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Frank's late wife. She was the matriarch to his patriarch among the family, until a sudden heart attack cut her life short at the age of 50 and left Frank the lone head of the family. Her birth date is given as April 28, 1955 and her death date is given as September 14, 2005.
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* BurningQuestion: Her death is not explained in much detail. Her birth date is given as April 28, 1955 and her death date is given as September 14, 2005.
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* BurningQuestion: Her death is not explained in much detail. Her birth date is given as April 28, 1955 and her death date is given as September 14, 2005.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died five years before the start of the series at the age of 50.
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** Even before he was commissioner, Henry was this trope. When one-year-old Frank started convulsing from a high fever, and the ambulance driver claimed he wasn't authorized to take the toddler to the better of two nearby hospitals, Frank ''pulled his gun'' on the guy and said: "Now you're authorized."
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** Even before he was commissioner, Henry was this trope. When one-year-old Frank started convulsing from a high fever, and the ambulance driver claimed he wasn't authorized to take the toddler to the better of two nearby hospitals, Frank Henry ''pulled his gun'' service weapon'' on the guy and said: "Now "''Now'' you're authorized."
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* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! Henry also had the NYPD practically tear the city apart, back in the day, to hunt down a gangster who'd put a price on then-officer Francis's head. Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
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* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! PapaWolf!
** Even before he was commissioner, Henry was this trope. When one-year-old Frank started convulsing from a high fever, and the ambulance driver claimed he wasn't authorized to take the toddler to the better of two nearby hospitals, Frank ''pulled his gun'' on the guy and said: "Now you're authorized."
** Henry also had the NYPD practically tear the city apart, back in the day, to hunt down a gangster who'd put a price on then-officer Francis's head. Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
** Even before he was commissioner, Henry was this trope. When one-year-old Frank started convulsing from a high fever, and the ambulance driver claimed he wasn't authorized to take the toddler to the better of two nearby hospitals, Frank ''pulled his gun'' on the guy and said: "Now you're authorized."
** Henry also had the NYPD practically tear the city apart, back in the day, to hunt down a gangster who'd put a price on then-officer Francis's head. Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
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Creator/TomSelleck
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* HiddenDepths: He can speak fluent Italian.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Exiles", Jamie tries to persuade Janko to back off of a woman's personal issue. Note, this was ''after'' he tried to convince a woman to confess about her son not being her husband's biological child ''and'' trying to also convince Eddie to reconcile with her incarcerated father. Both moments that were someone else's personal problems and were none of his business.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Exiles", Jamie tries to persuade Janko Edie to back off of a woman's personal issue. Note, this was ''after'' he tried to convince a woman to confess about her son not being her husband's biological child ''and'' trying to also convince Eddie to reconcile with her incarcerated father. Both moments that were someone else's personal problems and were none of his business.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the Commissioner and having to deal with all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually resigning, but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the Commissioner and having to deal with all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually resigning, but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.
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* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
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* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! Henry also had the NYPD practically tear the city apart, back in the day, to hunt down a gangster who'd put a price on then-officer Francis's head. Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
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* RealMenLoveJesus: To a point: he once publicly criticized the church's attitude to homosexuality during a press conference, drawing the ire of New York's cardinal (but endearing him to a lesbian nun who broke up with her partner when she took holy orders).
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Don't tell the commissioner," said when one of his family tells him something important in confidence that he might have to do something about if he was on the clock.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Don't tell the commissioner," said when one of his family tells him something important in confidence that he might have to do something about if he was on the clock.clock (or if one of his kids catches him smoking a cigar in public).
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Don't tell the commissioner," said when one of his family tells him something important in confidence that he might have to do something about if he was on the clock.
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* BigBrotherWorship: {{Implied}}. When Eddie asks who is the person he admires the most other than his parents, he responds that the said person would be his older brother, Joe.
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* ShipperOnDeck: He makes a few smartass comments about how Jamie and Eddie have the hots for each other.
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* ShipperOnDeck: When Jamie brings up Renzuli's comment about him having feelings for Eddie, Erin points out a few important details from his and Eddie's relationship that show they have romantic feelings for one another.
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* InsistentTerminology: He's technically ''not'' a police officer, the Police Commissioner is actually a civilian position and he had to resign from the NYPD rank and file before he took the job.
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* InsistentTerminology: He's technically ''not'' a police officer, the Police Commissioner is actually a civilian position and he had to resign from the NYPD rank and file before he took the job.[[note]]The commissioner and his subordinate deputies are civilians under an oath of office and are not uniformed members of the force who are sworn officers of the law. However, a police commissioner who comes up from the uniformed ranks retains that status while serving as police commissioner. This has ramifications for their police pensions and the fact that any police commissioner who is considered sworn does not need a pistol permit to carry a firearm, and does retain the statutory powers of a police officer.[[/note]]
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Her hair gets shorter after she becomes a nurse.
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* HelloNurse: A literal example. Linda is attractive and restarts her nursing career.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: As Jamie's feelings for Edie kept growing, so did his anger over another guy flirting with her. An episode from season 7 has Edie calling him out for getting jealous when another guy took an interest in her, but he pretended his feelings were out of concern for a partner.
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* KarmaHoudini: As a main character he basically has PlotArmor on the rare occasion his habit of PoliceBrutality is actually referred to, and any time he's actually investigated for anything it turns out to be a FrameUp.
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** His lack of sympathy for Noble Sanfino nearly being gunned down may seem heartless, but he isn't wrong on how Noble ''choose'' to be in his family's life of crime. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Even Erin agrees with Danny.]]
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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Against Muslims specifically. Danny makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", though in an earlier episode involving an apparent hate crime firebombing of a mosque, he comments that "the sign on the door [of America] say's 'Everyone's Welcome' so we gotta back that up, partner."
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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Against Muslims specifically. Danny makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", though in an earlier episode involving an apparent hate crime firebombing of a mosque, he comments that "the sign on the door [of America] say's says 'Everyone's Welcome' so we gotta back that up, partner."
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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Danny made some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", but doesn't harbor any actual hatred.
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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Against Muslims specifically. Danny made makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", but doesn't harbor any actual hatred.though in an earlier episode involving an apparent hate crime firebombing of a mosque, he comments that "the sign on the door [of America] say's 'Everyone's Welcome' so we gotta back that up, partner."
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--->'''Jackie:''' Did I miss something around here? Since when did we start following the rules?
--->'''Danny:'''rules?\\
'''Danny:''' Jack, this is different. All right, it's the mayor and my old man and the Reverend Potter. It's just... It's political, all right? Just forget about it.
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'''Danny:''' Jack, this is different. All right, it's the mayor and my old man and the Reverend Potter. It's just... It's political, all right? Just forget about it.
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* WeaponOfChoice: In keeping with his maverick attitude, he carries a noticeably different, silver pistol rather than the black Glocks used by the rest of the NYPD cast (other than Frank's ancient [[RevolversAreJustBetter Fitz Special]]). [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blue_Bloods_-_Season_1 IMFDB identifies it as a Smith & Wesson 5946,]] a pragmatic choice by the props department considering that the weapon, though not standard issue, is still allowed by NYPD regs in real life.
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* WeaponOfChoice: In keeping with his maverick attitude, he carries a noticeably different, silver pistol rather than the black Glocks used by the rest of the NYPD cast (other than (barring Frank's ancient [[RevolversAreJustBetter Fitz Special]]). [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blue_Bloods_-_Season_1 IMFDB identifies it as a Smith & Wesson 5946,]] a pragmatic choice by the props department considering that the weapon, though not standard issue, is still allowed by NYPD regs in real life.
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* DadTheVeteran: Served with the Marines in Korea. A throwaway line hints he may have also been in the Pacific Theatre during WWII.
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* DadTheVeteran: Served in the Marines in Iraq.
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* NeverMyFault: Whenever he blames the DEA for letting a murderer walk, he doesn't take his responsibility in that it was his way of gathering evidence that are a factor in the criminals being let off. And when he gets angry for a being investigated by Internal Affairs and is angry at his father for not warning him, Danny doesn't take into account that the investigation was justified given his illegal, borderline DirtyCop actions and that Frank couldn't do that just because Danny wanted him to. On ''rare'' moments does Danny admit his partial or full blame in something.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: The episode that has him and Eddie meeting a woman whose father is doing in his power to keep her from marrying a man he disapproves of, the usual Jamie with ChronicHeroSyndrome decided ''not'' to get involved. He has no real reason behind it and he borders on hypocrisy when he tries to convince Eddie to not get involved.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's in middle school, but dresses and behaves like a thirty-two year old. She isn't cowed by any of the Reagans, regardless of age, and seems to view herself as the matriarch of the family.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's in middle school, school when the series begins, but dresses and behaves like a thirty-two year old. She isn't cowed by any of the Reagans, regardless of age, and seems to view herself as the matriarch of the family.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Henry is mugged by a criminal (which involved getting hit in the head), Jamie drops his usual -by-the-book and calm attitude while looking, and later, pursuing said criinal. This is lampshaded by Renzuli:
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed}}. While Nicky does have friends, she often feels like an outcast because whenever they hear she a Reagan, they may want to do the "fun" stuff without her.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Henry is mugged by a criminal (which involved getting hit in the head), Jamie drops his usual -by-the-book and calm attitude while looking, and later, pursuing said criinal. This is lampshaded by Renzuli:
-->'''Renzuli:''' I want you to explain to me how a cop who always goes by the book suddenly decides to go off on his own without telling anyone where he's going in order to settle a personal vendetta?
-->'''Renzuli:''' I want you to explain to me how a cop who always goes by the book suddenly decides to go off on his own without telling anyone where he's going in order to settle a personal vendetta?
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[[caption-width-right:350:From the far left to the far right: Jamie, Nicky, Erin, Frank, Linda, Danny, Jack, Sean and Henry.]]
The main family of the series.
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* ActionGirl: The Reagan women do get kidnapped from time to time but they never go down without a fight.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A ''family'' variant. No matter who they're up against, they always get the bad guy.
* BadassFamily: Henry's response to one of Danny's kids asking if a robber would target them says it all:
-->'''Henry:''' Are you kiddin'? He'd get one look at this table and run the other way.
* CrazyPrepared: Three generations of Reagan kids have grown up learning that "Please don't hurt my family" is Reagan-code for "Hit the floor NOW, Daddy's gotta shoot the bad guy!"
* DrivesLikeCrazy: After Nicky bails from having Erin teach her to drive because she can't deal with her mom's, erm, style, Frank points out that almost everyone in the family is a bad driver: Henry gave up the keys after smacking his fender on the garage too many times, Erin rages at other drivers and leans on the horn, Frank is out of practice because as Commissioner he never drives himself, and Danny [[NoodleIncident apparently once got a ticket for doing 80 mph in a 25 mph zone]]. It's Jamie who gets saddled with the job of Nicky's driving coach.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Danny is the Cynic, Erin is the Idealist, Frank is the Realist, Jamie and Nicky are The Conflicted.
* OfficerOHara: Averted mostly, but they are Irish-Americans.
* {{Pride}}: It's a family trait; all of the Reagans always have to be right about everything even if it puts them in conflict with each other.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Everyone of them has a revered love of Christ.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lampshaded by Henry who claims all his maternal line are [[TheStoic stoics]] and all the paternal line HotBlooded.
* SemperFi: Henry, Frank and Danny are all marine corps veterans from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq respectively.
* TwoFirstNames: The family name "Reagan" can be used as a first name.
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[[folder:Commissioner Frank Reagan]]
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--> Played by TomSelleck
Head of the Reagan family and the NYPD. A stern but fair man, Frank Reagan often has to deal with the complexities and
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* ActionDad: He may be the police commissioner, but he was still a member of New York's Finest and is not averse to getting his hands dirty.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: "Mercy" reveals that Frank felt like an outsider among his fellow officers since his father was the police commissioner at the time, a feeling that's only increased now that he's ''actually'' the commissioner himself.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Oh yes. If you've done wrong on his watch he ''will'' find a way to get you, and he'll do it [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. If by some miracle the guilty party manages to slip out of getting caught, Frank is a patient man. The next time they slip up, [[BestServedCold he'll be waiting for them]].
* BadassGrandpa: A grandfather of three and someone not to underestimate.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Invariably wears very snazzy three-piece suits while at work, and once kills a man for putting a gun to Erin's head while wearing it.
* BadassMustache: Wouldn't be a Tom Selleck role without it.
* BadassPacifist: In "Family Business" he managed to get an officer to stop his suicide attempt with only a few words.
