During its first seven seasons, Linda was a central character in Blue Bloods.
Understandably,Linda was killed there was no other realistic way to explain her absence.
This scene offered an explanation for Linda’s death: she had been killed in a helicopter crash.
However, it fell flat because her death had occurred entirely off-screen.
During the capper, Danny’s house is firebombed.
The entire family escapes with their lives, though they no longer have a place to live.
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Several ofBlue Bloods’best episodesrevolved around Linda being in danger or around her and Danny’s family life.
It was jarring for Linda’s disappearance to be handled as quickly as it was.
Her off-screen death was disrespectful to the character.
He often worked long hours for low pay, which sparked Linda’s resentment from time to time.
That conflict died with her, cutting off an important and interestingBlue Bloodssubplot without any resolution.
Blue Bloodsalso didn’t allow Danny to consider dating until near theBlue Bloodsfinale.
This was the right decision, especially during season 8.
However, he also didn’t get a full story related to starting a new romance.
Instead, he only got a hint that he might get together with Baez during the series finale.
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