Saddest death in Blue Bloods Season 7
“Blue Bloods” has remained one of CBS’s most consistent police procedural dramas in a long time. The series premiered in 2010 and more than a decade later, it’s still going strong with Season 12. That’s impressive considering the countless other crime dramas floating around on TV. And what certainly kept Blue Bloods from fading into oblivion was its family-related premise. “Blue Bloods” splits its focus between police investigations and the familial relationships between New York City’s longstanding law enforcement family, the Reagans.
Fans are familiar with the Reagan family’s traditional Sunday dinner. And honestly, the dining scenes add much-needed lightness since “Blue Bloods” isn’t afraid to go into dark territory. Seriously, some episodes can be disappointing. Whether it’s Season 10 or Season 6, there’s bound to be a sad death that will have fans scrambling for tissue boxes. This also happened with Season 7, when a young life was tragically cut short in an episode with the saddest death of the season.
An unexpected ending makes the murder investigation even more tragic
Since the second season of “Blue Bloods,” Reverend Darnell Potter (Ato Essandoh) has gained a reputation as an activist who is highly critical of the New York Police Department. Naturally, this brought him into conflict with the Reagans. However, in the episode “Unbearable Loss”, Potter finds himself having to put aside his differences due to a horrific death in his family. Potter’s son, Michael (Leon Outlaw Jr.), is murdered on his way home from high school. Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) discovers it is the result of a gang formation. Michael’s senseless death was tragic enough, as it was a promising young life snuffed out for no good reason. The scene of the child’s death at the scene was very difficult to observe. But when we learn that the person behind the gang that murdered Michael is the same person that Reverend Potter had previously instructed, the death sinks to another level of heartbreak.
This was terrible as Potter had lost his son. But instead of losing him to an enemy he thought would always endanger his family, tragedy came from someone he had once tried to help. During that realization, Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) tries to sympathize with Potter when he painfully reveals to him that a corrupt cop murdered his son Joe. “Unbearable Loss” is one of the saddest moments in Season 7, not only because a family unjustly lost their son, but it also reinforced the notion that sometimes the The biggest threats come from those we least expect.
Since the second season of “Blue Bloods,” Reverend Darnell Potter (Ato Essandoh) has gained a reputation as an activist who is highly critical of the New York Police Department. Naturally, this brought him into conflict with the Reagans. However, in the episode “Unbearable Loss”, Potter finds himself having to put aside his differences due to a horrific death in his family. Potter’s son, Michael (Leon Outlaw Jr.), is murdered on his way home from high school. Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) discovers it is the result of a gang formation. Michael’s senseless death was tragic enough, as it was a promising young life snuffed out for no good reason. The scene of the child’s death at the scene was very difficult to observe. But when we learn that the person behind the gang that murdered Michael is the same person that Reverend Potter had previously instructed, the death sinks to another level of heartbreak.
This was terrible as Potter had lost his son. But instead of losing him to an enemy he thought would always endanger his family, tragedy came from someone he had once tried to help. During that realization, Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) tries to sympathize with Potter when he painfully reveals to him that a corrupt cop murdered his son Joe. “Unbearable Loss” is one of the saddest moments in Season 7, not only because a family unjustly lost their son, but it also reinforced the notion that sometimes the The biggest threats come from those we least expect.