* BenevolentBoss: Frank is a fair boss. If his officers follow the rules, he will defend them. If they break the rules, he will give them a just consequence.
* BerserkButton: Frank ''loathes'' DirtyCops. He considers them a disgrace to good police in general and the NYPD in particular, due to the damage they do to public trust, and then a group of them [[ItsPersonal made it personal]] by murdering Joe. What's notable is how [[TranquilFury low-key]] he is about it. He doesn't raise his voice and his expression barely changes even though it's abundantly clear how furious he is. When he confronted the ones responsible for Joe's death at the end of the first season, it's almost terrifying how calm he looks during the entire exchange. He only loses his cool for a moment when he knocks some things off the top of a cabinet, which is also one of the few times he raises his voice. He's not shouting either, he raises it the way people do when they want to make sure they're heard.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT hurt a member of his family. He'll put you down without a word.
* ByTheBookCop: Frank firmly believes that the rules are there for a good reason, and stresses that a cop who follows them will do more good than by ignoring them. There are several occasions where he's seen reviewing methods and procedures with his lieutenants to see what's working and what needs to be overhauled. The book is there to help officers do their jobs correctly, and if something new will help with that then he makes sure the books are modified to incorporate it.
* CantTakeCriticism: His main fault: Frank gets all defensive when anyone from from City Hall dares to criticize his department. It's one of the reasons why he's unpopular there, with the exception of Mayor Carter Poole. On the flip side, Frank is much more willing to take criticism from fellow NYPD personal instead.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Virtually ''every'' time a family-dinner argument reaches the point where he's asked to take sides, Frank opts out of doing so by complimenting the food or asking someone to pass him a dish.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the Commissioner and having to deal with all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually resigning, but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.
* CharacterTics: According to Danny, his voice goes up a pitch whenever he's worried about one of his kids.
* ChickMagnet: Throughout the series, Frank has attracted a number of women (old and young).
* CoolShades: Wears a black pair occasionally.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: He admits to Danny that the NYPD's inaction against Rev. Potter is partly why the man is so dangerous.
* DaChief: One of the best you'll see on television, no less. Frank Reagan is the kind of authority figure that people ''wish'' was more common.
* DeadPartner: As a young cop, Frank worked with the NYPD's K9 unit until his dog was killed by the criminal he'd sent her after. When another canine officer is accused of biting a child, Frank makes a special effort to exonerate the dog, and Garrett suggests Frank does so to make it up to his fallen animal partner.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: He has been a cop and detective for over 30 years and still knows all the ways to solve a case.
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares deeply about the NYPD and his children.
* FourStarBadass
* FriendsWithBenefits: Has this relationship with reporter Melanie Maines; whenever she's in New York, they get together.
* TheGoodChancellor: A commissioner variant. Frank Reagan is one of the best.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's personally killed a triple murderer-rapist who was trying to harm Erin. In the season five finale he uses a little LoopholeAbuse to [[spoiler:send an already-convicted GangBanger to federal death row, which has the dual effects of removing his ability to control his gang from inside the joint (since he'll be transferred to Indiana for trial), and [[CopKiller exacting justice for the murder of a police chief, his wife, and a witness, and the nonfatal shooting of Linda]].]]
* GoodParents: Accounts from his children describe Frank as a fair parent to them. He was always there to support his kids, but would also correctly discipline them when they needed it.
* GuileHero: Has run gambits on criminals before, as well as once maneuvering a diplomat whose son was a rapist into unintentionally giving him a DNA sample. His PR guy says he should run for mayor, because though he states he hates politics, he is ''very'' good at it.
* HeroDoesPublicService: When Mayor Poole takes office, he reveals to Frank that he wants to keep him on as police commissioner partly because, back when he was a kid, there was this white Irish beat cop who coached his basketball team.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Thanks to Rev. Potter's constant hate-mongering half of New York City is convinced that Frank is some sort of fascist dictator. As a whole, Frank is continually frustrated that cops as a whole don't get respect anymore from either average citizens or their fellow city officials. He was really furious at having to answer to a court appointed Inspector General in Season 4.
* IdiotBall: Despite all the blatant illegal things Rev. Potter does, Frank never presses to have him arrested which just gives Potter the freedom to continue his witch hunt against the Reagan Family and NYPD.
* InsistentTerminology: He's technically ''not'' a police officer, the Police Commissioner is actually a civilian position and he had to resign from the NYPD rank and file before he took the job.
* ItsAllMyFault: As Henry explains, he tends to blame himself if something goes wrong.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite being able to adapt with the times, their scenes together show that Frank is very close to Henry.
* ManlyTears: Not actually seen, but heavily implied during a private moment. When his old partner dies from respiratory disease caused by exposure to toxic fumes on 9/11, the episode ends with Frank visiting the 9/11 Memorial (the first time it ever appeared in a TV show) by himself, and standing with his back to the camera, placing his hand on his friend's engraved name on the memorial: we purposely can't see his face, but his stance and the way his shoulders are moving clearly imply that [[{{TearJerker}} Frank is crying.]]
* NiceGuy: Frank is the thoughtful one of the family and is always willing to stop disputes if they arise at Sunday dinners.
* PapaWolf: To his family, naturally, and to the men and women of the New York Police Department. Perfectly summed up in a speech where he tells the NYPD rank-and-file, including Jamie and Danny, "I will ALWAYS have your back." He himself is backed up by his own PapaWolf, Henry.
-->'''Jamie:''' ''(to Eddie)'' When it comes to sticking up for his kids, my old man doesn't take prisoners.
* ParentalSubstitute: Acted as the closest father figure to his only granddaughter, Nicky, since her biological (and still alive) father is a deadbeat.
* ThePatriarch: The head figure of the Reagan family.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He's never able to effectively counter all the bad publicity that police get, and when coupled with things like the rise of social media and Rev. Potter's hate-mongering, by Season 6 his reputation is in shambles. It's so bad that Mayor Poole is actually reluctant to keep Frank as PC because he's a political liability.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Out of all the family members, you can usually count on Frank to be the one most likely to see and understand both sides of a debate. He's usually quite excellent at weighing both sides, and coming to a reasonable solution, and despite his pride, he's not shy about admitting when he himself makes a mistake. Some have compared him to an idealized Roman magistrate. Many have noted that he's the type of authority figure that people ''wish'' was more common.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Frank continues to carry his old snubnose .38 Special revolver, despite his father telling him he should switch to a semiautomatic for more firepower (and having a security detail around him at all times). In one scene, Frank [[BoomHeadshot demonstrated he doesn't need to]].
* SemperFi: Was a Marine in UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam|War}}.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Became TheStoic due to this, having seen many terrible things in the line of duty and bottling it up to keep from spilling over onto his family.
* SmokingIsCool: Is often seen smoking a cigar when he goes fishing.
* TheStoic: But it doesn't mean he's heartless. In one episode, he admits to his granddaughter Nicki that he has decades worth of tragedies he's seen and experienced, and instead of showing these emotions, "I sit on them." Occasionally, and mostly in private, these emotions do come out. When his old partner dies from respiratory disease caused by exposure to toxic fumes on 9/11, the episode ends with Frank visiting the 9/11 Memorial (the first time it ever appeared in a TV show) by himself, and standing with his back to the camera, placing his hand on his friend's engraved name on the memorial: we purposely can't see his face, but his stance and the way his shoulders are moving clearly imply that [[{{TearJerker}} Frank is crying.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: In "The Job" Frank admits to feeling some over the fact that some of his other former cop friends became ill from chemical exposure experienced during and 9/11.
--> "Why them and not me?"
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A recurring plot is Frank being forced to choose between his legal responsibilities as police commissioner and his desire to do what is morally right. He's extremely good at finding the third option that allows him to do both.
* WhatWouldXDo: His go-to when it comes up is "What would UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt do?"
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Garrett. The two spend most of their time disagreeing, but there is a great amount of respect between the two of them, and Frank respects Garrett's advice.
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[[folder:Former Commissioner Henry Reagan]]
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--> Played by Len Cariou
Great-grandpa of the Reagan family. Was a hardbitten DaChief in his day; now dispenses wisdom and advice.
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* BadassGrandpa: Oh yeah. When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting in the hallway, up all night alert, ready to protect his family. Not to mention an episode where Henry is mugged while withdrawing cash from an ATM: Henry is ''not'' letting this happen without a fight, and defends himself with a pistol hidden in his ankle holster. When the criminal struggles to prevent him from reaching it, Henry then resorts to GoodOldFisticuffs.
* BerserkButton:
** Henry becomes noticeably more hostile if a cop has been killed.
** Downplayed, but he has little tolerance for anyone who commits adultery.
* CoolOldGuy: Is this to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also, due to being an honest cop and not taking any shit, has the eternal respect of the NYPD rank and file. He's also lost absolutely none of his toughness since his days as a cop.
* CowboyCop: Henry seems to indicate that he was this in his time. Of course back then there was more "flexibility" in what was allowed anyway. At one point, he is caught on video mouthing off (while drunk) to an old buddy about how he'd like to reintroduce some very heavy-handed tactics, resulting in a public controversy that causes both Frank and DCPI Garrett Moore to give him a WhatTheHellHero speech, much to his chagrin.
* DaChief: Henry is a former police commissioner, detective, and officer, who was known for being incorruptible.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[JustifiedTrope Since he's in his eighties and his eyesight isn't what it used to be.]] One subplot has him arguing with Frank about giving up the keys after he banged the fender on the garage door for (apparently) the umpteenth time. In the end he gives his car to Danny and Linda because their minivan caught fire due to an electrical fault earlier in the episode.
* EverybodyHasStandards: While Henry believes in the "cops should be loyal to cops" philosophy, he will ''not'' honor a cop that had two families at the same time.
* GloryDays: Sometimes longs for the days when life was simpler and you could be a cowboy cop.
* GoodOldWays: Generally tends to be older fashioned, but with one subversion: he advises Frank to switch to an automatic instead of a revolver, for more firepower. In general, Henry tends to prefer the older CowboyCop methods from back in the day, which often causes him to clash with Frank and Jamie (though it definitely endears him to [[{{Generation Xerox}} Danny]]). In one episode he refers to this trope almost word for word: in response to being chastised by Frank and Garrett for most of the episode (because of his bragging about heavy-handed methods from the old days), he responds by growling "I still think the old ways are the best ways."
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Poor Henry is hit with one on Thanksgiving.
* MysteriousPast: We know he served in Korea, but he apparently doesn't like to talk about it.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: A rare example where the person is someone who is a ''former'' officer. He has some conservative views on gay individuals, but doesn't harbor any actual malice.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: "Men in Black" reveals that Francis had a brother who died of leukemia before he was born.
* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
-->'''Henry:''' I'll tell you this... any monster who lays a finger on anybody at this table, they'd be fertilizer before the courts could get to 'em.
* SemperFi: Was a Marine in UsefulNotes/{{Korea|nWar}}. A throwaway line implies he may have been in the Pacific theater of WWII as well.
* WarIsHell: He's proud of his military service, but his reluctance to go into detail about his war experiences indicates that he probably saw a lot of things that still haunt him. The same may be true of some of his experiences as a police officer.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Often gives the younger family members anecdotes and advice based on his experience.
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[[folder:Detective First Grade Danny Reagan]]
!!Daniel "Danny" Fitzgerald Reagan
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--> Played by Donnie Wahlberg
Ambiguously the eldest of the Reagan siblings[[note]]it's either him or Erin, and the series has not cleared it up yet, though the Season 3 premiere has him referring to her as his baby sister[[/note]], Danny is a police detective assigned to Manhattan. He is HappilyMarried and has two sons.
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* ActionDad: A cop detective and father of two.
* AesopAmnesia: Danny never learns the need to control his temper or stop his borderline illegal actions.
* AloofBigBrother: Isn't very close to Jamie, due to their age differences.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Danny has one of the highest case closure rates of any NYPD detective. Though not without controversy.
* AntiHero: Danny is by no means a DirtyCop (or, at least a played straight example of one) and he genuinely wants to bring down bad guys, he also has done some outright malicious acts in order to get justice. For example, on two separate occasions he threatened to shoot an unarmed person; both times the two people had information about the real criminal, but his actions violated their rights and were morally wrong to an extent.
* BerserkButton: Danny has ''a lot'' of them. So take notes.
