Is Anthony leaving 'Blue Bloods'? Here's what we know concerning the detective's long run after he disobeyed Erin's direct orders.

Allison Cacich - Author

In the Dec. 6 episode, the detective disobeyed direct orders from Assistant District Attorney Erin Reagan, which ended in him getting shot. Will the divorced father of 1 quickly in finding himself out of a job?

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Is Anthony leaving 'Blue Bloods'?

There’s been no indication that actor Steven Schirripa, who performs the native New Yorker, is exiting the sequence, so we’re hopeful that Anthony and Erin will paintings thru their problems soon. 

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As we saw in the fall finale, which was titled "Bones to Pick," Anthony made up our minds to track a burglar who had been released from jail even supposing Erin explicitly instructed him to not. While camping out in the prison’s community, the investigator witnessed the lowlife breaking right into a automotive and arrested him for tried grand larceny.

"Proof positive he’s the animal I said he was," Anthony instructed Erin, who chastised him for stalking the fellow and nabbing him on a misdemeanor. After the thief used to be launched from custody a 2nd time, Anthony stuck him mountain climbing down a hearth escape after committing every other theft. 

A chase ensued and the police officer ended up getting shot twice within the chest. Luckily, he was once wearing a bulletproof vest and walked away with simply a few bruises. But Anthony’s remaining scene of the episode ended with Erin storming out of his hospital room. Will the duo be able to get previous this breach of believe?

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Steven’s role on the show expanded because of his chemistry with Bridget Moynahan.

The 61-year-old, who first showed up on Blue Bloods in Season 6, was once best meant to superstar in eight episodes, but his rapport with Bridget (Erin) led to a habitual character arc that has now spanned over sixty five episodes.

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"I enjoy working with Bridget Moynahan a lot and doing scenes with her," he instructed Talk Nerdy With Us in a 2016 interview. "We had a scene in the first episode that I did… it kind of set the tone for everything. They were kind of having a little squabble but you can see that he has a lot of confidence in her and her opinion."

But no matter what number of episodes of Blue Bloods the actor films, he’ll all the time be The Sopranos’ Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri to a generation of TV enthusiasts. 

"Now, I’ve been on Blue Bloods for four years. I play a DA investigator. But not a day goes by where someone doesn’t call me 'Bobby' or 'Bacala.' Not one day since the show," Steven advised Esquire in an interview performed previous this 12 months.

"I was just in California… young guys, nice, college guys from Saudi Arabia came up to me and said, 'Are you Bobby?'" he recalled. "And I said, 'Saudi Arabia?'… And [one] said, 'Oh, we love The Sopranos…' So, I mean, all over the world I’m Bobby Bacala. And I’m okay with that. I don’t have a problem with that."

CBS’ Blue Bloods returns with an all-new episode on Friday, Jan. Three at 10 p.m. ET.

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