It really seems out of place the way Frank, Danny and Pops seem to be so clueless in regard to the contempt much of the public has for their department, given their almost serial disregard for Bill of Rights protections in their standard daily operations?

They can't really be so stupid as to expect a dog regularly whipped to be all tail wags and kisses?

Yet whenever there is a public outcry over excess, they seem totally dumbfounded as though the force is the one being discriminated against.

I sometimes speculate that the vehicle being exploited is that the viewers who strongly identify with the crime victims are somehow charmed with the thought "Oh that Danny is beating their brains in for me, MY HERO!"?

I'll go so far as to say that considering Frank already lost one son to police self indulgence, I sometimes wonder if he'll have to lose a second before he finds humility?

I just hope that this show gets another season. Last year its renewal announcement was made on April 12th.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

I'll go so far as to say that considering Frank already lost one son to police self indulgence, I sometimes wonder if he'll have to lose a second before he finds humility?

Who says he doesn't have any?

Who says he doesn't have any?

It's just the way he plays the "WTF?" mystified bystander every time there is an organized public outcry. It's that "I just saw mommy kissing santa claus?" innocence that amazes me.

Every once in a while when Danny is in a particularly frantic frame of mind, the old man will caution him to not do anything too extreme...but even then there is usually a smirk on the commissioners face.

So, how can he view the citizens reactions as unfounded?

Who says he doesn't have any? (speaking of humility)

I thought some more about this overnight.
My take is that whenever a Reagan is in low spirits, it is usually accompanied by resentment for whatever the source, usually assuming betrayal as the prime motive.

Whereas with "humility", I think there necessarily is a certain level of acceptance that we brought whatever hardship on ourselves (humble, in other words)

And when the citizens are carrying torches and pitchforks over police excess, The emotion Frank projects seems to me far more one a sense of betrayal than humbleness.