** ''Don't'' kill a cop.
** ''Don't'' kill someone from the Marines.
** ''Don't'' say "America should just forget about 9/11".
** ''Don't'' hurt a child.
* BigBrotherBully: {{Downplayed}}. Danny makes insensitive remarks towards Jamie, but it's more of a way to prepare his little brother for the dangerous streets.
* BigBrotherInstinct: An asshole he may be to Jamie and Erin at times, there's no denying that Danny won't hurt someone who threatens his little brother and sister; although it's yet to be revealed if he's older or younger than Erin.
* BigBrotherMentor: Any opportunity he has to teach Jamie, he'll do it.
* BrokenAce: Danny is an ace detective...with anger management issues, horrifying memories of his time in Iraq, and is a borderline DirtyCop at times.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Danny is a hot-blooded CowboyCop who commits borderline illegal actions. He's also a true family man.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: An example with the character not having a quirk that's PlayedForLaughs, Danny's quirk being his hotheadedness and disregard for the rules. As lampshaded by Renzuli in "Samaritan":
-->He didn't look like a screw-up. Off the top of my head, he did three things you better never do: leave his partner; not tell anyone where he was going; not call in the open subway hatch or the blood. Danny's got skills, but he's got a lot of bad habits.
* ChickMagnet: {{Implied}}. Danny apparently had a ''lot'' of girlfriends before he married Linda.
* CowboyCop: He bends the rules in pursuit of justice. Although he's also been known to bend them the other direction (i.e. coaching an illegal immigrant on how to frame his confession to manslaughter for sympathy). {{Deconstructed}} in "Absolute Power"; [[spoiler:Danny goes in solo after a SerialKiller instead of waiting for Baez and an [[SWATTeam ESU team]]. While he rescues the would-be victim, the killer puts him in the hospital with a broken forearm and gets away.]]
* TheCynic: Danny has a sour perspective in general, especially towards criminals.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Not his childhood, but his service in Iraq. While he doesn't talk about it, Danny alludes to witnessing countless horrors, including being the SoleSurvivor among his group.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always ready with the quips.
* DirtyCop: {{Zig zagged}}. While Danny doesn't plant evidence or kill unarmed criminals, he ''has'' done illegal things and has faced [[KarmaHoudini little comeuppance for his behavior]]. Examples include ''intentionally'' stopping a medical tube for an old man because he ''thought'' he had information, threatening to put a bullet in the back of a robber's head -- ''when the said robber was cuffed and unarmed'', and putting a suspect in the trunk of his car and driving like crazy to get said suspect to talk. And the list goes on.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the series premiere, Danny is an experienced detective with a high percentage rate of solved cases.
* FatalFlaw: Danny's inability to control his temper has strained his relationships with his family (to the point he got in a fight with Jamie) and he has gotten several reprimands because of it.
* FightingIrish: He's from an Irish-American family and has a history as a Marine, a CowboyCop and a highly-competitive amateur sportsman.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Danny will snark ''anyone'' -- His family, his partners, other cops/detectives, or civilians.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Erin and Jamie's responsible. While his siblings follow the rules set by them, Danny will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* FormerTeenRebel: {{Implied}}. In "Secret Arrangements", one of the descriptions Frank gives about Danny was "rebellious teenager".
* FriendToAllChildren: As tough as he is with grown-ups, he's actually quite tender when talking with youngsters, reformed criminals, and troubled victims, to the point where at times ''he's'' the "good cop" instead of Jackie or Baez.
* GenerationXerox: Shares Grandpa Henry's preference for CowboyCop methods. Also, he, Jamie, Joe, and Frank all followed in Henry's footsteps in becoming cops (even if Danny's the only one who shares Henry's belief in the CowboyCop methods).
* GoodIsNotNice: He ''is'' an honest cop, a skilled detective, and a devoted family man. He's also fond of being verbally abusive and insulting suspects and isn't above using the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on occasion. In addition, he makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario" ([[WhatTheHellHero and is called out for it by his partner Maria Baez]]).
* GoodIsNotSoft: Like all the Reagans he's no pushover. He was also the winner of a NYPD[=/=]FDNY boxing tournament two years in a row.
* GoodParents: Despite his jerkish nature to his siblings, civilians, and perps, Danny is a ''very'' good father to his boys.
* GuileHero: Although subtlety doesn't seem like his strong suit, he can run a game on the bad guys when he puts his mind to it.
* HappilyMarried: To his [[MyGirlBackHome wife]], Linda.
* HiddenDepths: "The Bogeyman" shows that Danny has a liking towards opera music.
* HotBlooded: His temper is very well-known around the NYPD and landed him in anger management therapy at one point. He channels it into his job and tries very hard to avoid bringing it home; he doesn't always succeed.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Danny has no problem committing acts that go beyond the rules (although he's not a DirtyCop). However, if another cop does the same thing he did, he'll call them out on it.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Danny has a rather selfish attitude when it comes to solving his cases. For example, in "Ends and Means", he remained very upset with Linda throughout the episode for not letting him talk to an informant (who later died), even though Linda could've been in trouble had she done so.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Not often, but on occasion. He waterboards a SerialKiller in the first episode for information. Although he does tend to bend the rules, this is the only time he uses torture in the entire first season, but the quickness with which he uses it in the pilot, you'd think this is a semi-regular thing for him. In a season four episode he does beat information out of a heroin dealer whose accidentally uncut load of heroin caused a couple dozen people to have fatal overdoses (and then uses him as a HumanShield), which suggests the takeaway is that he's not above torture [[GodzillaThreshold when he views the situation to be serious enough]].
* JerkassFacade: Generally behaves like a jerk towards his youngest brother Jamie; Frank explains to Jaime that it's because Danny can't bear the thought of losing another brother, so he tries to StealthMentor him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Danny is brutal, blunt, and can be incredibly insufferable. But he makes points once in a while.
** Danny gives two punches (at different times), to a criminal who hired hitmen to come and rescue him. Almost being shot at will make ''anyone'' pissed.
** His lack of sympathy for Noble Sanfino nearly being gunned down may seem heartless, but he isn't wrong on how Noble ''choose'' to be in his family's life of crime. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Even Erin agrees with Danny.]]
** When he and Baez guard a witness (and criminal) from the people trying to kill in "Power of the Press". First, he calls out the head of the protection detail for not following through on the deal to protect the said criminal because it's their job. Later on, he tells the same criminal that it's his own fault for getting into a life of crime and that while he may be testifying against his criminal colleagues, he's no saint. On both accounts, he's right.
** In "Through the Looking Glass", he becomes a mentor for an at-risk youth -- something he's openly cynical towards. When the youth nearly gets herself killed, Danny arrests her. And when she protests, Danny retaliates that he can't be the one to save one, only ''she'' can save her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Danny is abrasive, rude, and can be a real jerk. Despite all that, he's still a good and fair cop, as well as someone who deeply treasures his family.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. Danny has never committed an outright ''heinous'' act and is not a straight example of a DirtyCop. However, he has done many acts that are considered violations of protocol and the rights of a suspect, enough to the point that the NYPD would probably in real life have yanked his badge as early as the pilot.
* KnightInSourArmor: Generally sour towards the world in general, but gets up every morning to take criminals off the streets, due to his love of New York City.
* LadykillerInLove: "After Hours" reveals that Danny was something of a ladies' man before he met, fell in love with, and married Linda.
* ManChild: {{Downplayed}}. Danny ''is'' mature, but is the most immature when put alongside Erin and Jamie and refuses to let go of a topic if it personally offended him.
* MarriedToTheJob: Primarily of the "The Job is That Important" type, but with shades of "Justified Workaholic". Much to his actual wife Linda's chagrin, and often a source of tension when Danny has to leave his family's side to go out on a mission. He also schedules himself for a lot of extra tours when he and Linda are going through financial difficulties.
* MysteriousPast: Whatever happened to his Marine unit in Iraq has yet to be touched upon -- mostly because Danny (understandably) refuses to talk about it.
* NiceHat: Danny is often seen wearing a greyish-black Flat Cap.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: Danny made some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", but doesn't harbor any actual hatred.
* TheNotLoveInterest: To Jackie, and to Baez. During the rare instances where Jackie and Linda are onscreen at the same time, it's quite clear Linda has no problem with her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Jackie lampshades this at the end of "Hall of Mirrors" when Danny was acting unlike himself throughout the episode when he was secretly investigating the attempted assassination of an undercover counter-terrorism agent for his father:
--->'''Jackie:''' Well... when I mentioned 9/11, you didn't react. And then you tell me to get out of the Malik interrogation. And, uh, what really tipped it off is you stopped talking to me... like my stupid ex-husband used to do.
** This is again directly lampshaded in "No Questions Asked" when Danny (initially) refuses to question a suspect possibly involved in a robbery because the cop who gave him and Jackie the information broke the rules to do so:
--->'''Jackie:''' Did I miss something around here? Since when did we start following the rules?
--->'''Danny:''' Jack, this is different. All right, it's the mayor and my old man and the Reverend Potter. It's just... It's political, all right? Just forget about it.
** Danny is ''rarely'' ever afraid of criminals, even when they threaten vengeance. However, "Family Business" has him notably shaken up when a criminal comes to fulfill said promise.
* PapaWolf: Anyone coming near his family is pretty much sealing their own death-wish. Danny even lampshades this in "The Job":
-->'''Danny:''' ''(to Erin)'' Yeah, and you should know more than anyone that if someone takes a shot at my family, I'm taking him out. End of discussion.
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves his sons and wife more than his own life, but his love for the job often has him be away from them. His wife and siblings have even called him out for not spending enough time with his kids.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His general MO. He can be absolutely ''vicious'' in the pursuit of justice (like when he [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat a confession out of a child predator]]) and gets called on it on occasion by fellow cops and his more level-headed siblings.
* RedOni: Again, to his partner Jackie.
* SemperFi: Served as a Marine in [[WarOnTerror Iraq]] -- specifically Fallujah.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He alludes in several episodes to having well-controlled PTSD over his service in the Iraq War.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Danny appears to be a hot-blooded CowboyCop, but he can be surprisingly crafty when he wants to be.
* SoleSurvivor: He was the only member of his Marine unit in Iraq to make it back home.
* TheSouthpaw: Because Donnie Wahlberg is a lefty.
* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed}}. While Danny is ''not'' a straight example of a DirtyCop, he's the one who will do borderline illegal, malicious actions if it means getting justice. Case in point, in "Worse Case Scenario", Danny was all willing and ready to unplug a ventilator of a terrorist to get information out of him.
* ToughLove: {{Deconstructed}} with Jamie -- Danny puts on a JerkassFacade to his brother because he wants him to know everything he needs to know. However, this (unsurprisingly) causes Jamie to resent his brother for "tearing me [him] down every chance" and only adds more tension to their already distant relationship.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped and a husband variant. "Art of War" has him violently going after the man who shot Linda.
* WeaponOfChoice: In keeping with his maverick attitude, he carries a noticeably different, silver pistol rather than the black Glocks used by the rest of the NYPD cast (other than Frank's ancient [[RevolversAreJustBetter Fitz Special]]). [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blue_Bloods_-_Season_1 IMFDB identifies it as a Smith & Wesson 5946,]] a pragmatic choice by the props department considering that the weapon, though not standard issue, is still allowed by NYPD regs in real life.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Danny's sons have never complained on-screen about his absence, but his siblings and wife have called him out on not spending time with his kids. At least one episode indicates he schedules himself for a lot of extra tours because he and Linda are having money problems (which makes sense: they're supporting two kids and a mortgage as a police detective and a nurse, neither of which pays well. Danny is also not the kind who would ask Frank to loan him money).
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[[folder:Officer Jamie Reagan]]
!!Officer Jamison "Jamie" Reagan
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--> Played by Will Estes
The youngest of Frank Reagan's surviving children, and a rookie patrol cop at the start of the series. A Harvard Law graduate, he changed his mind about being a lawyer and joined the NYPD partly because of his dead brother Joe, and partly because he wanted to help people more than he wanted to make money.
----
* AllLovingHero: Jamie is always looking out for those he thinks need help and tries to sympathize with criminals.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed}}. Jamie isn't ''actively'' ostracized by his cop peers, but many of them think he's an EntitledBastard because he's the police commissioner's son and will often accuse some of Jamie's actions as thinking he'll get away with it because of the relation.
* AmazonChaser: Jamie [[HasAType has a thing]] for opinionated, strong women.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Like it stated earlier, Jamie is the youngest of Frank's children.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jamie is much more even-tempered than Danny and tends to have better people skills, but when he ''does'' lose his temper, he can be in Danny's league.
