015
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I'm a huge fan of the Blue Bloods series (and of Tom Sellek) , but I have a problem with this episode .

We don't see what really happened , we only see the consequences : an NYPD-officer with a broken(!) nose , and a seemingly unharmed Sikh (who turns out to be the chief of Neurosurgery at NYU) .

Using a (not so accurate) composite drawing , the NYPD-officer has apparently mistaken the Sikh for a Muslim .

It's probably not the NYPD-officer's brightest day , but does that really give the Sikh the right to hit a police officer ?

And break his nose ? Really ???

The argument Police Commissionar Frank Reagan uses ("Ever met a Sikh before ? (...) They're proud people") is actually rather silly : the 9/11 terrorists most probably thought of themselves as 'proud people' too .
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4.10 is ****
edwagreen14 December 2013
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Excellent episode where bombings take place in both a Muslim mosque and restaurant.

A woman identifies the bomber as a Muslim!

Tensions fly when a Sikh neurosurgeon is mistaken for the bomber in an apparent case of profiling. The officer suffers a broken nose when fists fly.

What made this episode so good was the human understanding shown by Frank in this situation. In the end, he calls both men in and an apparent accommodation is made.

Danny shows his natural aptitude in investigating this.

What's doing with Jamie? Suddenly, an old flame from law school shows up and they're in the sack together.
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