Is Blue Bloods season 8 the season for Jamie and Eddie?
The one thing that we do know with confidence is that Vanessa Ray is coming back for the eighth season this fall, and with that comes more potential for these two to be together. There’s no going back to what the relationship once was; instead, there’s only moving forward, and this is what the two should focus on.
Is being together a tremendous risk for their partnership and its future? Sure, but they’d be far from the first set of cops to take that risk. We also don’t necessarily buy into the fact that police officers being together puts them entirely at greater risk — you often care about your partner on some level anyway, and at least here you spend so much time with them that you may be on the same page almost constantly. In that way, this could almost make you even better at your job. There’s a shorthand here; maybe it doesn’t work for every couple (Blue Bloods has already given us an example of one where it didn’t), but it certainly could here.
Beyond just being on the job together, there are other avenues that we want to see Jamie and Eddie explore together. What would a date between the two of them look like? The wedding last season was one of the closer examples we had of that, but exploring more of their personal life together could prove worthwhile. The same could be said for the two explaining what they each want out of the future.
Of course, every one of our hopes for Jamie / Eddie does eventually lead to the moment that so many fans of the show want to see: The Reagan family dinner scene! We do think that this should happen with her by the end of the season, but it shouldn’t be right away. Remember that in real life, you don’t just start dating someone and immediately run off to see their family. It could take weeks or even months! Maybe this is a great idea for either a sweeps episode or the finale, that way there’s something to build to for a while.
What do you want to see for Jamie and Eddie moving forward into Blue Bloods season 8? Share now in the comments!
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Michael Goldman
August 13, 2017 @ 11:27 pm
After all the Hulabaloo about what happened on Hawaii Five O, I’d love to know why people aren’t screaming for Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynihan to get the same pay as Tom Selleck. Well? Both of them work as hard as Selleck. The show could be considered an Ensemble cast. Shouldn’t they all be making the same? That was the argument on Hawaii Five O, wasn’t it?
J5fan1
August 12, 2017 @ 2:54 am
I’d like to see them pose as a couple as part of an undercover sting for a few episodes at the beginning of the season. This would allow things to heat up between them without them actually having to be a couple yet. Then, in the middle of the season, because of their successful undercover work, they both get offered promotions to detective, but only Eddie accepts the job offer. With their work partnership officially over, they are now free to pursue a romantic relationship without breaking any department rules. Before they officially get together though, I’d like to see them both realize how much they miss each other when they don’t see each other everyday; and then, they can track each other down to confess their love for one another. In the season finale, after they have been dating for a couple of months, I’d like to see Jamie invite Eddie to her first Reagan family dinner. Then, when dinner is over and Eddie is distracted with helping cleaning up, Jamie can sneak off without her noticing so he can ask Frank for his mother’s ring back because he is planning to propose to Eddie at some point, but we’ll have to wait until the following season to see when he’ll finally ask her. Then, Jamie and Eddie can get married in the season 9 finale. One can only dream! Lol! :)
Randma
August 14, 2017 @ 3:00 am
I like the way you think… the only change I would like to see would be for the series to do a deviation from today’s norm for dating and marriage. Jamie and Eddie have worked together for 4 years. Why should they wait a year or two before marrying?? Why not have them simply move from that friendship straight into an engagement with marriage within a few months? (I speak from personal experience here.. I’ve been married for 45 years to a man I married 3 months after I met him.) :D
Matt Carter
August 14, 2017 @ 3:52 pm
I think it could work — I just wonder I it’d be too jarring for some fans given that blue bloods tends to move at a super slow pace.
Randma
August 15, 2017 @ 12:33 am
Speaking as someone who has grown “accustomed” to Blue Bloods glacial speed, I’d welcome the change of pace…. with cheers and pom poms and whoops and hollars!! LOL It’s about time that SOMEBODY changed things up and it would be a pleasantly unexpected thing if it was Jamie instead of Danny. :-)
eddieNjamie
September 18, 2017 @ 2:08 pm
i AGREE SPEED IT UP!!!
Sarita Boyette
September 12, 2017 @ 8:46 am
Amen, Randma! Married for 43 years to a man I had known for 7 months. He told me he was going to marry me the night we met. Eddie & Jamie have been going out to eat, to bars, to psychics, etc. for 4 years. They are best friends and I believe they are soulmates.
eddieNjamie
September 18, 2017 @ 2:14 pm
They have worked & are friends for 4 years lets get them a couple already. within a month family dinners, engaged. then married in season 9. Pregnant in season 10. Let the show continue for a few more years. Eddie at family dinners looking forward to that excitement!!!
eddieNjamie
September 18, 2017 @ 2:15 pm
NO FINALE TILL SEASON 12!!!