** In a season 5 episode, he goes for a tour with a cop who turned in her partner for [[RippedFromTheHeadlines killing a suspect with an illegal choke-hold]] (because she's being shunned for snitching). After Eddie and her current ride-along have to drive halfway across the precinct's patrol area to back them up in a shootout ([[UriahGambit because nobody else responded to the snitch's call for backup]]), [[WhatTheHellHero Jamie lets every cop in the precinct have it with both barrels.]]
** In another case, he tried to talk down a suicide bomber but as it became increasingly clear the man was too far gone, he coolly sneaked his finger onto the trigger of his already-leveled sidearm and [[BoomHeadshot shot the man in the head]].
* BreakTheCutie: His first confirmed kill was a SuicideByCop case, not to mention that his second partner Vinny Cruz was killed right in front of him.
* ByTheBookCop: Very much so; this is part of the tension between him and Danny.
* CharacterDevelopment: Undergoes the most of any of the main characters, with a years-long arc tracking his development from NewMeat into a seasoned beat cop bucking for detective.
* ChickMagnet: Put Jamie in the same room with almost any woman his age (minus Erin, naturally) and she'll be cooing over him before long.
** He starts the series with Sydney, later attracts Laura (a witness he had to guard), then attracts Bianca, a MafiaPrincess.
** If Erin can be believed, he sets all the female paralegals in the DA's office a-twitter as well.
** A deleted scene says that he was the source of much gossip among his female classmates at the academy. [[CluelessChickMagnet He doesn't seem to capitalize on any of these opportunities though.]]
** As of Seasons 4/5, his new female partner Edie Janko (nickname for Edit, a Hungarian name) is shown to be falling for him. Jamie himself seems to reciprocate, though both are still in denial about it, at least partially because admitting it would be mean that Sergeant Renzulli would be forced to reassign them to different partners.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Any life insurance company that sells to him doesn't know it's job.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Averted, in contrast to the rest of his family, which leads to Erin arranging for him to teach Nicky how to drive.
* DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Jamie is a good cop with a strong moral compass and strong respect for the rules, and yet he is often shut down by other superior officers mainly because he's the commissioner's son, and they assume he's an EntitledBastard as a result. The phrase "I don't care what your last name is" is something he's told '''a lot'''. And because he's Frank's son he's subject to enforced LimitedAdvancementOpportunities to avoid any appearance of favoritism. By Season 6, he's becoming bitter about this.
** In Season 6, he's subject to an IA investigation due to an accusation of excessive force, and Rev. Potter uses it as an excuse to launch another attack on the Reagan Family. When he expresses frustration at being taken off duty Frank tells him he's being treated like any other cop according to protocol, Jaimie points he's not - he's being treated worse because of last name, something the {{Jerkass}} DA investigating the case makes perfectly clear. Frank and Henry telling him he need to just "grin and bare it" don't help his attitude.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Jamie cannot resist a DamselInDistress.
* FairCop: A cop and a resident ChickMagnet.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible (shared with Erin) to Danny's foolish. While he and Erin follow the rules set by them, their brother will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* ForbiddenFruit: He becomes this to Eddie after Sgt. Renzulli informs them that they would be split up if they developed romantic feelings for each other.
* FriendToAllChildren: Jamie has a soft spot for children.
* FriendsWithBenefits: By season 4 he ends up in this relationship with a law school classmate.
* HasAType: As Erin states in "Partners", Jamie has always had a thing for "bossy, strong, and opinionated" women.
* HeroDoesPublicService: As part of an NYPD initiative to boost their public involvement in the wake of the Bitterman Houses events at the close of season 3 [[spoiler:during which Jamie's partner Vinny was killed]], Jamie is shown coaching basketball in a poor neighborhood in "Growing Boys". He gets involved in the plot when two gangsters start pressuring one of his players to rejoin the gang and one of them is inadvertently hit by a car when Jamie goes after them.
* HonorBeforeReason: Is very idealistic.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Exiles", Jamie tries to persuade Janko to back off of a woman's personal issue. Note, this was ''after'' he tried to convince a woman to confess about her son not being her husband's biological child ''and'' trying to also convince Eddie to reconcile with her incarcerated father. Both moments that were someone else's personal problems and were none of his business.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jamie has shades of this.
* TheInfiltration: After he saved the life of mob heir Noble Sanfino while in plainclothes at the beginning of season 2, he has occasionally gone undercover in the Sanfino organization.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Jamie is a Harvard boy.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Again, the idealistic child -- he was inspired to join the NYPD not just because of Joe, but because of the examples of his dad and grandfather.
* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: Acknowledged InUniverse, because Frank is worried that any promotion Jamie receives will automatically be seen as nepotism, so for the moment he's still a beat cop, something he's not happy with especially since most of his Academy classmates have already made detective.
* LoveCannotOvercome: Jamie's girlfriend left him because she couldn't stand loving a cop with ChronicHeroSyndrome.
* TheMcCoy
* NewMeat: Much of the focus on him is his professional and personal growth as a cop.
* NiceGuy: Is even called "the patient one" by the rest of his family.
* OldCopYoungCop: He's the Young Cop with Renzulli, but as if to specifically highlight his CharacterDevelopment, he's the Old Cop with his season 4 partner Eddie Janko, a rookie.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His full first name is apparently "Jamison".
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Jaime has no problem arguing with or outright disobeying superior officers if he feels it's the right thing to do. Unfortunately this why he has an undeserved reputation as EntitledBastard.
* SwallowTheKey: Frank Reagan didn't raise no fools. When confronted by some mob brokers, Jamie hastily swallows the thumbdrive he used to hack into their finances. And it's not the first time either, as the family reminisces later on.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: After his first line-of-duty fatal shooting. He did everything right, but he's still in shock, which is only exacerbated by the revelation that [[spoiler:the perp was committing SuicideByCop]].
* TookALevelInBadass: When the Sanfinos put out a hit on his alias and on Noble, he saved Noble's life ''again'' and coolly talked him into testifying.
* TookALevelInCynic: By season 6, Jamie becomes more cynical over the whole "being treated as an EntitledBastard" from his peers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By season 6, though it's {{justified}} and {{downplayed}}. For the former, anyone would start to become angry over being thought of as an EntitledBastard ''and'' having LimitedAdvancementOpportunities because it may look like favoritism since your father is the commissioner; for the latter, while he ''does'' have more {{jerkass}} moments, Jamie does apologize for what he said to the person he hurt.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Jamie is always trying to make his father and (by some extent) Danny proud of him.
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[[folder:ADA Erin Reagan]]
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--> Played by Bridget Moynahan
Frank's daughter and Danny's and Jamie's sister, she is an Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan. She was married to a defense attorney, but they divorced before the series began and she is now a single mom. Her daughter Nicky recently raised her ire by deciding she wants to be the first female Reagan to become a cop.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Erin gets weak in the knees when she meets art aficionado "Frank Weller." And she gets even weaker when he turns out to be an art thief (albeit one who returns art stolen by the Nazis during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to its rightful owners) who is using a fake alias.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Many of her colleagues in the [=DA's=] office think that since she comes from a family of cops, she's biased in cases involving officer misconduct and corruption, to the point where the [=DA=] himself assigns her to oversee a case of cops fixing tickets just to test her loyalty.
* AmicableExes: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with her ex-husband Jack Boyle. They're reasonable but rather curt with each other, and the first time we meet him, Jack wonders why Erin still has her married name "Reagan-Boyle" on her door. She says it's the same reason people who have lost weight keep a "before" picture. ''Ouch.'' She eventually has the 'Boyle' removed. However, they still do care for each other.
* BerserkButton:
** In "Protest Too Much" Erin becomes noticeably pissed at her father's possible decision to date one of her acquaintance who is around her age. She gets even more pissed when Jamie used their mom and Erin's acquaintance in the "same lifetime".
** Don't question her parenting methods, even if your Frank.
* BrainyBrunette: Very much so.
* DaddysGirl: Frank and Erin make it a habit to meet for lunch every Wednesday, and often lean on each other for advice on whatever case is going on.
* DatingCatwoman: Erin has a habit of this.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Couldn't teach her own daughter to drive because she gets frustrated, bulling her way through heavy city traffic and leaning on the horn at the slightest provocation.
* DudeMagnet: Almost every episode has a man commenting her on her good looks.
* FanserviceWithASmile: In her teens, Erin worked as a roller-bunny at a cocktail bar (specifically Roxy's). Frank was apparently aware of it (his mustache twitches in amusement at the memory) but he let it slide.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible (shared with Jamie) to Danny's foolish. While she and Jamie follow the rules set by them, their brother will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* FormerTeenRebel: Many references to her teen years indicates that Erin would get into a lot of trouble.
* FoxNewsLiberal: {{Zig Zagged}}. Early on, Danny calls her a "liberal" when she gets particularly testy about his methods in dealing with bad guys. Still, she's characterized well enough to avoid any StrawmanPolitical tropes. She actually comes across more as a libertarian: holding many conservative viewpoints, and having a tough stance on crime while still being very concerned about civil liberties and sometimes skeptical towards law enforcement, a position that often brings her into conflict with Danny. (Indeed, many conservatives in RealLife often accuse libertarians of being "liberal" because of this stance, so this is probably intentionally reflected in Danny's arguments with Erin.)
* GlamorousSingleMother: Averted. Erin expertly juggles work and her teenage daughter, but has little time left for a social life.
* {{Guile Hero}}ine: Her skill as a rather clever attorney has come in handy many times.
* HelloAttorney: Yes, she is hot.
* HiddenDepths:
** "Risk and Reward" shows Erin to be great at playing pool.
** "Nightmares" revealed that she absolutely ''adores'' Halloween.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:When a serial killer kidnaps Nicky, Erin doesn't hesitate to go with Danny to find her. Carrying her gun with her as well.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Erin can be just as petty as Danny when they butt heads in a case.
* OutnumberedSibling: The only Reagan daughter out of four kids.
* OverprotectiveMom: To Nicky.
* PrinciplesZealot: Is strongly committed to her principles and the law, and doesn't like Danny's CowboyCop tendencies. She has been known to bend on occasion, though.
* SexWithTheEx: The C-plot in "Knockout Game" opens with Jack Boyle, Erin's ex, turning up in her shower the morning after they apparently went out on a date and slept together afterwards. It doesn't go anywhere because she decides he hasn't really changed.
* TakingTheKids: Erin got Nicky after divorcing her husband, a defense attorney.
* ToughLove: She had her own daughter thrown in an overnight holding cell, when Nicky is naively protecting her friends from a drug possession charge. Frank calls her out on this, nothing she was once found with a half empty bottle of booze in her car when she was a teenager. Erin does not appreciate the comparison.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: "Innocence" reveals her favorite food is Shepherd's pie.
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[[folder:Nicole "Nicky" Reagan-Boyle]]
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-->Played by Sami Gayle
Erin's daughter. She recently decided she wants to be the first female Reagan to join the NYPD. [[SarcasmMode Her mom was thrilled.]] She later reconsiders, afraid that becoming a cop would lead her to become cynical about people's motives.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's in middle school, but dresses and behaves like a thirty-two year old. She isn't cowed by any of the Reagans, regardless of age, and seems to view herself as the matriarch of the family.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed}}. While Nicky does have friends, she often feels like an outcast because whenever they hear she a Reagan, they may want to do the "fun" stuff without her.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She wants to be a cop and was eager to go on a ride along and from it sees her first dead body. She has many night terrors after that.
* BoyishShortHair: For most of the series she has a pixie cut. She starts growing it out once she reaches college.
* BrainyBrunette: Brown hair + Honors student + WiseBeyondHerYears equals this trope.
* DaddysGirl: Despite having an [[DisappearedDad absent father]], she is thankfully not lacking a male role model in her grandfather.
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: In the early seasons. Around Seasons 4 and 5 she quite noticeably becomes more mature and outspoken.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Nicky browbeats Erin into letting her stay out until 11:00. Frank wryly observes that she "made a very convincing argument."
* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: In Season 6, she's in a car with friends that gets pulled for a routine traffic stop and the cops find drugs in the car. She gets suspended from Columbia and nearly gets charged for possession until one of her friends cops to it.
* TheMatchmaker: Nicky is interested in pairing her mom off with her boss, DA Rossalini. She also lobbied for Erin to date the art thief.
* MouthyKid: She has her moments.
* NiceGirl: Often noted to be a well-behaved young lady.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: She's very well-behaved and intelligent, but increasingly chafes at Erin's stern restrictions on her social life. Still manages to remain quite level-headed through it all.
* TheParagon: One of the smartest and most well-behaved students at her school, to the point where other kids' parents apparently have asked them why they can't be "more like that Nicky Reagan-Boyle." Nicky uses that fact to point out that she deserves the benefit of the doubt when she asks for more personal freedom.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: She intends to be a cop too. Erin is [[OverprotectiveMom ambiguous about that]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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[[folder:Linda Reagan]]
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--> Played by Amy Carlson
Wife of Danny and mother of their two grade-school boys (Jack and Sean), Linda works as a charge nurse at St. Vincent's Hospital. As the sole Reagan adult not professionally involved in law enforcement, her views sometimes contrast with those of her in-laws, but her loyalty to Danny and commitment to her patients and children are unquestionable.
----
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Linda is a sweet woman -- loving mother and caring wife. But, if she's angry about something, she won't hide it.
* TheChick: She's probably the most traditionally feminine woman in the series, a nurse and mother of two with no combat training who DoesntLikeGuns.
* ClingyJealousGirl: At one point, Linda worried that Danny would have an affair with a bar waitress and doesn't hide her jealousy over Danny helping out his ex-girlfriend.
* DoesntLikeGuns: At least, she doesn't like that Danny dealt with Jack's fear after a shooting incident by teaching him how to safely handle his father's sidearm. She also at one point bought a revolver for self-defense after being mugged, but decided "it's not me."
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Her hair gets shorter after she becomes a nurse.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: An early episode features Linda's sister, a fashion designer, who she has a somewhat tense relationship with. Her sister appears on some level to believe that the rest of their family admire Linda's choice to be a nurse and a Staten Island family woman more than her decision to be a fashion designer.
* GoodParents: Linda is a devoted and caring mother to Jack and Sean.
* GoThroughMe: Linda is tending to a patient who's about to testify against a violent street gang. A gunman enters and tells her to leave the room, but she won't abandon her patient and deliberately steps between them.
* HelloNurse: A literal example. Linda is attractive and restarts her nursing career.
* IAintGotTimeToBleed: When a key witness is shot in his hospital bed in the season 5 finale, Linda takes two in the abdomen, but she's so hopped-up on adrenaline she does a full round of CPR and doesn't even realize she was hit until after the witness has already {{flatline}}d.
* MamaBear: Linda is very protective over her sons. In "Unfinished Business", she gives Danny a major WhatTheHellHero moment when he took out his frustrations on Jack because the episode's case was very personal for him.
* NiceGirl: Linda has shown to be a thoughtful, caring, and sensitive person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: While Linda can get exasperated at [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Danny's]] workload and angry at his negative traits, she loves him because he's a "good man".
* TeamMom: The one first to offer support and has a gentle nature.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jack and Sean Reagan]]
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[[caption-width-right:323: From left to right: Jack and Sean.]]
--> Played by Tony and Andrew Terraciano respectively
The two sons of Danny and Linda. Will typically only appear in the family dinner scenes.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Sean is the youngest member of the entire Reagan family.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Whenever a particularly tough and/or complicated adult topic comes up, one of the older members will immediately tell the boys to go eat in the kitchen or go upstairs to play.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Some of the questions they ask can be this, with them not understanding how certain topics can be painful and/or sensitive to the older members of the Reagan family.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Episodes often show the boys being kept in the dark about disturbing events, such as their mother's kidnapping (she was "at a spa") or the fact that a raid Frank once led on a mob-family christening ceremony resulted in the collateral death of the baby.
* {{Lovable Jock}}s: Both are active hockey players (Jack even played soccer at one point) and are nice young men.
* MoralityPet: [[AntiHero Danny]] will be his nicest when he's with either or both of them.
* NiceGuy: Both are well mannered and polite young men.
* SatelliteCharacter: They only serve as the children on Danny and Linda who often ask questions regarding the current episode's topic.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As "Growing Boys" revealed, their favorite meal are ''taco pies''.
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[[folder:Detective Joe Reagan]]
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--> Played by Unknown Actor
The middle Reagan brother. Killed in the line of duty before the show starts, a running arc in the first season is Jamie investigating his death.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: A family variant and {{averted}}. His death is mentioned throughout the series on how it affected his family and his murder became a major plot point in season one.
* TheHeart: {{Implied}}. A line from Linda reveals that Joe was the one to help Danny and Jame connect with each other; his death resulted in his brothers' relationship becoming strained and distant.
* HiddenDepths: Joe loved poetry.
* TheInformant: For the FBI.
* NiceGuy: His training officer Renzulli called him a 'real sweetheart'.
* PosthumousCharacter: He is dead by the start of the series.
* RealMenWearPink: He had a thing for poetry.
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[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:From the far left to the far right: Jamie, Nicky, Erin, Frank, Linda, Danny, Jack, Sean and Henry.]]
The main family of the series.
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* ActionGirl: The Reagan women do get kidnapped from time to time but they never go down without a fight.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A ''family'' variant. No matter who they're up against, they always get the bad guy.
* BadassFamily: Henry's response to one of Danny's kids asking if a robber would target them says it all:
-->'''Henry:''' Are you kiddin'? He'd get one look at this table and run the other way.
* CrazyPrepared: Three generations of Reagan kids have grown up learning that "Please don't hurt my family" is Reagan-code for "Hit the floor NOW, Daddy's gotta shoot the bad guy!"
* DrivesLikeCrazy: After Nicky bails from having Erin teach her to drive because she can't deal with her mom's, erm, style, Frank points out that almost everyone in the family is a bad driver: Henry gave up the keys after smacking his fender on the garage too many times, Erin rages at other drivers and leans on the horn, Frank is out of practice because as Commissioner he never drives himself, and Danny [[NoodleIncident apparently once got a ticket for doing 80 mph in a 25 mph zone]]. It's Jamie who gets saddled with the job of Nicky's driving coach.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Danny is the Cynic, Erin is the Idealist, Frank is the Realist, Jamie and Nicky are The Conflicted.
* OfficerOHara: Averted mostly, but they are Irish-Americans.
* {{Pride}}: It's a family trait; all of the Reagans always have to be right about everything even if it puts them in conflict with each other.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Everyone of them has a revered love of Christ.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lampshaded by Henry who claims all his maternal line are [[TheStoic stoics]] and all the paternal line HotBlooded.
* SemperFi: Henry, Frank and Danny are all marine corps veterans from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq respectively.
* TwoFirstNames: The family name "Reagan" can be used as a first name.
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[[folder:Commissioner Frank Reagan]]
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--> Played by TomSelleck
Head of the Reagan family and the NYPD. A stern but fair man, Frank Reagan often has to deal with the complexities and
----
* ActionDad: He may be the police commissioner, but he was still a member of New York's Finest and is not averse to getting his hands dirty.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: "Mercy" reveals that Frank felt like an outsider among his fellow officers since his father was the police commissioner at the time, a feeling that's only increased now that he's ''actually'' the commissioner himself.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Oh yes. If you've done wrong on his watch he ''will'' find a way to get you, and he'll do it [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. If by some miracle the guilty party manages to slip out of getting caught, Frank is a patient man. The next time they slip up, [[BestServedCold he'll be waiting for them]].
* BadassGrandpa: A grandfather of three and someone not to underestimate.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Invariably wears very snazzy three-piece suits while at work, and once kills a man for putting a gun to Erin's head while wearing it.
* BadassMustache: Wouldn't be a Tom Selleck role without it.
* BadassPacifist: In "Family Business" he managed to get an officer to stop his suicide attempt with only a few words.
* BenevolentBoss: Frank is a fair boss. If his officers follow the rules, he will defend them. If they break the rules, he will give them a just consequence.
* BerserkButton: Frank ''loathes'' DirtyCops. He considers them a disgrace to good police in general and the NYPD in particular, due to the damage they do to public trust, and then a group of them [[ItsPersonal made it personal]] by murdering Joe. What's notable is how [[TranquilFury low-key]] he is about it. He doesn't raise his voice and his expression barely changes even though it's abundantly clear how furious he is. When he confronted the ones responsible for Joe's death at the end of the first season, it's almost terrifying how calm he looks during the entire exchange. He only loses his cool for a moment when he knocks some things off the top of a cabinet, which is also one of the few times he raises his voice. He's not shouting either, he raises it the way people do when they want to make sure they're heard.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT hurt a member of his family. He'll put you down without a word.
* ByTheBookCop: Frank firmly believes that the rules are there for a good reason, and stresses that a cop who follows them will do more good than by ignoring them. There are several occasions where he's seen reviewing methods and procedures with his lieutenants to see what's working and what needs to be overhauled. The book is there to help officers do their jobs correctly, and if something new will help with that then he makes sure the books are modified to incorporate it.
* CantTakeCriticism: His main fault: Frank gets all defensive when anyone from from City Hall dares to criticize his department. It's one of the reasons why he's unpopular there, with the exception of Mayor Carter Poole. On the flip side, Frank is much more willing to take criticism from fellow NYPD personal instead.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Virtually ''every'' time a family-dinner argument reaches the point where he's asked to take sides, Frank opts out of doing so by complimenting the food or asking someone to pass him a dish.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the Commissioner and having to deal with all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually resigning, but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.
* CharacterTics: According to Danny, his voice goes up a pitch whenever he's worried about one of his kids.
* ChickMagnet: Throughout the series, Frank has attracted a number of women (old and young).
* CoolShades: Wears a black pair occasionally.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: He admits to Danny that the NYPD's inaction against Rev. Potter is partly why the man is so dangerous.
* DaChief: One of the best you'll see on television, no less. Frank Reagan is the kind of authority figure that people ''wish'' was more common.
* DeadPartner: As a young cop, Frank worked with the NYPD's K9 unit until his dog was killed by the criminal he'd sent her after. When another canine officer is accused of biting a child, Frank makes a special effort to exonerate the dog, and Garrett suggests Frank does so to make it up to his fallen animal partner.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: He has been a cop and detective for over 30 years and still knows all the ways to solve a case.
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares deeply about the NYPD and his children.
* FourStarBadass
* FriendsWithBenefits: Has this relationship with reporter Melanie Maines; whenever she's in New York, they get together.
* TheGoodChancellor: A commissioner variant. Frank Reagan is one of the best.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's personally killed a triple murderer-rapist who was trying to harm Erin. In the season five finale he uses a little LoopholeAbuse to [[spoiler:send an already-convicted GangBanger to federal death row, which has the dual effects of removing his ability to control his gang from inside the joint (since he'll be transferred to Indiana for trial), and [[CopKiller exacting justice for the murder of a police chief, his wife, and a witness, and the nonfatal shooting of Linda]].]]
* GoodParents: Accounts from his children describe Frank as a fair parent to them. He was always there to support his kids, but would also correctly discipline them when they needed it.
* GuileHero: Has run gambits on criminals before, as well as once maneuvering a diplomat whose son was a rapist into unintentionally giving him a DNA sample. His PR guy says he should run for mayor, because though he states he hates politics, he is ''very'' good at it.
* HeroDoesPublicService: When Mayor Poole takes office, he reveals to Frank that he wants to keep him on as police commissioner partly because, back when he was a kid, there was this white Irish beat cop who coached his basketball team.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Thanks to Rev. Potter's constant hate-mongering half of New York City is convinced that Frank is some sort of fascist dictator. As a whole, Frank is continually frustrated that cops as a whole don't get respect anymore from either average citizens or their fellow city officials. He was really furious at having to answer to a court appointed Inspector General in Season 4.
* IdiotBall: Despite all the blatant illegal things Rev. Potter does, Frank never presses to have him arrested which just gives Potter the freedom to continue his witch hunt against the Reagan Family and NYPD.
* InsistentTerminology: He's technically ''not'' a police officer, the Police Commissioner is actually a civilian position and he had to resign from the NYPD rank and file before he took the job.
* ItsAllMyFault: As Henry explains, he tends to blame himself if something goes wrong.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite being able to adapt with the times, their scenes together show that Frank is very close to Henry.
* ManlyTears: Not actually seen, but heavily implied during a private moment. When his old partner dies from respiratory disease caused by exposure to toxic fumes on 9/11, the episode ends with Frank visiting the 9/11 Memorial (the first time it ever appeared in a TV show) by himself, and standing with his back to the camera, placing his hand on his friend's engraved name on the memorial: we purposely can't see his face, but his stance and the way his shoulders are moving clearly imply that [[{{TearJerker}} Frank is crying.]]
* NiceGuy: Frank is the thoughtful one of the family and is always willing to stop disputes if they arise at Sunday dinners.
* PapaWolf: To his family, naturally, and to the men and women of the New York Police Department. Perfectly summed up in a speech where he tells the NYPD rank-and-file, including Jamie and Danny, "I will ALWAYS have your back." He himself is backed up by his own PapaWolf, Henry.
-->'''Jamie:''' ''(to Eddie)'' When it comes to sticking up for his kids, my old man doesn't take prisoners.
* ParentalSubstitute: Acted as the closest father figure to his only granddaughter, Nicky, since her biological (and still alive) father is a deadbeat.
* ThePatriarch: The head figure of the Reagan family.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He's never able to effectively counter all the bad publicity that police get, and when coupled with things like the rise of social media and Rev. Potter's hate-mongering, by Season 6 his reputation is in shambles. It's so bad that Mayor Poole is actually reluctant to keep Frank as PC because he's a political liability.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Out of all the family members, you can usually count on Frank to be the one most likely to see and understand both sides of a debate. He's usually quite excellent at weighing both sides, and coming to a reasonable solution, and despite his pride, he's not shy about admitting when he himself makes a mistake. Some have compared him to an idealized Roman magistrate. Many have noted that he's the type of authority figure that people ''wish'' was more common.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Frank continues to carry his old snubnose .38 Special revolver, despite his father telling him he should switch to a semiautomatic for more firepower (and having a security detail around him at all times). In one scene, Frank [[BoomHeadshot demonstrated he doesn't need to]].
* SemperFi: Was a Marine in UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam|War}}.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Became TheStoic due to this, having seen many terrible things in the line of duty and bottling it up to keep from spilling over onto his family.
* SmokingIsCool: Is often seen smoking a cigar when he goes fishing.
* TheStoic: But it doesn't mean he's heartless. In one episode, he admits to his granddaughter Nicki that he has decades worth of tragedies he's seen and experienced, and instead of showing these emotions, "I sit on them." Occasionally, and mostly in private, these emotions do come out. When his old partner dies from respiratory disease caused by exposure to toxic fumes on 9/11, the episode ends with Frank visiting the 9/11 Memorial (the first time it ever appeared in a TV show) by himself, and standing with his back to the camera, placing his hand on his friend's engraved name on the memorial: we purposely can't see his face, but his stance and the way his shoulders are moving clearly imply that [[{{TearJerker}} Frank is crying.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: In "The Job" Frank admits to feeling some over the fact that some of his other former cop friends became ill from chemical exposure experienced during and 9/11.
--> "Why them and not me?"
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A recurring plot is Frank being forced to choose between his legal responsibilities as police commissioner and his desire to do what is morally right. He's extremely good at finding the third option that allows him to do both.
* WhatWouldXDo: His go-to when it comes up is "What would UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt do?"
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Garrett. The two spend most of their time disagreeing, but there is a great amount of respect between the two of them, and Frank respects Garrett's advice.
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[[folder:Former Commissioner Henry Reagan]]
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--> Played by Len Cariou
Great-grandpa of the Reagan family. Was a hardbitten DaChief in his day; now dispenses wisdom and advice.
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* BadassGrandpa: Oh yeah. When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting in the hallway, up all night alert, ready to protect his family. Not to mention an episode where Henry is mugged while withdrawing cash from an ATM: Henry is ''not'' letting this happen without a fight, and defends himself with a pistol hidden in his ankle holster. When the criminal struggles to prevent him from reaching it, Henry then resorts to GoodOldFisticuffs.
* BerserkButton:
** Henry becomes noticeably more hostile if a cop has been killed.
** Downplayed, but he has little tolerance for anyone who commits adultery.
* CoolOldGuy: Is this to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also, due to being an honest cop and not taking any shit, has the eternal respect of the NYPD rank and file. He's also lost absolutely none of his toughness since his days as a cop.
* CowboyCop: Henry seems to indicate that he was this in his time. Of course back then there was more "flexibility" in what was allowed anyway. At one point, he is caught on video mouthing off (while drunk) to an old buddy about how he'd like to reintroduce some very heavy-handed tactics, resulting in a public controversy that causes both Frank and DCPI Garrett Moore to give him a WhatTheHellHero speech, much to his chagrin.
* DaChief: Henry is a former police commissioner, detective, and officer, who was known for being incorruptible.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[JustifiedTrope Since he's in his eighties and his eyesight isn't what it used to be.]] One subplot has him arguing with Frank about giving up the keys after he banged the fender on the garage door for (apparently) the umpteenth time. In the end he gives his car to Danny and Linda because their minivan caught fire due to an electrical fault earlier in the episode.
* EverybodyHasStandards: While Henry believes in the "cops should be loyal to cops" philosophy, he will ''not'' honor a cop that had two families at the same time.
* GloryDays: Sometimes longs for the days when life was simpler and you could be a cowboy cop.
* GoodOldWays: Generally tends to be older fashioned, but with one subversion: he advises Frank to switch to an automatic instead of a revolver, for more firepower. In general, Henry tends to prefer the older CowboyCop methods from back in the day, which often causes him to clash with Frank and Jamie (though it definitely endears him to [[{{Generation Xerox}} Danny]]). In one episode he refers to this trope almost word for word: in response to being chastised by Frank and Garrett for most of the episode (because of his bragging about heavy-handed methods from the old days), he responds by growling "I still think the old ways are the best ways."
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Poor Henry is hit with one on Thanksgiving.
* MysteriousPast: We know he served in Korea, but he apparently doesn't like to talk about it.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: A rare example where the person is someone who is a ''former'' officer. He has some conservative views on gay individuals, but doesn't harbor any actual malice.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: "Men in Black" reveals that Francis had a brother who died of leukemia before he was born.
* PapaWolf: When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting up the whole night with his hand by his gun, guarding his family. In other words, he's the PapaWolf to the PapaWolf! Do NOT mess with the Reagan family, a BadassFamily protected by two suitably badass father figures.
-->'''Henry:''' I'll tell you this... any monster who lays a finger on anybody at this table, they'd be fertilizer before the courts could get to 'em.
* SemperFi: Was a Marine in UsefulNotes/{{Korea|nWar}}. A throwaway line implies he may have been in the Pacific theater of WWII as well.
* WarIsHell: He's proud of his military service, but his reluctance to go into detail about his war experiences indicates that he probably saw a lot of things that still haunt him. The same may be true of some of his experiences as a police officer.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Often gives the younger family members anecdotes and advice based on his experience.
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[[folder:Detective First Grade Danny Reagan]]
!!Daniel "Danny" Fitzgerald Reagan
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--> Played by Donnie Wahlberg
Ambiguously the eldest of the Reagan siblings[[note]]it's either him or Erin, and the series has not cleared it up yet, though the Season 3 premiere has him referring to her as his baby sister[[/note]], Danny is a police detective assigned to Manhattan. He is HappilyMarried and has two sons.
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* ActionDad: A cop detective and father of two.
* AesopAmnesia: Danny never learns the need to control his temper or stop his borderline illegal actions.
* AloofBigBrother: Isn't very close to Jamie, due to their age differences.
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Danny has one of the highest case closure rates of any NYPD detective. Though not without controversy.
* AntiHero: Danny is by no means a DirtyCop (or, at least a played straight example of one) and he genuinely wants to bring down bad guys, he also has done some outright malicious acts in order to get justice. For example, on two separate occasions he threatened to shoot an unarmed person; both times the two people had information about the real criminal, but his actions violated their rights and were morally wrong to an extent.
* BerserkButton: Danny has ''a lot'' of them. So take notes.
** ''Don't'' kill a cop.
** ''Don't'' kill someone from the Marines.
** ''Don't'' say "America should just forget about 9/11".
** ''Don't'' hurt a child.
* BigBrotherBully: {{Downplayed}}. Danny makes insensitive remarks towards Jamie, but it's more of a way to prepare his little brother for the dangerous streets.
* BigBrotherInstinct: An asshole he may be to Jamie and Erin at times, there's no denying that Danny won't hurt someone who threatens his little brother and sister; although it's yet to be revealed if he's older or younger than Erin.
* BigBrotherMentor: Any opportunity he has to teach Jamie, he'll do it.
* BrokenAce: Danny is an ace detective...with anger management issues, horrifying memories of his time in Iraq, and is a borderline DirtyCop at times.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Danny is a hot-blooded CowboyCop who commits borderline illegal actions. He's also a true family man.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: An example with the character not having a quirk that's PlayedForLaughs, Danny's quirk being his hotheadedness and disregard for the rules. As lampshaded by Renzuli in "Samaritan":
-->He didn't look like a screw-up. Off the top of my head, he did three things you better never do: leave his partner; not tell anyone where he was going; not call in the open subway hatch or the blood. Danny's got skills, but he's got a lot of bad habits.
* ChickMagnet: {{Implied}}. Danny apparently had a ''lot'' of girlfriends before he married Linda.
* CowboyCop: He bends the rules in pursuit of justice. Although he's also been known to bend them the other direction (i.e. coaching an illegal immigrant on how to frame his confession to manslaughter for sympathy). {{Deconstructed}} in "Absolute Power"; [[spoiler:Danny goes in solo after a SerialKiller instead of waiting for Baez and an [[SWATTeam ESU team]]. While he rescues the would-be victim, the killer puts him in the hospital with a broken forearm and gets away.]]
* TheCynic: Danny has a sour perspective in general, especially towards criminals.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Not his childhood, but his service in Iraq. While he doesn't talk about it, Danny alludes to witnessing countless horrors, including being the SoleSurvivor among his group.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always ready with the quips.
* DirtyCop: {{Zig zagged}}. While Danny doesn't plant evidence or kill unarmed criminals, he ''has'' done illegal things and has faced [[KarmaHoudini little comeuppance for his behavior]]. Examples include ''intentionally'' stopping a medical tube for an old man because he ''thought'' he had information, threatening to put a bullet in the back of a robber's head -- ''when the said robber was cuffed and unarmed'', and putting a suspect in the trunk of his car and driving like crazy to get said suspect to talk. And the list goes on.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the series premiere, Danny is an experienced detective with a high percentage rate of solved cases.
* FatalFlaw: Danny's inability to control his temper has strained his relationships with his family (to the point he got in a fight with Jamie) and he has gotten several reprimands because of it.
* FightingIrish: He's from an Irish-American family and has a history as a Marine, a CowboyCop and a highly-competitive amateur sportsman.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Danny will snark ''anyone'' -- His family, his partners, other cops/detectives, or civilians.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Erin and Jamie's responsible. While his siblings follow the rules set by them, Danny will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* FormerTeenRebel: {{Implied}}. In "Secret Arrangements", one of the descriptions Frank gives about Danny was "rebellious teenager".
* FriendToAllChildren: As tough as he is with grown-ups, he's actually quite tender when talking with youngsters, reformed criminals, and troubled victims, to the point where at times ''he's'' the "good cop" instead of Jackie or Baez.
* GenerationXerox: Shares Grandpa Henry's preference for CowboyCop methods. Also, he, Jamie, Joe, and Frank all followed in Henry's footsteps in becoming cops (even if Danny's the only one who shares Henry's belief in the CowboyCop methods).
* GoodIsNotNice: He ''is'' an honest cop, a skilled detective, and a devoted family man. He's also fond of being verbally abusive and insulting suspects and isn't above using the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on occasion. In addition, he makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario" ([[WhatTheHellHero and is called out for it by his partner Maria Baez]]).
* GoodIsNotSoft: Like all the Reagans he's no pushover. He was also the winner of a NYPD[=/=]FDNY boxing tournament two years in a row.
* GoodParents: Despite his jerkish nature to his siblings, civilians, and perps, Danny is a ''very'' good father to his boys.
* GuileHero: Although subtlety doesn't seem like his strong suit, he can run a game on the bad guys when he puts his mind to it.
* HappilyMarried: To his [[MyGirlBackHome wife]], Linda.
* HiddenDepths: "The Bogeyman" shows that Danny has a liking towards opera music.
* HotBlooded: His temper is very well-known around the NYPD and landed him in anger management therapy at one point. He channels it into his job and tries very hard to avoid bringing it home; he doesn't always succeed.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Danny has no problem committing acts that go beyond the rules (although he's not a DirtyCop). However, if another cop does the same thing he did, he'll call them out on it.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Danny has a rather selfish attitude when it comes to solving his cases. For example, in "Ends and Means", he remained very upset with Linda throughout the episode for not letting him talk to an informant (who later died), even though Linda could've been in trouble had she done so.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Not often, but on occasion. He waterboards a SerialKiller in the first episode for information. Although he does tend to bend the rules, this is the only time he uses torture in the entire first season, but the quickness with which he uses it in the pilot, you'd think this is a semi-regular thing for him. In a season four episode he does beat information out of a heroin dealer whose accidentally uncut load of heroin caused a couple dozen people to have fatal overdoses (and then uses him as a HumanShield), which suggests the takeaway is that he's not above torture [[GodzillaThreshold when he views the situation to be serious enough]].
* JerkassFacade: Generally behaves like a jerk towards his youngest brother Jamie; Frank explains to Jaime that it's because Danny can't bear the thought of losing another brother, so he tries to StealthMentor him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Danny is brutal, blunt, and can be incredibly insufferable. But he makes points once in a while.
** Danny gives two punches (at different times), to a criminal who hired hitmen to come and rescue him. Almost being shot at will make ''anyone'' pissed.
** His lack of sympathy for Noble Sanfino nearly being gunned down may seem heartless, but he isn't wrong on how Noble ''choose'' to be in his family's life of crime. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Even Erin agrees with Danny.]]
** When he and Baez guard a witness (and criminal) from the people trying to kill in "Power of the Press". First, he calls out the head of the protection detail for not following through on the deal to protect the said criminal because it's their job. Later on, he tells the same criminal that it's his own fault for getting into a life of crime and that while he may be testifying against his criminal colleagues, he's no saint. On both accounts, he's right.
** In "Through the Looking Glass", he becomes a mentor for an at-risk youth -- something he's openly cynical towards. When the youth nearly gets herself killed, Danny arrests her. And when she protests, Danny retaliates that he can't be the one to save one, only ''she'' can save her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Danny is abrasive, rude, and can be a real jerk. Despite all that, he's still a good and fair cop, as well as someone who deeply treasures his family.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. Danny has never committed an outright ''heinous'' act and is not a straight example of a DirtyCop. However, he has done many acts that are considered violations of protocol and the rights of a suspect, enough to the point that the NYPD would probably in real life have yanked his badge as early as the pilot.
* KnightInSourArmor: Generally sour towards the world in general, but gets up every morning to take criminals off the streets, due to his love of New York City.
* LadykillerInLove: "After Hours" reveals that Danny was something of a ladies' man before he met, fell in love with, and married Linda.
* ManChild: {{Downplayed}}. Danny ''is'' mature, but is the most immature when put alongside Erin and Jamie and refuses to let go of a topic if it personally offended him.
* MarriedToTheJob: Primarily of the "The Job is That Important" type, but with shades of "Justified Workaholic". Much to his actual wife Linda's chagrin, and often a source of tension when Danny has to leave his family's side to go out on a mission. He also schedules himself for a lot of extra tours when he and Linda are going through financial difficulties.
* MysteriousPast: Whatever happened to his Marine unit in Iraq has yet to be touched upon -- mostly because Danny (understandably) refuses to talk about it.
* NiceHat: Danny is often seen wearing a greyish-black Flat Cap.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: Danny made some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario", but doesn't harbor any actual hatred.
* TheNotLoveInterest: To Jackie, and to Baez. During the rare instances where Jackie and Linda are onscreen at the same time, it's quite clear Linda has no problem with her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Jackie lampshades this at the end of "Hall of Mirrors" when Danny was acting unlike himself throughout the episode when he was secretly investigating the attempted assassination of an undercover counter-terrorism agent for his father:
--->'''Jackie:''' Well... when I mentioned 9/11, you didn't react. And then you tell me to get out of the Malik interrogation. And, uh, what really tipped it off is you stopped talking to me... like my stupid ex-husband used to do.
** This is again directly lampshaded in "No Questions Asked" when Danny (initially) refuses to question a suspect possibly involved in a robbery because the cop who gave him and Jackie the information broke the rules to do so:
--->'''Jackie:''' Did I miss something around here? Since when did we start following the rules?
--->'''Danny:''' Jack, this is different. All right, it's the mayor and my old man and the Reverend Potter. It's just... It's political, all right? Just forget about it.
** Danny is ''rarely'' ever afraid of criminals, even when they threaten vengeance. However, "Family Business" has him notably shaken up when a criminal comes to fulfill said promise.
* PapaWolf: Anyone coming near his family is pretty much sealing their own death-wish. Danny even lampshades this in "The Job":
-->'''Danny:''' ''(to Erin)'' Yeah, and you should know more than anyone that if someone takes a shot at my family, I'm taking him out. End of discussion.
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves his sons and wife more than his own life, but his love for the job often has him be away from them. His wife and siblings have even called him out for not spending enough time with his kids.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His general MO. He can be absolutely ''vicious'' in the pursuit of justice (like when he [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat a confession out of a child predator]]) and gets called on it on occasion by fellow cops and his more level-headed siblings.
* RedOni: Again, to his partner Jackie.
* SemperFi: Served as a Marine in [[WarOnTerror Iraq]] -- specifically Fallujah.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He alludes in several episodes to having well-controlled PTSD over his service in the Iraq War.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Danny appears to be a hot-blooded CowboyCop, but he can be surprisingly crafty when he wants to be.
* SoleSurvivor: He was the only member of his Marine unit in Iraq to make it back home.
* TheSouthpaw: Because Donnie Wahlberg is a lefty.
* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed}}. While Danny is ''not'' a straight example of a DirtyCop, he's the one who will do borderline illegal, malicious actions if it means getting justice. Case in point, in "Worse Case Scenario", Danny was all willing and ready to unplug a ventilator of a terrorist to get information out of him.
* ToughLove: {{Deconstructed}} with Jamie -- Danny puts on a JerkassFacade to his brother because he wants him to know everything he needs to know. However, this (unsurprisingly) causes Jamie to resent his brother for "tearing me [him] down every chance" and only adds more tension to their already distant relationship.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped and a husband variant. "Art of War" has him violently going after the man who shot Linda.
* WeaponOfChoice: In keeping with his maverick attitude, he carries a noticeably different, silver pistol rather than the black Glocks used by the rest of the NYPD cast (other than Frank's ancient [[RevolversAreJustBetter Fitz Special]]). [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blue_Bloods_-_Season_1 IMFDB identifies it as a Smith & Wesson 5946,]] a pragmatic choice by the props department considering that the weapon, though not standard issue, is still allowed by NYPD regs in real life.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Danny's sons have never complained on-screen about his absence, but his siblings and wife have called him out on not spending time with his kids. At least one episode indicates he schedules himself for a lot of extra tours because he and Linda are having money problems (which makes sense: they're supporting two kids and a mortgage as a police detective and a nurse, neither of which pays well. Danny is also not the kind who would ask Frank to loan him money).
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[[folder:Officer Jamie Reagan]]
!!Officer Jamison "Jamie" Reagan
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--> Played by Will Estes
The youngest of Frank Reagan's surviving children, and a rookie patrol cop at the start of the series. A Harvard Law graduate, he changed his mind about being a lawyer and joined the NYPD partly because of his dead brother Joe, and partly because he wanted to help people more than he wanted to make money.
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* AllLovingHero: Jamie is always looking out for those he thinks need help and tries to sympathize with criminals.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed}}. Jamie isn't ''actively'' ostracized by his cop peers, but many of them think he's an EntitledBastard because he's the police commissioner's son and will often accuse some of Jamie's actions as thinking he'll get away with it because of the relation.
* AmazonChaser: Jamie [[HasAType has a thing]] for opinionated, strong women.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Like it stated earlier, Jamie is the youngest of Frank's children.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jamie is much more even-tempered than Danny and tends to have better people skills, but when he ''does'' lose his temper, he can be in Danny's league.
** In a season 5 episode, he goes for a tour with a cop who turned in her partner for [[RippedFromTheHeadlines killing a suspect with an illegal choke-hold]] (because she's being shunned for snitching). After Eddie and her current ride-along have to drive halfway across the precinct's patrol area to back them up in a shootout ([[UriahGambit because nobody else responded to the snitch's call for backup]]), [[WhatTheHellHero Jamie lets every cop in the precinct have it with both barrels.]]
** In another case, he tried to talk down a suicide bomber but as it became increasingly clear the man was too far gone, he coolly sneaked his finger onto the trigger of his already-leveled sidearm and [[BoomHeadshot shot the man in the head]].
* BreakTheCutie: His first confirmed kill was a SuicideByCop case, not to mention that his second partner Vinny Cruz was killed right in front of him.
* ByTheBookCop: Very much so; this is part of the tension between him and Danny.
* CharacterDevelopment: Undergoes the most of any of the main characters, with a years-long arc tracking his development from NewMeat into a seasoned beat cop bucking for detective.
* ChickMagnet: Put Jamie in the same room with almost any woman his age (minus Erin, naturally) and she'll be cooing over him before long.
** He starts the series with Sydney, later attracts Laura (a witness he had to guard), then attracts Bianca, a MafiaPrincess.
** If Erin can be believed, he sets all the female paralegals in the DA's office a-twitter as well.
** A deleted scene says that he was the source of much gossip among his female classmates at the academy. [[CluelessChickMagnet He doesn't seem to capitalize on any of these opportunities though.]]
** As of Seasons 4/5, his new female partner Edie Janko (nickname for Edit, a Hungarian name) is shown to be falling for him. Jamie himself seems to reciprocate, though both are still in denial about it, at least partially because admitting it would be mean that Sergeant Renzulli would be forced to reassign them to different partners.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Any life insurance company that sells to him doesn't know it's job.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Averted, in contrast to the rest of his family, which leads to Erin arranging for him to teach Nicky how to drive.
* DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Jamie is a good cop with a strong moral compass and strong respect for the rules, and yet he is often shut down by other superior officers mainly because he's the commissioner's son, and they assume he's an EntitledBastard as a result. The phrase "I don't care what your last name is" is something he's told '''a lot'''. And because he's Frank's son he's subject to enforced LimitedAdvancementOpportunities to avoid any appearance of favoritism. By Season 6, he's becoming bitter about this.
** In Season 6, he's subject to an IA investigation due to an accusation of excessive force, and Rev. Potter uses it as an excuse to launch another attack on the Reagan Family. When he expresses frustration at being taken off duty Frank tells him he's being treated like any other cop according to protocol, Jaimie points he's not - he's being treated worse because of last name, something the {{Jerkass}} DA investigating the case makes perfectly clear. Frank and Henry telling him he need to just "grin and bare it" don't help his attitude.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Jamie cannot resist a DamselInDistress.
* FairCop: A cop and a resident ChickMagnet.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible (shared with Erin) to Danny's foolish. While he and Erin follow the rules set by them, their brother will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* ForbiddenFruit: He becomes this to Eddie after Sgt. Renzulli informs them that they would be split up if they developed romantic feelings for each other.
* FriendToAllChildren: Jamie has a soft spot for children.
* FriendsWithBenefits: By season 4 he ends up in this relationship with a law school classmate.
* HasAType: As Erin states in "Partners", Jamie has always had a thing for "bossy, strong, and opinionated" women.
* HeroDoesPublicService: As part of an NYPD initiative to boost their public involvement in the wake of the Bitterman Houses events at the close of season 3 [[spoiler:during which Jamie's partner Vinny was killed]], Jamie is shown coaching basketball in a poor neighborhood in "Growing Boys". He gets involved in the plot when two gangsters start pressuring one of his players to rejoin the gang and one of them is inadvertently hit by a car when Jamie goes after them.
* HonorBeforeReason: Is very idealistic.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Exiles", Jamie tries to persuade Janko to back off of a woman's personal issue. Note, this was ''after'' he tried to convince a woman to confess about her son not being her husband's biological child ''and'' trying to also convince Eddie to reconcile with her incarcerated father. Both moments that were someone else's personal problems and were none of his business.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jamie has shades of this.
* TheInfiltration: After he saved the life of mob heir Noble Sanfino while in plainclothes at the beginning of season 2, he has occasionally gone undercover in the Sanfino organization.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Jamie is a Harvard boy.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Again, the idealistic child -- he was inspired to join the NYPD not just because of Joe, but because of the examples of his dad and grandfather.
* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: Acknowledged InUniverse, because Frank is worried that any promotion Jamie receives will automatically be seen as nepotism, so for the moment he's still a beat cop, something he's not happy with especially since most of his Academy classmates have already made detective.
* LoveCannotOvercome: Jamie's girlfriend left him because she couldn't stand loving a cop with ChronicHeroSyndrome.
* TheMcCoy
* NewMeat: Much of the focus on him is his professional and personal growth as a cop.
* NiceGuy: Is even called "the patient one" by the rest of his family.
* OldCopYoungCop: He's the Young Cop with Renzulli, but as if to specifically highlight his CharacterDevelopment, he's the Old Cop with his season 4 partner Eddie Janko, a rookie.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His full first name is apparently "Jamison".
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Jaime has no problem arguing with or outright disobeying superior officers if he feels it's the right thing to do. Unfortunately this why he has an undeserved reputation as EntitledBastard.
* SwallowTheKey: Frank Reagan didn't raise no fools. When confronted by some mob brokers, Jamie hastily swallows the thumbdrive he used to hack into their finances. And it's not the first time either, as the family reminisces later on.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: After his first line-of-duty fatal shooting. He did everything right, but he's still in shock, which is only exacerbated by the revelation that [[spoiler:the perp was committing SuicideByCop]].
* TookALevelInBadass: When the Sanfinos put out a hit on his alias and on Noble, he saved Noble's life ''again'' and coolly talked him into testifying.
* TookALevelInCynic: By season 6, Jamie becomes more cynical over the whole "being treated as an EntitledBastard" from his peers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By season 6, though it's {{justified}} and {{downplayed}}. For the former, anyone would start to become angry over being thought of as an EntitledBastard ''and'' having LimitedAdvancementOpportunities because it may look like favoritism since your father is the commissioner; for the latter, while he ''does'' have more {{jerkass}} moments, Jamie does apologize for what he said to the person he hurt.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Jamie is always trying to make his father and (by some extent) Danny proud of him.
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[[folder:ADA Erin Reagan]]
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--> Played by Bridget Moynahan
Frank's daughter and Danny's and Jamie's sister, she is an Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan. She was married to a defense attorney, but they divorced before the series began and she is now a single mom. Her daughter Nicky recently raised her ire by deciding she wants to be the first female Reagan to become a cop.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Erin gets weak in the knees when she meets art aficionado "Frank Weller." And she gets even weaker when he turns out to be an art thief (albeit one who returns art stolen by the Nazis during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to its rightful owners) who is using a fake alias.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Many of her colleagues in the [=DA's=] office think that since she comes from a family of cops, she's biased in cases involving officer misconduct and corruption, to the point where the [=DA=] himself assigns her to oversee a case of cops fixing tickets just to test her loyalty.
* AmicableExes: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with her ex-husband Jack Boyle. They're reasonable but rather curt with each other, and the first time we meet him, Jack wonders why Erin still has her married name "Reagan-Boyle" on her door. She says it's the same reason people who have lost weight keep a "before" picture. ''Ouch.'' She eventually has the 'Boyle' removed. However, they still do care for each other.
* BerserkButton:
** In "Protest Too Much" Erin becomes noticeably pissed at her father's possible decision to date one of her acquaintance who is around her age. She gets even more pissed when Jamie used their mom and Erin's acquaintance in the "same lifetime".
** Don't question her parenting methods, even if your Frank.
* BrainyBrunette: Very much so.
* DaddysGirl: Frank and Erin make it a habit to meet for lunch every Wednesday, and often lean on each other for advice on whatever case is going on.
* DatingCatwoman: Erin has a habit of this.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Couldn't teach her own daughter to drive because she gets frustrated, bulling her way through heavy city traffic and leaning on the horn at the slightest provocation.
* DudeMagnet: Almost every episode has a man commenting her on her good looks.
* FanserviceWithASmile: In her teens, Erin worked as a roller-bunny at a cocktail bar (specifically Roxy's). Frank was apparently aware of it (his mustache twitches in amusement at the memory) but he let it slide.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible (shared with Jamie) to Danny's foolish. While she and Jamie follow the rules set by them, their brother will often go into JackBauerInterrogationTechnique in order to get a perp; needless to say, Danny has gotten a boatload of reprimands because of it.
* FormerTeenRebel: Many references to her teen years indicates that Erin would get into a lot of trouble.
* FoxNewsLiberal: {{Zig Zagged}}. Early on, Danny calls her a "liberal" when she gets particularly testy about his methods in dealing with bad guys. Still, she's characterized well enough to avoid any StrawmanPolitical tropes. She actually comes across more as a libertarian: holding many conservative viewpoints, and having a tough stance on crime while still being very concerned about civil liberties and sometimes skeptical towards law enforcement, a position that often brings her into conflict with Danny. (Indeed, many conservatives in RealLife often accuse libertarians of being "liberal" because of this stance, so this is probably intentionally reflected in Danny's arguments with Erin.)
* GlamorousSingleMother: Averted. Erin expertly juggles work and her teenage daughter, but has little time left for a social life.
* {{Guile Hero}}ine: Her skill as a rather clever attorney has come in handy many times.
* HelloAttorney: Yes, she is hot.
* HiddenDepths:
** "Risk and Reward" shows Erin to be great at playing pool.
** "Nightmares" revealed that she absolutely ''adores'' Halloween.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:When a serial killer kidnaps Nicky, Erin doesn't hesitate to go with Danny to find her. Carrying her gun with her as well.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Erin can be just as petty as Danny when they butt heads in a case.
* OutnumberedSibling: The only Reagan daughter out of four kids.
* OverprotectiveMom: To Nicky.
* PrinciplesZealot: Is strongly committed to her principles and the law, and doesn't like Danny's CowboyCop tendencies. She has been known to bend on occasion, though.
* SexWithTheEx: The C-plot in "Knockout Game" opens with Jack Boyle, Erin's ex, turning up in her shower the morning after they apparently went out on a date and slept together afterwards. It doesn't go anywhere because she decides he hasn't really changed.
* TakingTheKids: Erin got Nicky after divorcing her husband, a defense attorney.
* ToughLove: She had her own daughter thrown in an overnight holding cell, when Nicky is naively protecting her friends from a drug possession charge. Frank calls her out on this, nothing she was once found with a half empty bottle of booze in her car when she was a teenager. Erin does not appreciate the comparison.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: "Innocence" reveals her favorite food is Shepherd's pie.
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[[folder:Nicole "Nicky" Reagan-Boyle]]
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-->Played by Sami Gayle
Erin's daughter. She recently decided she wants to be the first female Reagan to join the NYPD. [[SarcasmMode Her mom was thrilled.]] She later reconsiders, afraid that becoming a cop would lead her to become cynical about people's motives.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's in middle school, but dresses and behaves like a thirty-two year old. She isn't cowed by any of the Reagans, regardless of age, and seems to view herself as the matriarch of the family.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed}}. While Nicky does have friends, she often feels like an outcast because whenever they hear she a Reagan, they may want to do the "fun" stuff without her.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She wants to be a cop and was eager to go on a ride along and from it sees her first dead body. She has many night terrors after that.
* BoyishShortHair: For most of the series she has a pixie cut. She starts growing it out once she reaches college.
* BrainyBrunette: Brown hair + Honors student + WiseBeyondHerYears equals this trope.
* DaddysGirl: Despite having an [[DisappearedDad absent father]], she is thankfully not lacking a male role model in her grandfather.
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: In the early seasons. Around Seasons 4 and 5 she quite noticeably becomes more mature and outspoken.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Nicky browbeats Erin into letting her stay out until 11:00. Frank wryly observes that she "made a very convincing argument."
* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: In Season 6, she's in a car with friends that gets pulled for a routine traffic stop and the cops find drugs in the car. She gets suspended from Columbia and nearly gets charged for possession until one of her friends cops to it.
* TheMatchmaker: Nicky is interested in pairing her mom off with her boss, DA Rossalini. She also lobbied for Erin to date the art thief.
* MouthyKid: She has her moments.
* NiceGirl: Often noted to be a well-behaved young lady.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: She's very well-behaved and intelligent, but increasingly chafes at Erin's stern restrictions on her social life. Still manages to remain quite level-headed through it all.
* TheParagon: One of the smartest and most well-behaved students at her school, to the point where other kids' parents apparently have asked them why they can't be "more like that Nicky Reagan-Boyle." Nicky uses that fact to point out that she deserves the benefit of the doubt when she asks for more personal freedom.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: She intends to be a cop too. Erin is [[OverprotectiveMom ambiguous about that]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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[[folder:Linda Reagan]]
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--> Played by Amy Carlson
Wife of Danny and mother of their two grade-school boys (Jack and Sean), Linda works as a charge nurse at St. Vincent's Hospital. As the sole Reagan adult not professionally involved in law enforcement, her views sometimes contrast with those of her in-laws, but her loyalty to Danny and commitment to her patients and children are unquestionable.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Linda is a sweet woman -- loving mother and caring wife. But, if she's angry about something, she won't hide it.
* TheChick: She's probably the most traditionally feminine woman in the series, a nurse and mother of two with no combat training who DoesntLikeGuns.
* ClingyJealousGirl: At one point, Linda worried that Danny would have an affair with a bar waitress and doesn't hide her jealousy over Danny helping out his ex-girlfriend.
* DoesntLikeGuns: At least, she doesn't like that Danny dealt with Jack's fear after a shooting incident by teaching him how to safely handle his father's sidearm. She also at one point bought a revolver for self-defense after being mugged, but decided "it's not me."
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Her hair gets shorter after she becomes a nurse.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: An early episode features Linda's sister, a fashion designer, who she has a somewhat tense relationship with. Her sister appears on some level to believe that the rest of their family admire Linda's choice to be a nurse and a Staten Island family woman more than her decision to be a fashion designer.
* GoodParents: Linda is a devoted and caring mother to Jack and Sean.
* GoThroughMe: Linda is tending to a patient who's about to testify against a violent street gang. A gunman enters and tells her to leave the room, but she won't abandon her patient and deliberately steps between them.
* HelloNurse: A literal example. Linda is attractive and restarts her nursing career.
* IAintGotTimeToBleed: When a key witness is shot in his hospital bed in the season 5 finale, Linda takes two in the abdomen, but she's so hopped-up on adrenaline she does a full round of CPR and doesn't even realize she was hit until after the witness has already {{flatline}}d.
* MamaBear: Linda is very protective over her sons. In "Unfinished Business", she gives Danny a major WhatTheHellHero moment when he took out his frustrations on Jack because the episode's case was very personal for him.
* NiceGirl: Linda has shown to be a thoughtful, caring, and sensitive person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: While Linda can get exasperated at [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Danny's]] workload and angry at his negative traits, she loves him because he's a "good man".
* TeamMom: The one first to offer support and has a gentle nature.
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[[folder:Jack and Sean Reagan]]
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--> Played by Tony and Andrew Terraciano respectively
The two sons of Danny and Linda. Will typically only appear in the family dinner scenes.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Sean is the youngest member of the entire Reagan family.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Whenever a particularly tough and/or complicated adult topic comes up, one of the older members will immediately tell the boys to go eat in the kitchen or go upstairs to play.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Some of the questions they ask can be this, with them not understanding how certain topics can be painful and/or sensitive to the older members of the Reagan family.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Episodes often show the boys being kept in the dark about disturbing events, such as their mother's kidnapping (she was "at a spa") or the fact that a raid Frank once led on a mob-family christening ceremony resulted in the collateral death of the baby.
* {{Lovable Jock}}s: Both are active hockey players (Jack even played soccer at one point) and are nice young men.
* MoralityPet: [[AntiHero Danny]] will be his nicest when he's with either or both of them.
* NiceGuy: Both are well mannered and polite young men.
* SatelliteCharacter: They only serve as the children on Danny and Linda who often ask questions regarding the current episode's topic.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As "Growing Boys" revealed, their favorite meal are ''taco pies''.
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[[folder:Detective Joe Reagan]]
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--> Played by Unknown Actor
The middle Reagan brother. Killed in the line of duty before the show starts, a running arc in the first season is Jamie investigating his death.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: A family variant and {{averted}}. His death is mentioned throughout the series on how it affected his family and his murder became a major plot point in season one.
* TheHeart: {{Implied}}. A line from Linda reveals that Joe was the one to help Danny and Jame connect with each other; his death resulted in his brothers' relationship becoming strained and distant.
* HiddenDepths: Joe loved poetry.
* TheInformant: For the FBI.
* NiceGuy: His training officer Renzulli called him a 'real sweetheart'.
* PosthumousCharacter: He is dead by the start of the series.
* RealMenWearPink: He had a thing for poetry.
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